Change of any kind—whether it's small, momentous, expected or unexpected—can make us feel so vulnerable and unsteady. 

This week, Susan Bauer-Wu offers a guided meditation to invite and nourish inner strength in the face of change. 

Susan Bauer-Wu, PhD, is a registered nurse and nursing educator, as well as a mindfulness teacher and researcher. She is president of the Mind & Life Institute and author of Leaves Falling Gently: Living Fully with Serious & Life-Limiting Illness through Mindfulness, Compassion & Connectedness. 

The transcription of this guided meditation will be online and in our app at Mindful.org next week. 

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Show Notes

Find more from Susan Bauer-Wu here.

FREE course! If you are looking for an in-depth resource to help build essential skills to meet a changing and uncertain world with a core of inner strength, join Melli O'Brien and a host of other teachers for The Seven Strengths, a FREE 7-day online course happening this May 13-19. Learn more and register at www.mindfulness.com/the-seven-strengths. 

Go Deeper

Want to learn more about how you can train to stay steady, even when everything around you feels uncertain and evolving? Check out these resources from Mindful.org: 

• New Life, Who's This? Rediscovering Who You Are When Everything Has Changed 

• Embracing Change: What Nanalan' Teaches Us About Saying Goodbye 

• The Only Constant Is Change 

• Navigating Change is Hard. Here's How it Makes Us Better Leaders  

• Rethinking Equanimity: Margaret Cullen on Equanimity and Quiet Strength 

To get more practice dealing with the reality of change, try A Meditation to Help You Let Go and Accept Change. 

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