The Breath Break Podcast with Jenafer

When you’re triggered, we often expect ourselves to calm down instantly. But even if you pause and breathe for a few seconds the feeling is still there. This Breath Break explores why that happens and what your body actually needs instead. In this short episode, we explore how long it actually takes for an emotion to move through the body and why. Plus, the one simple (and often missed) shift that...

What “just take a breath” actually does — and doesn’t. Common advice tells us to “just take a breath” when we’re triggered. But what is that actually doing? In this episode, we explore what a few seconds of breathing can, and can’t, do in those moments. Is it enough? Short answer: no, but it’s an important step that shouldn’t be missed. Over the next few weeks, I’m exploring the role of deep breat...

A simple Breath Break you can do anywhere. No one will notice, but you’ll feel the shift in how you meet yourself, others, and life. Inspired by the words of Alok V Menon, this episode introduces a short breathing reset into the collarbones and upper chest, sometimes called the eyes of the heart . This area often collapses with screen time, stress, or protecting. Opening it can change posture, bre...

Ep 6: Break the Worry Loop A quick pattern interrupt to quiet worry, ease uncertainty, and return to center (3-minute technique inside a 10-minute episode). There’s a lot happening in the world right now. You can feel it… even when you’re just trying to go about your normal day. The mind tries to manage uncertainty by working it out in your head, but mostly you end up worrying more. This Breath Br...

In the busyness of everyday life, it’s easy to move through our days on autopilot. In this episode, we explore how breathing fully into life can help ordinary moments feel richer, more alive, and more meaningful. What You’ll Explore in This Episode: -Why most of life’s “adventure” lives in everyday moments -How conscious breathing supports presence, vitality, and awareness -A short, simple breathi...

This week’s Breath Break is an invitation to go deeper in the lungs to reconnect with the steadiness modern life pulls you away from. It takes us into the “prime real estate” of the breath — the lower lungs, a place most of us rarely access when stress, posture, and screens tighten and shorten our breathing. Many of us spend our days breathing high and shallow without even realising it. That upper...

This week’s Breath Break was sparked by an inspiring piece of content from Dr Alice MacKinnon, a life coach and women’s surf instructor, drawing a beautiful analogy between surfing and life. There’s always that moment, whether you’re on a surfboard or navigating everyday life, where fear makes us grip tight instead of leaning in. I’ve been thinking about that a lot — how we cling to what’s familia...

Episode 2 of The Breath Break offers an opportunity to head into the holidays with more contentment - with a micro-reset that invites you to breathe into acceptance as an access point to gratitude. This isn’t resignation. It's a softening — a way to meet the holidays, your relationships, and your perception of your life with more spaciousness and grace. Inside this episode: • A simple 3-dimensiona...

In this first Breath Break, we explore a simple 7-minute practice in a 10 minute episode designed to help you step out of the speed of the day and reconnect with yourself. This episode was inspired by poet David Whyte’s beautiful reminder that each of us carries someone inside who is “half a shade more courageous than we are now.” That line sparked something within me to create a gentle invitation...

Introducing The Breath Break — an experimental season of micro-meditations to pause, breathe, and reset in a world that never stops. Each short episode offers practical, science-backed tools to uplift your wellbeing and the world around you. Whether you need a midday reset, want to wind down after work, or just pause for a moment, The Breath Break will help you: Shift your mind, mood, and energy B...