Julie Jewels Smoot

A serene studio space featuring meditation gongs, ambient lighting, and cozy seating, perfect for relaxation and creativity.

A serene setup invites therapists and helping professionals to reflect on the day's accomplishments, with notes of gratitude and encouragement to rest and trust in the work they've done. A guided meditation promises a peaceful transition to tomorrow, with elements like a singing bowl, calming candles, and mindful reminders emphasizing self-care and acceptance.

Serene setting for a guided meditation, designed to help therapists and professionals trust the continuation of their work without carrying all the weight.

Creating a serene space for self-care, this image emphasizes the importance of recognizing when enough is truly enough, offering guided meditation to support therapists and helping professionals in releasing the constant drive to do more.

Serene meditation scene featuring calming elements and inspirational quotes, promoting a guided meditation focused on self-care and presence for therapists and helping professionals.

A calming setup designed for therapists and helping professionals, featuring a guided meditation titled "The Stories Stay Here: Letting the Session End," surrounded by wellness tools like a singing bowl, a candle, and affirmations encouraging self-care and detachment after sessions.

Create a calming space with "Permission to Pause: Rest Is Part of the Work." This guided meditation is designed for therapists and helping professionals, emphasizing the importance of rest in self-care. Surround yourself with comforting items like a meditation bowl, soothing candles, and affirming reminders that you deserve rest and renewal.

Creating Compassionate Boundaries: A serene setting for guided meditation encourages therapists and helping professionals to maintain empathy without personal depletion.

Creating a calming space for self-care, this gentle reminder encourages therapists and helping professionals to prioritize their own nervous systems, emphasizing that their well-being is essential for the work they do.

Tranquil Meditation Setting: "The Quiet After Holding" – A Guided Journey to Reclaim Your Inner Peace.

"Compassion Without Absorbing: Staying Open While Staying Grounded." Ideal for therapists and helping professionals, it emphasizes caring deeply while maintaining personal boundaries, surrounded by soothing elements like candles, crystals, and peaceful tones.

Before the next task. Before the next session. Before the next phone call or note. Take a moment to return to yourself. There is nowhere you need to hurry. Nothing you need to accomplish during these next few moments. Simply allow yourself to arrive. Take a slow, comfortable breath. Notice the air entering your body.

Before the First Client is the opening track from the album Before the First Client: Listening Without Absorbing, a collection created for therapists, counselors, social workers, healthcare professionals, coaches, and others who spend their days holding space for the experiences of others. Before the first session begins, there is a moment. A moment before the stories. Before the emotions.