2025 Mindfulness Exercise Favorites

About this episode

Valerie shares her favorite mindfulness exercises from the past year to support calm and emotional balance in recovery.

In this special solo episode, Valerie shares her favorite mindfulness exercises from the past year—practices that support calm, clarity, and emotional balance in recovery. She explores what mindfulness truly is, how to build a simple and successful meditation habit, and four guided exercises drawn from listener-favorite episodes of 2025. You’ll learn how to: Personalize your meditation practice Use breath + intentional words to shift your mindset “Raise your sail” by reconnecting with inner strengths Accept thoughts without judgment using mindfulness Combine DBT reality-checking with present-moment grounding Find Valerie and Helen at https://mentalhealthhopeandrecovery.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Valerie

Topics covered

• mindfulness
• meditation
• emotional balance
• recovery
• mental health

Keywords

• mindfulness exercises
• meditation habit
• emotional balance
• DBT
• guided exercises

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mind Body Spirit.fm

More episodes of Mental Health: Hope and Recovery

• Gratitude and Celebration: Helen and Valerie Take Their Own Advice · May 21, 2026 · 51 min
• Cornerstones of Recovery: Individual and Community Relationships · February 27, 2026 · 50 min
• How Valerie and Helen (Mostly) Outsmart Negativity · January 30, 2026 · 50 min
• Navigating Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) with an Expert Therapist · December 21, 2025 · 58 min
• Dialectical Behavior Therapy -- The Journey from Pain to Purpose · November 26, 2025 · 48 min
• Mindfulness Applied to Mental Health · October 24, 2025 · 37 min