From Total Chaos to Inner Calm: What Nature Meditation Taught Me About Anxiety

Our Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease Anxiety

Is your anxiety trying to teach you something, but you’re too overwhelmed to hear it?

This episode explores how seemingly small stressors create deep emotional fractals—repeating patterns of response that pull us further into anxiety. Drawing insight from both parenting chaos and nature’s geometry, Meryl guides us to use meditation not just as an escape, but as pattern recognition and real-time course correction.

You’ll discover:

1. How to use simple breath awareness to interrupt overwhelming mental loops

2. What nature’s fractals can teach us about emotional resilience and healing

3. A subtle mindset shift to bring more compassion and calm to chaotic seasons

Tune in now to transform anxiety into insight—and calm your nervous system from the inside out.

**In this episode, I reference images of fractals. You can view these fractals here: https://fractalfoundation.org/fractivities/WhatIsaFractal-1pager.pdf

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Thank you to Nick McMahan for today’s nature field recordings, sound design, and editing; and thank you to Brianna Nielsen for production and editing support. Find them at:

https://www.nickcmcmahan.com

https://www.instagram.com/itsbriannanielsen

This podcast explores meditation, mental health and the power of connection, offering guidance for caregivers, healers, and therapists facing compassion fatigue, burnout, and other mental health struggles through self-care, self-compassion, and resilience. With a focus on anxiety, depression, and overwhelm, each episode provides tools like meditation, mindfulness, breathwork, and grounding to cultivate clarity and reduce stress. Listeners can also experience nature-inspired guided meditations, designed to bring peace and balance in times of distress.