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

In this bonus episode, Dr. Evelyn Davis shares a special update about the podcast.

We are shifting the show from Mindful Moments to Stay Mindful with Dr. Evelyn Davis.

It’s not a new season—just a new name that captures the heart of this journey with the same amazing content!

In this short Mindful Moments practice, Dr. Evelyn Davis, LCSW, guides you through a gentle forgiveness exercise. Through breath, awareness, and reflection, you’ll practice releasing what no longer serves your peace and making space for grace, compassion, and freedom — both for yourself and others.