What if the key to grounding yourself wasn’t in thinking less—but sensing more?

In this calming microdose episode, Michael offers a sensory-based mindfulness practice designed to gently guide trauma survivors back into the body, reduce overthinking, and spark a moment of calm awareness—helping to build true resilience from the inside out.

Takeaways:

• Discover a simple 5-sense practice that reconnects you to the present moment
• Learn how mindfulness through the body supports trauma recovery and emotional balance
• Build your resilience by shifting out of mental loops and into direct, grounded experience

When you're ready, take a full breath in and slow releasing breath out and get out of your head, into your senses, and into a moment of mindful resilience.

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With Whole Again: A Fresh Approach to Healing, Growth & Resilience after Physical Trauma through Kintsugi Mindfulness listeners explore resilience through personal stories of trauma, scars, and injury while learning to overcome PTSD, imposter syndrome, self-doubt, and perfectionism with self-compassion, self-love, and self-worth. Through insightful discussions on stress management, mindfulness practices, and digital wellness, the show offers practical tools like breathwork, micro-dose meditation, grounding techniques, visualization, and daily affirmations for anxiety relief and stress relief. Inspired by the art of kintsugi, the podcast embraces healing as a process of transformation, encouraging a shift in perspective from worry and being overwhelmed to gratitude and personal growth. By exploring the mind-body connection, micro-dosing strategies for emotional well-being, and holistic approaches to self-care, this podcast empowers listeners to cultivate emotional resilience and live with greater balance and intention.

 Hey there, it's Michael. Welcome to Whole again. A show about helping survivors a physical injury and trauma, reclaim their strength and resilience. Through the wisdom of Kintsugi.

today, I have a microdose practice for you to help you get out of your head and into your senses. So whenever you're ready, settle in to a comfortable position and allow your hands to rest gently in your lap. And for this one, we'll keep our eyes open and let's drop in. Let's begin with a big breath in, noticing your lungs expanding and a full releasing breath out.

Give yourself permission. To slow things down and fully arrive,

and we'll begin with a sense of sight by naming five things you can see right now. What do you notice? What are you seeing for the very first time

now? We'll name four things we can feel right now.

Maybe it's the temperature. Or how you're making contact with the ground

now. What are three things you can hear right now?

What do you notice about. Your soundscape.

Next, what are two things you can smell right now?

And what is one thing you can taste right now,

and if your intuition is your sixth sense, I'll encourage you to be open. And listening to it as you travel throughout the day.

I hope you enjoyed the practice and always remember you can tap into your senses. It might just help you. Put a wonderful ripple into the world,

and if you would like to discover additional micro doses of mindfulness and wisdom, you can download. My pause, breathe, reflect app, and join us here every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at seven 11 Eastern.

Again, thanks for being here.

I appreciate you.