In this mini-episode, we start pulling the self-care dimensions together by creating a mindful, flexible self-care action plan. This isn’t about getting it perfect—it’s about being intentional and turning what you’ve learned into support that actually works in your everyday life.

Here are some resources from Today's Episode:

Mindfulness & Sustainable Self-Care

• Mindful.org. How mindfulness supports habit-building https://www.mindful.org

Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU). What is self-care?

• https://www.snhu.edu/about-us/newsroom/health/what-is-self-care

Burnout & Balance

• Mental Health First Aid. How and why to practice self-care https://www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org/2022/03/how-and-why-to-practice-self-care/

Download the Self-Care Action Plan Worksheet linked here to help you reflect, act, and commit—one step at a time.

The New Year often brings pressure to reinvent ourselves—but real change comes from intention, balance, and care. In Season 2, Episode 1, we reframe “New Year, New Me” through the 8 Dimensions of Self-Care. This is Part One of a two-part series and the foundation for the season, focusing on SELF. This episode highlights Somatic, Emotional, Luminous, and Financial self-care, inviting you to reflect, reset, and choose one small, meaningful way to support yourself—without guilt or overwhelm.

Because you can’t practice self-care without first taking a look at SELF.

Here are some resources from Today's Episode:

Frameworks & Mindful Self-Care

• World Health Organization (WHO). Self-care for health and well-being https://www.who.int/health-topics/self-care

• Mindful.org. A guide to practicing self-care with mindfulness https://www.mindful.org/a-guide-to-practicing-self-care-with-mindfulness/

Emotional & Mental Well-Being

• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). Caring for your mental health https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/caring-for-your-mental-health

• Brown, B. (2013). The Power of Empathy (RSA Shorts) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Evwgu369Jw

Spiritual & Meaning-Based Self-Care

• Living UPP. The Luminous Dimension of Self-Care https://www.livingupp.com/blog/the-luminescent-dimension-of-self-care/

Financial Wellness

• Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Financial well-being resources https://www.consumerfinance.gov/consumer-tools/financial-well-being/

In this brief mindfulness practice, Dr. Evelyn Davis guides you through a calming 5-4-3-2-1 grounding exercise designed to help you reconnect with your body, steady your nervous system, and bring yourself back into the present moment.

Whether you’re navigating stress at work, burnout from caregiving, emotional overwhelm, parenting challenges, relationship confusion, or trauma reminders — this grounding practice helps you pause, breathe, and find your footing again.

Take these few minutes to recenter yourself, one mindful breath at a time.

In this special Q&A episode, Dr. Evelyn Davis answers real questions from listeners about stress, trauma, boundaries, and feeling overwhelmed. If you’ve ever struggled to juggle too much at once, questioned your time management, or wondered how to heal from past experiences, this episode offers gentle guidance, clarity, and practical mindfulness tools to support you right where you are.

In this guided progressive relaxation practice, Dr. Evelyn Davis helps you notice where stress, anxiety, or emotional heaviness may be showing up in your body—and shows you how to soften those spaces with breath, awareness, and light. This short practice will help you pause, breathe, and gently release the tension your body may be carrying this holiday season.

The holidays can bring both joy and challenge—especially when we’re missing loved ones, feeling stretched thin, or carrying the pressure to make everything perfect.

In this episode of Stay Mindful with Dr. Evelyn Davis, we’ll take a closer look at the holiday blues—why it happen, who’s most affected, and how to meet it with mindfulness, gratitude, and grace. You’ll learn practical ways to protect your peace, honor those who can’t celebrate with you, and create meaningful moments that bring light back into the season.

Don’t snooze on the holiday blues—learn how to move through them with presence, purpose, and peace.

In this short Mindful practice, Dr. Evelyn Davis, LCSW, introduces Riding the Grief Coaster to help you navigate the ups and downs of grief with calm and awareness. Through gentle grounding and reflection, this practice will guide you to find steadiness, even when emotions rise and fall like a roller coaster.

In this episode of Stay Mindful with Dr. Evelyn Davis, we’re taking a closer look at grief—not just as something that follows loss, but as something that can also show up through change and even growth. We often think of grief as something that happens after an ending—like the death of a loved one or the close of an important chapter—but grief also shows up when life changes. It might come when our kids leave home, when a relationship ends, or when the world around us feels uncertain or divided. And sometimes, grief even shows up in seasons of growth—when we step into a new chapter but have to leave something familiar behind. Today, we’ll talk about how grief weaves through all of these transitions, and how mindfulness can help us make space for both the pain and the lessons that come with it.

Show Notes & Resources

Here are some of the resources mentioned in today’s episode:

• Grief: What Everyone Should Know — Tanya Villanueva Tepper (TEDxUMiami) TEDx talk referenced in this episode. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwPoqQPynEc
• Stages of Grief (Education) — Therapist Aid Worksheet overview of Kübler-Ross’s five stages: https://www.therapistaid.com/therapy-worksheet/stages-of-grief-education
• The TEAR Model of Grief — Reliant Medical Group (PDF) https://reliantmedicalgroup.org/pdfs/TEAR_Model_Of_Grief.pdf
• Grief and Collective Grief — Complicated Life https://complicated.life/blog/grief-and-collective-grief/
• COVID and Collective Grief — Therapist Aid https://www.therapistaid.com/therapy-article/covid-and-collective-grief
• Grief Roller Coaster — Therapist Aid (Worksheet) https://www.therapistaid.com/therapy-worksheet/grief-roller-coaster
• Tasks of Mourning: Quick Reference — Therapist Aid (Worksheet) https://www.therapistaid.com/therapy-worksheet/tasks-of-mourning-quick-reference