Do you ever sit down to meditate... only to feel more overwhelmed or disconnected?

If anxiety has made your usual grounding practices feel ineffective, this reflective Thunder Moon episode brings a fresh perspective. Meryl guides you through a nature-inspired Oracle card ritual that invites emotional clarity and self-compassion — perfect for listeners who are feeling mentally scattered or in need of deeper connection.

In this short, powerful episode, you’ll discover:

1. A unique meditation ritual using Oracle cards to support emotional resilience

2. How the archetype of The Lover can reveal hidden blocks in your relationships with others and yourself

3. A calming, breath-led practice to recenter your nervous system and reconnect to your body

Listen now to return to your center — and reimagine your relationship with anxiety.

Referenced in this episode:

The Witch's Shadow Work Oracle

by Clare Gogerty, illustrated by Tijana Lukovic

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-witchs-shadow-work-oracle-clare-gogerty/1144968776?ean=9781786788405

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New episodes every Monday (just the meditation) and Thursday (a full meditation class).

Learn more or contact me at https://www.merylarnett.com/.

Thank you to Nick McMahan for today’s nature field recordings, sound design, and editing; and thank you to Brianna Nielsen for production and editing support. Find them at:

https://www.nickcmcmahan.com

https://www.instagram.com/itsbriannanielsen

This podcast explores meditation, mental health and the power of connection, offering guidance for caregivers, healers, and therapists facing compassion fatigue, burnout, and other mental health struggles through self-care, self-compassion, and resilience. With a focus on anxiety, depression, and overwhelm, each episode provides tools like meditation, mindfulness, breathwork, and grounding to cultivate clarity and reduce stress. Listeners can also experience nature-inspired guided meditations, designed to bring peace and balance in times of distress.

What if your next moment of clarity is already rumbling inside you—just waiting for stillness?

This episode invites you to step into the quiet magic of July’s Thunder Full Moon, a time of year when nature is alive with messages of growth, change, and emotional expansion. If anxiety has been whispering or roaring lately, this moonlit meditation is here to help you realign.

You’ll reconnect with your breath, body, and the natural world using the rhythmic wisdom of thunder, lightning, and stillness as your guide.

In this moonlit episode, you’ll discover:

- How tuning into natural cycles can calm anxious energy and sharpen inner clarity

- A meditative practice to ground yourself in presence using the senses

- A simple question to ask yourself that creates space for emotional breakthroughs

Settle in and press play to hear what your heart - and the moon - are whispering to you tonight.

Sign up for my newsletter at https://merylarnett.substack.com/ to receive free mini meditations and soundscapes each week, along with creative musings and more.

New episodes every Monday (just the meditation) and Thursday (a full meditation class).

Learn more or contact me at https://www.merylarnett.com/.

Thank you to Nick McMahan for today’s nature field recordings, sound design, and editing; and thank you to Brianna Nielsen for production and editing support. Find them at:

https://www.nickcmcmahan.com

https://www.instagram.com/itsbriannanielsen

This podcast explores meditation, mental health and the power of connection, offering guidance for caregivers, healers, and therapists facing compassion fatigue, burnout, and other mental health struggles through self-care, self-compassion, and resilience. With a focus on anxiety, depression, and overwhelm, each episode provides tools like meditation, mindfulness, breathwork, and grounding to cultivate clarity and reduce stress. Listeners can also experience nature-inspired guided meditations, designed to bring peace and balance in times of distress.

Just The Meditation

A 15-minute guided Thunderstorm nature meditation moving you from total chaos to total calm.

This episode explores how seemingly small stressors create deep emotional fractals—repeating patterns of response that pull us further into anxiety. Drawing insight from both parenting chaos and nature’s geometry, Meryl guides us to use meditation not just as an escape, but as pattern recognition and real-time course correction.

You’ll discover:

1. How to use simple breath awareness to interrupt overwhelming mental loops

2. What nature’s fractals can teach us about emotional resilience and healing

3. A subtle mindset shift to bring more compassion and calm to chaotic seasons

Tune in now to transform anxiety into insight—and calm your nervous system from the inside out.

Sign up for my newsletter at https://merylarnett.substack.com/ to receive free mini meditations and soundscapes each week, along with creative musings and more.

New episodes every Monday (just the meditation) and Thursday (a full meditation class).

Learn more or contact me at https://www.merylarnett.com/.

Thank you to Nick McMahan for today’s nature field recordings, sound design, and editing; and thank you to Brianna Nielsen for production and editing support. Find them at:

https://www.nickcmcmahan.com

https://www.instagram.com/itsbriannanielsen

This podcast explores meditation, mental health and the power of connection, offering guidance for caregivers, healers, and therapists facing compassion fatigue, burnout, and other mental health struggles through self-care, self-compassion, and resilience. With a focus on anxiety, depression, and overwhelm, each episode provides tools like meditation, mindfulness, breathwork, and grounding to cultivate clarity and reduce stress. Listeners can also experience nature-inspired guided meditations, designed to bring peace and balance in times of distress.