Overcoming Social Anxiety ✨ Mini Meditation For Before An Event Or Gathering

Sleep Wave: Sleep Meditation & Sleepy Stories

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Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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This mini meditation is for those moments before you step out into the world - a gathering, a party, or anywhere new. If your nerves are buzzing, this gentle practice will help you ground yourself, find calm, and remember that you belong wherever you’re going. Join Sleep Wave Premium ✨ in just two taps! Enjoy 2 bonus episodes a month plus all episodes ad-free and show your support to Karissa. Upgrade via our show page on Apple, or via this link for all other players ➡️ https://sleepwave.supercast.com/ Love the Sleep Wave Podcast? Please hit follow & leave a review ⭐️ How are we doing with Sleep Wave? Click here to let us know 🙌 Let's get social! Follow us on Instagram 💜 How does Sleep Wave work? 💤 This show is for any one who struggles to fall asleep, or wakes up in the night. 😴 Powerful Sleep Meditations and Relaxing Bedtime Stories help you fall asleep easily. 😌 Episodes begin with calming intros to take you away from any anxious thoughts and prepare you for your wind down. Subscribe today, and next time you're ready to get sleepy, jump into bed, press play, and get sleepy, fast. Looking for the brands I mention on the show? You’ll find all the latest sponsor links and offers right here:⁠ https://lnk.to/sleepwave ⁠💜 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Hey, it's Carissa. Welcome to Sleepwave. If you're listening to this, you might be getting ready to head out to a gathering, a party, a meeting, a date, somewhere with people, conversation, energy.
0:40.3	And maybe you're feeling a little nervous.
0:43.3	That's okay. That's completely normal.
0:46.3	This short practice is here to help you ground yourself,
0:51.3	so you can walk in with calm, connection connection and a sense of your own presence.
0:58.9	You're allowed to enjoy yourself after all. You deserve to be at the party. Let's begin with
1:07.9	the breath. Inhale slowly through your nose.
1:11.6	Exhale gently through your mouth.
1:15.6	Again, breathe in, steady confidence and breathe out tension.
1:23.6	One more time, a deep breath in and a long breath out.
1:34.7	Now, gently bring your attention to your body.
1:40.3	Feel your feet on the ground, your weight supported, your spine steady.
1:49.0	You are here. You are safe.
1:54.0	You are allowed to take up space.
1:59.0	Let these words settle into you, not like a performance, but like a reminder of
2:07.2	who you already are. I do not have to be the most interesting person in the room. I do not have to worry about being seen.
2:20.3	I don't need to have perfect words.
2:25.3	My presence is enough.
2:28.3	I am allowed to show up as I am.
2:33.3	Quiet or curious, playful. I am allowed to show up as I am.
2:39.3	Quiet or curious, playful or calm.
2:43.0	There is room for me.
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