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.

Hello and welcome to episode 75 of the Mindful Kind podcast.

First of all, I just wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone

who has connected with me via my website or social media to let me know how much they've been

enjoying the Resilience series. If you're new to listening to this podcast, first of all, welcome.

The Resilience series started on episode 71 or 72,

and each episode since then has featured a new perspective on resilience and mindfulness.

Next week will be the final episode for this series and I'll be sharing a wrap up over on my blog,

along with a free workbook to help you try all of the tips and practices I'll be sharing a wrap up over on my blog, along with a free workbook to help you try

all of the tips and practices I've shared throughout the series. So the topic for today is

resilience, blame and shame. Firstly, I'm going to talk a little bit about blame. Now, I think

one of the big reasons why I chose resilience

for this series was because I didn't used to be very resilient. Stressful events really shook me up

and I often resisted change and challenges. I felt safe with my routines and my plans and if

everything didn't work out how I expected it to, I found it quite difficult to

adapt. Over the last few years of practicing mindfulness, an increase in resilience is one of the

benefits I've experienced. And I think one of the reasons that mindfulness has been so helpful

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