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PODCAST

The Calming Ground Podcast

Elizabeth Mintun

This podcast offers a space for busy people to go to for inspiration, wisdom, to learn from one another"s struggles and transformations, as well as to receive actionable steps to relax, gain confidence, and move forward with the life they long to experience.

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All Episodes

00:10:37

124 - Beginning With Presence: Mindfulness and...

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2026/01/07

In January, our society tends to tell us to do more, fix ourselves, and start over… but what if the most powerful way to begin the year is actually through mindfulness?In this episode, host Elizabeth Mintun offers a different starting point for the new year - one rooted in mindfulness, nervous system awareness, and compassionate intention-setting. Elizabeth unpacks what mindfulness really is (and what it’s not), gently challenging the idea that mindfulness is about calming down or simply engaging in

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00:13:32

123 - Finding Clarity & Calm at the Threshold of a...

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2025/12/31

What if the longer periods of darkness during winter could be our teacher?In this episode, host Elizabeth Mintun reflects on stillness, renewal, and possibility during late December. Drawing from timeless wisdom - the Northern European tradition of the Twelve Nights and the Inuit story of Sedna’s descent into the deep - Elizabeth explores how darkness, pause, and reflection are essential parts of growth. These stories illuminate the ways that slowing down, observing inner patterns, and cultivating

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00:10:54

122 - The Useless Tree & The Two Wolves: Ancient...

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2025/12/24

What if peace in your life, and peace in the world, begins with the smallest shifts inside of you?In this episode, host Elizabeth Mintun weaves together two timeless folktales, the Taoist story of the Useless Tree and the Cherokee legend of the Two Wolves. Together, these stories illuminate how slowing down, regulating our inner world, and choosing compassion over urgency creates the foundation for lasting calm. Elizabeth talks about how, as we step toward a new year, many of us are craving more

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00:08:37

121 - The Sacred Pause: Clearing Space for a New Year

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2025/12/17

What if the end of the year didn’t have to mean resolutions, pressure, or performative reflection?In this episode, host Elizabeth Mintun explores an approach to closing the year that welcomes your whole experience - grief, joy, exhaustion, resilience - and creates gentle space for renewal.Elizabeth shares her personal experience navigating the end of last year while her mother was nearing the end of her life, offering a tender reminder that reflection doesn’t always look like journaling prompts or

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00:09:51

120 - Coping with Grief & Loss During the Holidays:...

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2025/12/10

If the holidays feel heavy or unexpectedly emotional, you’re not alone.In this episode, host Elizabeth Mintun explores the tender landscape of holiday grief, including why it often feels heavier this time of year, and how we can support ourselves with gentleness and honesty. Through two powerful folktales from Japan and the Arctic Inuit tradition, she reflects on the universal experience of loss, remembrance, and the quiet ways love continues across time and distance.This episode is for anyone

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00:15:53

119 - What the Frozen River Knows: Water Element...

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2025/12/03

What if the wisdom you’re searching for is already moving beneath the surface, like a river under winter ice?In this episode, Elizabeth Mintun explores the water element and the season of winter according to ancient Chinese medicine. She explores how winter can be a time of gestation, why your body may crave more rest right now, and offers micro practices to slow down during this holiday season. Elizabeth also shares a beautiful winter folktale that illustrates how clarity rises not from striving

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00:44:56

118 - How Horses Help Us Heal: Nature-Based Nervous...

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2025/11/26

Horses don’t just sense our emotions - they help regulate them. And today, you’ll hear how.In this powerful and heartfelt episode, host Elizabeth Mintun sits down with Jackie Stevenson, a therapist, coach, and equine-guided practitioner whose work blends nature, nervous system wisdom, and the profound presence of horses. Together, they explore how stepping into the world of the herd invites us to slow down, become present, and reconnect with the deeper layers of ourselves that often get buried

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00:43:32

117 - When Everything Falls Apart: A Conversation...

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2025/11/19

If you’ve been spiraling, ruminating, or stuck in patterns you can’t explain, you’re not broken - you may be in a portal. This episode explores how to walk through it.In this episode, host Elizabeth Mintun sits down with transformation coach Ruthie Lindsey. She shares her extraordinary story: surviving a devastating car accident, living seven years in bed with chronic pain after a surgical wire pierced her brainstem, losing relationships, and ultimately discovering the tools, practices, and inner

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00:34:16

116 - Hold Nothing: A Conversation with Elena Brower...

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2025/11/12

How do you cultivate a heart wide enough to hold yourself, your loved ones, and the world with compassion? Elena Brower joins us to explore this and the power of letting go in her new book Hold Nothing.In this episode, host Elizabeth Mintun sits down with Elena Brower, mother, mentor, poet, artist, volunteer, bestselling author, and host of the Practice You Podcast. Elena has been guiding yoga and meditation practices since 1999 on Glo, and her work explores the art of listening, self-compassion,

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00:32:41

115 - How to Find Balance and Let the Ground Hold...

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2025/11/05

We often talk about “finding balance”... but what if balance begins when we stop holding ourselves up and allow the ground to hold us?In this episode, host Elizabeth Mintun sits down with Mary Sinclair, a movement educator and somatic practitioner, to explore how our relationship with the ground shapes the way we move through life, both physically and emotionally. Mary shares how posture, alignment, and the simple act of yielding can shift us from effort to ease and why learning to yield can be a

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00:12:31

114 - How to Quiet Self-Doubt and Reconnect with your...

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2025/10/29

Your inner compass is ready to guide you… Are you listening?Many of us have buried our inner knowing under years of doubt, overthinking, and second-guessing. In this episode, host Elizabeth Mintun talks about how to reconnect with that inner voice, cultivate self-trust, and act with alignment even when the mind is loud and life feels uncertain.Elizabeth shares a personal story of a time she faced a challenging decision and discovered how listening to her body, rather than just her mind, helped her

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00:34:07

113 - How to Feel Safe Being Seen: A Conversation...

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2025/10/22

One moment in a 10th-grade classroom changed how Lyn showed up in the world. This episode offers the story of finding her way back to her voice.In this episode, host Elizabeth Mintun talks with Lyn about her Unmuted Method, which helps people heal and feel safe to be seen. Lyn opens up about how she learned to regulate her sensitive nervous system, and the quiet courage it takes to let yourself truly be seen.Key TakeawaysVisibility often brings up nervous system responses (not just mindset

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00:08:02

112 - Day Five of the Nature Within Anniversary...

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2025/10/17

Welcome to a very special celebration of the second anniversary of the Calming Ground Podcast!This week, host Elizabeth Mintun is honoring this milestone with a mini-episode series called The Nature Within. This is a journey back to the essence of why this podcast began:✨ Reconnecting with your inner calm🌱 Reclaiming your presence🌊 Cultivating resilience through practicing mindfulness and connecting with the natural worldIn this final episode of the series,host Elizabeth Mintun explores the sacred

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00:07:49

111 - Day Four of The Nature Within Anniversary...

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2025/10/16

Welcome to a very special celebration of the second anniversary of the Calming Ground Podcast!This week, host Elizabeth Mintun is honoring this milestone with a mini-episode series called The Nature Within. This is a journey back to the essence of why this podcast began:✨ Reconnecting with your inner calm🌱 Reclaiming your presence🌊 Cultivating resilience through practicing mindfulness and connecting with the natural worldIn this fourth episode, host Elizabeth Mintun explores how the moon has

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00:06:59

110 - Day Three of The Nature Within Anniversary...

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2025/10/15

Welcome to a very special celebration of the second anniversary of the Calming Ground Podcast!This week, host Elizabeth Mintun is honoring this milestone with a mini-episode series called The Nature Within. This is a journey back to the essence of why this podcast began:✨ Reconnecting with your inner calm🌱 Reclaiming your presence🌊 Cultivating resilience through practicing mindfulness and connecting with the natural worldThese episodes are both a celebration of two beautiful years together and

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00:05:49

109 - Day Two of The Nature Within Anniversary...

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2025/10/14

Welcome to a very special celebration of the second anniversary of the Calming Ground Podcast!This week, host Elizabeth Mintun is honoring this milestone with a mini-episode series called The Nature Within. This is a journey back to the essence of why this podcast began:✨ Reconnecting with your inner calm🌱 Reclaiming your presence🌊 Cultivating resilience through practicing mindfulness and connecting with the natural worldThese episodes are both a celebration of two beautiful years together and

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00:07:14

108 - Day One of The Nature Within Anniversary...

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2025/10/13

Welcome to a very special celebration of the second anniversary of the Calming Ground Podcast!This week, host Elizabeth Mintun is honoring this milestone with a mini-episode series called The Nature Within. This is a journey back to the essence of why this podcast began:✨ Reconnecting with your inner calm🌱 Reclaiming your presence🌊 Cultivating resilience through practicing mindfulness and connecting with the natural worldThese episodes are both a celebration of two beautiful years together and

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00:30:44

107 - From Doing to Being: Finding Stillness,...

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2025/10/08

What if peace is something already within you, waiting beneath the surface?In this episode, host Elizabeth Mintun talks with psychotherapist and author Ashley Davis Bush, who wrote The Little Book of Inner Peace, The Art and Power of Acceptance, and others. They explore how to move beyond the endless “doing” of our culture and reconnect with the deeper wisdom of simply being. In particular, Ashley addresses how self-compassion and befriending your emotions can be a key to peace, as well as how

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00:09:16

106 - Stress is a Signal: Finding Resilience in Autumn

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2025/10/01

Before the holidays sweep you into full calendars, family dynamics, and year-end deadlines, fall offers a rare chance to pause and reset. What if you could use this season to strengthen your resilience now, before the holiday bustle?In this episode, host Elizabeth Mintun shares why stress isn’t the enemy (it’s a signal), how resilience really works, and why now - before the holiday hustle - is the best time to put grounding practices into place.Elizabeth offers a personal story of how stress showed

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00:16:26

105 - The Metal Element and Fall Self-Care: How to...

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2025/09/24

What are you ready to let go of? Autumn is nature’s reminder to refine and simplify.In this episode, podcast host Elizabeth Mintun talks about how fall is a season of transition - a time when nature contracts, leaves fall, and we’re invited to distill what is truly essential. In Chinese medicine and Qigong, Fall corresponds with the Metal element, connected to clarity, refinement, and the wisdom of letting go.Elizabeth delves into how autumn and the Metal element of Ancient Chinese Medicine can

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