Podcast

Frits Koster Frits Koster joins us to speak about Mindfulness-Based Compassionate Living. Compassion as the practice of intentional care for those in distress, is a very wide and deep topic. Whether that takes the form of self-care or care of others, there are ways in which mindfulness can inform and grow compassion to be an…

Ronald Epstein Ronald Epstein joins us to speak about Attending: Medicine, Mindfulness, and Humanity. When I was little, the medical profession seemed very removed from human experience. It was clinical and antiseptic not just medically, but personally. It seems there is a shift to acknowledging and even working with the mental and emotional side of…

Sam Himelstein Sam Himelstein joins us to speak about Trauma-Informed Mindfulness With Teens: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals. Working with younger participants of mindfulness programs or treatments presents some unique challenges, requiring unique skills and experience. There is an additional layer of complexity when those teens also have a history of trauma. Our guest…

David Treleaven David Treleaven returns to the podcast to speak about his recent course on Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness. Mindfulness teachers are becoming increasingly aware of the need to be informed about how the symptoms of trauma can show up in the participants of our programs, what to look for, and how to best support students. But…

Irene Kraegel Irene Kraegel joins us to speak about The Mindful Christian. I often hear concerns from people that mindfulness is in conflict with their religious views. Most of the time there is an opportunity to clear up those misunderstandings, but there remains a strong bias about mindfulness just being stealth Buddhism. Spoiler alert: it’s…

Ravi S. Kudesia Ravi S. Kudesia and Christopher S. Reina join us to speak about the antecedents of Mindfulness. We are beings in an ecosystem, a process of becoming in each moment within our environment. We are not separate from it, it influences us and we have an impact around us. How do our motivations…

Cheryl B. Engelhardt Cheryl B. Engelhardt joins us to speak about Anxiety, Mindfulness, and Music. As most of the listeners to this podcast likely know, mindfulness is not just about our time on the cushion during formal practice. It’s about how we meet the world, the time of our lives, and that includes music. Cheryl…

Willoughby Britton Willoughby Britton joins us to speak about Cheetah House, and the Meditation Safety Toolbox. While mindfulness programs may be beneficial, even transformative for many people, it’s not the right solution to every problem. Mindfulness can become the hammer with every problem a nail. It’s not new that mindfulness-based interventions may be ill timed,…