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STOP HEALING WRONG: Why Mindfulness, Not Hustle, Ends Toxic Cycles with Dr. Kasim Al-Mashat
If you’ve been trying to heal by doing more—reading more, achieving more, fixing more—this episode will feel like a breath of truth.
Dr. Kasim Al-Mashat, Registered Psychologist, Certified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Teacher, and Founder of the Center for Mindfulness Canada, joins Anita Sandoval to unravel one of the biggest misconceptions in healing: you can’t hustle your way out of pain.
Together they explore how mindfulness invites you to slow down, reconnect to your body, and end the toxic cycles of people-pleasing, burnout, and emotional self-abandonment.
🪞 In This Episode You’ll Learn:
📍 Why “doing more” can actually deepen emotional burnout
📍 How mindfulness helps you notice when old people-pleasing patterns return
📍 The power of non-judgmental awareness and self-compassion
📍 Why curiosity is a superpower in your healing journey
📍 How to tell when you’re safe to trust again after trauma
📍 Practical tools to ground yourself when emotions feel overwhelming
🧘♂️ Connect With Dr. Kasim Al-Mashat:
🌐 Website → centreformindfulness.ca
🌐 Personal Site → drkasimalmashat.com
📱 Instagram → @dr.kasimalmashat
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Join the EmpowerHer Women’s Community for exclusive support, mindfulness resources, and connection:
👉 www.anitasandoval.com
🌿 Coming Soon: The 12-Step People Pleasing Recovery Program — designed for women who are done fixing everyone else and are ready to reclaim their power.
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