Mindfulness Mode
 

Mindfulness Mode

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Increase your calm, focus and happiness so you can be more relaxed, contented and satisfied with your life. For business, entrepreneurs, educators, parents. Hosted by Bruce Langford.

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023 Lynette Renda: Being motivated to build a relationship with yourself

Nov 1, 2015

Nov 1, 2015

27 min

Lynette Renda is a writer, with a masters in Fine Art and Creative Writing. She’s written 2 novels as well as abundant online content.  Lynette is also a motivational speaker and coach and has an activeFacebook group called Motivate Me Ultimate Support System. She was an English teacher in a school for 12 years before moving on to become entirely devoted to entrepreneurship. Lynette believes mindfulness has delivered focus and clarity directly to her doorstep and as a result it has ultimately changed her life.

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Most Influential Person

  • Dr. Wayne Dyer (Lynette has 'Inner Wisdom', Volume 1 and 2 and she listens to his podcast)

Effect on Emotions

  • It's given me permission to be empathetic, to touch base with my feelings in a way that lets me [connect] like with nature, it puts me in a place that allows me to feel more openly and regularly without me thinking there's something wrong with me.

Thoughts on Breathing

  • Getting more oxygen into your body is great for your body, your energy levels and your focus. Specifically getting six deep breaths at a time is really great for your body and your energy level. Also what I've learned is that listening to your breath during meditation can calm yourself down ... it's about listening to your breath. Doing that distracts you from everything else that's going around, enough to relax.

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Advice for Newbie

Take the time to really understand what it means to be mindful and  to understand that by being mindful you are really building a relationship with yourself. It is going to change your entire life and your entire perspective on life. Be mindful, get to know yourself better and look at the world through those new lenses. You will see that you're going to get more out of life because of it.

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022 Neil Sattin: Sex, Intimacy and our Personal Mind Stories

Oct 28, 2015

Oct 28, 2015

32 min

Neil Sattin is a relationship expert and loves helping people just like you have fun, deep, meaningful relationships that matter. Neil loves to feed his curiosity about people and understands howcomplex relationships can be. Neil has been trained in Strategic Intervention through the Robbins-Madonnis Institute, and has completed a training in Source Point Therapy, by Bob Schrei & Donna Thomson. Neil has a thorough understanding of the corporate environment, having been involved in the corporate world for 15 years. Neil is also a podcaster; his show is called Relationship Alive. Neil and his partner are working on a new project called The New Love Paradigm.com.

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Most Influential Person

  • My father - he's been really influential in my life.

Effect on Emotions

  • It has effect my experience on my emotions so that they have much less power over me when things aren't going well.

Thoughts on Breathing

  • It's integral to the way I personally practice mindfulness

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Advice for Newbie

So many new doors are going to open for you now that you're in this practice. Just get curious and really just be observant of how mindfulness is affecting you.

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021 Anthony Hayes: Forget what you think you know, change your life with mindfulness

Oct 25, 2015

Oct 25, 2015

21 min

Anthony Hayes lives in West Palm Beach, Florida and grew up in Yonkers, New York. In 2008 he was a deckhand on a ship with Sea Shepherd Global, saving ocean wildlife from the treacherous Japanese Whaling Fleet. From 1999-2005 he was a DJ. In 2011 he studied to bean ordained minister at Universal Life Church Monastery. At one point, Anthony wrote, “the last 10 years have encompassed some of the darkest, most trying times of my life.”  Anthony has a podcast and blog called Me, Myself and I Radio, and he uses his podcast as a tool to inspire his audience. Anthony is also busy writing a book called, The Science of Being. Anthony is a strong believer in mindfulness and uses it in his life on a regular basis.

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Most Influential Person

  • Anthony's uncle who was one of his martial arts teachers. Anthony says, "He showed me a lot of ways to look inward."

Effect on Emotions

  • Mindfulness has helped me realize how deep my emotions actually go and how to look at situations a little differently and be able to analyze them a lot more.

Thoughts on Breathing

  • Everything starts with the breath. The more you're able to control the breath, the more you're able to control the rest of your body. Breathing is the end all, be all of everything mindfulness anywhere in life.

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Advice for Newbie

Forget what you think you know because you have no idea. Try it (mindfulness). It can not hurt to try it.

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020 Tyler Bishton: Expanding Awareness of How You Think & Move Through the Feldenkrais Method

Oct 21, 2015

Oct 21, 2015

27 min

Tyler Bishton teaches the Feldenkrais method of somatic education, enabling people of all age groups to move more easily. He is also a Martial Artist and Massage Therapist, workingwith clients to help them move along the continuum between impossibility and elegance. He brings people into being Mindfully present in many different ways , until it becomes as easy for them as breathing. Tyler believes that as you expand your awareness of how you think, sense, feel and move, the possibilities for personal improvement and human development are limitless.

Contact Info

  • Website: www.tylerbishton.com

Most Influential Person

  • Moshe Feldenkrais, the Creator of the Feldendrais Method

Effect on Emotions

  • It has given me a space to decide what I want to do with the emotion that I'm experiencing, whereas before I would react kind of in a knee-jerk way and just fly off the handle, I now have the ability to take a deep breath, take a step back, and chose how I want to respond and see if that's different to the way I'm feeling.

Thoughts on Breathing

  • I use it like a canary in a coal mine situation. I have developed a habit that if I feel myself breathing in a way that I don't find comfortable, I let that set off the alarm bells in my head that I'm missing something. That's an opportunity for me to become present and make the changes that are more useful for me at that time.

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Advice for Newbie

Start right now. And when you find yourself not doing it, start again.

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019 Pompe Strater-Vidal: Being Mindful is Joyful, Relax and Breathe Host Says

Oct 18, 2015

Oct 18, 2015

31 min

Pompe Strater-Vidal is a monk in the Soto lineage of Zen Buddhism and has been teaching meditation for over 35 years. She studied art at the San Francisco Art Institute and atAnderson Ranch in Colorado and is trained specifically in Shodo, the Japanese Zen art of brush calligraphy. Pompe recently hosted the Relax and Breathe Summit, an on-line event where amazing guests helped the audience learn simple mindfulness breathing techniques to release tension and reduce stress. 

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Most Influential Person

  • Suzuki Rochi

Effect on Emotions

  • I've learned to dis-identify from my emotional reactions, so less reactive.

Thoughts on Breathing

  • Breathing is a crucial element of mindfulness practice. Breathing is something we always do when we're alive. If I bring my awareness to breathing , it always pulls me back into the present moment. It's very simple, I can do it wherever I am, whatever I'm doing.

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Advice for Newbie

I would say give it a shot. What have you got to lose ... some stress?

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018 Nate Hockstra: Discover the Key to Mindfulness Success

Oct 15, 2015

Oct 15, 2015

29 min

Nate Hockstra is an Elite Results Coach for the most well respected and the most popular peak performance coach in the industry. He’s coached over 300 people and logged over 2000+ hours of 1 on 1 coaching to help people get massive results in their life.  Previous clients Nick has worked withrange from a United States Navy Admiral, A-list Hollywood celebrities and industry leading, 8 figure entrepreneurs.

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Most Influential Person

  • A person who suggested mindfulness back in Nate's twenties.

Effect on Emotions

  • It allows me to be aware of my emotions, then also lean into those emotions and figure out what they're trying to tell me or what it is that I'm experiencing. From that awareness, I'm able to change what I'm experiencing so it's almost like mindfulness has allowed me to become more masterful over my emotions.

Thoughts on Breathing

  • Breathing is everything. The way that you breathe determines the way that you feel. Just last night, I could feel myself a little off, and I knew it was because I was breathing shallow. I took twenty minutes and sat up against the wall, closed my eyes and became one with my breath. Twenty minutes later it was like I was a new man. Breathing is everything.

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Advice for Newbie

Learn to become aware of the state and the emotions that you experience on a moment to moment basis. Become aware of the way you feel and don't distract yourself. Don't push it away, lean into what it is you're feeling. Out of that you're going to understand so much more about yourself. You'll be able to permanently make changes whereas distraction is only a change for the moment. Do some journaling around the way you feel about your life. Meditation is always a great start, but start out with one or two minutes, rather than twenty minutes.

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017 Michael Pullman: He Threw Computers in Anger but Now is Calm Like Buddha

Oct 11, 2015

Oct 11, 2015

22 min

Michael Pullman graduated in 2008 with a banking and finance degree. He has always had an avid interest in Franchisees and has now made a business out of his knowledge. Living in Adelaide, Australia, Michael is excited about inbound marketing and is involved in a business called Zuus Workforce. Michael is an avid believer in mindfulness and has beenpracticing mindfulness for years, helping him achieve calm and to get away from the busyness of life. Michael is also a podcaster with his own show called Franchisee Connect. 

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Most Influential Person

  • Michael's Mom. She has had issues with depression and used meditation to help her through those challenges. Michael was inspired by her to begin his own mindfulness practice.

Effect on Emotions

  • So much calmer - used to be aggressive when technology didn't work. In the past if he was frustrated with technology he would sometimes break things, smash things and throw computers and mobile phones. That no longer happens as a result of his mindfulness practice.

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Advice for Newbie

Get the Headspace app at www.headspace.com Do the "Take 10" program. Use this program for 10 minutes in the morning with headphones.

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016 Brian R. King: Cancer Survivor Becomes Sought After Resilience Coach

Oct 7, 2015

Oct 7, 2015

28 min

Brian King is a resilience coach who has a fascinating story which reveals why his coaching is so effective. He is a 26 year cancer survivor, father of 3 boys and he teaches parents with special needs children, how to cope and connect. In fact, Brian’s ownboys have Asperger's, which is a form of Autism. Brian is a podcaster, host of ‘The Heart of the Matter - a show focused on helping Entrepreneurs become more resilient and better leaders. Mindfulness has been a big part of Brian's life for over 20 years.

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Most Influential Person

  • Richard Langlois, Roshi (The Abbot of the Zen Buddhist Temple of Chicago)

Effect on Emotions

  • Allowed my to experience my emotions more deeply. I used to be afraid of being overwhelmed by my emotions, but now I realize I can watch them without righting them.

Thoughts on Breathing

  • I make a point of being mindful of my breath all day long. I breath deeply as much as I can. Because of my restlessness and racing mind, I keep my mind on my breath so I do not get caught up in all that noise.

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Advice for Newbie

Perfection is not the goal. The whole point is just to practice. Be present when your mind drifts off on something else; acknowledge it, and bring it back to the moment. If you get distracted a hundred times a day, acknowledge it and bring it back a hundred times a day. It's not about perfect, it's about practice.

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015 Andrea Sullenger: Extreme Vertigo, a Turning Point and a 7 Figure Coaching Client

Oct 4, 2015

Oct 4, 2015

29 min

Andrea Sullenger is a “kick-butt” sales & body language coach and a business development strategy consultant. She describes herself as a creative, fun, out-of-the-box thinker. She has created, built and coached, multiple six-figure companies, has 2best-selling books and believes in going after a BIG, BOLD life. Andrea has been a dedicated devotee to mindfulness since a traumatic bout with vertigo stopped her in her tracks.

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Most Influential Person

  • Martha Beck
    John Cabot Zinn

Effect on Emotions

  • My emotions are in check, so they're not bouncing around like a bouncy ball in a little bathroom with a ten-year old boy.

Thoughts on Breathing

  • Becoming aware of my shallow breathing which meant I was in too big a hurry. Slowing down, being aware of my breathing to regulate my emotions.

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Advice for Newbie

Just be open, because the pieces of mindfulness that are supposed to resonate with you, will. They will bubble to the top. One of the practical things to do is begin with a morning ritual. Slow down, be thoughtful, pay attention to where you're at and where it is that you're trying to go. Use Morning Pages by Julia Cameron.

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014 Hans Hageman: From the US Senate to a Harlem Middle School Death Threat

Sep 30, 2015

Sep 30, 2015

28 min

Hans Hageman describes himself as a visionary consultant for socially responsible businesses that put value on people, planet and profits. He worked for the Baltimore Police Department doing leadership training, started schools for underprivileged kids andis a writer for various blogs and magazines. Also a speaker, Hans helps people tell the story of their business in order to create an effective online & offline reputation. Hans has used mindfulness extensively in his work since 1992.

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Most Influential Person

  • David Swenson (Ashtanga Yoga Teacher)

Effect on Emotions

  • "When I find myself off center, I get back to center a lot faster"

Thoughts on Breathing

  • "When I looked into the research and power of breath [...] Breathwork has become incredibly important"

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Advice for Newbie

"Be patient and loving with yourselves"

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