Self-Care Daily with Rachel Brathen

Today’s episode will help you bring your intentions for spring to life. Rachel will guide you through a beautiful ritual. It involves writing your intention down on paper, taking a walk outside, meditating, and then offering your intention to the earth. Speak it out loud, let the wind carry it off, and wait for the universe to do its thing. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and o...

Today’s episode brings you a journaling practice that will help you align your intentions with your longings for spring. What was the intention you set for 2026? And what are you yearning for in your life right now? How do these two things align? Rachel shares an example from her own life, then it’s your turn to do the inner work. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy...

Your heart always knows best. In today’s episode, Rachel will guide you through a meditation to find your heart’s longing for the spring season. When all else falls away, what do you truly want? When you listen to the voice within, what is it telling you? Tune in to begin.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about...

As we invite in spring, this is the perfect moment to look at the intentions you set for 2026 back in January. A lot of time has passed since then. Do you feel different now? In today’s episode, you will assess your intentions. Ask yourself what needs to change. What is still really important to you? And then either reactivate your commitment or move on. Tune in to begin. To learn more about liste...

It’s the first week of spring! With the new energy in the air, this is the perfect time to reflect, find purpose, and seriously consider what we want to manifest in our lives. This week on Self-Care Daily, we will reflect on our intentions we set in January and see if anything needs to change - and we will also set our intentions for the spring season. What do you want to invite into your life? Tu...

Happy Spring Equinox! We have finally made it to this moment, and it all culminates in ceremony. In today’s episode, Rachel offers you a small practice you can do outside in nature to have an intentional moment and find reverence and gratitude for the new season. You will receive tips on beautiful things to help you settle in, from meditating, to creating an altar, lighting a fire, or journaling....

What is the area of your life that feels the most unbalanced? What feels completely out of control? In today’s episode, Rachel will offer you two journaling prompts that will help you make sense of the senseless and bring control to the chaos. It comes down to two simple questions: what needs to come and what needs to go? Tune in to begin.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practic...

Is your breath balanced? You may think so, but often the inhale can be longer than the exhale, or vice versa. If you are giving too much of yourself, your body may be taking long inhales to make up for it. In today’s episode, Rachel will guide you through a breathing exercise to find balance. As your inhales and exhales match up, you may be surprised how grounded you feel afterward. Tune in to beg...

We will always fluctuate when it comes to feeling balanced in our lives. Life is full of ebbs and flows! In today’s episode, Rachel will guide you through an open journaling practice. You will consider where balance may be lacking in your life, and how that could be affecting how you are able to take care of yourself. Everything usually starts there. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener...

We have officially arrived at the week of Spring Equinox. This week, the day will once again become as long as the night. Light and dark will balance again. In reflection of this, we are going to consider the balance in our own lives. How does your life feel overall right now? Are there certain areas where you are giving more than you are receiving? How can you bring more equilibrium to your state...

Winter always has lessons that it brings with it. Did you learn something important this past season? Did you learn something about yourself, about life, or about the world? In today’s episode, you will settle on one big lesson that really resonates with you from the winter. Acknowledge it, reflect on it, and really anchor into your learning. Then come next year, you won’t have to do it all over a...

Winter can be challenging in so many ways. It’s cold and dark - and our inner worlds are taking center stage. Is there something in particular that you struggled with this past winter season? Was it something recurring? Or was it brand new? In today’s episode, you are going to reflect on your struggles, but also figure out what may be still lingering. Then you’ll contemplate how you can find closu...

In today’s gratitude practice, we are going to focus on the highs of the past winter season. What were the moments that really stand out to you as special? Did something feel really expansive or nurturing or beautiful? Rachel shares her own special moments, and then it’s your turn. Sometimes looking back, you realize that the small moments really were the big moments. Tune in to begin. To learn mo...

Bring yourself back to the beginning of winter. Who were you then? What was going on? And has something shifted for you since then? What did the winter season actually bring you? Today’s episode is a free-writing journaling exercise where Rachel will guide you to discover how different things can be after one short season. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practic...

We are about a week away from Spring Equinox. Officially on paper, this is the last week of winter. Often when spring comes, it brings with it excitement and busyness - and we usually throw ourselves into it all. We don’t always take the time we need to reflect on the lessons winter brought us. This week on Self-Care Daily, we are going to process the past season. Tune in today to discover the gen...

Today’s self-care practice is to look at your day, figure out where you are moving too fast, and consciously slow those moments down. There are so many things that you normally rush through and wish away. But those moments are part of your life! Instead, can you bring more mindfulness to them? Can you notice the little aspects that make them special? Can you really appreciate them? Tune in to begi...

What area of your life feels like it’s moving too fast? What area is overwhelming and stressful? And the important question of today: how would your life change if you could slow down? In today’s episode, you will do a contemplative practice where you envision the change. Notice how it impacts your life. And ask yourself, is it worth it? Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our...

Spring is on its way, but we are still in winter and learning the lesson winter is trying to teach us: we need to slow down. Today’s practice offers you a breathing exercise with a two step inhale and exhale. It will bring you away from the mind and into the inner world, where everything is slow and meaningful. Rachel will guide you through the whole thing. Tune in to begin. To learn more about li...

Often the frantic feeling of not having enough time comes from within. If you can slow down your racing thoughts and judgements, that may ripple out to help you find a slower pace in your day. In today’s episode, Rachel will guide you through a journaling practice that will help you discover a limiting belief you have about time, yourself, and your worth. You don’t have to do it all. Tune in to be...

We are already in the third month of 2026 somehow. Time may feel like it’s moving fast, so this week on Self-Care Daily we are finding ways to slow down. It’s been a tumultuous year already, so let’s get more introspective and intentional so we feel really rested by the end of the week. Tune in to begin.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/...

This week we reflected on a form of art we did when we were a child that brought us right into the moment. In today’s episode, you are going to settle into a self-care practice with this childhood memory and art supplies as your guides. Awaken your inner child and have some fun. That’s what life is all about! Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: http...

We all have heard the voice of our intuition. But in today’s world, trusting that voice is a little more difficult. Today’s episode will bring you two questions for your journal that will help you connect with your intuition. How does this voice show up in your body? And what is something that you intuitively know to be true? Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy prac...

Today’s meditation brings you the space to slow down and look for the softness that is already present within you. Your heart holds a gentleness. It holds open space. It holds opportunity. Sometimes you just have to take the time to remember that. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad c...

In today’s episode we are going to take a trip down memory lane to find something from your childhood that still rings true today. Can you remember a time when you created art and lost yourself in it? When time had no meaning and you just created out of pure enjoyment? It is so easy to connect to our creativity as children, and if we can remember that feeling, we may be able to reconnect with a pa...

We have officially entered Pisces season, which is the final sign of the zodiac. This time of the year is all about creativity, universal love, and intuition. And with that, this week on the show we are going to do some creative practices that bring us into a flow state and make us feel closer to home. It’s time to drop everything unimportant and be in the moment. Tune in to begin. To learn more a...