{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Mark Bertin: A Guided Walking Meditation to Meet Uncertainty with Compassion","description":"Our guest this week is also September\u2019s Teacher of the Month, Dr. Mark Bertin.  He offers a unique practice that uses sensory awareness and gentle movement to help meet moments of uncertainty. This meditation is designed to help you:  Practice meeting yourself with patience and attentive care Connect with your body as both a way to calm yourself and as a way to get clarifying information about the situation you\u2019re facing Engage skillfully with the discomfort of uncertainty, rather than defaulting to reactivity, anger, or fear  Mark Bertin, MD., is a pediatrician, author, professor, and mindfulness teacher specializing in neurodevelopmental behavioral pediatrics. He\u2019s a regular contributor to Mindful.org and Psychology Today. He is the author of How Children Thrive: The Practical Science of Raising Independent, Resilient, and Happy Kids (Sounds True, 2018). Dr. Bertin resides in Pleasantville, New York. For more, visit developmentaldoctor.com. The transcription of this guided meditation will be online and in our app at Mindful.org next week.  Stay curious, stay inspired. Sign up for our free newsletter mindful.org\/signup or download the app for free at mindful.org\/app.  Show Notes Find more from Mark Bertin here. Go Deeper Life is inherently changeable and uncertain, and our resilience relies on how we relate to that fact. The good news is that these are skills we can build. To learn more, check out these resources from Mindful.org:  Why Uncertainty Is Good for Us How Embracing Uncertainty Leads To Fulfillment  New Life, Who\u2019s This? Rediscovering Who You Are When Everything Has Changed  Navigating Change is Hard. Here\u2019s How it Makes Us Better Leaders  Finding Peace in Challenging Times with Sharon Salzberg For more practice working with uncertainty, try: A Meditation to Create Inner Balance in the Face of Change  And more from Mindful here: More episodes of 12 Minute Meditation Let us know what you thought of this episode of 12 Minute Meditation by leaving a review or by emailing yourwords@mindful.org. ","author_name":"12 Minute Meditation","author_url":"http:\/\/www.mindful.org","html":"