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EPISODE 043: Pop Culture Mindfulness
Recorded Date: 09/19/2021
Description: The differences between actual mindfulness vs. pop culture mindfulness. Mindfulness is more than just being present. It is HOW we are present.
Description: The differences between actual mindfulness vs. pop culture mindfulness. Mindfulness is more than just being present. It is HOW we are present.
EPISODE 042: Let It Break
Recorded Date: 09/17/2021
Description: A teaching and meditation around the simple truth that until something is allowed to be broken, it can't be fixed. When we are the only one propping something up or filling in a gap, we often enable things that need to be fixed or need to end to continue on indefinitely into the future. There are times when the healthiest and most helpful option is to let it break.
Description: A teaching and meditation around the simple truth that until something is allowed to be broken, it can't be fixed. When we are the only one propping something up or filling in a gap, we often enable things that need to be fixed or need to end to continue on indefinitely into the future. There are times when the healthiest and most helpful option is to let it break.
EPISODE 041: Creating Your Own Nightly Meditation
Recorded Date: 08/07/2021
Description: Instructions for creating your own mix-and-match self-guided meditation to use at night time to help fall asleep and remember your dreams.
Description: Instructions for creating your own mix-and-match self-guided meditation to use at night time to help fall asleep and remember your dreams.
EPISODE 040: Meditation Before Sleep (Dream Recall)
Recorded Date: 08/04/2021
Description: Mindfulness and Sleep Month continues and we add in a bedtime meditation to aid in dream recall as well as falling asleep.
Description: Mindfulness and Sleep Month continues and we add in a bedtime meditation to aid in dream recall as well as falling asleep.
EPISODE 039: Meditation for Before Sleep (Just Voice)
Recorded Date: 08/01/2021
Description: A meditation designed for use at bed time to help you fall asleep and maintain awareness into sleep. Begin listening to this meditation in bed and eight hours before your wake up time.
Description: A meditation designed for use at bed time to help you fall asleep and maintain awareness into sleep. Begin listening to this meditation in bed and eight hours before your wake up time.
EPISODE 038: Mindfulness and Sleep Month Launch Announcement
Recorded Date: 08/01/2021
Description: In this brief welcome to Mindfulness and Sleep Month, I talk about what to expect during the month. The first activity for the month is to determine the best bedtime for you as you do mindfulness work each night ahead of sleep. Participants are also encouraged to keep a dream journal this month to help with the lucid dreaming practice coming up.
Description: In this brief welcome to Mindfulness and Sleep Month, I talk about what to expect during the month. The first activity for the month is to determine the best bedtime for you as you do mindfulness work each night ahead of sleep. Participants are also encouraged to keep a dream journal this month to help with the lucid dreaming practice coming up.
EPISODE 037: How Mindfulness Benefits Sleep
Recorded Date: 08/01/2021
Description: The official launch of Mindfulness and Sleep Month occurs later today. In this podcast, we go over just how mindfulness benefits things like insomnia, falling asleep, anxiety, racing thoughts, and an over-active mind at bedtime. A practice audio to use at bedtime will be posted separately.
Description: The official launch of Mindfulness and Sleep Month occurs later today. In this podcast, we go over just how mindfulness benefits things like insomnia, falling asleep, anxiety, racing thoughts, and an over-active mind at bedtime. A practice audio to use at bedtime will be posted separately.
EPISODE 036: Mindfulness of the Breath
Recorded Date: 07/26/2021
Description: Instruction and practice time to cover one of the oldest of the meditations: Samatha aka Mindfulness of the Breath.
Description: Instruction and practice time to cover one of the oldest of the meditations: Samatha aka Mindfulness of the Breath.
EPISODE 035: Back to Basics - Listening Meditation
Recorded Date: 07/24/2021
Description: One of the more popular meditations to do in nature, today we go back to the basics for listening meditation instruction and practice together.
Description: One of the more popular meditations to do in nature, today we go back to the basics for listening meditation instruction and practice together.
EPISODE 034: Regret is a Virtue
Recorded Date: 07/22/2021
Description: In mindfulness, regret is a virtue. It is an acknowledgment that we have hurt ourselves or another person and it reflects our commitment to repair and ongoing changed behavior.
Description: In mindfulness, regret is a virtue. It is an acknowledgment that we have hurt ourselves or another person and it reflects our commitment to repair and ongoing changed behavior.
EPISODE 033: Emotional Awareness - Going One Level Deeper
Recorded Date: 07/18/2021
Description: Today, we start moving beyond the basics of the practice and go one level deeper in the emotional awareness training. We look at where your emotions are stemming from and introduce the concept of second tier emotions.
Description: Today, we start moving beyond the basics of the practice and go one level deeper in the emotional awareness training. We look at where your emotions are stemming from and introduce the concept of second tier emotions.
EPISODE 032: If It Makes You Feel Superior, It's Not the Right Path
Recorded Date: 07/17/2021
Description: Today, we examine two core teachings, "You Are Not Your Possessions" and that "At Our Core, We Are the Same" and how they relate to me saying, "If it makes you feel superior, it's not the right path." There is a difference between saying a BELIEF is better and saying WE are better at our core than another.
Description: Today, we examine two core teachings, "You Are Not Your Possessions" and that "At Our Core, We Are the Same" and how they relate to me saying, "If it makes you feel superior, it's not the right path." There is a difference between saying a BELIEF is better and saying WE are better at our core than another.
EPISODE 031: Wednesday Basic Sitting Practice
Recorded Date: 07/14/2021
Description: Join in to do a a full midweek basic mindfulness practice together.
Description: Join in to do a a full midweek basic mindfulness practice together.
EPISODE 030: Overidentifying with Your Dysfunction
Recorded Date: 07/09/2021
Description: Recorded on 2/23/2020, this podcast delves into ways we falsely attribute our success to the things we are succeeding "inspite of" vs. "because of."
Description: Recorded on 2/23/2020, this podcast delves into ways we falsely attribute our success to the things we are succeeding "inspite of" vs. "because of."
EPISODE 029: A New Generation Speaks Truth to Power
Recorded Date: 07/09/2021
Description: Recorded on 2/17/2020, this episode is a brief contemplation about what it means to really listen and stay relevant as the torch is passed from one generation to the next.
Description: Recorded on 2/17/2020, this episode is a brief contemplation about what it means to really listen and stay relevant as the torch is passed from one generation to the next.
EPISODE 028: You Are Not Your Possessions
Recorded Date: 07/09/2021
Description: Recorded on 2/9/2020, we review the difference between what you possess vs. who you are. Quite often, people don't understand that opinions and points of view are just as much a possession or something they own as the living room furniture.
Description: Recorded on 2/9/2020, we review the difference between what you possess vs. who you are. Quite often, people don't understand that opinions and points of view are just as much a possession or something they own as the living room furniture.
EPISODE 027: Mindfulness of Attack Thoughts
Recorded Date: 07/09/2021
Description: Previously recorded on 2/2/20, we review what Attack Thoughts are and how they impact our mental state, why we use the words "letting go" over "forgiveness," and what it means to take back our power from the people who've hurt us.
Description: Previously recorded on 2/2/20, we review what Attack Thoughts are and how they impact our mental state, why we use the words "letting go" over "forgiveness," and what it means to take back our power from the people who've hurt us.
EPISODE 026: Back to the Basics - Breath Counting
Recorded Date: 07/03/2021
Description: Back to the basics today as we review and learn the technique of breath counting. We emphasize two things: (1) that every meditation has a home and (2) the purpose of this basic form of meditation is to learn to focus, notice when we are lost and distracted, and then refocus our attention.
Description: Back to the basics today as we review and learn the technique of breath counting. We emphasize two things: (1) that every meditation has a home and (2) the purpose of this basic form of meditation is to learn to focus, notice when we are lost and distracted, and then refocus our attention.
EPISODE 025: Body Scan with Pain Mapping
Recorded Date: 06/30/2021
Description: It's back to the basics today as we cover the standard body scan with pain mapping technique as one of the ways to practice the embodiment piece of your mindfulness practice.
Description: It's back to the basics today as we cover the standard body scan with pain mapping technique as one of the ways to practice the embodiment piece of your mindfulness practice.
EPISODE 024: No One Owes You Their Good Mood
Recorded Date: 06/26/2021
Description: Today we dive into display rules and the research saying we are at an increased risk for depression, fatigue, and bodily aches and pains when our outside face doesn't match what we are actually feeling and experiencing on the inside.
Description: Today we dive into display rules and the research saying we are at an increased risk for depression, fatigue, and bodily aches and pains when our outside face doesn't match what we are actually feeling and experiencing on the inside.
EPISODE 023: Allowing Yourself or Others To Be New
Recorded Date: 06/23/2021
Description: We often readily see how we have personally changed from even a week ago yet cling to our opinions about who others are from 10 to 20 years ago. Today, we talk about what it means to give yourself and others the gift of being new.
Description: We often readily see how we have personally changed from even a week ago yet cling to our opinions about who others are from 10 to 20 years ago. Today, we talk about what it means to give yourself and others the gift of being new.
EPISODE 022: Two Traits of Movement Leaders Who Last
Recorded Date: 06/18/2021
Description: Today is a teaching and meditation on the two traits I've noticed in movement leaders who last from generation to generation and are able to have an impact throughout their lives.
Description: Today is a teaching and meditation on the two traits I've noticed in movement leaders who last from generation to generation and are able to have an impact throughout their lives.
EPISODE 021: The Bottle and Blast Technique
Recorded Date: 06/16/2021
Description: Today, we talk about the Bottle and Blast Technique when you keep a record of wrongs that come out all at once and also what it means to create a safe environment for people to speak up in
Description: Today, we talk about the Bottle and Blast Technique when you keep a record of wrongs that come out all at once and also what it means to create a safe environment for people to speak up in
EPISODE 020: Letting Go of Anger and Resentment Week
Session Four: Releasing the Hurt from Toxic Relationships
Session Four: Releasing the Hurt from Toxic Relationships
Recorded Date: 06/12/2021
Description: In Session 4, we release the anger, bitterness, and hurt around our more damaging relationships. This is the final session of Letting Go of Anger and Resentment Week. Thank you for joining me this year.
Description: In Session 4, we release the anger, bitterness, and hurt around our more damaging relationships. This is the final session of Letting Go of Anger and Resentment Week. Thank you for joining me this year.
EPISODE 019: Letting Go of Anger and Resentment Week
Session Three: Disappointment in the People Closest to You
Session Three: Disappointment in the People Closest to You
Recorded Date: 06/10/2021
Description: In Session 3, we look at reasonable vs. unreasonable expectations, the ways we poison our thoughts, and our fears around confrontation and difficult conversations. The session concludes with a releasing meditation designed to also help shift our thinking around how we view and deal with our hurts, disappointments, and conflicts.
Description: In Session 3, we look at reasonable vs. unreasonable expectations, the ways we poison our thoughts, and our fears around confrontation and difficult conversations. The session concludes with a releasing meditation designed to also help shift our thinking around how we view and deal with our hurts, disappointments, and conflicts.
EPISODE 018: Letting Go of Anger and Resentment Week
Session Two: Addressing the Ways We've Hurt Others
Session Two: Addressing the Ways We've Hurt Others
Recorded Date: 06/08/2021
Description: Today, we talk about acknowledging, apologizing, repairing, and changing behavior as a way to make amends for the harm we've caused other people.
Description: Today, we talk about acknowledging, apologizing, repairing, and changing behavior as a way to make amends for the harm we've caused other people.
EPISODE 017: Letting Go of Anger and Resentment Week
Session One: The Ways We've Hurt Ourselves
Session One: The Ways We've Hurt Ourselves
Recorded Date: 06/06/2021
Description: Today is Session One of Letting Go of Anger and Resentment Week where we dive into the ways we've hurt ourselves. The talk and meditation explore our own ignorance, our culture's Doctrine of Deservedness, the myth of perfection, and our Inner Saboteur.
Description: Today is Session One of Letting Go of Anger and Resentment Week where we dive into the ways we've hurt ourselves. The talk and meditation explore our own ignorance, our culture's Doctrine of Deservedness, the myth of perfection, and our Inner Saboteur.
EPISODE 015: Equal Breathing for Anxiety
Recorded Date: 05/30/2021
Description: Today, we review and practice one of the ways to modify the mindfulness practice to help with anxiety.
Description: Today, we review and practice one of the ways to modify the mindfulness practice to help with anxiety.
EPISODE 014: Thursday Mindfulness Meditation
Recorded Date: 05/27/2021
Description: Today, we do the full basic practice with a brief explanation about cultivating the observer self.
Description: Today, we do the full basic practice with a brief explanation about cultivating the observer self.
EPISODE 013: Befriending Rather Than Battling Your Ego, Inner Saboteur, or Personal Demons
Recorded Date: 05/22/2021
Description: In this episode, we talk about one of the underlying principles of mindfulness: that we befriend rather than battle the parts of ourselves that are difficult or problematic.
Description: In this episode, we talk about one of the underlying principles of mindfulness: that we befriend rather than battle the parts of ourselves that are difficult or problematic.
EPISODE 012: Emotional Shrapnel (When the Practice Doesn't Bring Peace)
Recorded Date: 05/19/2021
Description: Today, we do a brief sitting and talk about this idea of Emotional Shrapnel -- where the practice creates the space for all those things we've been suppressing, repressing, and denying the light of day in our minds to emerge.
Description: Today, we do a brief sitting and talk about this idea of Emotional Shrapnel -- where the practice creates the space for all those things we've been suppressing, repressing, and denying the light of day in our minds to emerge.
EPISODE 011: Emotional Awareness Practice
Recorded Date: 05/15/2021
Description: Back to basics today as we go over the first part of emotional awareness training as we sit on the cushion together.
Description: Back to basics today as we go over the first part of emotional awareness training as we sit on the cushion together.
EPISODE 010: Using the Label 'Story Story'
Recorded Date: 05/12/2021
Description: As you do the thought labeling part of the basic practice, the label of 'Story Story' becomes an important one. Today, we look at the difference between objective reality and our subjective perception and start giving those types of interpretative thoughts a label.
Description: As you do the thought labeling part of the basic practice, the label of 'Story Story' becomes an important one. Today, we look at the difference between objective reality and our subjective perception and start giving those types of interpretative thoughts a label.
EPISODE 009: 45 Power Thoughts and Affirmations
Recorded Date: 05/08/2021
Description: Relax and listen to 45 Power Thoughts and Affirmations. Let the words wash over you, paying attention to the teachings you most need to hear right now. If you notice any resistance to certain thoughts, let those go for now. Keep what works for you. Let go of the rest.
Description: Relax and listen to 45 Power Thoughts and Affirmations. Let the words wash over you, paying attention to the teachings you most need to hear right now. If you notice any resistance to certain thoughts, let those go for now. Keep what works for you. Let go of the rest.
EPISODE 008: The Power of the Primacy Effect
Recorded Date: 05/06/2021
Description: Today, we look at how we tend to stick with the first version of any belief, story, or account that we hear with everything that comes second, third, or there after needing to defend against that first version. The Primacy Effect talks about the staying power of the first version of anything we learn.
Description: Today, we look at how we tend to stick with the first version of any belief, story, or account that we hear with everything that comes second, third, or there after needing to defend against that first version. The Primacy Effect talks about the staying power of the first version of anything we learn.
EPISODE 007: Monday Mindfulness Meditation
Recorded Date: 05/03/2021
Description: A brief meditation for the stress that comes with Monday. Join me for some time together to re-center, breathe, and express some love for yourself.
Description: A brief meditation for the stress that comes with Monday. Join me for some time together to re-center, breathe, and express some love for yourself.
EPISODE 006: Walking Meditation (Live Recording)
Recorded Date: 05/01/2021
Description: This week's Facebook Live event is for Walking Meditation instruction. Join in and learn the basics. This video was recorded live. Please excuse the occasional audio fluctuation.
Description: This week's Facebook Live event is for Walking Meditation instruction. Join in and learn the basics. This video was recorded live. Please excuse the occasional audio fluctuation.
EPISODE 005: Rites of Passage Fallacy
Recorded Date: 04/24/2021
Description: This week we cover a flaw in thinking called the Rites of Passage Fallacy and how often unintentionally, we become preservers of systems of passage that are harmful, unhealthy, and damage ourselves or other people.
Description: This week we cover a flaw in thinking called the Rites of Passage Fallacy and how often unintentionally, we become preservers of systems of passage that are harmful, unhealthy, and damage ourselves or other people.
EPISODE 004: Personal vs. Universal Truth
Recorded Date: 04/17/2021
Description: This week's contemplation and meditation is on how simply doing the work will lead the meditator into naturally seeing the difference between personal and universal truths.
Description: This week's contemplation and meditation is on how simply doing the work will lead the meditator into naturally seeing the difference between personal and universal truths.
EPISODE 003: Saturday Mindfulness Meditation
Recorded Date: 04/10/2021
Description: A guided mindfulness meditation to use during the week to check-in with yourself and recenter.
Description: A guided mindfulness meditation to use during the week to check-in with yourself and recenter.