Community Routes Podcast

03/02/2026

Take a moment to pause. Hold your center. Honor your light. The quiet steadiness of mid-winter. Gathering strength for what is to come. Feel the crisp air. Notice your breath. Ground beneath you. Sky above. Held between. We are halfway to spring. New life is coming.

26/01/2026

The world has had so much unrest with recent events. Today many of us were covered in a blanket of snow. It gave a nervous system reset to me as I watched the snow falling. ❄️❄️❄️ It’s a really complex world out there. There is a lot of grief and lament that becomes a collective trauma we hold in our nervous systems as some react, some shut down, and sometimes we are in sheer disbelief and utter anguish. Look for moments of stillness. Use your voice where you can. Reflect on the goodness around you. Consider how you can reach the suffering if you have it in your capacity to do so today. One of the lessons nature gave me today, along with the day of pause, was that really little things really do add up. At times the snowflakes were so tiny you could hardly see them. Their persistence continued. The impact was palpable. We get to be here today. We can join with all the others walking this path and see that we aren’t alone. See all that snow??? We are one small piece of a greater whole. And it makes a huge difference. We are so glad you are here.

01/01/2026

A softening into a brand new year. May it be gentle, restorative, and bring you peace.

27/12/2025

Our Community Routes family is thinking of you in the midst of celebration, grief, reflection, and wherever you find yourself today. Check out our latest episode for this year’s holiday help.

06/12/2025

We rush into busyness and we barely notice the moment we are in or the one we just had that we want to savor before we are onto the next thing. My grandma used to say we all have 24 hours…even the president, and we all know who he is….and she would chuckle but we were pretty sure she really couldn’t remember. No one gets more time today but we can invest it well. That could mean lots of rest, or moments of connection, or a dose of nature or some movement, a stretch….what do you most need today? What might you savor and enjoy just a little longer? Linger there. Life might be short but we can take it all in and live it to the full. You are loved and you are allowed to take up space and take the time you need. 🍁🍂❄️ 💕

29/11/2025

Notice the color, the subtle, the shifts and the changes. Especially when life feels heavy, uncertain or difficult. Look for the beauty. Find even just a breath of stillness, solitude and silence where you can truly receive time as a gift. 🍁🍂

28/11/2025

Meditative moment to pause and breathe. Take out a journal or sit quietly and reflect. Name a sample of ordinary things you are grateful for today. These don’t have to be big or impressive— they can be as small as a cup of tea, a favorite mug, laughter with a friend, or a quiet moment after a busy day. As you list them, pause and whisper, “This, too, is a gift.”

05/11/2024

Join us this Election Day 2024 on Deep Breath...an intentional pause. 🌱💕🧠🏠🌎💡
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Community Routes · Episode

05/09/2023

September is Recovery Month!! Hope is real. Recovery is real. 🌱

Join us for this special Off the Beaten Path episode that celebrates the brand new release of Trauma and the 12 Steps--The Workbook: Exercises and Meditations for Addiction, Trauma Recovery, and Working the 12 Steps--Revised and Expanded Edition, with co-authors Dr. Jamie Marich and Dr. Steve Dansiger. 🦋

This episode encourages you to consider the vast and wide tools that will provide you the space to be in the moment. 🧰

Trauma can feel so raw. Begin to practice skills to regulate your brain and cultivate mindfulness. 💡

Whatever you can commit to consistently will help heal the brain. 🧠

Find small practices that are dedicated to your wellbeing. 🌈

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28/08/2023

Sarah leads us through this Deep Breath as she reviews box breathing and challenges us to extend the exhales. 🔲 📦💨

This Deep Breath has lots of affirmations and encouragement using a "both/and" lens. 🌱 🧠 💕

Your journey and your story is valid. Bring your feelings of loss, grief, or pain and learn some tools to deal with things differently. 🧰 🔨🔧

We are here to walk with you! 🏠🌍💡

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21/08/2023

How do you go from feeling drained to feeling connected and empowered? Having resiliency helps us to keep leaning in and have hope. 🌱

Noticing glimmers that are life giving teaches us that small things, ordinary things, are doable and possible! ✨

Learn to find joy and delight in the present moment. This is a practice, a skill, a muscle to build mindfulness, to be here now. 🎯

Resiliency brings you back to the baseline, to bend like a tree in the wind. 🌳

This episode with clinical psychologist Jenny Hughes focuses on practical mental health habits that help us grow in self-awareness and communication with others! 💡🏠

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08/08/2023

Join Sarah for this Deep Breath as she reminds us of box breathing, a body scan, and a posture check. 🦋

Self care can look different for each of us. What movement can you add to your day? If you are working at a desk, remember to stand and stretch. Roll your shoulders back. 🌱🧠👟

Appreciate what your body has done for you today. Treat it gently, kindly, sustainably! 💕🏠

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