Try: Mixing A Nature Soundtrack

Shack rain, calm fire, and beach rushing water, though unlikely, could be your actual soundtrack.

I like Moodil because you can wait for the bad weather in your head to pass by creating your own mood-perfect nature soundtrack.

I tend to like the meadow nighttime sounds (as shown by the moon and stars) along with a calm fire and thunderstorm. But who cares what I like? Experiment your way into a relaxed background while cooking, working, or falling asleep.

I use the desktop version but Moodil is an app, so it's meant to be used on phones.

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Try: Taking a Bath with a Podcast

Reminder: these are good things, both together or separately. If you're lucky enough to have the time, why not become happy woman with her massive headphones & bubbles? 

Also, books are always there, ready to change out your mind's broken record. Here's a novel recommendation if nothing's coming to mind: The Brothers Sisters by Patrick Dewitt. Man, was that a great book.

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Try: Online Yoga

Ekhart yoga is an online yoga classes, so you can do it from home or on the go. You subscribe for access, but you can try it out for a month for just a $1. So that's cool. 

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Try: Taking a Walk

Easier said than done. But just getting up and going for a 10 minute walk can melt the snowball a bit.

The Human app helps you to be active for 30 minutes a day and tells you if you've hit that 10 min walk level with a pretty design. I find that having a small goal--just go to the library--can get me out of the house, and that's what it takes to start feeling better.

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Try: Making a Playlist

I find that getting immersed in a project helps switch my mind out of the overthinking mode and into a feeling of flow.  My wish: that it were possible to attach cover art to the music I'm putting together to create a mood, the way we used to back in the 80s/90s. If that were easy to do on Spotify or Apple Music, I'd recommend that you create art on an app called LogoScopic. That's fun to do anyway, why not? It gets you creating.

If you don't feel like making a playlist, fear not. You could give this one a try. It's the OFFICIAL Beautiful Voyager playlist. I'm psyched about it.

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Try: A Meditation App

By this point, there are hundreds of meditation apps. I keep it simple. I started subscribing to Headspace in Jan 2015 and have never looked back.

I picked up one more source for meditations along the way. Tara Brach is a wise teacher and guide. Her talks are available by subscribing to her podcast. Here is what she says about our itchy desire to figure out a solution for everything that might come up:

You have a unique body and mind, with a particular history and conditioning. No one can offer you a formula for navigating all situations and all states of mind. Only by listening inwardly in a fresh and open way will you discern at any given time what most serves your healing and freedom. If this experiment works for you, hit the heart to let others know they should give it a try!

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My First Attempt at Live Streaming Video on Facebook

If you want to see my initial stumbles, watch the whole thing. If you just want to cut to the chase, skip the first 2:41. I left all of that in because I want others who wrestle technology not to feel alone. The whole learning curve is so huge that I try to share these struggles...but I don't want it to make for terribly boring video, either. :)

The topic of the video is "What is strange? What is normal? How can you tell if you're strange?"