Hello everybody and welcome to the mindful kind.

I'm your host, Rachel Cable, and I'm here to share insights into my mindfulness journey

and inspire you to create your own.

Each week, this podcast will bring fresh and exciting news about mindfulness,

from my personal experiences to useful tools and different

mindful techniques.

Welcome to episode 27 of the Mindful Kind podcast. First of all, I just wanted to say such a big thank you to the two listeners

who left me beautiful reviews on iTunes recently. One review says, I'm adorable. Thank you so much,

and that they love hearing my perspective and that my tips are easy to implement.

I'm so glad to hear that, so thank you.

And the second review is actually from a breathwork practitioner,

which is just amazing because it's always exciting to hear from other professionals in the field who enjoy what I do.

Thank you so much. You both put a really big smile on my face. Okay, so this week I'm really looking forward to talking about a topic

that is incredibly close to my heart about using mindfulness to strengthen your relationships with

your loved ones.

My journey with mindfulness has given me so many unexpected benefits, not just in terms of

managing my own stress, adjusting negative self-talk and feeling generally calmer and more

like the best version of myself I can be. But it's also strengthened my

relationships and taught me how to spend time being present with the people and animals I love.

So first let me explain how this happened. Back before I was practicing mindfulness, I was hugely stressed a lot of the time.

And in my case, that stress made me distracted, cranky and everything felt like a huge deal,

whether it was something big like an unexpected bill or something small, like the bed not

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