# Simply Be: A Microdose Meditation for More Mindfulness and Resilience to Start Your Day

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Podcast: [Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom](https://stenobird.com/podcast/whole-again-mindfulness-and-resilience-through-kintsugi-wisdom-6642339)
Published: 2026-05-25T11:11:00+00:00
Episode link: https://michaelobrienshift.com/whole-again-podcast/
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## Resource

The Whole Again Podcast: Mindfulness and Resilience through Kinstugi Wisdom airs every Monday, Wednesday and Friday with Pause Breathe Reflect Microdose Meditations, Growth Mindset and Mindfulness Tips, to help us transform our scars into healing and resilience. And between May and October, I'm sharing a new series I'm calling: A Perfectly Imperfect Union. It's about connecting with every day folks as they reflect on America at 250. Conversations will air every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. ------- When did you last give yourself permission to simply be? Not to fix anything. Not to plan the week ahead. Not to solve what's sitting in the back of your mind. Just... be. That's what this Monday microdose meditation invites you into. In this episode of Whole Again, Michael O'Brien guides you through a short, grounding practice built around one of the most underrated skills in a busy life: the ability to rest your attention. No pressure to empty your mind. No striving for some perfect state of stillness. Just a gentle return, again and again, to the present moment. Like a puppy dog resting its chin on your thigh, as Michael says, seeking nothing more than your quiet company. It's the kind of pause that doesn't ask much of you, but gives back more than you might expect. You'll find this meditation, and over 700 others just like it, inside the Pause Breathe Reflect app, free to download on Apple's App Store and Google Play. Think of it as your Monday reset, available any time you need it. Before you go, sit with this one: What would change this week if you started it from a place of calm instead of catch-up? Share your answer in the comments, and if this meditation brought you some peace, pass it along to someone who could use a quiet moment today. You can now download my Pa…

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