Skillful Means Podcast
Skillful Means Podcast

Skillful Means Podcast

Jennifer O'Sullivan

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Skillful Means Podcast offers practical wisdom for everyday life. Host Jennifer O'Sullivan explores navigating life's challenges through the lenses of Buddhist mindfulness, yoga, Internal Family Systems, and positive psychology. Each month, episodes feature grounded guidance and accessible practices for meeting whatever arises with greater ease.Jennifer is a Certified IFS Practitioner with over 20 years of experience teaching yoga and mindfulness.Find out more: https://www.skillfulmeanspodcast.com and https://www.sati.yoga

Recent Episodes

#122 Being with Big Feelings Guided Practice
JAN 28, 2026
#122 Being with Big Feelings Guided Practice
Text me your feedback. The constant barrage of terrible news can be overwhelming and exhausting. While big feelings are normal responses to what we're seeing our feeds, we also need to metabolize those feelings so they don't take up residence in our hearts and minds and prevent us from finding pathways forward. In this guided practice, Jen takes you through an embodied and grounded practiced called Felt Sensing. Part of a broader therapeutic practice called Focusing, Felt Sensing helps ...
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23 MIN
#121 Beginning Anew
JAN 14, 2026
#121 Beginning Anew
Text me your feedback. We're kicking off the new year with an exploration of the ways in which we can capture the energy and freshness of a new calendar year to every day moments, creating new beginnings whenever we need them. Topics include: how temporal landmarks, like a new year, pull us out of the ordinaryhow walking meditation teaches us how to start over in the present momentand we can train up the capacity to let go in order to embrace a fresh moment in mindfulness of breathing meditat...
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26 MIN
#120 Checking In with Inner Skeptics Parts Work Guided Practice
DEC 17, 2025
#120 Checking In with Inner Skeptics Parts Work Guided Practice
Text me your feedback. Working through dilemmas and challenges usually involves trade-offs, compromises, or imperfect third options. After all, if there was a lot of internal consensus, it wouldn't be a dilemma. Sometimes, parts may feel bruised and disappointed, making you feel unsure about whether you made the right choice. In this parts work practice, Jen helps you connect with your inner skeptics and naysayers where you can soothe their nerves and solicit their advice on how t...
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23 MIN
#119 Being True to Yourself Around Difficult People
DEC 3, 2025
#119 Being True to Yourself Around Difficult People
Text me your feedback. The busy holiday season is here, and that means lots of demands on our time and attention. It also means navigating tricky family gatherings with difficult people. A common question this time of year is whether or not to engage your trollish Uncle Jerry or stand down to keep the peace. This episode is all about how to tap into what will feel true and authentic to you, so you can walk this line confidently and on your own terms. In this episode you'll find: P...
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30 MIN
#118 Walking Outside Meditation Guided Practice
NOV 20, 2025
#118 Walking Outside Meditation Guided Practice
Text me your feedback. Rug up and head outside for this outdoors walking meditation. Practiced by the Buddha himself, walking meditation is an antidote to restless and aching joints and can be practiced anywhere you you're already walking. The meditation starts at 2:56 if you want to jump ahead, but assumes you're already outside and ready to go. Halfway through the practice (~15mins), you'll be prompted to pause the recording if you want continue for longer. Just hit play again w...
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39 MIN