A Zen Mind Guided Meditations - A Meditation for When You Feel Stuck: Find Clarity & Direction

Episode Date: August 12, 2026

🪞 There are moments in our lives that face us with big questions, life changing decisions, and hard choices. Sometimes, those answers are not always easy to find, especially when our inner world becomes flooded with external input, the opinions of others, societal expectations, and the noise of everyday life. This meditation is a deeply reflective practice that is meant to act as a mirror. Many times, the answers already lie within us, and we simply need to be guided to a space of silence and inner trust to be able to hear from within. This meditation asks that you trust yourself. Please note the structure of this meditation: We begin this meditation with some gentle instruction. If you are listening to this meditation more than once, you may wish to start the actual meditation at 3:08 We move through a series of four questions, each offering 50–60 seconds of silence before we move on to the next.  You may wish to journal or reflect on these questions after the meditation. Keep a pen and paper (or your Notes app 😉) handy. “The degree to which a person can grow is directly proportional to the amount of truth they can accept about themself, without running away.” ― Leland Val Van De Wall With love, Jo * No part of this meditation script, voiceover, or editing was created using AI. :)  __ Explore more from A Zen Mind  Join me on ⁠Instagram⁠ 💖  ⁠ azenmindglobal.com⁠ Ad-free + extended episodes on ⁠Patreon⁠ Join the ⁠email list⁠  — Our Partners Mental Health Support: Talkiatry Online psychiatry with licensed providers and personalized, evidence-based care — all from home. Elevated Essentials: Quince Timeless, high-quality pieces at accessible prices. Build Your Business: Shopify Everything you need to start, run, and grow your business online. This episode is for relaxation and educational purposes only and is not a replacement for professional medical or mental health care. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Luxury sales claim based on S&P Global Mobility, Canadian New Vehicle Total Registrations for calendar year 2025 for the Cadillac definition of luxury. Hello and welcome to this guided meditation. Begin by settling into a nice, comfy position, whatever that feels like for you. And as we begin this practice, I want to start by reminding you that meditation is not meant to fix anything. It's not meant to solve every problem.

This type of meditation is going to act as a mirror, reflecting our own truth back to us and giving us an opportunity to see ourselves a little bit more clearly. Throughout the day there is so much input that is coming at us all the time. From other people's opinions and expectations to work and relationships and everything constantly taking up space in our minds. and sometimes underneath all that input it becomes really difficult to hear our own selves we might know that something doesn't feel right

but we haven't given ourselves enough space to understand why and so before we go any further I invite you to think about why you chose this meditation today is there a question or a decision that you've been trying to make, or maybe there's an area of your life where you've been seeking more clarity. Or maybe you don't know exactly what brought you here, but something within you knows that it's time to listen. Whatever it might be, just allow it to come to mind gently in these next few moments, holding it in your hand, in your heart, and as you settle in,

understand that we aren't necessarily looking for an immediate answer we're simply creating enough space to see what comes forward and after this meditation and in the days that follow you can integrate what you've seen during this practice in your life if your eyes aren't closed yet go ahead and gently allow them to close resting your hands comfortably in your lap or beside you welcoming a deep breath in through your nose and slowly exhaling through your mouth again deep breath in through your nose and let it all go with your exhale as your nervous system begins to settle and relax deep breath in filling your lungs completely and a slow breath out and as you continue with these breaths can you notice the sensation of the air

the moment that it enters through your nostrils as it travels through your nose down into your lungs can you notice the sensation when you exhale the deflation of your lungs feeling it travel back up and out through your mouth can you tune into and notice the beating of your heart can you notice the subtle pulse of the blood moving through your body that energy that exists within you moving through you At every single moment, there is an entire world happening inside of you. And there is so much wisdom here. Your body is constantly communicating with you.

Your emotions are communicating with you. Your intuition is communicating with you. And so bring all of your attention back to you. back to your own inner world, a space where you can have a conversation between you and you. Now as we move through a series of questions, I invite you to just notice what naturally comes forward. Maybe it's a thought or a memory or an emotion, whatever it might be. Allow yourself to observe it. with loving curiosity as we hold up the mirror and give ourselves the space to see what is already here.

And let's begin. With compassion, ask yourself, who am I when nobody else is watching? When you aren't thinking about what you should be doing or who you should be becoming, who am I when nobody else is watching next question how much does the life I'm living right now reflect that person how much does the life that I am living right now reflect that person your next question what am I avoiding maybe there's something in your life that you already know but you haven't yet fully acknowledged, or a conversation you need to have, or a decision that you keep postponing, something you need to walk away from, or move towards. What am I avoiding? Our final question, what do I already know I need to do?

not what would be easiest or what would keep everyone around you comfortable not even what guarantees that everything will work out exactly as you hope but simply what do i already know i need to do I invite you to shift your awareness back to your physical body now. Out of this space of introspection and gently directing your awareness to your senses, to the space around you, to any sounds in the distance. And as we begin to close this practice, I want to leave you with one question. that you can carry with you well beyond this space. What would change in my life if I stopped ignoring what I know is my truth.

What would change in my life if I stopped ignoring what I know is my truth. As you move through the remainder of your day and the days to follow, I encourage you to let this question rise up and let it answer itself you don't have to leave this meditation and have everything figured out but eventually we have to decide what we're going to do with what it is that we know to be true and this practice served as a mirror reflecting a truth that your inner self knows and what What a blessing it is to see the truth and to have the choice to change. No matter what happened yesterday or last month or over the last five years,

the past is gone and the present is where you create and your future self is relying on the decisions that you will make in this very moment. Whenever you're ready, you may gently open your eyes and take with you whatever this practice as showed you. Trust yourself, wishing you so much peace and so much love. Namaste.