A Mundane Moment to Savor and Make Special

Self-Care Daily with Rachel Brathen

Rachel Brathen

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 643 Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2026

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

It’s really the mundane moments that make up the majority of our lives. That’s why it’s so important to savor those moments - to slow down and enjoy them as much as we can. For today’s self-care practice, you are going to take a regular moment in your life and turn it into something special. Rachel will share some examples, from your morning coffee, to lunch in the afternoon, or that walk you take in the evening. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	When was the last time you stopped and listened to your body?
0:03.0	Here's a Holland and Barrett ad break to do just that.
0:06.0	Go on, tune in.
0:08.0	Think about your body when you exercise.
0:11.0	Are those knees creaking?
0:13.0	Are your muscles ever so slightly aching?
0:16.0	Or are they trying to say,
0:18.0	You've got to show me love.
0:21.6	We know what your body's asking for.
0:24.6	In store online on the app.
0:26.6	Back Your Body, Holland and Barrett.
0:33.6	Hi friends, happy Friday and welcome to our final practice of self-care daily for this week.
0:41.5	We are noticing the magic and the beauty all around. And today I want you to offer yourself a very special moment to savor. I want you to create a little bit of space for something that
0:58.6	isn't difficult to make happen in your day. So something mundane, something that you do in your
1:03.9	day today, but that you really want to slow down and enjoy. So taking a regular everyday experience, something as drinking your coffee
1:14.9	in the morning or having lunch in the middle of the day or the moment when your kids come home
1:20.0	from school or that walk you take at the end of the day, something that you do regularly.
1:25.7	But I want you to treat that experience as something very unique and special.
1:31.8	So finding a way to elevate that experience and elevating that experience can be simply getting
1:38.6	more present for it. Giving yourself the opportunity to really enjoy a moment that you normally just kind of
1:47.3	breeze past or that you normally enjoy maybe while scrolling on your phone or by checking out a
1:54.5	little bit. I want you to tune in and go inward instead.
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