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For today’s self-care practice, we are going to build an altar for this season of the year, and this season of your life. It is an altar to help you remember those who have passed on. Rachel will share tips on where to build it, how to built it, and what to put on it. It can include everything from candles, to images of your loved ones, items of remembrance, connections to nature, and traditions of this season. This will be a place you can arrive to be present with those you have lost - a place infused with their spirit and your own intention of reverence. Tune in to begin.

Today’s practice is very vulnerable, and it has the potential to bring you deep into yourself and the connection you have with those who have passed on. You will be writing a letter across the veil. Was anything left unsaid to a loved one? Do you need to say thank you? I love you? Do you need to tell them what has happened since they have left? Rachel will walk you through the practice. You will sit quietly in that place where you feel them and write from a place of love and remembrance. Then you can do something special with the letter once you are done. Tune in to begin.

Today’s practice offers you a meditation that will help you connect with your ancestors. You will visualize each generation standing behind you forming a large triangle, from your parents to your grandparents and beyond. Hold in your heart what it took for you to be here now. Let go of old stories and sense the primal gratitude just for being alive. You have so many people behind you. Tune in to begin.

We have all experienced loss in some way, shape or form. But those that have passed on that really meant something to us - they remain. In today’s episode, you are going to step into a place of feeling instead of thinking. Who do you carry with you? Whose presence do you still feel? In what ways do they live on? Rachel will share some beautiful examples. Tune in to begin.

For many parts of the world, this time of year is known for the thin veil between the realms of the living and dead. This is a time of honoring your ancestors, remembering the ones you have lost, and walking in gratitude for what they brought to your life. Wherever you may be in a grief process, this week will be a way to bask in the love for those lost - and the quiet knowing that that love never truly leaves. Tune in to begin.

It can be such a relief to stand with your shadow and look at all the things you’ve been avoiding. For today’s self-care practice, Rachel is going to guide you through a darkness walk. Right at dusk, you will catch that special transitional time between night and day and notice how your body naturally adjusts to the dark. Rachel will share some tips, and you can bask in what you feel inside. Is it scary? Is it peaceful? What does the dark actually hold? Tune in to begin.

Some feelings are really difficult to sit with. Instead, we try to shut them down, or run from them, or we turn to an unhealthy coping mechanism. In today’s episode, you are going to take the first step to acknowledging - what is that feeling for you? What feeling are you avoiding right now? What are you resisting? Give yourself a grounded place of support, then let yourself feel a tiny drop of what is present. You can do hard things. Tune in to begin.

It is so easy to judge our shadow side as something bad, or something we are supposed to change or hide. But the truth is - it’s just as important as your light. Your light can only exist because of your shadow! Today’s episode will help you find acceptance and even gratitude for the parts of you that you label as bad. You will consider a trait or behavior of yours that you label negatively, and then discover all the ways that it has protected and supported you through difficult times in your life. You are not a problem to be solved. Tune in to begin.

Interacting with other humans means that there are always reasons to feel upset by their actions or personalities. That’s just how life goes! If you don’t recognize your specific triggers, it is easy to get pushed around emotionally and feel like the world is a terrible place. Today’s episode will help you realize what irks you about other people. What makes you reactive? What gets your blood boiling? Figuring out what your triggers are, and why you have them, is the first step to noticing your patterns and not being a slave to your reactions. Tune in to begin.

We are entering Scorpio season later this week, we are turning the clocks back, and we are officially anchoring ourselves into the dark season. This week, on Self-Care Daily, we will use this time as a mirror to consider our own inner darkness. We like to pretend it’s not there, but we cannot avoid resentment, shame, embarrassment, grief, sadness, and all those feelings we label negative. So, what are you resisting? And, like nature, can you let the darkness creep in? Tune in to begin.

Most people are looking for more connection. We are wired for connection! It’s human nature. In today’s episode, you are going to contemplate a relationship that you want to take deeper. Do you have an acquaintance that you want to make a real friend? Rachel will share some steps you can take to get there. It may feel scary or daunting, but it could lead to something beautiful. Tune in to begin.

On the flip side from our practice yesterday, today you are going to touch on the relationship in your life that is bringing you some friction right now. Maybe there is some drama, or something unspoken, or a feeling that things aren’t completely aligned. Today’s practice will ask you a very specific question: is there a boundary that you should be setting in this situation that you haven’t set? Is there a ‘no’ waning to be spoken aloud? Is there a need you have that isn’t being fulfilled? Tune in as Rachel guides you to a different understanding of the situation.

There’s never a shortage of things to work on when it comes to our relationships. We are all human beings! Sometimes friction pops up, or we deal with tricky dynamics and behavior. But in today’s episode, you are going to let go of all that and consider a relationship in your life that is just effortless. Who feels like peace? Who can you be yourself around? Who makes things feel easy, natural, and safe? Not everyone has those relationships, so it’s important to be grateful for it when you do. Tune in to begin.

Our life comes alive through our relationships. It’s where we find purpose, love and connection. But of course, life’s biggest challenges tend to happen through our relationships too. In today’s episode, Rachel will guide you through a journaling practice that will bring you through all the different areas of relationships you have in your life. What feels abundant and alive right now? Who has all your attention been going to? And oppositely, where do you feel like you lack relationships at this point in your life? Who are you missing right now? Bring this to your journal and tune in to begin.

Our relationships are illuminated in so many ways during Libra season. You may be feeling challenged in certain relationships right now, or you may have noticed a chance to go deeper with someone in your life. This week on Self-Care Daily, we are going to take stock of all the relationships you have. From your family, to your friends, coworkers, and all the people you connect with on a regular basis - how do those relationships feel? Which ones stand out right now? What challenges are you experiencing? Who are you neglecting? Do you have certain patterns or triggers with certain people? And who simply feels like peace? It’s time to go deep and look at it all. Tune in to begin.