Heart Haven Meditations

About Heart Haven Meditations

Weekly meditations to calm your mind, connect to your heart, and take refuge in love. These practices draw from neuroscience, wisdom traditions, and teachers such as Adyashanti, Tara Brach, Pema Chodron, Joe Dispenza, Andrew Holecek, Carl Jung, Byron Katie, Thomas Merton, and Jack Kornfield. Tess Callahan, Ed.M., MFA, is a certified Mindfulness Meditation teacher and author of the novels APRIL & OLIVER and DAWNLAND. Tess invites you to attune to your own creative powers through intimate inner listening. You can find her novel writing at: https://tesscallahan.com/. Heart Haven Meditations is also on YouTube. Relax and enjoy! See our sister podcast: Writers at the Well: Author Interviews with Tess Callahan: https://open.spotify.com/show/4GmIB2rgarR6eCA0CYSv2p?si=VPm7PpWHSS2760KUgXYdfg DISCLAIMER: Although meditation can nurture spiritual growth, deepen wisdom, and enhance wellbeing, it is not a substitute for professional psychological or medical healthcare or therapy. We do not accept any liability for any loss or damage incurred by you acting or not acting as a result of listening to any of these recordings. You acknowledge that you use the information provided at your own risk. Do your own research. Do not drive or operate potentially dangerous equipment while listening.

Publisher

Tess Callahan

Category

religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

3 Jun 2022

Latest episode

29 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

130 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   29 Sept 2026

   Can We Summon a State of Being by Writing about It? Ayad Akhtar on The Radiance

   Ayad Akhtar, Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright and novelist, author of American Dervish and Homeland Elegies, joins host Tess Callahan to talk about his new novel, The Radiance. The book follows a writer (also named Ayad) who wakes from a hit-and-run accident into an unbidden state of heightened perception that unfolds over eight months as he navigates an academic scandal in a politically divided town. Ayad talks about writing as “melding” with a register of experience rather than execu...

2. 

   17 Aug 2026

   Back to Sleep: Let the River Carry You

   Wake up at night with your mind racing? Or have trouble getting to sleep to begin with? This guided meditation uses breathwork and a gentle river visualization to help you let go of the day and drift back to sleep. Picture yourself releasing worry, heartache, and tension into the softly flowing water, until there’s nothing left but stillness. Audio editing and music by Eric Fischer. Support the show Host: Tess Callahan Substack: Writers at the Well Interview Podcast: Writers at the Well Medit...

3. 

   13 Aug 2026

   Riding the Waves of Hard Times: Guided Meditation

   This guided meditation invites you to ride the waves of your life, the grief and the joy, the storms and the sun, trusting Life to hold you throughout. I hope you enjoy. Music and editing by Eric Fischer. Support the show Host: Tess Callahan Substack: Writers at the Well Interview Podcast: Writers at the Well Meditations on Insight Timer Meditations on YouTube Tess's novels: https://tesscallahan.com/ Music (unless otherwise noted above): Christopher Lloyd Clark Audio Editing: Eric...

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

10 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

95 ratings

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