Archived Episodes
Hiatus, Respite, Pause
It's been a year since I started this podcast and I'm amazed at how the time has flown by and by all that has happened in the last twelve months. In the spirit of mindfulness, I am listening to myself and reco...
Coming out of the fog
Sit down and shut down. On a bad day, that's my strategy for retreating from difficult feelings. What about you? Withdrawing into a fog, claiming we don't understand, getting lost in habits that undermine us--these...
Catch and Release
What's the place in your life--your heart, your mind, you body where you experience an emptiness that you cannot seem to fill? Or is there an experience you're chasing, or a particular set of feelings you're t...
Just one More
What's the place in your life--your heart, your mind, you body where you experience an emptiness that you cannot seem to fill? Or is there an experience you're chasing, trying to hold on to a particular set of...
Playing with Matches
It might be anger. It might be shame. It might be fear. What's the feeling that for you is like a match being struck? It arises so quickly and with such intensity that the idea of pausing long enough to b...
Mindfulness is a scam? Or is this April 1?
My work as a life coach and this podcast encourage mindfulness so it might seem odd that my goal today is to explain the case against mindfulness. But being mindful does not mean giving up our critical thinking ski...
Digging through the past
No matter how focused we are on the present moment, we all have a past. Friends, relatives, photographs, songs, even smells can suddenly, unexpectedly, sometimes, unwillingly, take us on a journey into our past. Ha...
New Dawn
As I enter the next decade of my life I am awake to the opportunity, present in each moment. Who do I want to be in relationship to myself, others, and the world? How can mindfulness practices support me in this jo...
Is Suffering Optional? With Guest Host Dr. Mariangela Maguire
"Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional." That quote's been attributed to more than one person but the important question is: is it true? Focusing on the topics my clients bring to me in my life coaching practic...
Happy Birthday to Me
It's not for a few days but I'm celebrating by talking with my wise, witty, wonderful friend Craig Gingrich-Philbrook, Ph.D.
Difficult people
We all have them in our life. And we all probably are a difficult person to someone else! How can mindfulness help us understand what's happening when we are with, and when we are, a difficult person?
What am I to-doing?
I make a list every day, well almost every day. I sometimes add items I've already done just so I can cross them off. Is my identity, my sense of having a self dependent on what I get done each day? It so...
Valentine's Day Review: What did love have to do with it?
Was it a day for love or a day manufactured to test love?
Why is "Why" an unhelpful question?
In an effort to understand our experience, we often ask "Why?" Why do I feel so sad? Why do these hard things keep happening in my life? Why is it so difficult to be happy? Why am I the way I am? Although I...
Helping clients & changing the way law is practiced
Attorney Erin Johnson Turner saw the the pain her clients experienced when they sought her help in divorce actions. She and her partner had a great idea--assign each client a life coach and reimagine what it means ...
Writing through it all
My guest, author, editor, book-writing coach, and founder of ClickClack Writing, LLC, Kate Leibfried, joins me to talk about the restorative power of writing.
Grounded, Grateful, & Awake
As our country enters a new era it's important to take a moment to reflect and ask ourselves how mindfulness practices can keep us grounded, grateful, and awake.
Mending our Ways
The wind is howling, events are swirling, and many of us feel as if we are being torn apart. What can we do to repair the seams and patch the tears in the fabric of daily life?
Word for 2021: Perspective
Instead of a making resolutions, I like to choose a word for the year, something that will support me on my mindfulness journey. For 2021, I've chosen "perspective." In this first episode of 2021, I'll talk about t...
Encore: 2020 Hindsight
What are we able to see now, that we couldn't see in this last year?
Encore: Back to the Basics of Mindful Living
Each day seems to bring more worries, more anxiety, more fear. In this episode, we'll focus on the basics of mindfulness as a way of reminding ourselves that mindfulness is needed more now than ever.
Mindfulness as an Effective Way to Support College Students
Daniel J. Pineau, a doctoral candidate in clinical psychology at the University of Mississippi discusses his research on disseminating evidence-based mental health information including mindfulness, psychoeduc...
The Case Against Mindfulness with Guest Host Mariangela Maguire
That's right. There are those who have significant concerns about the mindfulness movement. In the spirit of mindfulness, of being aware of what we believe, let's talk about those concerns. Watch live on Fa...
Whose journey is this?
On our mindfulness journey we experience so many moments that challenge our capacity to remain mindful. A very common one comes from our perception of the other people in our life. It can take many forms but next w...
