427: THE Guided Meditation you need for 2025

The Hardcore Self Help Podcast with Duff the Psych

Robert Duff, Ph.D.

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4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

In this special episode of the Hardcore Self Help Podcast, I lead you through a guided meditation designed to help you let go of mental burdens and find focus in an overwhelming world. Using visualization techniques and intentional breathing exercises, this meditation offers a space to acknowledge your stressors, release tension, and tap into a feeling of calm and clarity.

This experience is set in a vivid mindscape of space, where you can imagine yourself aboard a futuristic spacecraft, surrounded by the beauty of the cosmos. Together, we’ll navigate through moments of recognition, release, and rejuvenation. By the end of this session, you’ll feel more centered and grounded, with a renewed connection to how you’d like to move forward.

Whether you’re a seasoned meditator or new to mindfulness, this episode is a judgment-free zone to focus on yourself. Bookmark it to return to anytime you need a mental reset.

Sponsor
This episode is brought to you by NOCD, a leading provider of virtual therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). If you’re stuck in cycles of overthinking, compulsive behaviors, or intrusive thoughts, NOCD offers specialized treatment using Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)—a gold-standard therapy for OCD.

They provide virtual sessions with licensed therapists, accept many major insurance plans, and offer support between sessions to make treatment as accessible as possible.

Visit https://www.nocd.com to schedule a free 15-minute consultation and take the first step toward relief. For more insights on OCD and ERP, check out my interview with Dr. Patrick McGrath in episode 406 of this podcast.

Chapters:

00:15 — Introduction: Why This Meditation Matters
03:00 — Sponsor: NOCD – Treatment for OCD Symptoms
04:30 — Setting the Scene: Guided Visualization in Space
08:00 — Acknowledging and Offloading Mental Burdens
13:00 — Breathing for Release: Techniques to Let Go
17:00 — Choosing Your Focus and Setting Your Intention
19:30 — Relaxation Breathing and Body Scan
25:00 — Final Reflections and Letting the Experience Settle

About the Podcast
I’m Dr. Robert Duff, a clinical psychologist and host of the Hardcore Self Help Podcast. My mission is to make mental health topics relatable and actionable. Whether through guided meditations like this one, Q&A sessions, or expert interviews, I aim to help you navigate life’s challenges with clarity and confidence.

Connect With Me:

Website: https://duffthepsych.com
Instagram: https://instagram.com/duffthepsych
YouTube: https://youtube.com/duffthepsych

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#GuidedMeditation #Mindfulness #MentalHealth #Relaxation #StressRelief #SelfHelp

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello, friends. This is the hardcore self-help podcast. I'm your host, Dr. Robert Duff. Today, we are going to be
0:05.2	doing something a little bit different. Recently, I got a request to do another guided meditation for you.
0:11.1	So that's what I'm going to be doing today. I've done a few guided meditations or breathing exercises on the podcast before,
0:18.1	but it's been quite a while. So I'm going to do that today. And to me,
0:21.8	this one has a similar feel to the meditation that I did back in 2019. That's pretty funny,
0:28.3	because on that one, I was trying to acknowledge that 2019 was a hard year. There was a lot of
0:33.8	stuff that people went through, a lot of stress, a lot of loss, things like that.
0:38.2	And I was trying to give us hope for the future. It was something titled like a guided
0:43.2	meditation to let go of 2019 and move into 2020 or something like that. And like we were going to
0:49.1	have a much better year. And, you know, L.O.L. We know how that worked out with the pandemic and stuff.
0:55.8	So, you know, currently it is mid-January, 2025, and holy shit, it's already been a long year.
1:03.9	Whether it's the general state of the world, change in the presidential administration here in the U.S., conflicts in humanitarian crises continuing
1:13.2	to play out, or more locally for me, the fact that Southern California has basically been on fire
1:19.0	again, there's a lot to be stressed out about. And I don't say all this just to remind you of,
1:24.9	you know, all the things that you should be freaking out about. I just want
1:27.7	to have some empathy with you and recognize that should ain't easy for a lot of us right now.
1:34.0	Even for those of us that are fortunate enough to be safe, sound, provided for the weight of the
1:39.9	pain taking place in the world can be a lot to bear. And you may be feeling like you've been
1:44.3	more exhausted lately and you're not sure why. Maybe you've been feeling more disconnected,
1:50.1	like you see things playing out around you, but you just don't feel very much of anything. Maybe
1:55.3	your chronic medical issues like pain or other medical things have been flaring up more recently
2:00.1	without any obvious physical
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