Start your morning with intention, calm, and clarity. In this 10-minute guided practice, you’ll gently awaken your body and mind...inviting warmth, focus, and positivity into your day. Together, we’ll use the breath, visualization, and affirmations to release tension, connect to your heart, and align with what truly matters. This is your moment to pause before the rush, to create space for what you want to feel and to consciously shape the kind of day you wish to live. Whether you’re still in bed or already sitting upright, this meditation will help you feel grounded, centered, and ready to move through the day with peace, purpose, and joy. Take a deep breath… and let’s begin.

Give your mind and body a powerful reset, without falling asleep. In this 10-minute guided Non-Sleep Deep Rest (NSDR) session, you’ll be led through calming breathwork, progressive body relaxation, and focused awareness to bring your nervous system into a state of deep calm. Rooted in cutting-edge neuroscience, this protocol is designed to help you shift from high alert to full-body restoration - anytime you need it. Ideal for: Midday energy recharge Post-work decompression Evening wind-down Stress recovery or burnout support Enhancing focus, creativity, and emotional resilience With regular use, you’ll train your brain and body to access deep rest on demand—no nap or sleep required. Benefits of this practice: Calm an overactive mind Replenish mental and physical energy Recover from fatigue without sleeping Regulate your nervous system and reduce stress Tap play to begin restoring clarity, energy, and inner balance - starting now.

Today's guest is Sabina Read, psychologist, human behaviour expert, speaker, facilitator, mentor and media spokesperson.

Sabina is on a mission to help you become the architect of your life. Through lived experiences and decades of study, Sabina shows you how to take your struggles, fears and anxiety, and work through them so that you can feel empowered, connected and equipped for whatever life throws at you.

Sabina is a wealth of knowledge who takes widely studied psychology-based concepts and makes them easy to understand so that you can integrate them into your own life.

What to expect in this episode:

- Sabina's story and how she became a psychologist

- What is an empath and how to protect your energy if you are one

- Understanding your own learnt behaviours and patterns

- Knowing how to fill up your own cup

- Navigating interpersonal relationships, whilst maintaining your own energy and looking after yourself

- How to teach your children to be emotionally intelligent

- What Sabina does for her mental health

Sabina shares so many practical tools you can implement today. We got so much out of this episode and hope you do too.

A note from us:

We have decided to take a pause on podcasts and meditations, and so today will be the last new episode for a little while.

We want you to know that we are here and still completely dedicated to helping you take charge of your mental wellbeing. We have so much free content backlogged for you to visit, including hundreds of free meditations and podcasts you can listen to here: https://www.eqminds.com/podcasts/eq-minds-recharge-your-mental-health

Connect with Sabina Read:

https://www.sabinareadpsychology.com.au/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sabinaread/?originalSubdomain=au

IG: @sabinaread

Connect with Chelsea:

www.eqminds.com

IG: @eqminds & @chelseapottengerofficial

For our American Listeners, buy the Mindful High Performer here: https://www.amazon.com/Mindful-High-Performer-powerful-recharge/dp/1922351946

For our Australian Listeners, buy the Mindful High Performer here: https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-mindful-high-performer-chelsea-pottenger/book/9781922351944.html

For our UK Listeners, buy The Mindful High Performer here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1922351946/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tu00_p1_i0 The Mindful High Performer is available on Audible globally: https://www.audible.com.au/pd/The-Mindful-High-Performer-Audiobook/B0B5F4VGM8