12 Minute Meditation

Melli O'Brien

mindful@mindful.org

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Booking Overview

This podcast provides short, guided mindfulness meditation sessions led by recognized mindfulness teachers and researchers. For PR teams, it’s a brand-safe platform to position experts around mental wellbeing, attention, resilience, self-compassion, and compassionate leadership through accessible, science-informed content.

Metrics

Episodes: 414

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.2/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

YouTube: 13.3k subscribers

Instagram: 83.0k followers

Contact Information

mindful@mindful.org

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Host

Melli O'Brien - Melli O'Brien is associated with Mindful (Mindful.org), where she curates and/or introduces mindfulness practice content for listeners. She also appears in promotional materials as a lead course ho...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Established mindfulness teachers and/or researchers; clinicians/educators with relevant expertise (e.g., nursing, education); authors and leadership roles in mindfulness organizations; sometimes award-recognized corporate/organizational mindfulness implementers.
Required Achievements:  
Published books on mindfulness/compassion, Leadership roles in mindfulness education or institutes, Academic/research credentials (e.g., PhD) or clinical training, Awards for mindfulness impact in organizations, Training credentials from established programs (e.g., university mindfulness centers)

Recent Guest Discussions

Kazumi Igus - Mindfulness Practice For Focus, Emotional Resilience, And Noticing Beauty (including In Urban Settings)

Cheryl Jones - Self-acceptance In The Face Of Perfectionism; Meeting Oneself Where One Is; Mindful Healing

Susan Bauer-Wu - Inner Strength And Equanimity/groundedness When Facing Change And Serious Illness

Recent Topics

Mindfulness, Meditation, Wellness, Attention, Resilience

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
12 Minute Meditation
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A 12 Minute Meditation to Make Movement Mindful

June 12, 2026

Our bodies come in all varieties, and we all have different interests, skills, and abilities. As today's teacher Cara Bradley observes, movement of any kind—from the slightest stretch to the most intense exercise—can be mindful.  This simple meditation helps you celebrate your physicality with practices to connect with your breath and your body, expand your awareness, and appreciate the gift of being alive. Cara Bradley is a seasoned mind-body expert dedicated to advancing mind-body education...

A Mindfulness Meditation for Beginners

June 05, 2026

This week, Mindful founding editor Barry Boyce reminds us of the basic why behind mindfulness meditation: We get off-kilter at various times throughout the day, and we need a way to pause and reconnect—with reality, with our senses, with our steady center. That's what meditation helps us do.  This practice is called "Taking Your Seat," and it's perfect if you're getting started with meditation, or if you just need a touchpoint during your day.  Barry Boyce is Founding Editor of Mindful and Mi...

A Meditation to Bring Comfort and Kindness to Pain and Illness

May 29, 2026

Learning to live with pain and illness is challenging, arduous work. Often, people can go for months or even years without sufficient answers. Life gets turned completely upside down. The body you thought you had suddenly becomes something you don't recognize or know how to work with.  This week, meditation teacher and hypnotherapist Juliana Sloane offers an imaginative meditation that invites softness and self-compassion in the midst of discomfort.   Juliana Sloane is a Buddhist teacher, hyp...

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