Inner Peace Meditations

When You Feel Like It’s Never Enough: A Meditation for the Overwhelmed Soul

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Length: ~14 minutes

Voice: Steven Webb

Style: Guided stillness, compassionate reflection, deep internal release

Episode Description:

This meditation is for the quietly overwhelmed soul—the one who gives everything, yet still feels like it's not enough. It's for the parent who lies awake wondering if they did enough. For the artist, the leader, the healer, the helper… who, even in the applause, hears the whisper of inadequacy.

This is not a space to strive or fix. It’s a space to be. To sit in the truth that you are already whole. That you were never meant to carry the weight of saving the world alone. This meditation holds you between two truths—the longing to do more and the knowing that you've already done enough.

The Heart of the Practice:

From a Buddhist lens, this meditation rests in what’s often called the Middle Way. It is the space between indulgence and denial, between the ego’s hunger and the heart’s silence. In the Zen tradition, the Middle Way is not a compromise—it’s a complete letting go of the need to grasp either extreme.

This practice was born from a deep personal truth. Whether you're a rock star or a school teacher, a politician or a quiet carer—if you carry any degree of authenticity and humility, there will always be a sense that more could be done. That someone, somewhere, needs more of you. That you're still not quite enough. This meditation invites you to stop chasing that shadow. It reminds you that being alive, aware, and honest is already more than enough.

Why This Meditation Matters:

  • Speaks directly to the modern ache of “never enough”
  • Helps you hold both the striving self and the silent witness with compassion
  • Teaches the power of not choosing sides between ego and emptiness
  • Provides a space for deep nervous system release and emotional softening
  • Inspired by ancient Zen teachings, yet deeply grounded in everyday life
  • Accessible for those in any life situation—no background in Buddhism required

What You’ll Experience:

  • A guided settling into the breath and body
  • A gentle witnessing of the “small mind” that wants to prove itself
  • A compassionate resting in the “big mind” that wants nothing at all
  • A powerful affirmation of enoughness
  • Silence that heals not by effort, but by presence

Benefits of This Practice:

  • Reduced emotional overwhelm and performance pressure
  • Increased sense of inner worth and self-compassion
  • Reconnection with your quiet centre of peace and presence
  • A new relationship with both ambition and acceptance
  • Long-term inner stability, especially in high-responsibility lives

You are not here to be perfect. You are here to be whole.

Sit with me in the middle. You’ll find yourself again.