Mindfulness Mode

Dean Howell is a naturopathic Doctor who specializes in brain function.  He is the developer of NeuroCranial Restructuring; a technique thatmechanically optimizes nervous system functions in steady, incremental steps. This gradually optimizes the distribution of neurotransmitters levels throughout the brain.

Contact Info

• Website:www.drdeanhowell.com, www.ncrdoctors.com

Most Influential Person

• Robin Dauss

Effect on Emotions

• By being mindful I make sure I don't put myself in situations where I am going to be uncomfortable.

Thoughts on Breathing

• Learning to systematically under breathe is crucial for your health because when you over breathe you lower your carbon dioxide levels too much and your brain starts making malfunctions.

Advice for Newbie

My advice would be to forgive yourself if you don't do it perfectly and to try and try again.

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Kyle Hendrix is a promotions expert. He helps employees get moved up into positions where they can use their leadership skills to make a bigger difference in the world. Kyle gets totally excited whenhe’s able to help people reach their goals faster. Kyle practices mindfulness and has written a book called “It Starts With You”, which teaches the reader to consider what you’re focusing on and be mindful, in order to get to your goal faster.

Contact Info

• Website: www.brickandmortarleadership.com
• Blog:Brick and Mortar Leadership

Most Influential Person

• Brendon Burchard

Effect on Emotions

• It has actually helped me take a step back and look at the bigger picture and say do I actually need to feel this way right now or am I over reacting or under reacting cause it can go both ways. That's what mindfulness has done for me on an emotional state.

Thoughts on Breathing

• You gotta breathe. I used to find myself especially talking to people that were in a higher position than me in retail. I used to find myself holding my breath a lot and you know that would not help me answer their questions at all because I would have to let my breath go  and then I would start to think about the question they just asked me. It just always made it look like I wasn't there and I didn't know what I was talking about. Breathing during situations and being mindful of that and knowing that you get nervous during those times actually helps you through it especially breathing. I really think that it's common for people to hold their breath back in situations like that.

Suggested Resources

• Book: It Starts With You by Kyle Hendrix
• App: Vim

Advice for Newbie

• I would say they need to get past the stereotype and the "oh I don't wanna listen to a Guru" stereotype. I think a lot of people are not looking at the benefits but they are looking more at the person who is teaching it to them. The person is just a vessel to bring that information to you. Don't focus on that person necessarily, focus on what you can learn from that. That will take you a lot further than worrying about who is teaching it to you all the time and getting your head wrapped around that.

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The brain is a fascinating topic. It is in control of this body of ours, at least it appears to be. We can learn so much about the brain, but it ultimately is why we practice mindfulness, to calm it down. Today I'm happy to chat with Alex Hofeldt about the brain and he suggests its a little likethe battery on our cell phone. Don't leave it plugged in all the time, you need to give that battery a chance to rest between charges. You'll hear him share his interesting insight into the brain and its complex functions. Thanks for joining us here on Mindfulness Mode.

Guest:

• Alex Hofeldt
• Featured in Mindfulness Mode Episode 76 Let Your Brain Have a Monologue of Love, Compassion & Understanding; Alex Hofeldt

Quotes:

• To understand the immeasurable, the brain must be extraordinarily quiet, still. - Jiddu Krishnamurti
• Scientists say we know less about the brain than we do about the universe. - Alex Holfeldt
• To let your cell phone last the longest, you have to lose the charge; that's how the mind works. If you're constantly putting in stimulus it can't reach it's full capacity. Alex Holfeldt
• When you do fitness and nutrition your body creates happy drugs. Alex Holfeldt
  

Books:

• The Unteathered Soul by Michael Singer
• The Race to Nowhere Documentary

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Justin Crossley drinks beer for a living. At least that’s what he told us from the stage at a recent event where he was a featured speaker. Justin founded the The Brewing Network in 2005, grouping together a multimedia beer loversresource which leads the way in sharing information about craft beer, beer radio shows, podcasts, video and live events. Justin not only enjoys beer, he enjoys being mindful and uses his knowledge of mindfulness to stay focused with his many beer-related responsibilities.

Contact Info

• Company: www.TheBrewingNetwork.com

Most Influential Person

• My Psychology Professor

Effect on Emotions

• I'm a really emotional guy. I wear my heart on my sleeve and mindfulness helps me to be aware of that. And aware that other people aren't like that and sometimes I can make them uncomfortable by spilling my emotions all over the place. I have to be mindful of that and know where and when to reign that in.

Thoughts on Breathing

• A lot of times I can't sleep at night, and laying there and taking deep breaths in and out, because my mind is just crazy, it's going a million miles an hour and if I'm just focused on breathing in and breathing out it really helps to slow me down. It's one of the only times that I think I'm being particularly mindful by doing a physical activity.

Suggested Resources

• Book: The Four Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss
• Book: Hamlet's BlackBerry: A Practical Philosophy for Building a Good Life in the Digital Age by William Powers
• App: BaseCamp (Project Management)
• App: ToDoist

Advice for Newbie

Choose your beer wisely. Pick something that you really enjoy. Think about what you like; do you like sweet, do you like bitter? And then consider the alcohol content. Sit down with a beer, whether it's your favourite or something new that you want to try and just focus on the balance of the beer. Let's forget about the balance of ourselves for a second. I think that's the ultimate goal, but let's focus on the balance of the beer. And I think that you'll find yourself really in the moment with that beer.

Thank You Bonus:

As a thank you for listening, download your free copy of my book, Cracking The Success Code. I teamed up with Brian Tracy, along with some other entrepreneurs to create the best-selling book called Cracking The Success Code: The World's Leading Experts Reveal Their Top Secrets To Help You Crack The Code For Optimum Health, Wealth and Success. You'll hear more about my story and how I became an anti-bullying advocate which later led to mindfulness and my mindfulness coaching. Download the book free at MindfulnessMode.com/cracking. Enter your name and email and you'll have your book downloaded in no time. Enjoy the book, Mindful Tribe.

Debbie Roberts-Loucks is immersed in the the world of horses. Working with Monty and Pat Roberts, Inc, she started the first online Horse University, where those wanting to learn more about horses can learn through interactive lessons. Debbie has extensive experience in marketing as well asnew business development. As an expert horse handler, Debbie understands mindfulness as it pertains to our human connection to animals. [Debbie is also host of “Horsemanship Radio as part of The Horse Radio Network.]

Contact Info

• Websites: www.horsemanshipradio.com
• Websites: wwwhorseradionetwork.com
• Websites: www.montyroberts.com
• www.montyrobertsuniversity.com

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Most Influential Person

• Jesus Christ

Effect on Emotions

• That 16 to 22 age range was so helpful being around animals. I think if you are inclined to be way up and way down (emotionally), which I am really not, I tend to be pretty level. But if you are, and everybody goes through it, it's such a great way to be humble, to care for something that doesn't really ask for anything in return. I would say that is the biggest help for me is being around animals and moments when you really need to stay centered and grounded.

Thoughts on Breathing

• I work on it all the time. I think that our biggest enemy is something that throws our equilibrium off and breathing is the first thing that will get thrown off. If we're not breathing, everything else goes.

Suggested Resources

• Book: Temple Grandin Books ie. Temple Talks about Autism and Sensory Issues: The World's Leading Expert on Autism Shares Her Advice and Experiences
• Book: The Man Who Listens To Horses: The Story of a Real-Life Horse Whisperer by Monty Roberts
• App: PTSD Apps (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)

Advice for Newbie

• Go volunteer at your local equine therapeutic. They need the help and it is the coolest way to get outside yourself, be happy, be doing something for somebody else, animals too and a residual effect will be that you will get to be around these wonderful animals.

Thank You Bonus

As a thank you for listening, download your Calm Your Busy Mind Infographic. It focuses on breathing, exercise and mantras. Please leave your name and email and you'll receive your infographic in your inbox right away. Download It here.

Talent and Mindfulness are definitely related. If you live a mindful life you are more likely to be in touch with your talents. Some people don't discover their true talents until they are in their teens or twenties. Others don't discover their talents until they are well intotheir careers and then feel it's too late to switch and make money doing what they love.

Some people don't discover their talent until retirement and still others never feel they have discovered their talent, even to the very end of their lives.

Today I'm joined by my friend, Don Hutcheson, who has built seven companies and worked with hundreds of people. He hosts a podcast called, 'Discover Your Talent, Do What You Love'. As you'll discover, he has tremendous knowledge and insight into 'Talent and Mindfulness'.

Guest:

• Don Hutcheson
• Featured in 036 Don Hutcheson: Get Into Your Feelings and Out of Your Thinking to Live a Full Life
• Listen to his podcast: www.DiscoverYourTalentPodcast.com 

Quotes:

• If you have a talent, use it in every which way possible. Don’t hoard it. Don’t dole it out like a miser. Spend it lavishly, like a millionaire intent on going broke. - Brenda Francis
• Follow your passion, it will lead you to your purpose. - Oprah Winfrey
• Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard. - Tim Notke
• Too much EGO will kill your talent. - Anon
• Allow your passion to become your purpose and it will one day become your profession. - Gabrielle Bernstein

Books:

• What Should I Do with My Life?: The True Story of People Who Answered the Ultimate Question by Po Bronson
• The Sociopath Next Door by Martha Stout

Thank You Bonus:

Do you want to share mindfulness with your children? I've written a book called '21 Ways To Practice Mindfulness With Your Child Every Day For 7 Minutes'. As a thank you for listening, you can download it here for free: 21 Ways Book. Enter your name and email and you'll have it in no time.   Download It here.

Maura Sweeney is the Ambassador of Happiness. Through her business, she teaches people just like you to live happier, healthier, and more inspiring lives. Maura has over 250 YouTube videos as well as ebooks and blogs communicating elements of mindfulness as ways to becomehappier. Maura asks the question: What if everything you’ve been searching for in life has been hiding inside your heart?

Contact Info

• Website: www.Maura4u.com
• email: maura@maura4u.com

Most Influential Person

• Jesus

Effect on Emotions

• It keeps them in check. It keeps my emotions from running my life.

Thoughts on Breathing

• As a result of going to yoga classes, I've learned that breathing is a part of my mindfulness. I never knew that it was. But as I slow down my breathing and I'm concentrating on a movement I'm in, it absolutely quiets my ever chattering mind.

Suggested Resources

• Book: The Mindfulness Coloring Book: Anti-Stress Art Therapy for Busy People by Emma Farrarons
• App: Ahhaa! (It's new. It connects people all over the world with mindfulness and with good thoughts)

Advice for Newbie

Never get down on yourself. People are so used to being moved by everything that goes on around them and they don't know to sit still for even thirty seconds, let alone a minute. Do not condemn yourself. It's a practice and it's a habit. Think about anybody who ever wanted to learn how to run. It's something you just continue to practice over and over and the more you do it, the more familiar it becomes.

Thank You Bonus

As a thank you for listening, download your Fine Tune Your Focus, 5 Day Challenge. Be like my guests, get some meditation happening in your life. I've created 5 free simple, yet inspiring videos to help you get started with meditation. Please leave your name and email you'll receive it in your inbox right away. Download It here.

Alex Hofeldt is a high school science teacher, specializing in biology and astronomy. Fascinated with science, the brain and human communication, Alex is also immersed in mindfulness, well-being andfitness and loves helping others see how happiness can be reached through the daily practice of mindfulness. Alex is also a yoga teacher, fitness instructor and podcaster, sharing his knowledge with the world on his Podcast called  Beautiful Dust Specks.

Contact Info

• Podcast: Beautiful Dust Specks
• Facebook: Beautiful Dust Specks & Yobility
• Twitter: @yobility / @the_sciencepro

Most Influential Person

• Tim Ferriss

Effect on Emotions

• It slows me down in a great way. It opens you up and it slows you down to the moments of now. You look back on life and think about how many times you went from point A to point B without looking at all the different things in between. It also centers me a bit, it has an ease factor, it increases happiness, increases sleep, it's a wonderful tool to have in life.

Thoughts on Breathing

I do five big breaths here and there. Just to keep it simple with the kids we do five breath beginnings and then I'll vary it up. Some days I'll not think about my breathing and other times I'll consciously take in big inhales and exhale them quickly. Other times I'll try to sync the breathing up. I got a set of Tibetan Mala beads which I use to count the beads as I breathe.

Suggested Resources

• Book: 10% Happier by Dan Harris
• App: HeadSpace

Advice for Newbie

 Just take a deep breath, exhale and decide you're going to start it. Just attempt to do whatever you can do. I would start with the apps. I would not try to do it by myself.

Thank You Bonus:

As a thank you for listening, download your free copy of my book, Cracking The Success Code. I teamed up with Brian Tracy, along with some other entrepreneurs to create the best-selling book called Cracking The Success Code: The World's Leading Experts Reveal Their Top Secrets To Help You Crack The Code For Optimum Health, Wealth and Success. You'll hear more about my story and how I became an anti-bullying advocate which later led to mindfulness and my mindfulness coaching. Download the book free at MindfulnessMode.com/cracking. Enter your name and email and you'll have your book downloaded in no time. Enjoy the book, Mindful Tribe.

Mindfulness can help with decision making. With a clear mind, I feel it's easier to reach a solid decision based on the best criteria. This weekend I'm chatting about decision making and mindfulness and I've invited my friend, Gregg Clunis to join me. He has great insight into this topic.

Guest:

• Gregg Clunis Featured in Mindfulness Mode Episode 055 Better Decision Making with Meditation and a Chat with Gregg Clunis

Quotes:

• If you have a talent, use it in every which way possible. Don’t hoard it. Don’t dole it out like a miser. Spend it lavishly, like a millionaire intent on going broke. - Brenda Francis
• Follow your passion, it will lead you to your purpose. - Oprah Winfrey
• Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard. -  Tim Notke
• Too much EGO will kill your talent. - Anon
• Allow your passion to become your purpose and it will one day become your profession. - Gabrielle Bernstein

Books:

The Mindful Brain: Reflection and Attunement in the Cultivation of Well-Being by Daniel J. Siegel

Thank You Bonus:

As a thank you for listening, download your free book "Twenty-One Ways To Practice Mindfulness With Your Child Everyday for 7 Minutes. Get your free ebook here. Please leave your name and email and you'll receive it in your inbox right away. Download It here.

Timothy Lawson is founder of Lawson Entertainment where he works as a broadcaster and producer of shows of various descriptions, from themes about comedy all the way to suicide. His background in Broadcast Journalism and his strong people skills contribute to his business success. He hosts four weekly podcasts: The Capitol Experience, Tim and Brandon’s Bromantic Comedy, One Two Many: Veteran Suicide and The Veteran Empire. Tim strongly believes in mindfulness as a way to increase his productivity and help maintain emotional well-being in his personal life. He also spent five years serving in the United States Marine Corps, giving him excellent training and life experience which he applies to his career.

Contact Info

• Website: www.LawsonEntertainment.com
• Twitter: @TimLawson21
• Podcast: One Two Many Veteran Suicide Podcast, Follow Your Spirits, Fuel For Warriors

Most Influential Person

• Tim Ferris

Effect on Emotions

• It has enhanced my gratitude, that is the best way of putting it.  It has enhanced how much and what I can be grateful for.

Thoughts on Breathing

• I try to take nice full breaths while I am meditating and on days where I am lethargic. I try to remind myself to take long deep breaths just to keep the lungs active and the blood flowing. I have personally noticed the connection between being still with not a lot of movements and short, shallow breaths and my mood being impacted by that.

Suggested Resources

• Book: Essentialism by Greg Mckeown
• App: Insight Timer

Advice for Newbie

The best advice I ever received was from Tim Ferris: mindfulness is not about trying to find some epiphany. I think once you realize that meditation and mindfulness isn't the goal of those two things, that experiencing mindfulness is much easier.

Thank You Bonus

As a thank you for listening, download your Fine Tune Your Focus, 5 Day Challenge. Be like my guests, get some meditation happening in your life. I've created 5 free simple, yet inspiring videos to help you get started with meditation. Please leave your name and email you'll receive it in your inbox right away. Download It here.