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Episode 155 :: Cheryl B. Engelhardt :: Anxiety, Mindfulness, and Music
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…
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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,…
Read MoreEpisode 153 :: Tracy Heilers :: Educating Mindfully: Stories of School Transformation Through Mindfulness
Tracy Heilers Tracy Heilers speaks about the new book, Educating Mindfully: Stories of School Transformation Through Mindfulness. While there are many people who would like to include mindfulness in their school systems, interest may outpace the skills to implement it. Having a practice is not the same as teaching others, and subtle but critical aspects…
Read MoreEpisode 152 :: Elisha Goldstein :: A Course in Mindful Living
Elisha Goldstein Elisha Goldstein speaks with us about A Course in Mindful Living. One of the most challenging things for those new to mindfulness practice is that even if you’ve found and taken a good course from a competent teacher, that ends, and… then what? Often there is a difficulty with integrating one’s time off…
Read MoreEpisode 151 :: Hunter Clarke-Fields :: Mindful Mama
Hunter Clarke-Fields Hunter Clarke-Fields joins us to speak about Mindful Mama Mentor. As many of you may know, raising children is more than a full-time job. Kids need attention, education, let alone food, clothing, and perhaps especially love. That’s a pretty tall order, and mindfulness can help parents be at their best. Hunter Clarke-Fields is…
Read MoreEpisode 150 :: Gunes Sevinc :: Mindfulness and Fear Response
Gunes Sevinc Gunes Sevinc returns to the podcast to speak about the latest research on mindfulness and fear responses. When looking at scientific research, sometimes a question comes up: So What? There’s a measurable resizing or thickening in some part of the brain, but how does that actually show up and maybe change things outside…
Read MoreEpisode 149 :: Thorsten Barnhofer, Amit Bernstein, Dave Vago :: The science of mindfulness
Thorsten Barnhofer, Amit Bernstein, and Dave Vago join us to talk about “The science of mindfulness — What do we really know and where do we go?” If you are listening to this podcast and find value and insights from what is shared here, know that this is made available from your generosity and the…
Read MoreEpisode 148 :: Micki Fine :: May All People and Pigs Be Happy
Micki Fine Micki Fine joins us to speak about her new children’s mindfulness book, May All People and Pigs Be Happy. Introducing a concept, let alone a practice, that can be as fraught with nuance as mindfulness to adults can be very challenging. In some ways that introduction can be made more accessible when sharing…
Read MoreEpisode 147 :: Elizabeth A. Stanley, Ph.D. :: Widen the Window: Training Your Brain and Body to Thrive During Stress and Recover from Trauma
Elizabeth A. Stanley Elizabeth A. Stanley joins us to speak about her new book, Widen the Window: Training Your Brain and Body to Thrive During Stress and Recover from Trauma. As mindfulness grows in popularity and availability, there comes a widening of needs that it might meet. With more people trying it also comes the…
Read MoreEpisode 146 :: Bonnie Griffin :: 6 Small Meditation Meals A Day
Bonnie Griffin Bonnie Griffin joins us to speak about 6 Small Meditation Meals A Day. There can be a subtle, or sometimes obvious, tendency to measure contemplative practice by time spent on the cushion. Performance rather than substance is encouraged by accumulated minutes on Insight Timer or other trackers, giving us a visual domamine reward…
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