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- One of Dyce’s sisters

- Mindfulness helps him understand his emotions and distinguish anxiety from depression. - He considers what he can control and what he cannot. - “You don’t have to keep tolerating” an uncomfortable or harmful situation; removing yourself is something you can control. - His guiding motto is to “stay in the moment.”

- Breathing helps calm his heartbeat when he experiences anxiety. - He closes his eyes and takes several breaths until he feels his heartbeat settle. - “I cannot focus” when stressed or highly anxious, so breathing helps him calm himself and regain focus. - When his sister is unavailable, breathing is his primary way to bring himself down independently.

- Book: *The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living* by Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman - App: I Am - App: OurLoveLyfe

- Dyce grew up in a poor family in Barbados and was repeatedly bullied during his first two years of secondary school because his uniform did not fit properly. - Other students picked on him daily and sometimes took his money. - Determined not to endure the same treatment again, he worked throughout the summer, saved his money, and bought brand-new uniforms. - When he returned to school, his changed appearance and growing recognition by his nickname meant his former bullies did not recognize him. - “Dyce kinda changed my life in a way,” he said, reflecting on how his nickname and new confidence helped transform his experience.

For many of us, the day begins almost automatically. We reach for the phone, think about our schedule, check messages, or start running through everything that needs to get done.

In this solo episode of Mindfulness Mode, Bruce shares five simple ways to bring more awareness into your morning. You don't need an elaborate morning routine or a long meditation practice. Small changes can help you experience those first moments of the day instead of rushing through them.

You'll discover why it can be helpful to give yourself a little time before checking your phone, how something as simple as noticing your feet on the floor can bring you into the moment, and why enjoying an ordinary part of your morning can make a difference.

Bruce also explores the difference between what's urgent and what truly matters, along with the value of leaving a little empty space in a world where almost every quiet moment gets filled.

• Why the first few minutes of your morning matter

• How to begin your day before letting the outside world grab your attention

• A simple way to become more aware of your body when you wake up

• How to enjoy the ordinary parts of your morning

• Why choosing one thing that matters can give your day direction

• How a few minutes of empty space can change the feeling of your morning

• Why mindfulness doesn't require adding another complicated habit to your routine

You don't have to change your entire morning routine.

Choose one or two things to try.

Wait a minute before reaching for your phone.

Notice your feet when they touch the floor.

Really enjoy your coffee, tea, shower, morning walk, or another part of the morning you usually take for granted.

Ask yourself, “What is one thing that matters today?”

And somewhere in your morning, leave a little space.

You may still have the same schedule, responsibilities, and things to get done. The difference is that you're giving yourself a chance to actually experience the beginning of your day.

Tomorrow morning is a morning you've never lived before.

See if you can be there for it.

• Website: SanjaySabnani.com

• Buddha and his teachings have had a profound influence on Sanjay’s understanding of mindfulness.
• Earlier in life, Sanjay found Buddhist teachings too abstract, but his perspective changed as he experienced their insights firsthand.
• He now sees tremendous value in teachings that have endured for thousands of years.

• Sanjay says mindfulness has helped him stop suffering from the lingering effects of negative experiences.
• Difficult things still happen and painful emotions still arise, but rumination and downward thought spirals no longer have the same hold.
• He has learned to separate the feeling that something bothers him from the impulse to immediately react.

• Sanjay views the breath as a subtle object of attention that can lead into deeper mindfulness.
• Breath watching became an important part of his meditation journey.
• When he needs to calm himself, he may use a physiological sigh with two sharp inhales through the nose followed by a sighing exhale through the mouth.
• He also watches his breath while falling asleep.

• Sanjay’s Book: Actualization OS: A System of Inner Architecture
• Book: The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
• Book: The Surrender Experiment by Michael A. Singer
• App: Youtube

• Growing up in Hong Kong as an Indian student at a British Anglican school, Sanjay experienced significant bullying.
• He was bookish, chubby, short, and not athletic, so he developed sharp wit and cutting humor as a defense mechanism.
• Mindfulness later helped him recognize the difference between feeling triggered and needing to react.
• Today, he measures his progress partly by how little everyday frustrations disturb his inner state.

Maybe you’re driving, walking, or trying to fall asleep when you suddenly find yourself rehearsing a conversation in your mind. You imagine what the other person will say, plan your response, and before long you’re defending yourself in an argument that hasn’t even happened.

These imaginary conversations can create very real tension, worry, and frustration.

In this solo episode of Mindfulness Mode, Bruce explores how mindfulness can help you recognize mental rehearsals and return your attention to what’s actually happening right now. You’ll learn how to notice when your mind starts scripting future conversations, become curious about what may be driving those thoughts, and enter real conversations with more presence and less expectation.

Bruce also shares how his inner bully, Jasper, can sometimes take over these imaginary conversations and why listening may be more valuable than trying to prepare the perfect response.

• Why we rehearse conversations that haven’t happened

• How imaginary conversations can affect your emotions and body

• A simple way to catch yourself in a mental rehearsal

• How mindfulness can bring you back to the present

• Why scripting another person’s response can interfere with listening

• How to approach difficult conversations with greater curiosity

• What repeated imaginary conversations may be telling you

• A simple three-step grounding exercise you can use today

The next time you notice yourself rehearsing a conversation, pause and remind yourself:

“This conversation hasn’t happened.”

Take a slow breath and notice three things:

Something you can see.

Something you can hear.

Something you can feel.

Then gently return your attention to what you were doing.

If the imaginary conversation comes back, notice it again and return again. Each time you recognize where your mind has gone and bring your attention back to the present, you’re practicing mindfulness.

You don’t need to know exactly what someone is going to say.

You don’t need to prepare every response.

Let the real conversation happen when it happens.

Listen to the person who is actually in front of you.

And until then, come back to now.

Stay in the mode.

Together, they explore how technology, self-awareness, and personal insight can help us recognize our patterns, appreciate our individual strengths, and make choices that feel more aligned with who we are.

For Kiran, mindfulness is closely connected with purpose. She considers whether her daily choices are aligned with her larger vision and uses moments of misalignment as opportunities to reground herself. Neil describes mindfulness as being present, observing emotional reactions, and learning to accept his natural patterns rather than constantly trying to change them.

Neil explains how AI can act as a mirror when it is provided with meaningful context. Rather than simply telling us what we want to hear, he believes AI can help surface patterns that may otherwise be difficult to recognize. SolOS applies this idea to personal intelligence and self-exploration.

SolOS combines several modalities, including human design and numerology, to create personalized insights. Users can explore questions about their patterns, purpose, strengths, and challenges. Kiran emphasizes that the platform is not intended to predict the future or make decisions for users. Instead, its goal is to provide insights that support personal reflection and reduce decision fatigue.

Neil shares his experience of being physically bullied in high school and explains why mindfulness can be valuable without being the entire solution. Kiran discusses responding to hurtful behavior by considering what she can learn and what she can release. Both emphasize accepting our differences and recognizing the unique strengths each person brings.

SolOS: soulos.ca

After years of putting work and family first, Pratibha realized she needed to prioritize herself. A simple five minute skincare routine became meaningful personal time. She discovered that caring for herself helped her feel happier and become more present as a mother, leader, and human being.

Glow Theory uses AI to analyze hundreds of points on a user’s face and create a personalized skincare routine. Users can also photograph products they already own so the platform can incorporate them into their routine. Pratibha’s goal is effective, science backed skincare that reduces confusion, unnecessary purchases, and product waste.

Losing her mother to a brain tumor deeply affected Pratibha and eventually became a catalyst for change. Her grief taught her the importance of accepting emotions rather than denying them. This experience inspired her to care for herself physically and emotionally while recognizing that difficult feelings must first be acknowledged before they can be managed.

Pratibha incorporates five minutes of meditation into her morning routine several times a week. She focuses on silence and breathing, which helps her reach a peaceful state. For Pratibha, skincare, meditation, and mindful breathing are connected parts of a larger commitment to self care and personal wellness.

Website and Web App: GlowTheory.app

• Why Justin considers billiards one of the ultimate games for developing mindfulness, focus, patience, and emotional control.
• How he built a meditation practice by starting with just two minutes a day and gradually working up to ten minutes.
• Why learning from a mistake—and then letting it go—is essential in both competitive pool and entrepreneurship.
• How mindfulness helps Justin manage frustration, communicate calmly with customers, and handle the pressures of being a first-time founder.
• Why Justin believes relying too heavily on AI may cause younger generations to “outsource their thinking” and become less connected with their individual selves.

Justin turned to meditation when constant context-switching left his focus scattered. He began with only two minutes per day, gradually building to ten. His practice became an evening reset, supported by a personal mantra centered on being enough and taking life one step at a time.

For Justin, mindfulness is strongly connected to understanding and regulating emotions. When pride, frustration, or anger surfaces, he tries to identify its source, take a breath, wait several seconds, and then respond. This approach helps him stay composed in business, relationships, and competitive situations.

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Justin explains that EVO Sports serves athletes and venues with professional streaming, analytics, and a developing model that allows athletes to participate in advertising revenue. The platform has locations across the United States and Canada, as well as Hong Kong, Japan, and Taiwan.

For Tim, dining is about much more than what’s on the plate. Food creates opportunities to appreciate the people who prepare and serve a meal while connecting with friends, colleagues, and strangers. He considers food a universal language that can build relationships and bring people together.

Tim’s career in financial technology can involve long hours and stressful projects, but teamwork keeps him grounded. He has observed that highly successful people often share an important quality: they find fun and joy in what they’re doing while remaining present in the experience.

Tim has learned that unexpected experiences often make life, and his YouTube videos, more interesting. A missed flight, challenging interaction, or change of plans doesn’t have to ruin the experience. By keeping events in perspective and going with the flow, he can embrace imperfections rather than allowing them to create unnecessary stress.

Tim sees tremendous potential in AI for software development, video editing, travel planning, and content creation. Yet technology can also become overwhelming. His advice for greater mindfulness is surprisingly simple: sometimes turn off the apps and put the phone away. Even health-tracking technology can create stress when it becomes excessive.

YouTube: Tim Lee Food Reviews

Liza discovered numerology during her own search for purpose after changing career paths several times. She found that numbers helped identify her talents, growth areas, limiting beliefs, and behavioral patterns. This experience inspired her to study numerology and eventually use it to help others better understand themselves and their direction in life.

For Liza, mindfulness means being aware of your mind, body, emotions, surroundings, and inner self. She believes mindfulness is more than meditation. It is a way of living that includes compassion, acceptance, and thoughtful action. Pausing during stressful moments can conserve energy and create greater clarity.

Liza uses 11 archetypes within her numerology system to help people explore their natural strengths and areas for growth. Rather than concentrating on weaknesses, she encourages people to recognize their talents and lead from their strengths. This greater self knowledge can support confidence, relationships, personal growth, and a stronger sense of purpose.

Liza created DOM to combine numerology with practical tools for personal development. Users enter their birth date to explore information about their archetype, purpose, career, and personal characteristics. The app also incorporates journaling, guided meditation, and breathwork to encourage ongoing self awareness and help users reconnect with themselves.

Website: domspirit.com Instagram and TikTok: @Liza.spirit DOM Social Media: @domspirit.app DOM App: Available through the App Store and Google Play

Conley realized that constantly pursuing the next achievement was preventing him from appreciating the present. For him, mindfulness means recognizing what is happening now instead of becoming consumed by the future or past.

He also sees emotions as a “check engine light” meaning a signal that something in his mindset, environment, or approach may need attention.

Conley’s fitness journey began after experiencing bullying and obesity as a child. Exercise built his confidence and eventually led him to become a coach.

Later, a serious workplace accident severely injured his knee and nearly killed him. After extensive rehabilitation and two knee surgeries, Conley completed military training. Those experiences strengthened his resilience and gratitude for health and opportunity.

After owning a gym, Conley recognized how difficult it could be for trainers and clients to find the right match. His fitness platform helps clients discover nearby trainers based on personality, pricing, certifications, and specialties.

Conley believes the right coach-client relationship can create better experiences and more sustainable results.

Conley believes lasting fitness results come from consistency rather than quick fixes. Whether it’s making exercise a daily priority or improving nutrition, small changes compound over time.

His broader advice is equally simple: remain open-minded, keep learning, and appreciate what the world has to teach you.

LinkedIn: Conley Miller Youtube: Conley Miller Fit Local Instagram: Conley MIller Meet The Trainer: Conley Miller Fitness Platform: Currently launching in Austin, Texas. Meet the Trainer is Conley’s interview series highlighting trainers, gym owners, and coaches.

• Why white space can make books easier to experience

• How mindfulness and thoughtful design are connected

• Where AI can support the creative process

• Why AI can sometimes interfere with authentic creativity

• How nature can help overcome creative blocks

• Why authentic human input matters in creative work

• How making space can support creativity and focus

What happens when mindfulness meets creativity and design? In this episode of Mindfulness Mode, Karolina Wudniak explores how creating space, both visually and mentally can help us think clearly, strengthen creativity, and become more intentional about where we place our attention.

White space is an important part of book design. When a page contains too much information, the reader can quickly become overwhelmed.

Giving words and images room to breathe allows the brain to better absorb what it sees. Karolina explains how this design principle connects with mindfulness: sometimes we also need space in our minds to process what is happening around us.

Good design requires deciding what is important and what is simply noise. Adding more elements does not always make a message clearer.

Karolina believes in being intentional about what stays and what can be removed. The same principle can apply to everyday life as we decide what deserves our attention.

Artificial intelligence can make certain design tasks faster. Karolina uses AI for practical jobs such as extending backgrounds or removing elements from images—tasks that could otherwise take hours.

However, she has stepped away from using AI for much of her creative and marketing work because she felt it was taking something away from her own creativity.

Karolina also discusses receiving AI-generated answers from clients. When she asks how they want readers to feel when experiencing their books, she wants to understand the client's genuine thoughts and emotions—not an AI-generated response.

Authenticity provides valuable information that helps guide the creative process.

When information becomes chaotic or Karolina encounters a creative block, she often turns to nature.

Instead of remaining at her computer and forcing ideas, she gives herself time to process. A trip to the forest can clear her mind, allowing her to return to her work with fresh ideas and a clearer direction.

Mindfulness has also changed the way Karolina approaches emotions. Rather than storing uncomfortable feelings inside, she has learned to sit with them and give herself time to process them.

This ability to make room for difficult emotions is an important part of her mindfulness practice.

Karolina does not rely on a specific daily breathing technique. Instead, breathing becomes a simple tool when she feels stressed or blocked.

She pauses what she is doing and allows herself to breathe, creating an opportunity to calm down before continuing.

Throughout the conversation, one message continually returns: space matters.

Whether it is space on a book page, space between thoughts, time spent in nature, or a pause during a stressful moment, creating room can help us reduce noise and reconnect with what matters.

• Website: Paperwing Studio

Mathew received the Innovation Commercialization Fellowship from Carnegie Mellon University, where he earned an MBA and a master’s degree in Public Policy. For nearly a decade, he has led his Experiential Meditation workshops, helping people explore mindfulness in a practical and engaging way.

Mathew also has experience building partnerships in the fast-growing technology industry. He previously worked with Lucid Design Group, helping the company grow before it was acquired by Acuity Brands.

Outside of his work with Equa, Mathew continues to lead mindfulness workshops. He is also a musician and plays guitar in the band Labor Dog.

• Why meditation isn’t always supposed to feel relaxing
• How discomfort can become a valuable mindfulness practice opportunity
• Why people often stop using meditation apps
• How physiological data can help people understand their meditation practice
• How Equa Health tracks breathing using sensors already inside your phone
• Why the breath can be a powerful tool for changing your state
• How meditation creates space between action and reaction
• How mindfulness can help us respond differently to difficult emotions
• The role of AI and personalization in the future of mindfulness
• Why technology may enhance the human connection in meditation

One of the central ideas behind Equa Health is that resilience is a skill that can be developed. Rather than viewing meditation as a way to escape stress or uncomfortable feelings, Mathew encourages people to lean into those moments.

As he explains, the challenging moments during meditation can be practice opportunities. Learning to pause, notice what is happening, and create space between an experience and our reaction can eventually change how we respond to challenges throughout the day.

Mathew also shares Equa Health’s vision for combining mindfulness training with physiological feedback and personalization. By understanding things like breathing patterns, the goal is to eventually tailor training to what someone needs in the moment—much like having a coach available when stress, fatigue, or distraction arises.

At the same time, Mathew believes technology has limits. Apps can help make mindfulness more accessible, but human connection and personal guidance remain an important part of the practice.

Equa Health is a mindfulness platform focused on building resilience through evidence-based meditation training. The company launched in 2021 out of Carnegie Mellon University and combines a structured mindfulness curriculum with technology designed to help users understand and improve their practice.

To learn more about Equa Health, search for EQUA Health online or find EQUA in the App Store or Google Play.

What can mountains, mindfulness, and the idea of “non-self” teach us about living with greater clarity, compassion, and connection? In this conversation, Bruce Langford welcomes mountaineer, author, explorer, entrepreneur, and storyteller Michael Schauch for a deeply human conversation about stillness, nature, Buddhist wisdom, and the stories we tell ourselves about who we are.

Michael’s new book, Anattā: Heart of Wisdom, grows out of years of exploration in the Himalaya and a continuing inquiry into one of Buddhism’s most profound ideas: anattā, or “non-self.” Rather than being an abstract philosophical concept, Michael explores how letting go of rigid ideas about identity can open the door to greater freedom, loving-kindness, and connection.

How the mountains can become a place of meditation, perspective, and deep listening.

What anattā—or “non-self”—can mean in everyday life, beyond Buddhist terminology.

Why loosening our attachment to identity can reduce conflict and create more room for compassion.

How nature can reveal patterns in the mind and help us reconnect with what matters.

The relationship between stillness, joy, loving-kindness, and genuine human connection.

How Michael’s Himalayan experiences shaped his understanding of life, impermanence, and belonging.

Why the stories we tell about ourselves can both connect us and keep us trapped.

The continuing influence of Michael’s friendship with Brent Seal and the lessons of mental resilience, courage, and connection.

Stillness: Finding a quieter place beneath the noise of the mind and reconnecting with what is already present.

Non-self: Exploring the Buddhist insight that the self is not as fixed, separate, or permanent as we often imagine.

Nature as teacher: Using mountains, forests, weather, and wild places as invitations to pay attention and see more clearly.

Connection: Moving beyond the illusion of separateness toward empathy, compassion, and a deeper sense of belonging.

Impermanence: Recognizing that we are continually changing—and that this can be an opening rather than a threat.

Joy and loving-kindness: Making room for delight, humor, gratitude, and compassion even when life is difficult.

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Michael’s message is ultimately less about escaping life than becoming more intimate with it. The mountains provide a powerful backdrop, but the real terrain is internal: our assumptions, attachments, fears, identities, and capacity for connection. Anattā invites us to ask what might be possible if we loosen our grip on the story of a separate, permanent self—and meet life with more openness.

In Anattā: Heart of Wisdom, Michael Schauch weaves contemplative essays and poetry with stories from years of exploration in the Himalaya. The book explores the Buddhist idea of “non-self” and its relationship to nature, identity, conflict, loving-kindness, and our sense of connection with one another. The book is scheduled for publication by Hohm Press on September 15, 2026.

Michael Schauch’s website

Anattā: Heart of Wisdom — book information

Michael Schauch on Instagram

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Moses Yang and Bryan Wong are the co-founders of Beam Telepet, an innovative Canadian platform that connects pet owners with licensed veterinarians and other trusted pet care professionals through accessible virtual services. As President, Moses is passionate about building sustainable, mission-driven healthcare businesses, while CTO Bryan combines technology and healthcare expertise to solve complex challenges. Together, they are making quality pet care more accessible while supporting the peace of mind that comes from knowing help is just a click away. They have created a mindful, compassionate approach to caring for ourselves and the animals we love.

Contact Info Website: beamtelepet.ca Beam Telepet serves pet owners across Canada by connecting them with licensed veterinarians through convenient virtual consultations and affordable prescription services. Users can choose veterinarians based on location and language, with expansion into additional provinces underway.

Beam Telepet Information Beam Telepet was founded by Moses Yang and Bryan Wong to make quality pet healthcare more accessible and affordable. Inspired by their own experiences as pet owners, they created a platform that combines virtual veterinary consultations with prescription fulfillment, helping pet owners save significantly on medications while collaborating—not competing—with veterinary clinics. The platform also connects pharmacies, veterinarians, and pet care providers to better serve Canada's growing community of pet owners.

Most Influential Person Bryan credits his fiancée as his greatest source of support and grounding. During the challenging months of developing Beam Telepet, she helped him overcome self-doubt and stay focused on the company's mission. Moses finds inspiration in his wife, a pharmacist, whose expertise helped shape the business, while his tennis routine provides the mental clarity he needs to work through challenges.

Effect on Emotions Moses manages stress and difficult emotions through tennis. Time on the court allows him to clear his mind, enjoy nature, and often discover solutions to business challenges. Bryan finds emotional grounding by spending time with his two cats, whose playful and unpredictable nature reminds him to persevere despite life's uncertainties.

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"If we think of the interests of the customer first, then we can build a business that benefits everyone in the community." Moses Yang

"Controlled breathing and slowing things down physically tells your mind to slow down as well." Bryan Wong

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Adrien credits a friend named Abe, whom he met while working on private yachts in the Mediterranean, as having the greatest influence on his mindfulness journey. Abe encouraged him to spend nearly a year in India studying yoga, meditation, and mindful living.

Mindfulness has helped Adrien become less reactive and more reflective. He believes that taking time to process what others say before responding has improved his emotional balance. Combined with quality sleep, mindfulness helps him stay calmer and avoid becoming irritable or stressed.

Adrien considers breathing one of the most accessible and powerful tools available. Taking a few deep breaths can quickly restore calm and balance. Each Wiki Sleep episode begins with guided breathing to help listeners settle into a relaxed state before sleep.

For Adrien, mindfulness means being fully present and connecting meaningfully with others rather than simply going through the motions. Even amid the busyness of events like Web Summit, he strives to have authentic one-on-one conversations and remain aware of his intentions throughout the day.

Adrien believes that sleep anxiety can be eased by creating positive associations with bedtime. Through engaging stories and carefully engineered audio experiences, he helps listeners replace stress and overthinking with curiosity and enjoyment. Over time, this process can transform bedtime from something to dread into something to look forward to.

• Wiki Sleep app

• Breathing exercises featured in Wiki Sleep

• Meditation and mindfulness practices

• "Stuff You Should Know" podcast

• Story-based audio content for sleep support

"Your body wants to sleep. The biggest thing you can do is get out of the way of your brain so you can sleep." – Adrien Sala

Bruce sits down with Divynoor Kochhar, a 19-year-old entrepreneur, founder, and marketer who built an AI-powered marketing intelligence platform while recovering from knee surgery. Divynoor shares how a rare congenital condition, multiple surgeries, and years of bullying shaped his outlook on life and business.

The conversation explores the connection between mindfulness, resilience, gratitude, and entrepreneurship. Divynoor explains how his platform, Repliva, helps founders and small businesses identify strategic blind spots in their marketing, and why thoughtful strategy matters more than simply moving faster.

Beyond business, Divynoor opens up about overcoming adversity, the power of family support, his daily mindfulness practice inspired by Tony Robbins, and the mindset that has helped him navigate life's challenges with optimism and determination.

• Growing up with the rare condition fibular hemimelia
• Undergoing multiple surgeries from childhood onward
• Building a company while recovering in a hospital bed
• The inspiration behind Repliva and its approach to marketing strategy
• Why AI needs a human in the loop
• Lessons learned from entrepreneurship at a young age
• A daily gratitude and visualization practice for reducing stress
• Overcoming bullying and finding resilience
• The importance of unconditional support from family and friends
• How perspective can transform challenges into opportunities

"See that problem, give it a big fat smile, and move on." — Divynoor Kochhar

Divynoor Kochhar is a founder and marketer who previously operated two solo marketing agencies. After recognizing a gap in the marketing technology landscape, he created Repliva, an AI-powered marketing intelligence platform designed to help founders and small businesses identify strategic blind spots and build stronger marketing plans. Remarkably, he developed the platform while recovering from knee surgery in a hospital bed. Born with the rare condition fibular hemimelia, Divynoor has overcome numerous challenges with resilience and optimism. At just 19 years old, he is already making an impact in the worlds of entrepreneurship, AI, and marketing innovation.

Learn more about Repliva and Divynoor's work at Repliva.com.

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• Website: www.LearningTantra.com
• Search "Tanja Diamond" on Google
• Social Media: @TanjaDiamond

• My Tantra Master.

• Well, emotions aren't something that can be controlled, but mindfulness controls my behavior after I have an emotional response.

• A breath work practice is critical and the foundation of mindfulness. Without it you're not being mindful.

• Book: Just Breathe: Mastering Breathwork for Success in Life, Love, business, and Beyond by Dan Brule
• App: N/A (I don't use apps)

• Tanja recounts being severely bullied as a child after developing psoriasis that covered most of her body. Misunderstood as contagious, she faced isolation, ridicule, and cruel pranks, including a fake “secret admirer” setup that ended in public humiliation.
• Even adults treated her harshly. Over time, she coped by shifting her mindset, rejecting others’ judgments, and choosing self-acceptance. She eventually began to embrace her appearance and now refuses to hide anymore.

• Website: www.ForRelationshipHelp.com
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• Podcast: Emotional Savvy: The Relationship Help Show'
• Podcast: Save Your Sanity: Help For Handling Hijackals
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• Joel Goldsmith (Author)

• I think mindfulness levels your emotions. It doesn't take out the peaks and valleys, but you understand that you choose the state that you stay in.

• Breathing deeply is essential. When you relax your shoulders, open your chest, and take a slow breath, your body begins to reset.
• Within about 20 seconds, oxygen moves through your bloodstream, refreshing you.
• This simple act helps your body recharge, calm down, and think more clearly, making it easier to handle stress and stay focused.

• Book: The Heart of Mysticism: The Infinite Way Letters 1955-1959 by Joel Goldsmith
• App: Cell Phone Alarm

• I spent many years in education as a teacher and later a school administrator.
• At one point, I created a daily circle where students, including those with special needs, sat quietly together with their parents. This helped reduce conflict and build connection.
• Later, I led a school for at-risk teens and focused on calm, care, and consistency instead of control. Over time, behavior improved greatly, and student retention grew from three months to no openings for 18 months.

• Website: https://exderelict.com 

• Book: The Gospel of an Ex-Derelict: Fight. Fail. Rebuild by Josh Tomeoni

• Eckhart Tolle

• The emotions still come [in spite of mindfulness].

• What's changed is not being able to control my emotions, but being able to control my response to my emotions. 

• There are a lot of different breathing techniques. One that has helped me the most is the tried and true, just deep breaths. That is one of the easiest ones for me to remember.

• There is also the three-two-three breathing method. That is the type of breathing you have when you would normally be crying. It allows the intensity to get out. This is the one that I do with my children. 

• Book: The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle 

• Book: Stillness Speaks by Eckhart Tolle
• Book: Atomic Habits by James Clear
• Book: The Gospel of an Ex-Derelict: Fight. Fail. Rebuild by Josh Tomeoni

• App: N/A

• Analytical people often get trapped in negative mental loops that spiral out of control.

• When I blamed myself for my divorce, these intrusive thoughts felt like drowning, leading me toward self-destructive escapes.

• To break this cycle, it is vital to use mindfulness to interrupt the pattern before the "domino effect" drives you toward addictive behaviors to numb the pain.

Under his direction, Healthy Companies initiated a comprehensive study of leadership that has spanned more than forty-five countries. Over the course of his research, Dr. Rosen has personally interviewed more than 500 CEOs from leading global enterprises, including Ford, Citigroup, PepsiCo, and Johnson & Johnson. His insights and strategic counsel have made him a trusted adviser to many of these organizations, and he serves as the convener of the Healthy CEO Roundtable, a forum for senior leaders committed to sustainable, conscious leadership.

Dr. Rosen’s book, Conscious: The Power of Awareness in Business and Life, explores how greater self- and situational awareness can drive personal growth and organizational success in an increasingly complex world.

• Company: Healthy Companies

• Website: www.HealthyCompanies.com

• Website: www.BobRosen.com

• Free Consultation

• Book: Conscious: The Power of Awareness In Business and Life by Bob Rosen and Emma-Kate Swann

• My husband, Jay.

• I think that everybody feels their emotions in a band and some people have a narrow band of emotions and some people have a medium band and some people have a very wide band, like a manic depressive would have a very wide band and some people are stoic and have a narrow band.

• I'm in the middle. And so I feel life intensely; both the ups and the downs and so my mindfulness has enabled me to manage that so that my band isn't too wide and hijack me in the process.

• Oh, I have to remind myself all the time. I sort of laugh at myself when I'm in the shower or I'm walking and I notice that I'm not even breathing. I'm like holding my breath and so deep breathing is such a wonderful skill to develop in terms of getting more peaceful and mindful.

• Book: Conscious: The Power of Awareness In Business and Life by Bob Rosen and Emma-Kate Swann

• Book: Anger Is Your Ally: A Revolution in Our Understanding of Anger by Bina Breitner

• Book: Anything by Pema Chodron, the Buddhist nun from Halifax.

• App: N/A

• I’ll give a personal and a business example. Personally, as a gay man who has been with my husband for 35 years, I’ve been very aware of how society’s consciousness around gay and lesbian people has evolved. I also look at the Me Too movement, where many men abused women without being conscious of it, enabled by social norms, while women often didn’t feel able to speak out.

• As women developed greater awareness and confidence in their own power, that began to change.

• A business example is ABC Studios and Roseanne Barr. The network knew Roseanne’s history and prejudices but pursued a hit series anyway. With greater awareness of the likely consequences of giving her a platform, they might have reconsidered that decision.

Today’s episode is an invitation to try something gentler. Not big goals. Not habits to master. Just a few quiet ways to be more present in everyday life.

These aren’t the usual mindfulness tips. They’re simple, honest practices you can try without fixing anything.

Once a day, pause and notice one small loss. No fixing. No analyzing. Just quietly acknowledge it.

Instead of asking what to focus on, ask: “What am I subtly avoiding right now?”

It might be a feeling, a thought, or even boredom. Notice the urge to move away.

Choose one small part of your day to keep simple. Same breakfast. Same route. Slower replies.

Watch how your mind reacts. Notice restlessness without judgment.

Sometimes presence appears when we stop adding more.

As you move into this new year, remember: Mindfulness isn’t about fixing yourself. It’s about being available to your life as it is one honest moment at a time.

All the best to you as we move into 2026, Mindful Tribe.

• Website: bohobeautiful.life
• The Boho Beautiful App: www.bohobeautiful.tv
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bohobeautifullife
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bohobeautifullife
• Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/cexercize/

• Juliana: Mooji  See him on Instagram Mooji.Official

• Mark: Mindfulness has taught me the value of a well thought out response versus a reaction.
• A reaction, I find, comes from a place in you that is very driven by emotional frequencies in your body where I think response and thinking, taking a breath and mindfulness, I think that represents a true authentic reaction rather than some kind of weird human instinct.

• Juliana: Breathing has been a huge part of my mindfulness practice because it's the one tool that allows me to ground myself any time I feel that I can't get ahold of my emotions or my reactions or my thoughts.
• Practicing different breathing techniques, like the 3-part breath or Wim Hof; all of that allows me that conscious awareness of me bringing in more prana and that life energy into myself and my body into my being which reminds me that I'm in control of that energy.

• Book: A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle
• App: BohoBeautiful App Get it at www.BohoBeautiful.tv

• Everyone deals with bullying at some point including us
• These days, we share more of our lives on YouTube, including the tough parts.
• Our community gives us tons of positive support, but there are always a few trolls. It’s a real mindfulness test. You can get hundreds of kind comments, yet your mind zooms in on the one nasty one.

• Website: www.DrPawluk.com
• Email: info@drpawluk.com
• Flex Pulse Machine: $300.00 Discount Use Coupon Code found by listening to the episode

• Jon Kabat-Zinn

• Mindfulness has helped stabilize my emotions and increased my awareness.
• Many doctors focus only on delivering information, not on how their words affect patients. Practicing mindfulness makes me more conscious of my thoughts, words, and reactions, creating emotional steadiness.
• We shouldn’t ignore emotions; instead, we should recognize them, let them pass through, and understand why they arise so we can respond better next time.

• Mindfulness depends on breathing. When I taught meditation, breathwork was always the first step.
• Repeated practice trains the brain and reinforces intention.
• I used to breathe for five to ten minutes to calm my mind, but with consistency, it took less time.
• Now I can enter a meditative state in just two breaths.

• Book: Full Catastrophe Living by Jon Kabat-Zinn
• Book: Power Tools For Health by Dr. William Pawluk
• App: Inner Balance and also Stress Check (For Stress)

• Bullying has been part of my life from childhood to age seventy-one. Born in a German refugee camp to Ukrainian parents, we were bullied for our language and later in Canada for being “DPs”—displaced persons.
• I was teased for wearing glasses and, being small, often stayed quiet to protect myself.
• Even in corporate medicine, bullying persisted; hierarchy and status create constant judgment among doctors.
• Over time I learned to cope by knowing who I am and refusing to absorb others’ problems.
• Bullying is everywhere, and we must learn to face those who try to impose themselves on us. That’s simply life.

• Website: www.WendyYellen.com
• Free Resource: Wendy's Newly Written Spiritual Manifesto www.MySpiritualManifesto.com

• Dr. Akhter Ahsen, The Father of Eidetic Imagery www.eideticimagepsychology.com/dr-akhter-ahsen

• My emotions? I’ll use my husband as an example. We’ve been together almost 40 years, and for a long time I was mentally divorcing him. I was quietly planning it in my head, even though I never said it out loud.

• Thank goodness I didn’t, because now I feel deeply in love with him and actually see him as a person.

   

• Through eidetic images, I saw clearly, without being able to deny it how my reactions were hurting him. It broke my heart.

• Becoming more mindful helped me notice those automatic responses, pause, and choose a more loving place inside myself.

   

• Now I sometimes catch him singing for no reason. I’m not sure if he always did, or if I just never heard it before.

• You might be surprised to hear that breathing is not part of my mindfulness practice.
• I'm definitely paying more attention to my breath, but it is not a place that I pay conscious attention to most of the time.
• I pay attention to some of the spiritual images that are coming to me through Eidetics. That's more my focus.

• Book: Psycheye Self Analytic Consciousness a Basic Introduction To The Natural Self-Analytic Images of Consciousness Eidetics by Dr. Akhter Ahsen
• Free Resource: Wendy's Newly Written Spiritual Manifesto www.MySpiritualManifesto.com
• App: N/A

• I thought a lot about this question and realized the most powerful story isn’t about anyone else—it’s about us. The worst bullying comes from what we say to ourselves in our own minds.

• We spend so much time there that it becomes an Achilles heel, making us more vulnerable to others’ judgments because we’re already attacking ourselves.

   

• I often hear people speak to themselves in ways they’d never tolerate from anyone else. The cruelty we direct inward is real bullying—and it can be the most damaging of all.

Robert’s engagement with Zen Buddhism is deeply influenced by over thirty years of dedicated study in Japanese martial arts. He is a graduate of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program at the Center for Mindfulness and maintains a regular mindfulness meditation practice.

His enduring interest in the intersection of computer technology and the human mind is exemplified in his book The Genie in the Machine: How Computer-Automated Inventing is Revolutionizing Law and Business (Stanford University Press, 2009), which explores the automation of creativity within the realm of invention.

• Company: Technology For Mindfulness

• Website: www.TechnologyForMindfulness.com

• Podcast: http://technologyformindfulness.com/podcast

• Jack Kornfield

• Joseph Goldstein, one of the first American vipassana teachers, co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society with Jack Kornfield and Sharon Salzberg

• Also Nicholas G. Carr, author of The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains

• Mindfulness has transformed how I relate to my emotions, particularly through the stillness it cultivates.

• While martial arts emphasize movement and action, sitting meditation has helped me face emotions more directly.

• Through meditation, I’ve learned not only to notice my feelings but to accept them as they are, rather than trying to change or resist difficult emotions.

• Breathing has always been central to my mindfulness practice, rooted in both martial arts and meditation.

• In martial arts, breath is trained for power and stability, with a pragmatic goal of control and deepening.

• In sitting meditation, I approach the breath differently—sometimes relaxing it when shallow, other times simply observing it without change.

• Breath remains the foundation of life and practice, though I’ve learned that at times focusing on it can distract from fully experiencing difficult emotions.

• Book: The Genie in the Machine: How Computer-Automated Inventing Is Revolutionizing Law and Business by Robert Plotkin

• Book: The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas G. Carr

• App: N/A

Today, Lea guides high performers and change-makers to lead from authenticity and vitality, helping them trade burnout and isolation for purpose, resilience, and joy. With a master’s degree in psychology and a rich background in education, dance, theater, and the healing arts, she brings both science and soul to her work.

An author, speaker, and creative catalyst, Lea wrote Take Back Your Life: Moving from Chronic Pain to Lifelong Healing and has shared her insights through countless articles, guided meditations, and spoken-word performances that inspire healing and wholeness.

• Website: www.LeaBayles.com

• Free Gifts for Mindful Tribe: www.LeaBayles.com/gifts

• Joan Borysenko (Mindfulness author of A Woman's Book of Life)

• I think mindfulness makes it much easier to have emotions and not get sidetracked by them or hijacked by them.

• Mindfulness makes me realize that my emotions come and go and I don't need to be a victim of my emotions.

• I realize I don't neet to push them down, and I don't need to be a victim of them.

• Especially I think that self-criticalness was a part at one point that I would sometimes become a victim of.

• Breathing may be the number one part of my mindfulness. It's so great because it's always with us and just one breath or even one part of a breath or noticing a breath can bring us right back to it.

• My intention is to start noticing my breathing when I first wake up. I strive to be aware of my breath all through the day.

• I love the practice of noticing and feeling the breath rather than trying to impose a perfect breath.

• Book: Being Peace by Thich Nhat Hanh

• App: Calm and Headspace for Kids

• After experiencing bullying from a superior while co-teaching a mindfulness class, Lea Bayles realized how awareness can both heal and protect.

• A sensory walk exercise during a mind-body conference helped her reconnect to calm and self-trust. She later recognized that mindfulness isn’t just restorative, it also reveals early warning signs of power abuse.

• Mindfulness has helped Lea respond to situations with clarity, confidence, and compassion.

• Website: www.TOLWellness.com
• Book: Cannabis For Chronic Pain: A Proven Prescription For Using Marijuanna To Relieve Your Pain And Heal Your Life by Dr. Rav Ivker NOTE: Todd Nelson is the major contributor to the above book.

• Robert K. Cooper (Head of Cooper Strategies (The first to teach me what he called an instant calming sequence) www.RobertCooperPHD.com

• Mindfulness helps me stay calm and centered.
• Our minds can become a “blender drink” of thoughts—spinning with urgency and anxiety.
• Mindfulness slows that chaos, softens the noise, and lets me choose peace throughout the day.

• I don't know of anything that changes your state faster than changing your breathing. 
• Holding my breath, my diaphragm's up in my rib cage here. How do I just take a breath? I mindfully breathe through my nose, out through my mouth, even just a few breaths and let my diaphragm and my whole abdomen drop.
• Anywhere from 30 seconds to a minute, I can access calmness.

• Book: Any book by Pema Chodron, such as - The Compassion Book: Teachings For Awakening The Heart
• App: N/A

• As a kid, I was sensitive and often picked on. My dad once hid in the bushes to scare off my bullies—after that, we oddly became friends.
• At seventeen, I started learning Kung Fu, mainly for self-defense, but what I really gained was mindfulness—staying calm and aware under pressure.
• During sparring, I learned to stay centered, what I call the “eye of the hurricane,” a practice that’s guided me ever since.

Pirtle’s academic and professional background encompasses health, wellness, holistic medicine, energy healing, and the principles underlying the law of attraction. She holds internationally recognized degrees in wellness studies and is a certified Reiki Master. In addition to her scholarly and therapeutic endeavors, she is the founder of FreakyHealer.com, a platform devoted to the dissemination of holistic methodologies for achieving sustained well-being and happiness.

• Website: www.FreakyHealer.com
• Book: 365 Days of Happiness: Because happiness is a piece of cake! by Jacqueline Pirtle

• My husband and family.

• Mindfulness affects my emotions. I have come to the place that I am not a prisoner of any emotion that I have.
• Mindfulness allows me to admit that at times I may not be feeling good, but I know what to do about it. Mindfulness makes me free as a bird.

• Breathing is one of the most important healing tools out there. It allows one to become aware of every breath you take. That is your life.
• You may think your life is about getting up in the morning and going to work. Actually it's about breathing. I concentrate on my breathing a lot.

• Book: 365 Days of Happiness: Because happiness is a piece of cake! by Jacqueline Pirtle
• Book: Authors Esther & Abraham Hicks www.abraham-hicks.com
• Book: Author Bruce Lipton (I love his humour) www.BruceLipton.com
• Book: Author Gregg Braden, he's about deep mindfulness www.GreggBraden.com

• I was often bullied growing up as a redheaded girl in Europe, where red hair was still tied to old superstitions about witchcraft. The teasing left me isolated, with few friends and many lonely days.

• Looking back, I realize that if mindfulness had been part of our lives and if we had understood that we are all connected, the cruelty might have softened. Those who bullied me were also hurting themselves. You can’t harm another without carrying that energy inside you.

   

• Still, my journey shaped me. The bullying, the health challenges, and later, parenting teenagers who face their own struggles; all of it formed who I am today.

• My experiences are the foundation of my work and the reason this book exists: to help others find healing through awareness and compassion.

Blending neuroscience, transformational psychology, and ancient wisdom, Jim has developed powerful programs that drive lasting, core-level change for his students. His work spans from Wall Street boardrooms to Main Street businesses, guiding everyone from Fortune 500 sales professionals to small business owners in achieving breakthrough results.

Over the course of his career, Jim has shared the stage with some of the world’s most influential figures, including Tony Robbins, Dr. Phil, George Foreman, and Robert Kiyosaki, alongside hundreds of other national experts. His mission is clear: to help people unlock their potential and transform their lives from the inside out.

• Website: JimFortin.com
• Podcast: Transform Your Life from the Inside Out

• His brother-in-law

• “When you've become mindful and you get quiet, how you feel becomes peaceful.”

• “We control things through breath.”
• “I tell my students all the time, breathe. You're in traffic, breath. You're nervous, breathe. You're afraid, breathe. It changes everything”

• Book: The Power of the Subconscious Mind
• App: CommitTo3, Streaks

• Website: www.MorningCoach.com

• Podcast: Morning Coach

• Eckhart Tolle (Author of The Power of Now)

• Mindfulness has had a huge effect on how I deal with my emotions. I wish I could be more mindful.

• I don't believe in emotional control. I believe in emotional command, which means you just understand it.

• Viktor Frankl, who was in a concentration camp as a psychologist, said 'suffering stops being suffering when you understand it'.

• Just focus on your breath. If you start to understand the fundamentals of meditation, then you can just focus on your breath.

• Just concentrating on the breathing in and out is the most basic form of meditation that brings you mindfulness.

• Book: The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle

• Book: The Sacred Six: The Simple Step By Step Process For Focusing Your Attention and Recovering Your Dreams by JB Glossinger

• Book: A Course In Miracles by Helen Schucman

• App: N/A

• I was blessed to get along with everyone—nerds, jocks, stoners—because I embraced diversity. That kept me from being bullied.
• Later in business, I faced harsh criticism, but I learned you can’t please everyone.
• Focus on those who support you, because people are people, and connection beats judgment.

• Website: www.925.gg

• Bryan Johnson (Don’t Die Movement)

• I think that mindfulness comes with maturity and experience. In my early entrepreneurial days, or even when I was working in corporates, you feel competition, pressure, and that chip on your shoulder telling you that you have to prove something.

• Now, at this stage in my career, I can look back and realize: that drive and motivation were nice, but was I motivated for the right reasons?

• Mindfulness helps me take a more holistic view of my goals—and of how I can support others around me as well.

• As someone deeply involved in sleep, I recognize how important breathing is. I’m fortunate not to have issues myself, but when I speak with people who have sleep apnea, asthma, or chronic breathing problems, it reminds me how much our health matters.

• Poor breathing makes restful sleep difficult and disrupts a peaceful mindset. Those conversations make me feel grateful for my own healthy state while reinforcing the importance of caring for the body and appreciating the present moment.

• In adolescence, many of us experience bullying—physical and mental. For me, the transition from elementary to high school was a shock: kids were bigger, peer pressure stronger, and friendships shifted under social subgroups.

• Those moments stay with you; even decades later, I sometimes dream of old classmates.

• Looking back, I realize bullies may regret their actions, shaped by family or upbringing. That’s why empathy is crucial—it should be taught early, with real exercises to help kids truly understand one another.

Book: Affective Computing by Rosalind Picard

App: Loona Sleep App

• Website: Fennec AI

• My Dad

• I know that everything happens for a reason so I put my mind to the right things.

• That helps me think through my mind and helps feed my emotions in given situations.

• I have heard that good breathing exercises are very helpful. I personally have not practiced a lot of that.

• I haven't been in the position of being bullied but I have seen situations where other people had that intent.

• The key if you are being bullied is to not put your mind to it and don't focus on it.

• Part of the problems comes when you give importance to it. If you give importance to the right things you will be in a better place.

Book: Your To-Die-For Life: How to Maximize Joy and Minimize Regret by Karen Salmansohn

App: Calm

• Website: www.SimplySocialMedia.ca

• My Grandfather

• I have moments where I feel I am maybe getting emotionally tied up into a situation.

• I then take time to reflect on the bigger picture and let that go.

• I let that person do what they need to do in that moment and then try to focus again on brand and aligned values and decide what my next step will be.

• I have no professional experience in the area of breathing, but I personally do take a few moments to go sit down and breathe if I feel like I need it.

• In my late 20s, I worked for an app development company as the director of business development, and it was wonderful.

• I spent a lot of time on the road, attending conferences, mostly in the U.S. At the time, I was a young, and young-looking woman.

• At those conferences I often encountered dismissive and sexist behavior. I learned how to navigate it, and as I grew more confident, I sometimes corrected it in the moment.

• You pick and choose your moments to stand up for yourself.

Book: The Let Them Theory (New) A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can't Stop Talking About by Mel Robbins

Book: The Untethered Soul by Michael A. Singer 

App: n/a

• Website: www.MindfulnessMode.com
• Email: bruce (at) mindfulnessmode (dot) com

Anxiety often shows up in the body—tight shoulders, a clenched jaw, a knotted stomach. Mindfulness begins by noticing these signals. Once you identify where tension lives, breathe, soften that area, and let go. Even labeling it—“this is worry”—creates space, opening the door to calm.

Anxiety speeds up the body, pushing it into fight-or-flight. Focused breathing reverses this by signaling safety. Inhale deeply, pause, and exhale longer than you inhale. That slow release calms the nervous system, anchors you in the present, and gently reminds you: right now, you are safe.

Anxiety often grows louder with self-criticism. Instead of fueling it, practice compassion: tell yourself, “It’s okay. I’m human.” Replace harsh scripts with gentler ones, the way you’d encourage a friend. Kindness softens anxiety’s grip, creating space for healing and reminding you that imperfection doesn’t diminish your worth.

When anxiety pulls attention toward threats, gratitude shifts focus to what’s good. Naming simple joys—a warm drink, a kind word, fresh air—balances the mind. Gratitude doesn’t erase worry, but it widens perspective, grounding you in what’s steady and reminding you that even in difficulty, moments of light remain.

Anxiety can trigger impulsive reactions. Mindfulness helps create a pause. Ask: “Is this a real threat, or just perceived?” That pause restores choice. Instead of reacting from fear, you respond with clarity. This balance turns anxious energy into thoughtful action, helping you stay steady in uncertain moments.

• Book: The Fix Yourself Handbook: Using the Process Way of Life to Transform Your Life into a Happy, Healthy Journey
• Book: The Book of Awakening: Have the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have by Mark Nepo
• Book: Outer Order, Inner Calm
• App: Muse www.choosemuse.com

• Lessen Your Stress
• Experience Less Stress with Joshua Spodek
• Horses and Mindfulness with Debbie Roberts-Loucks

• Website: www.solo.car
• Website: jevitty.com

• The Dalai Lama

• Mindfulness has given me perspective. To me, mindfulness and perspective are the same thing; an awareness of where you stand in this vast world and universe.

• When you recognize the importance of family, friends, your own health and happiness, and the happiness of those around you, it brings a deep sense of calm.

• That awareness itself becomes a grounding and calming influence.

• I have a running coach who's a two-time marathon Olympian for Canada.

• Every time we're out there, we're talking about breathing. Not just the depth of the breathing, not just about the number of breaths you take, but breathing through your nose instead of your mouth, things like that.

• He talks about really in-depth things such as how much oxygen your body is taking in. It's such a complex and important thing. It is part of life just like eating.

Book: Beyond Elon: The Next Great EV and Living Past 200 by Jerry Kroll

App: Jevitty.com

• I feel encouraged that in 2025, awareness around bullying has grown so much. Today, if bullying happens, there are enough people ready to step in and say, 'That’s not right.'

• It’s not the 1940s or 1950s anymore; we’ve evolved. People now recognize bullying for what it is, whether in everyday life or in high-profile political examples.

• The greatest power is identifying bullying clearly, and I believe nearly everyone can. Addressing it may take time, but resolution is inevitable.

• Website: www.storytellinglab.online
• Storytelling Lab Signup

• Esther Broner

• I think mindfulness has helped put me more in touch with my emotions. I’m not someone who easily connects to the emotional side of things. I’ve never been very comfortable expressing feelings. I don’t cry a lot or show those kinds of emotions.
• One way I’ve dealt with that is by finding different approaches, rather than dismissing mindfulness as meaningless.
• I believe mindfulness is important, and it’s what you do with it that matters. It can take many forms, and it’s not just meditation, although some people think it’s all about meditation.
• To me, mindfulness is more about truly being present and shutting out the noise.

• Breathing is something we rarely notice until someone points it out. There’s a huge difference between shallow breathing from the neck or chest and deep, full breaths.

• I think a lot of bullying comes from a place where people need some therapy to find out really what the root cause of that is.

• It's really about what's happening kind of under the surface

• Website: https://happinessinteractive.ca/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mathew-h-054481310/

• My Wife

• I used to experience suicidal thoughts and even attempts, but over time, I’ve learned to handle intense emotions differently.
• I discovered something called IFS—Internal Family Systems, or “parts work.” It’s based on the idea that we’re made up of different parts inside us, and each one has its own voice.
• Now, when I feel overwhelmed, I pause, breathe, and let those parts speak. It helps me understand what’s really going on—without letting the emotion completely take over.

• Breathing is everything. It took me a while to realize this.

• I've read a lot of Eckhart Tolle's books which talk about breathing. I realized that breathing is really the foundation of everything.

• Book: A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle
• Book: No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model by Richard Schwartz
• App: Finch - Self Care Pet

• Things were okay when I started school, but I eventually realized I was being a bully, especially to my best friend. I used to threaten that if he didn’t do what I wanted, our friendship would “break,” even miming a chain snapping.

• Once, I made him cry on the bus, and I lied about it. Seeing how much I hurt him changed me.

• Later, I had to repeat third grade, which was traumatic. I lost connection with friends but stayed close with him—and even made a new best friend by annoying him into noticing me. We’re all still friends today.

• Website: www.CollSong.com
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charulathavijayakumar/

• My Mom's Grandfather

• When I'm stressed or overwhelmed, mindfulness helps me refocus. I take a deep breath, remind myself that things are under control.

• I then shift my focus to what I can do now. Instead of dwelling on the past, I ask, “What can I do to feel better?”

• That mindset has always helped me through tough times.

• Breathing and mindfulness are powerful tools. Slowing your breath helps calm your heart rate and reduce stress.

• Breathing is the core of meditation and yoga. Even a mindful walk, focused on your breathing, can make a big difference.

• Book: n/a
• App: Calm 
• App: CollSong

• Regarding bullying, I believe the CollSong app can help reduce meanness. When you're mindful, you're less likely to engage in or be affected by bullying.

• You stay focused on what's right and positive. I’ve always been energetic, curious, and upbeat. Maybe that mindset kept me from noticing negativity; I was too busy chasing butterflies in my own world. 

• Website: www.esportsacademics.com
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/george-cork/

• My uncle and my mom

• I would say mindfulness helps me a lot in terms of staying grounded. It’s about making sure I don’t react in an emotional way.

• If I receive some bad news, I try to take time to decompress—just pause for a moment.

• I try to fully understand the situation before reacting, because if I respond immediately, I’m likely reacting purely out of emotion.

• I talk to non-native players I coach about what I call a tactical pause. That is where you pause the game and take a minute or 30 seconds to reset yourself mentally.

• Because you're so focused and running on adrenaline, it’s necessary to reset your breathing and focus and just calm yourself down.

• Book: The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life by Steven Bartlett
• App: n/a

• One of the main things right now in esports is inclusivity. There's a massive push in trying to make people more inclusive, like the industry more inclusive, especially to the women's female audience.

• Esports is a very male dominated industry right now. Slowly it's starting to change. But there is a lot of core ground level work that needs to be done in order to make women feel more welcome.

• It's not obviously all people, but some are very toxic in terms of their behavior and how they react overall.

• Website: www.TheMapleKind.co.uk
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolmote/

• A Journalist in the U.K.

• I need a way to manage my emotions in some of the jobs I do.
• I have to make sure I don’t explode, walk out, or start shouting—reactive behaviors like that won’t help me accomplish anything.
• Instead, I step away, take a moment to reset, go for a walk, get some fresh air, and take a deep breath.

• I think that breathing is indicative of where you are at emotionally. If I am rushing and am out of breath, I know I am I danger of over-reacting.

• Book: Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth
• App: Happyful 

• After my parents split, my siblings and I, all very young, were sent from Canada to the UK, where life became chaotic. We had no stable home, struggled to adapt, and faced bullying at school due to our accents and outsider status.

• With little adult support or accountability, it was a harsh environment. That experience shaped my passion today—recognizing how, even in corporate life, a lack of accountability can allow similar harm to persist.

• Website: www.EconomyofWisdom.com
• Website: www.Past5.com
• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/past5

• Steven Cotler (Flow State)

• I consciously take breaks, and I take mindful walks. I also practice meditation.
• I allow myself just to take a pause and let myself feel the full range of emotions. If I'm angry or sad, I let myself feel it.
• Once that emotion is out, I can continue being happy and productive throughout the day.

• People tell me to do it, but I don't use breathing [special breathing techniques] that much.
• When I walk, my breathing auto adjusts to the level I need it to be.

• Book: The Art of Impossible: A Peak Performance Primer by Steven Kotler, Fred Sanders, et al.
• App: Wisdom Orb (not available yet)

• Regarding bullying, I think it has to do with a lack of self-awareness. When I was younger, I wasn't as self-aware as I am now.

• I've had years of personal development. Maybe I wasn't always as empathetic. I see now that human connection is something that needs to be nurtured consciously.

• It does matter how you communicate.

• Website: www.AuriaRobot.com

• The Auria Robotics team has developed an AI-powered robot designed to support children with autism.
• With diagnoses rising—now affecting 1 in 31 children in North America—access to therapy remains limited due to high costs and a shortage of specialists.
• The Auria robot utilizes generative AI, emotional recognition, and adaptive learning to monitor each child’s behavior.
• The robot delivers personalized, real-time interventions, particularly when a therapist is unavailable.

• The Auria Robotics robot is an interactive, AI-powered companion designed to support children with autism.

• An iPad, serving as the robot's "brain," connects via Bluetooth and runs software that enables personalized responses. The robot helps children feel calm, happy, and engaged through playful interactions.

• It can dance, give rewards, and celebrate successful sessions, making therapy more enjoyable and emotionally supportive. It can be used at home or in schools.

• Autism intervention is expensive—often $150 to $160 per hour—and government funding is limited, especially after a child turns six.

• The Auria Robotics robot provides an affordable alternative by emulating a therapist’s role at home when professional services are unavailable.

• Not necessarily is adult supervision required. The robot functions as both a teaching tool and a companion.

• Powered by generative AI, it's capable of autonomous interaction—communicating with the child, monitoring behavior, and even relaying information to parents.

• It's like having a supportive friend always present, blending emotional connection with practical therapeutic support.

• Website: www.voicedmemories.ca

• My Father

• I worked for many years in the funeral and cemetery industry, where we often had to set our emotions aside. It didn’t matter if you'd just put your dog down that morning—you still had to be present, mindful, and helpful to others.
• I actually learned to ground myself and use deep breathing to reset in about 30 seconds.
• That skill stuck with me, and to this day, I use it whenever I feel my emotions starting to get away from me. It’s been incredibly helpful. 

• You know, I often laugh because you'd think something as simple as breathing wouldn’t be that important—but it really is.
• I first learned different breathing techniques in prenatal classes, and they’ve stayed with me ever since. I still use them whenever I need to.

• Book: n/a
• App: Calm 

• Regarding bullying, what comes to mind for me is that before we take action, we should sit in the moment and process.

• Instead of being reactive to something, take the time to pause.

• Sometimes we react too quickly, and we don't get all the facts. We don't reflect on what's going on before we take action.

• Website: www.wy-cg.com

• Myself

• I've done mindfulness as part of accident recovery therapy. There was one thing that stood out to me. It was called wiseman theory.
• You have the emotional brain on one end and the logical brain on the other. They are two sides of the spectrum.
• To get to the wiseman, it's somewhere in the middle. It's a mix of emotion and logic. 

• Breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth. That typical yoga breathing is where I try to be.
• My coordinator, Nikol was on the plane with me yesterday and I was trying to get all kinds of deadlines done. She was suggesting I breathe, and that was helpful.

• Book: The Untethered Soul by Michael A. Singer
• App: Calm 

• There are many stories, but one that stands out is from an early job where I faced inappropriate comments and a lack of trust in my work.
• Looking back, I wonder how I would’ve responded if I had the mindset I have now.
• Mindfulness has taught me to accept where you are in the moment—that every experience is part of growth.
• The real shift comes from knowing when to speak up, when to listen, and how to move forward with intention.

• Website: notsalmon.com
• Book: Your To-Die-For Life: How to Maximize Joy and Minimize Regret . . . Before Your Time Runs Out by Karen Salmansohn

• Aristotle

• Mindfulness helps calm the noisy “monkey mind,” much like letting a shaken snow globe settle so the scene becomes clear.
• When emotions run high, the brain shifts from the rational neocortex to the reactive “fight or flight” area, making clear thinking difficult.
• Mindfulness allows emotions to settle, restoring clarity and thoughtful response.
• Practices like journaling or quiet contemplation help achieve this state. To live our best lives, we need to create space for mindfulness in our daily routines.

• I studied Ishta yoga and meditation to deepen my personal practice, not to teach, but to better understand how and why it works.
• Breathing exercises are powerful, even simple mindful breathing. With my young son, traditional prompts like “breathe” upset him, so I used a Spider-Man pinwheel.
• I showed him how to blow on it to watch it spin—an engaging, visual way to teach mindful breathing through playful, focused exhalation.
• I also taught him meditation exercises. I put these in my Instant Calm book that I wrote, which was about mindfulness and meditation.

• Book: Don't Sweat The Small Stuff by Richard Carlson
• Book: Instant Calm by Karen Salmansohn
• Book: Your To-Die-For Life: How to Maximize Joy and Minimize Regret . . . Before Your Time Runs Out by Karen Salmansohn
• App: Calm 

• I have a son who’s now in high school, but during middle school, he experienced some bullying—kids at that age can be really cruel.
• I believe mindfulness could help not only the bullies themselves, but also those being bullied.
• When my son was going through that, I encouraged him to be mindful and reflect on why the bullies might be acting that way.
• Were they jealous? Hurting? Struggling at home? Mindfulness helps both sides better understand and manage their emotions.

• Website: https://susansnowspeaks.com/
• Book: The Other Side of the Gun: My Journey from Trauma to Resiliency by Susan Snow

• My Mother-In-Law

• I think it's really important to give yourself grace. There were days when I was writing my book when I had nothing left.
• When you're feeling overwhelmed and you have nothing left, just give yourself some grace.

• I do a lot of box breathing. I try to go out and stick my feet in the grass when I can.
• I will hug a tree, be one with nature, and be able to regulate my nervous system. 

• Book: Authors Brene Brown and Mel Robbins
• Book: The Other Side of the Gun: My Journey from Trauma to Resiliency by Susan Snow
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• App: Calm and Youtube

• When you've gone through trauma, you do not realize you are being bullied. There is a part of being in the trauma where you feel like you deserve something.
• When people are bullies to you, you take it.
• Three weeks after my dad was killed, I went back to school. Most of the kids tiptoed around me.
• The first day I went back, I was sitting in class and this kid turned around to me and asked me how many bullets hit my dad. He was really graphic and he was saying it with a smile on his face.

• Website: https://www.safehavendialogues-llc.com/
• Book: Until You Walk In My Shoes: A Reframing Methodology to Overcome Systemic Discrimination by Dr. Frank L. Douglas

• My Mother

• Mindfulness has helped me pause before reacting. Instead of immediately responding, I now ask myself, “What’s going on with this person? Are they in pain? Is there something deeper behind their behavior?”
• Mindfulness has made me more compassionate and less reactive.
• I also think of Jack Welch’s principle: accept reality as it is, not as you wish it were. That mindset has shaped how I deal with emotions; by facing the truth of a situation and responding with clarity rather than impulse. 

• I don't have a breathing practice. I do meditate, and naturally, breathing is a part of that—especially as I settle into the meditation.
• But I don’t have a specific routine or technique focused solely on breath, so I wouldn’t really call it a breathing practice.

• Book: Defining Moments of a Free Man From a Black Stream: A Memoir by Frank L. Douglas
• Book: Until You Walk In My Shoes: A Reframing Methodology to Overcome Systemic Discrimination by Dr. Frank L. Douglas
• App: Mind Valley's 6 Phase Meditation 

• I want to tell the story of a workplace experience as an underrepresented minority. This person was consistently ignored during meetings.
• Comments were overlooked, and when assignments were completed on time, they were unfairly criticized.
• Despite raising concerns with management, support was not found. Peers began criticizing the work, and the employee was gradually marginalized.
• The systemic bullying made the employee feel that continuing to work was futile.

• Website:  https://eastcoaststudio.com/

• Alex Hermosi

• We're all going to be affected by emotions. The emotions still hit me—it's just a matter of how I deal with them.
• I'm not a toddler; I can handle it. It's important to me to stay calm and do what I need to do, no matter what.
• Even if I'm having a rough day or something's bothering me, it doesn't change the fact that the work still has to get done. It's really about having control over how those emotions affect you. 

• There's box breathing, where you breathe in for less time than you breathe out. When I need it, the most important thing for me to remember is simply to take that breath.
• Even just a few moments of intentional, slow breathing can make the biggest difference.

• Book: Breaking The Habit of Being Yourself by Dr. Joe Dispenza
• App: Bend (For Android) (This App is for stretching)
• App: Bend (For IOS)

• I was always pretty friendly growing up, but over time, I became more mindful through small moments that taught me about self-control.
• I can’t recall specific events, but I remember feeling disappointed in myself afterward, thinking, “That reaction wasn’t who I want to be.” Even when someone was unkind, I didn’t want to stoop to shouting or insults.
• I’ve worked hard to rise above that. For me, even letting a careless comment slip feels out of line with the standards I’ve set.

• Website: www.TheFairyGodDoctor.com
• Book: The Fairy God Doctor's Guide to a Good Life: A Prescription for the Working Woman by Denise Brown

• My Husband

• Mindfulness gives you the sense that this too will pass. Just like thoughts, emotions come, you acknowledge them and then you let them go. It's only heavy if you keep carrying it. 

• My husband has helped me with the breathing. He is a big James Nestor fan. I like box breathing. In for four, hold for four, out for four, hold.
• I find it incredibly calming in all kinds of scenarios.

• Book: The Fairy God Doctor's Guide to a Good Life: A Prescription for the Working Woman by Denise Brown
• Book: Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art by James Nestor
• Book: Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice by Shunryu Suzuki
• App: Headspace

• The mean girls in my neighborhood were bullying me, and I was in my '50s. You'd think it wouldn't bother me by that time, but it did.
• Mindfulness got me out of it. I felt almost shaky, which was not a thing for me. It was sitting and breathing that helped me.
• The concept of meditation and breathing really helped me calm down. 

• Website: www.randselig.com
• Book: Thriving!: How to Create a Healthier, Happier, and More Prosperous Life by Rand Selig

• My Father

• Like many people, my emotions often come as a jumble, rarely clear or simple except for love, which feels pure. Most emotions take time for me to understand.
• Mindfulness, especially through journaling, helps me sort through my emotions. By reflecting honestly on my role in a situation, I stop blaming others and start seeing solutions.
• Sometimes it takes days, but by the end, I feel clearer, more in control, and able to turn difficult emotions into something positive.

• When I’m out in nature, I intentionally slow down and take everything in; the sound of a bird, a bug on a leaf, a bud on a tree.
• Sometimes I’ll stop completely, even if I am with someone, and just listen or look in silence.
• During those moments, I breathe deeply through my nose, filling my lungs and feeling my chest expand. That simple act of breathing helps me feel present, grounded, and genuinely happy to be alive.

• Book: Positive Intelligence: Why Only 20% of Teams and Individuals Achieve Their True Potential and How You Can Achieve Yours by Shirzad Chamine
• Book: Thriving!: How to Create a Healthier, Happier, and More Prosperous Life by Rand Selig
• App: n/a

• When I was 12, I came home 30 minutes late from sledding and was grounded for the entire winter break—no questions asked.
• My father, shaped by a strict military background, enforced rules without room for dialogue. He acted from fear and a need for control.
• Looking back, I realize a mindful conversation could have taught me punctuality with compassion.
• That experience shaped how I led early in my career—efficient but often lacking emotional connection.

• Website: https://InnerMammalInstitute.org
• Book: Habits of a Happy Brain: Retrain Your Brain to Boost Your Serotonin, Dopamine, Oxytocin, & Endorphin Levels by Loretta Breuning

• Sigmund Freud

• I have two thoughts on emotions. One is to know that we're not meant to be happy every minute.
• The other is that when I feel bad, I look for a pattern. For me, it was often the anticipation of criticism. I would project that this person is criticizing me, because I was criticized a lot when I was young. Then I realized, they're not criticizing me. They're just doing their own thing. 

• This breathing topic is a real big challenge for me. I've tried all the breathing techniques. Because I have severe scoliosis, my spine and my rib cage are not aligned. My neck and my pelvis are not aligned.
• I'm fine when I'm active, but when I'm resting, it's a problem. Partly, I think it's because I've taken all these breathing classes.
• The breathing classes have caused me to override my natural breathing which is perfect. Then I try to force something that doesn't come to me. 

• Book: Chimpanzee Politics: Power and Sex Among Apes by Frans de Waal
• Book: Habits of a Happy Brain: Retrain Your Brain to Boost Your Serotonin, Dopamine, Oxytocin, & Endorphin Levels by Loretta Breuning
• Book: Why You're Unhappy: Biology vs Politics by Loretta Breuning
• More Books: https://innermammalinstitute.org/readinglist/
• App: Duolingo (Language App)

• I always like to get to the subject of social status. This is something that people blame on society, but every animal group has a status hierarchy, and they drive themselves crazy over it.
• This is a learned content imposed on a natural impulse. The reason we do it is because the mammal brain rewards you with serotonin when you think you're rising in the status hierarchy. In a way, it's like an addiction.
• You feel like you have to keep rising in the status hierarchy to keep getting the serotonin. Once you notice that you're doing that, then you can learn to stop doing that by reading my book, Status Games, or, I Mammal.----more----

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• Website: https://howtopodcast.ca/
• Website: https://truemediasolutions.ca/

• Growing up, I was the shy guy and much smaller than almost everybody else. I was the person that people would chase down after school. I found myself trying to rebuild my inner love and respect for myself. In grade seven, I found myself picking on grade one kids.
• It was this whole circle of getting picked on and then me picking on others. To rebuild my worth, I started picking on someone else.
• Then one day at the bike rack, my friend Fred looked me square in the eye and said, If you ever bother my brother again, there will be a problem.
• In that moment, I realized that I was hurting and was now inflicting that pain on others.
• Don't tear others down while you're being torn down. You're just going to create a circle.

• I've spoken to groups ranging from very large to as small as three people. Some people are naturally charismatic, while others are not.
• I'm in the 'not charismatic' category. I have to think about how I'm going to show up in front of people.
• I was a speaker for ten years. It helps when you can connect with an audience.

• In podcasting, I get to meet great people. I get to travel the world with a microphone and hear interesting stories.
• I help people tell their stories. That brings me a lot of joy.

• Think about something you never thought you could do. You smile and you wish that this could happen in your life but for some reason you have not put any action behind it. What is it?
• Write the book, create the content, ask someone to marry you. There's something out there that is on the top of your wish list. Something that if there were no restrictions, you would love for it to happen.
• Let's make that happen.

• Website: https://DocOrman.com
• Free PDF: The Best Anger Elimination Method You Can Find http://TheAngerSolution.org
• Book: Doctor Orman's Life-Changing Anger Cure

• Johnny Unitas

• First, you have to be mindful of the emotion when it rises up in you. So you get triggered and you have to understand what triggered you.
• You will see patterns and then you will know what is likely to trigger you in the future.
• Then you have to be mindful about the invisible stuff going on in your head. You have to expand your vision to see the invisible causes inside.
• Then you have all the puzzle pieces and you can work magic.

• Breathing is a great stress and anger management technique. It's good in the short run and it does help.
• Breathing alone does not teach you how to identify those filters. It doesn't help you cure the problem.
• But every time the anger comes up, you can use breathing to give you some short-term benefit. 

• Book: Doctor Orman's Life-Changing Anger Cure
• Book: Stress Relief Wisdom by Dr. Mort Orman

• Regarding bullying, it depends on the emotion that gets triggered.
• Sometimes it can be shame, guilt or anxiety. Each of those emotions will have their own set of filters so you can literally work through those emotions if they are paralyzing in some way.
• You can learn to understand how your brain is making you feel them. Sometimes there's anger associated with being bullied. Sometimes there's anger in the bully so they are looking through the three filters.

• Website: https://gretchenrubin.com/
• Blog: https://gretchenrubin.com/blog/
• Podcast: Happier Podcast
• Book: Outer Order, Inner Calm

• St. Theresa of Lucia, Samuel Johnson

• It just makes it easy to control your emotions
• Mindfulness allows you to have that kind of perspective, which then makes for a much more constructive engagement

• I just breathe as it naturally happens.

• Book: Taste by Barb Stuckey 
• Book: Outer Order, Inner Calm

• I'm very fortunate, I did not have that experience

• Website: (Wikipedia) Martyn S. Williams
• Youtube Documentary: Fearless (Tavi Films) 

• The Dalai Lama, Thich Nhat Hanh, Eckhart Tolle

• Mindfulness has given me the ability to see that I can change my perception. I can perceive it one way, yet there is another way to perceive the same situation.  

• Breathing is super important. I find that deep breaths into the belly and belly relaxation exercises make a big difference.
• I've also done pranayama, but on the very fundamental level, deep breaths into the body and strong exhales are super powerful in the moment. 

• Somebody came to me for help as a parent. They said that they fell into anger very easily. He said he had a teenage daughter and it was a horrible situation.
• I gave the person some mindfulness exercises and did some work with him. He called me up a couple of weeks later and told me that their daughter had invited a friend over to stay at their house. At 2:00 a.m., the police and the parents arrived because they were missing their daughter.
• When they knocked on the door, the man said his normal reaction would have been to get mad. Instead, he decided not to say anything, but just let his wife handle the situation.
• He watched his wife talking with the police, sorting the problem out. His wife was looking over at him in surprise. He was grateful. His ability to implement was the key aspect of that.

• Book: The Autobiography of a Yogi by Pranayama 
• Book: Guaranteed Solutions by Nithyananda
• App: Headspace

• Website: www.MelSchwartz.com
• Podcast: The Possibility Podcast With Mel Schwartz - http://melschwartz.com/possibility-podcast
• Blog: A Shift of Mind Blog - http://melschwartz.com/blog/
• TedX Videos: http://melschwartz.com/talks/ 
• Book: The Possibility Principle: How Quantum Physics Can Improve the Way You Think, Live, and Love by Mel Schwartz

• David Bohm, quantum physicist.

• Mind or a thought in motion, (thought and feeling) are inextricably linked. My bias is that thought occurs first, although we may not see it, or be aware of it.
• So I have learned that when I'm in a particular mood, whether elevated or deflated, if I check in as to what the last thought I had, I can find the thought that set up the feeling.
• Now the thing is, once you have the feeling, that feeling then will summon up more similar thoughts, which is why we tend to cycle up or down.
• But there are different words and labels that we put to describe human experience. So we think of thought being from the neck up.

• Breathing is not sufficiently part of my mindful practices. It's something I need to work on. I tend to reside in my spirit and in my mind.
• My work is to develop more awareness in my body and to be more conscious and mindful of my breathing. So to the point of embracing vulnerability and sharing your truth. That's work I still need to do

• Book: Read Alfred North Whitehead, the philosopher, 19th century. Also read author, David Bohm.
• Book: The Possibility Principle: How Quantum Physics Can Improve the Way You Think, Live, and Love by Mel Schwartz
• App: Spotify

• Bullying, especially emotional and verbal, often stems from deeper issues of self-worth. 
• In therapy, cases arise where individuals, including men in marriages, tolerate bullying due to low self-esteem. The key question is: Why do I endure this? It ties back to personal narratives formed in childhood—fear of judgment, shame, or disappointing others. 
• True self-esteem isn’t about external validation but embracing vulnerability and authenticity. 
• Many mistake "acting strong" for strength, but real confidence comes from self-acceptance. Seeking approval excessively weakens one's core identity, making them more susceptible to manipulation and bullying.

Laws For Quantum Success With Christy Whitman

NLP For Body and Mind Transformation; Beth Sutherland

Empowering Minds, Achieving Success; Janet Elaine Schmidt

• Website: www.MitziPerdue.com
• Book: How to Be Up in Down Times, by Mitzi Perdue Mark Victor Hansen and Preston Weekes

• Mother Theresa

• I've loved the idea of controlling emotions. Some you can't. If you have a child who's ill, I don't know what to do about that. But of ordinary garden variety things, I think it's a question of whether I will let that get to me. Then, the answer is no.

• Breathing I consider so important that I've been taking lessons with a voice coach about deep breathing.
• If you can take a deep breath when things are tough, it takes away tension.
• My breath is purple in my imagination.

• Book: Ask by Mark Victor Hansen and Crystal Dwyer Hansen
• App: Insight Timer

• I have had many jobs during my lifetime that were dominated by men. You can imagine that a lot of bullying came my way, so how did I handle it? Here's where it gets a little bit off-beat.
• If you criticized me in some way, and it's going to make me better, I embrace it, I love it, and I'll act on it.
• If you're bullying me or if you're being critical because you think you can get away with it, you don't exist for me. I'm not going to let you get under my skin.

• Personal Development for Success; Thais Gibson
• 418 Mind-Body Healing Using The Vibrational UPgrade System; Alison J. Kay
• 166 Create a Nurturing, Mindful Space With Million Dollar Decorating Host James Swan

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• Website: www.DrLaurieBruce.com
• Podcast: From Both Sides of the Couch

• My two kids

• I can't change what I'm not aware of, so the very first step is to be more aware of how I feel emotions in my body. Typically one of the corresponding thoughts that I have with certain emotions, I feel anger in my chest or my stomach and usually a corresponding thought is that's not fair. Being able to identify how it feels in my with what the words are going through my head, with what the name of that emotion is, that helps me to regulate it and it helps me to change it if that's an emotion I want to change. Book: The mindful way through depression.  App: calm and insight timer.

• Breathing  We teach breathing both in the mindfulness component of just observing our breath is a great mindfulness exercise. We also teach breathing as a tool To help decrease distress. When were very upset, which in DBT we call emotion mind, breathing can be a tool to bring down the intensity of any emotion. 

• I was bullied during my early childhood. I attribute my bullying experiences as part of the reason that I became a clinical psychologist.
• I struggled with depression and anxiety and low self-worth. Becoming a clinical psychologist was about me trying to alleviate that pain that stemmed from my childhood bullying.
• When I started learning about DBT, back in the mid '90s, I recognized that I was learning important skills for the very first time.
• I believe we should teach DBT in schools so that kids feel more empowered. That would help them regulate their emotions and their distress and learn how to be present.

• Book: The Mindful Way Through Depression by Mark Williams and John Teasdale
• App: Calm and Insight Timer

You might remember that I’ve talked about our previous pets before, but our three pets passed away, one by one, so for the last 3 years, we have been without a pet.

Dogs can be incredible companions on the journey to mindfulness and mental well-being. I’ve called today’s episode, Mental Detox With Dog Therapy, because that’s exactly what a dog can bring you - a mental detox. Depending on the dog, of course.

Here are 7 ways I believe Lucy can help me become more grounded, more mindful, and even experience a mental detox:

Dogs naturally live in the "now." Their focus on what’s happening in the present—whether it’s a walk, a meal, or a belly rub—can remind you to slow down and savor each moment instead of worrying about the past or future. Lucy is spending every moment getting used to the idea that our home is her home.

Walking a dog encourages you to engage your senses. You notice the breeze, the scent of grass, or the warmth of the sun—helping you become more connected to your environment and fostering mindfulness through sensory grounding. I’ve been doing daily walks for 6 or 7 years at least, and now I’m not walking alone. Lucy is right there by my side.

Lucy’s non-judgmental presence fosters mindfulness and even emotional healing. Her love and acceptance gives me a safe emotional space to let go of negative thoughts and cultivate self-compassion. One of my mantras is, I see God in every one and every thing, with compassion. I know that most dogs offer a non-judgmental form of compassion. It’s certainly built-in to Lucy’s DNA. 

Caring for Lucy requires daily structure—walks, feeding times, play— that helps ground me in a healthy rhythm. This routine promotes consistency, reducing mental clutter and promoting mental detox. 

Physical activity like playing or walking with a dog releases endorphins and reduces stress. Movement shifts my focus away from mental noise and into my body, fostering a sense of calm and clarity. That’s one of the reasons it feels good to walk Lucy every day.

Petting a dog can lower cortisol levels, that’s the stress hormone. It can also increase oxytocin (the "love hormone"). This physical connection helps regulate emotions and promotes a state of mental ease.

Lucy has already brought spontaneous moments of joy and laughter. Her playful nature lifts my spirits, disrupts overthinking, and invites a light-hearted perspective—a powerful form of mental detox.

Here are 7 mindful activities you can enjoy with your dog to deepen your connection, stay present, and experience a mental reset:

• How to do it: Before feeding your dog, pause and take a few deep breaths. As you prepare their food, focus on the textures, smells, and your dog’s excitement.
• Mindful twist: Encourage your dog to “sit” or “stay” before eating. Observe their anticipation and offer the meal with gratitude, reflecting on how caring for them nourishes both of you.

• How to do it: Before each training session, set a simple intention—patience, joy, or connection. Approach training as a shared experience rather than a task.
• Mindful twist: Stay present by focusing on your dog’s body language and energy. Celebrate small wins without judgment if progress is slow.

• How to do it: When practicing basic commands (like “sit,” “stay,” or “come”), deliver cues with calm, intentional energy. Pay attention to your voice tone and body language.
• Mindful twist: After each successful command, pause and share a moment of eye contact. This simple act deepens connection and mutual awareness.

• How to do it: Allow your dog to set a relaxed pace during walks. Observe their curiosity—how they stop to sniff or listen.
• Mindful twist: Match your breath to your steps and notice the details around you. Use these walks as an opportunity to ground yourself while sharing exploration with your dog.

• How to do it: After a busy day, offer your dog a gentle massage or soothing touch. Focus on the warmth of their body and the softness of their fur.
• Mindful twist: Use this time to scan your dog’s body for tension while also checking in with your own emotions—let the rhythm of touch calm both of you.

• How to do it: During playtime, engage fully—notice the energy of your dog’s movements and the feel of the toy in your hand.
• Mindful twist: Occasionally pause during play and take a breath together. This practice encourages self-regulation and deepens awareness in both of you.

• How to do it: At the end of the day, spend a few quiet minutes with your dog in a calm setting. Let go of the day’s stress as you sit together.
• Mindful twist: Reflect silently on moments of joy your dog brought that day. This practice fosters gratitude while easing both of you into restfulness.

I hope you’ve enjoyed this episode, Mindful Tribe. Thanks for listening.

• Website: www.yourairoadmap.com
• Book: Your AI Roadmap: Actions To Expand Your Career, Money, and Joy by Joan Palmiter Bajorek

• My Mom

• Mindfulness helps ground me. I'm an extrovert with a lot of energy and sometimes being too close to reactivity is something I struggle with.
• When I get outside with my feet in the grass, I can be closer to my best self.

• I work on long exhales. When I become present to my breath I really noticed that the duration of my exhales can change.
• Even 30 seconds of doing those long exhales can be very beneficial. 

• Being a woman online, especially after my listener count grows, I experience some unpleasant behavior. I don't know if I would call it bullying.
• I've had two stalkers, which has really not been fun. We have content moderation on some platforms these days. I have a policy called document, mute, and block. On most platforms they don't even know that you've blocked them.

• Book: Financial Feminist by Tori Dunlap
• Book: Your AI Roadmap: Actions To Expand Your Career, Money, and Joy by Joan Palmiter Bajorek
• App: Perplexity

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• Website: www.BelmontWellness.com
• Book: 110 CBT TIPS and Tools by Judith Belmont

• My Husband

• Mindfulness is extremely important to help me not look back or too far ahead. It has really been life-changing just to have gratitude in the moment.
• People who are not grateful tend to count their disappointments more than their blessings. They are generally not happy people.

• I find that when people get anxious about something, they have more shallow breathing. Sometimes I have to remind myself to take a deep breath.
• What I have done with my clients and with myself sometimes is just to imagine as you breathe in, that an energy and life force goes through your whole body. I imagine it being a color. The color goes through the extremities.
• Then you breathe out and the color goes out to the air. That visual exercise helps me with my breathing.

• I was doing a webinar on communication skills in the workplace. I told the people in the webinar that assertive communication is using "I" statements. For example, I think, I feel, it's important to me.
• Aggressive communication is "you" statements. For example, you shouldn't be doing that and blaming. Also being not assertive is keeping things in. Then I did a role-play. I then did a survey of the listeners and everybody got it wrong.
• They did not realize that all the "you" statements were bullying behavior. Almost everybody identified it as assertive.

• Book: The Feeling Good Handbook by David Burns
• Book: 110 CBT TIPS and Tools by Judith Belmont
• App: n/a

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• Website: www.LauraChandler.org
• Website: www.sacredstream.org

• His Holiness, the Dalai Lama

• Mindfulness lets me take a step back from my emotions.  I can take a beat, take a breath, and see what's arising.
• Rather than just becoming reactive, it gives me that pause to say where is that coming from.   
• I'm not always perfect at it, and I don't think humans can be perfect at it, but mindfulness helps me not to become overwhelmed by my emotions. It gives me a tool to work with them. 

• I have a breath practice. I like to start my day by focusing on my breathing, which clears my mind. It helps me to be very present and to ground me.
• Even if you only have 5 minutes, if you can take that 5 minutes and focus on your breath, you can have a better day. 

• I've experienced bullying quite a lot. I came to identify it. I think the more people practice compassion and mindfulness, the less bullying there will be.
• Bullies have a wound that they haven't addressed. The thing about a bully is that they are only powerful if they are drawing power from bullying.

• Book: When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodren
• Book: Depth Hypnosis: A Path to Healing, Power and Transformation by Laura Chandler and Isa Gucciardi Ph.D
• App: Meditation App called The Way 

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• Website: www.lovetuner.com

• My Grandmother

• Mindfulness has been key to helping me with my emotions. Nothing is above mindfulness. If you want to change your reaction, mindfulness is the key.

• When you play the Lovetuner, you play a long steady tone and inhale through your nose.
• You do it six times or whatever feels good to you. Then, you stay about 20 to 30 seconds in silence afterward. It is the sound of a high-pitched C at 528 HZ. 

• Going back in time, we started our foundation programs, and we went into schools. We did it for underprivileged children, and we went into private schools.
• We took the Lovetuner tool, and we went into the classrooms. We gave Lovetuners to children from ages 7 to 10 years old.
• At that age, children give you the most blank response of anyone.
• By the time we did the first tune, everybody was totally focused. It was unbelievable how much the children liked it.
• In one semester we eliminated bullying in every classroom where the Lovetuner was being used.

• Book: One Journey: The Lovetuner Book by Sigmar Berg
• App: Get one of the solfeggio frequency apps 

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Contact Info

• Website: www.DrSha.com
• Website: www.MasterSha.com
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drandmastersha
• Podcast: Experience Transformation with Master Sha
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DrandMasterSha
• Book:  Tao Calligraphy Healing Field: An Information System with Six Sacred Tao Techniques to Empower You to Heal and Transform Your Life by Dr. and Master Sha

Lau Tsu and Art

• Tau refers to calligraphy in the teachings of Lao Tzu. Tau is the ultimate creator source. Tau is the way of all life. Tau is the universal principle. Eating and sleeping in daily life is all the Tau. 

The Hands For Healing

• Put your hands together in a prayer position. Keep a small distance between the hands. Relax and feel a little bit of warm tingling. This is cellular vibration.
• Near hands create high density. Far hands create low density.
• In physics, high density flows to low density.
• When someone has a headache, place your hands 4-7 inches from the pain. The hands and the head resonate and create an energy field. Listen for more details.

Fire

• In ancient wisdom, fire is yang and water is yin. Water can be healing and peaceful but can also kill people as in a tsunami. Fire warms people but can also kill people.

Love, Peace, Harmony

Nineteen years ago Master Sha learned a song in the Bay area, I Love My Heart So, I Love All Humanity. This started the focus on Love, Peace, Harmony. As a result, the Love Peace Harmony Charitable Foundation was born. The Love Peace Harmony Foundation generously pledged to match all donations up to $250,000 USD to support nearly 180,000 residents impacted by the Los Angeles, California wildfires. (Listen to learn more)

Suggested Resources

• Book:  Tao Calligraphy Healing Field: An Information System with Six Sacred Tao Techniques to Empower You to Heal and Transform Your Life by Dr. and Master Sha
• App: n/a

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• 356 Global Zen Consciousness Conference Founder; Shi DeRu
• Everyday Crystal Healing; Lauren Blackford
• Healing A Brain Injury; Laura Renner

I’m taking part in a ‘learn to paint’ program this week, and it has really helped me feel connected to a deeper part of myself. The course is with Jed Dorsey of TheLandscapeWorkshop.com. Jed is not an affiliate, I just wanted to tell you about this excellent free course he’s offered.

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Meditation can help you become more creative. I recently interviewed Jackson Kerchis – he’s passionate about helping people learn meditation and stick to it. The episode is called, How To Stick To Meditation; Jackson Kerchis. Jackson also wrote an excellent book on the topic with the same name, How To Stick To Meditation.

I can say from experience that meditation has helped me feel more creative and I have definitely benefited from the increased creativity.There are five benefit to creativity I’d like to talk about today:

1/ Boost Happiness

As a kid, I would spend hours playing the piano. I played from sheet music and made songs up. When I thought the song was ready for a performance, I’d play it for my dad, who was always eager to hear me play. He gave me great positive feedback as a result of my creativity.

The definition of creativity varies, but most experts agree it has to do with the ability to come up with new ideas, new connections between ideas, and novel solutions to problems.

You might be thinking, I’m not a musician, a dancer, or a poet. Experts say creativity lives within all of us, it’s just a matter of allowing it to come forward.

In the book called, “The Creativity Cure”, author Dr. Carrie Barron says, “It really has to do with open-mindedness.” She says creativity applies to everything from making a meal to generating a business plan.

It doesn’t matter what creativity looks like in your life. It could be cooking, skiing, singing, sketching or something else. Just remember that creativity will feed your soul and just help you feel happy.

2/ Creativity For Problem-Solving

Creativity is a skill that can be learned. You don't need to be an artist or musician to be creative, you can use your creativity everyday with things like cooking, cleaning, gardening, or organizing.

Creativity can help with problem solving but it’s good to take step by step action.

Use Osborn’s Creative Problem Solving technique Brainstorming in between the steps to get the biggest benefit. Here are the 7 steps:

1. Clarify and identify the problem – Pretend that the problem is not that important
2. Research the problem
3. Formulate creative challenges
4. Generate ideas
5. Combine and evaluate the ideas
6. Draw up an action plan
7. Do it! (implement the ideas)

I encourage you to combine your creativity with problem-solving to reach a win-win result.

3/ Creativity for Healthy Living

Does it make sense to you that creative people live longer? I think creative people are happier, and I believe it makes sense that happier people live longer.

I know in my case, I’m a lot happier when I’m doing creative activities compared to when I’m spending my time on what I would consider non-creative activities.

The topic of creativity has come up a lot in my interviews on Mindfulness Mode, and just as an observation, I’ve noticed that health and creativity seem to be aligned.

There are studies about this topic and a study from 2012 researched veteran men. The researchers, Turiano, Spiro and Mroczek, followed 1,349 veterans for over 10 years . They looked at their intellect and creativity. They rated their creativity based on these five words: creative, imaginative, artistic, innovative, and uncreative. The researchers identified creativity with the following phrase; “a facet of openness”. They concluded that creativity was related to a reduced risk of mortality. Specifically, each standard deviation increase in creativity was associated with a 12 percent decrease in mortality risk over the 18-year follow-up period. The study’s authors concluded, “creativity predicted mortality risk above and beyond other details like age, education, smoking, and health status.” (p.666)

I found the study interesting. Maybe you’ve read some books or read some studies on this topic. If you have, I’d love to hear from you. Send me a message bruce@mindfulnessmode.com Turiano, N. A., Spiro III, A., & Mroczek, D. K. (2012). Openness to experience and mortality in men:    Analysis of traits and facets. Journal of Aging and Health, 25, 654-672

4/ Healthier Relationships Result From Being Creative

Creative people have better relationships for several reasons. For one, they are often more motivated compared to less creative people. Creative people tend to be more relaxed and easy-going and that quality means they are drawn to people looking for a comfortable, relaxed, non-threatening relationship  Optimists tend to be creative. Being positive and up-beat is something that you see in creative people a lot. This up-beat nature is one of the reasons you’ll often notice these people have a lot of friends and an interesting life. 

Noticing emotions and being able to express those emotions is another quality common in creative people. People with this quality will be more sensitive to your feelings and needs than a person who is not very creative.  People looking to make friends with others are usually looking for some of the traits we’ve talked about. 

5/ Creative People Are More Successful

Look around you. Think of the people you know. Do the more creative people seem to be more successful in your circles? Well, in my opinion, creative people tend to be more passionate about their work and I think that leads to more discoveries, more advancement, and more great relationships at work.

Creative ppl tend to ask the question ‘What if” frequently, allowing their mind to explore possibilities. From what I’ve read, I believe Nicola Tesla asked these kinds of questions and as a result became a well-known inventor. The radio, remote control and general wireless communication are credited to tesla.

Creativity reminds me of a quote by Albert Einstein. He’s known for saying, “Creativity is seeing what others see and thinking what no one else ever thought.”

It’s important for adults to continue to be creative. If we become too left brain dependent we could forget about the thrill we get from life when we allow our creativity to play an active role.

A few months ago I interviewed Keda Edwards Pierre in Toronto at the Collision Conference. Her episode is called True II Soul. As soon as I met her, I could tell that she was overflowing with creativity. She uses some of her personal expeiences to help others deal with trauma. She had a 27-year career with the Toronto Police Service and she sees herself as a renaissance woman, living her mission of personal and professional lifelong healing and development. You might want to have a listen to her episode.

A really great book related to creativity is the book called, Squircle – that word came from combining the word Circle, which represents creativity or right brain thinking, and the word Square, which represents left brain thinking. The author of this book is Francis Cholle, and I interviewed him in February of this year. I highly recommend his book and the interview as well. It’s called, A New Way To Think For A New World, by Francis Cholle .

Here are some things Francis recommends in his book to help develop your creative side. He says, change your routine in the morning, explore new foods for breakfast or other meals. Search for a new route to travel to work or school. Listen to different radio shows, podcasts, or audio books. He also suggests you talk to other creative friends and ask them what they do to spark and express their creativity. In short, invite change and new ideas into your life.

One of the things I’ve concluded from what I’ve read and the people I’ve interviewed is that people who have creative personalities tend to have a lot of perseverance and they actually look for things in their life that will create interest and make their lives more fun. Individuals with these traits are more satisfied with their lives than less creative people.

It’s important to remember that people are the most creative when they’re in a good mood, possibly because they don’t fixate on individual pieces of information and they can think more broadly and more positively. You’ve seen others thrive with creativity, now it’s your turn. Chose a specific way you can increase creativity in your life. It could be dance, woodworking, drawing, music, or painting like I mentioned at the top of the show. Take action. Get ready to thrive in a brand new way!

Suggested Resources

• Book: The Creativity Cure: How To Build Happiness With Your Own Two Hands by Carrie Barron
• Book: Your Creative Brain: Seven Steps to Maximize Imagination, Productivity, and Innovation in Your Life by Dr. Shelley Carson
• Book: Squircle
• App: Insight Timer

Related Episodes

A New Way To Think For A New World - Francis Cholle

How To Stick To Meditation; Jackson Kerchis

True II Soul - Keda Edwards Pierre

• • Website: www.DrMasley.com
  • The 30-Day Heart Tune-Up

• My stepfather, Chuck. He had a procedure, and had a massive stroke. I learned what dementia was. It wasn't necessary; he didn't need it. I feel bad to this day that I didn't do more for him earlier on. He said, 'don't let this happen to others'.

• Mindfulness is calming on my emotions. It feels like love and stability in my life when I'm more mindful. When I'm not, I tend to be more anxious and depressed.
• I'd much rather feel loved and focused than anxious and depressed. That's a lack of mindfulness, is anxiety.

• I like taking a deep breath and filling myself with spirit. I even like to, after I stretch and workout in the morning, I like to take a deep breath.
• I feel like green energy pours into my body when I'm taking a deep breath. When I blow out, I'm just blowing out tension.
• I use my breath to help me in a kind of meditative, processing way of being more calm and focused. Breath to me is like breathing in spirit.

• Book: Eating Mindfully: How to End Mindless Eating and Enjoy a Balanced Relationship with Food by Susan Albers
• Book: The Better Brain Solution: How to Start Now--at Any Age--to Reverse and Prevent Insulin Resistance of the Brain, Sharpen Cognitive Function, and Avoid Memory Loss by Steven Masley
• App: Heart Math

• I got bullied as a kid. I got beaten up. I got kicked around. It was not pleasant.
• I can completely sympathize with anyone who has been bullied before. Part of it was just being susceptible. I wasn't being mindful; I wasn't being confident. It wasn't moving with purpose. Predators picked on me.

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• Website: www.howtoforgive.com
• How To Forgive On-Line Course

• Tosha Silver; Spiritual Teacher

•  Mindfulness helped me to see and love my emotional world and see it as a separate system that requires my care. 
• My emotions now work for me instead of against me.

• I am big into movement, and moving in a really organic way. 
• Moving in an instinctual and intuitive way that allows us to breathe.

• When people are in emotionally healthy environments, they don't act out on others as much. 
• When somebody isn't taking care of their emotional side, they often toss it onto somebody else. 
• Forgiveness is a huge key to emotional health. I look forward to a more emotionally attuned world. 
• I think people are really seeing the consequences of pathologizing vulnerability. 
• At the core of Buddhism is the tender heart of sadness. I love the fact that Buddhism names it.

• Book: Outrageous Openness by Tasha Silver
• App: n/a 

Second Sun Insights; Kristof Morrow

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• Website: www.JaniceKaplan.com
• Book: What Your Body Knows About Happiness: How to Use Your Body to Change Your Mind

• Daniel Gilbert, Harvard Psychology Department
• Daniel Kahneman, nobel prize winner and behavioral psychologist

• I have been able to deal with my emotions differently as a result of my research. 
• That started with The Gratitude Diaries because I realize that we can control the way we feel about things. Classically, we can't control the things that happen but we can control how we deal with them.

• I don't personally have a breath-work practice but I know it can help enormously. 
• I was with some folks the other day who had two little kids, a 4-year-old and a 2-year-old. The kids were running around and the parents stopped the children and ask them to breathe in 1,2,3 and breathe out 1,2,3. The kids had obviously done this before. The 4-year-old said, no Daddy, we breathe in for 4 counts.

• Book: The Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness by Antonio Damasio
• Book: How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain Lisa Feldman Barrett
• Book: A Philosophy of Walking by Frederick Gros 
• App: n/a 

• Find Peace With 365 Days of Happiness; Jacqueline Pirtle

• Booster Shot of Happiness; Soren Russow

• The Future of Happiness With Amy Blankson

The central idea at the heart of her book is that happiness isn’t just a state of mind but also a state of body. Kaplan challenges the traditional notion that happiness stems solely from our thoughts or circumstances. Instead, she reveals that our physical bodies play a profound role in shaping how we experience joy. 

Have you ever noticed how standing tall and confident makes you feel more self-assured? Or how forcing a smile, even on a bad day, can lighten your mood? According to Kaplan, these are not coincidences but examples of how our bodies often lead the way in creating our emotions. While we’ve long been taught that the brain is the command center, issuing orders for the body to follow, new research flips this idea on its head

Kaplan’s book delves deeply into the role our senses play in shaping our happiness. Think about the last time you stopped to smell freshly baked cookies or marveled at a sunset. Those sensory experiences didn’t just feel good—they actively boosted your mood. Kaplan shows how engaging with our senses can bring joy into everyday life.

Exercise and movement are other key components of happiness that Kaplan explores. It’s no secret that physical activity boosts endorphins, the feel-good chemicals in your brain. But Kaplan goes beyond the usual “exercise makes you happy” mantra to show how the type of movement you choose can make a difference. Dancing and activities like yoga stretch your muscles, calm your mind, and center your emotions.

Kaplan’s insights remind us that our bodies are not just vehicles for our brains but active participants in creating happiness. When you move with intention—whether it’s through a workout, a hike, or even just a walk around the block—you’re giving your body the tools to generate joy from the inside out.

Pain, both physical and emotional, can feel like the ultimate happiness blocker. However, Kaplan argues that understanding how the body processes pain can help us find moments of joy even in difficult times. She explains that the brain doesn’t just passively receive pain signals; it actively interprets them. By changing our environment or reframing our mindset, we can shift our experience of pain.

Kaplan discusses the link between creativity and happiness. Whether painting, writing, cooking, or gardening, creative activities engage the mind and body, offering a unique pathway to joy. Kaplan explains that creativity isn’t about being perfect or producing masterpieces. It’s about the process—the act of making something new and expressing yourself. This creative flow can quiet the mind, energize the body, and leave you feeling more fulfilled.

Kaplan concludes her book with a practical, seven-day happiness plan—a roadmap for incorporating her insights into daily life. Each day focuses on a different theme, from engaging your senses to exploring your creativity. By the end of the week, you’ll have a deeper understanding of how your body contributes to your happiness and how to nurture that connection.

Kaplan’s What Your Body Knows About Happiness is more than a book; it’s an invitation to tune in to your body and discover its incredible capacity for joy. Happiness isn’t just something you think about; it’s something you feel, experience, and create through your physical self.

• Napoleon Hill’s Writings Unpacked in Truthful Living Book by Author, Jeffrey Gitomer

• Calmness, Certainty and Unshakable Inner Security Now; Hale Dwoskin

• Mastering Your Second Act; Jamie Sabat

• Company: Demartini Institute
• Website: drdemartini.com
• Blog: https://drdemartini.com/blog/
• Movie: How Thoughts Become Things

• Paul Bragg, John's Yoga Instructor

• “It has allowed me to be aware of the illusions that my emotions are distracted by and allows me to calm them down and center themselves.
• “Without mindfulness, I might not have developed the Demartini Method.”

• “When the breath wanders, so does the mind. And as the mind wanders, so as the breath. One can govern their breath, can govern their mind, and one can govern their mind can govern their life.”

• Book: The Syntopicon Vol. I and II by Mortimer Adler
• App: n/a

• I was 12, and I was going to ride a bus to school. I sat there on the bus, and this boy said he owns my seat and I didn't know what to do. He eventually punched me in the face and I just basically humbled myself.
• He inspired me to learn body-building and martial arts and it got me in shape. I started attracting girls, and this bully eventually became my friend.

• Resilient Leadership Lessons; David Brennan
• Heal Yourself With Inner Bonding; Dr. Margaret Paul

• Core Value Leadership; Andrea Johnson

• Website: www.happinessmeansbusiness.com
• Podcast: Barbell Logic 
• Book: How To Stick To Meditation: Make Your Mindfulness Practice a Lasting Habit by Jackson Kerchis

• Mickey Singer, author of The Untethered Soul

• Awareness, awareness, awareness. Once you are aware of an emotion and label it as an emotion, you see it as an emotion. It's kind of like magic. All of a sudden it doesn't push and pull you around.
• The emotions then serve you rather than you serve them.

• I've come to think of breathing for me as a really powerful way to pull myself into a state of awareness.
• I often start my morning practice by breathing to a count of 4 seconds and then a slow and controlled exhalation. When you have a longer, more pronounced exhalation, it causes a down-regulating effect on the nervous system.
• In other words, it is a calming and centering sensation. I've leaned into doing more breath work and more focused breathing types of meditation practice.

• Book: How To Stick To Meditation: Make Your Mindfulness Practice a Lasting Habit by Jackson Kerchis
• Book: Atomic Habits by James Clear
• App: The Sam Harris Meditation App Waking Up
• App: Insight Timer

• Muse For Meditation; Ariel Garten

• Women’s Meditation Network; Katie Krimitsos

• Use Meditation to Master Yourself; Ashley Williams

• Website: www.susiehayesnow.com
• Book: FREED from Stuck! Dare to Cross the Bridge Beyond Grief, Trauma, and Self-Sabotage to Discover Lasting Change Now by Susie Hayes

• A Graduate School Professor

• I have come to appreciate the value of emotions guiding us to the truth about what we really need.
• There is no condemnation of any emotion. We understand it as part of the way our mind and our body and our soul informs us.

• I am into Wim Hof cold therapy and into the breathing. I do the cold therapy twice a day and the breathing once a day.
• It keeps me alert and strong and is great for my immune system.

• Book: Atomic Habits by James Clear
• Book: FREED from Stuck! Dare to Cross the Bridge Beyond Grief, Trauma, and Self-Sabotage to Discover Lasting Change Now by Susie Hayes
• App: A Youtube Channel Anthony Sommer

• I had a conversation last night with a client who has high levels of anxiety. Much of it had to do with neglect, abuse, and bullying in his history. I was sharing with him about the magnificence of our nervous system and how anxiety helps us understand what we need.
• Rather than resisting, fighting against, or condemning anxiety, we need to allow it to inform us in our bodies and our nervous system about what's going on so we can attend to it.
• If we can learn how to soothe our nervous system, we can come out of that state.

• Emotional Intelligence 4 Change With Robin Hills
• Understanding the 3 Minds With Meagan Fettes

• 313 Let Life Flow Like The Seasons Says Krysti Turznik

• Website: www.BarbellLogic.com
• Podcast: Barbell Logic 
• Book: Undoing Urgency: Reclaim Your Time for the Things that Matter Most by Ryan Matt Reynolds

• My little brother

• I think emotions and feelings lie. I don't think they're not valid, I think that's part of our humanity.
• I try to approach everything with logic and reason. There are times when I am overjoyed and times when I am really sad.
• I recognize those emotions, but I think that the mindfulness piece is: Are my emotions telling me the truth right now? Or is this just a feeling that I can approach with logic and reason? I'm not Spock, I'm not a Vulcan. I'm still allowed to have humanity and remain focused on the task at hand.

• It's interesting that when you lift, you don't breathe—you hold your breath. This creates inter-abdominal tightness, which sometimes scares people, but it's what keeps you tight from losing rigidity.
• When I breathe, I'm trying to get myself into a parasympathetic tone or a relaxed state.
• I use breathing, mindfulness, and focus to get myself out of those times of heightened emotion and a heightened nervous system and bring myself back down to earth so that I can focus on the things that really matter.

• Book: Atomic Habits by James Clear
• Book: The E-Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber
• Book: Undoing Urgency: Reclaim Your Time for the Things that Matter Most by Ryan Matt Reynolds
• App: My Notepad on my Apple Iphone

• Fit Healthy Grounded Women; Penelope Lane

• Revamp Your Self With Open Sky Fitness; Rob Dionne

• Film, Fitness and Food Heals; Allison Melody

• Website: ddeangraves.org
• Book: The Identity Model; Understanding and healing mankind's stress and suffering by Dean Graves
• Podcast: Chatting with the Arcturians
• Podcast: Simple Enlightenment

• The Buddha

• We began in primordial darkness, and part of that process is unconsciousness. The place of sharing is actually down the road.
• If you look at the 12-step programs used in AA or NA, they have a very specific process for self-healing. The 12 steps can be divided into three groups. The first six steps are becoming aware and overcoming this condition of unconsciousness. The last two groupings in the last six steps are when the sharing and teaching occur.
• You're becoming a teacher to others based on what you have accomplished in the first six steps.

• Meditation is the most effective way to explore yourself. In some of the books I've written, I share some processes to expedite the healing process.
• Remember the old days when you would go to the library and look up the index card? The index card would have a brief summary of the book. You would have to go to the book to get the information that you needed. Our stories are like the index card.
• In order to get to what you want to learn, you have to go to the emotions. You have to heal the emotional baggage. It is the process of enlightenment. It is the path, not the destination. Doing the work is entirely up to you. Meditation is by far the most productive way to accomplish this.

• Book: The Identity Model; Understanding and healing mankind's stress and suffering by Dean Graves
• Book: Edifying Children of a Lesser God by Dean Graves
• Book: The Enigma of Consciousness by Dean Graves (Available to preorder)
• App: n/a

• What Is Consciousness; Tom Campbell (Part 1)

• Living Consciously; Brian Berneman

• Beyond Fitness to Conscious Evolution With Mariko Hirakawa

• Website: www.sandandsaltescapes.com

Sam Mallick, a friend who runs a company called Notable

• While growing up I think a lot of us are taught to pull ourselves up by the bootstraps. Through mindfulness, I've learned that those emotions are stored in the body and you can't run from them.
• Those emotions will come out. It could be in the form of shingles and anxiety attacks which I've had. You can't run from that kind of stuff. It stays in there.
• It Will metastasize cells into skin cancer. We've seen that happen twice actually with my wife. Stress and those emotions don't run away.

• The reason why in meditation we focus on our breath blew my mind when I first started practicing meditation.
• We focus on our breath because the only place that we can breathe is in the present moment. If we're trying to cultivate presence through meditation, all we have to do is focus on our breath.
• Close your eyes, feel your chest move in and out. When I first learned that, it was the biggest aha moment for me.

• Book: No Mud, No Lotus by Thich Nhat Hanh
• App: n/a

• My first job after graduation was in outside sales for a manufacturing company. I was sent to Boston with no cost-of-living adjustment and just two weeks of PTO.
• During the holidays, I asked my manager if I could work from our home office to spend more time with family. He yelled, questioning why I thought I was special.
• I pushed back aggressively, feeling cornered.
• Looking back, I cringe. If I’d practiced mindfulness, I’d have responded with more compassion—for myself and for him—and likely managed the situation better.

• The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times; Katherine May

• A Vipasana Retreat May Be Your Greatest Mindfulness Experience

• The Wind Through the Trees

• Website: https://reclaimsobriety.com/
• Website: https://kencox.com/

My son.

• Mindfulness has made a night-and-day difference in how I deal with my emotions. Understanding that if I can sit with my emotions, understand them, accept them, and process them, although painful today, prevents my triggers from the future.
• You can get to a really, really happy place when you've taken the time to process those.

• Every course that we do starts with breathing. When you find gratitude for having your breath, I think the world changes for every human.
• I use breathing techniques with my boxing team every day.

• Book: Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson
• App: www.Udemy.com
• App: www.choosemuse.com

• I've been on both sides of that bully fence. I had a really challenging time in my youth. My first moment of mindfulness was probably when I was 7 or 8 years old.
• I didn't have the mindfulness I needed at the moment, and I became a very violent young person. Someone was calling me a name, and I got very angry.
• This was my first time in court-ordered therapy. I attacked somebody for calling me a name. At that moment I was living a life of looking up to my peers.
• I look at that moment in my life very frequently about how I reacted and what I did. It was the first time I went to therapy.

• No Nonsense Addictions Advice; Dr. Cali Estes

• Mindful Movement In Addiction Treatment; Kendra Kirane

• The Mindfulness Solution To Addiction With Expert Jeff Jones

• Website: https://www.instagram.com/cameron_race/

Wes Watson, my first coach

• All we are is this big old ball of emotions. Those emotions are trying to hijack us from doing what's actually important to us.
• If we're unaware of all these different emotions that we have and what they're trying to do then it's really easy to be distracted.
• I have mindful practices that I go through every single day that help to ground and center me. They help me get back on track. It's changed my life.

• I know there is Wim Hof and a lot of people have specifically practiced breathing. I recognize in myself that when I am praying, I slow my breathing down.
• As I slow my breathing down, everything slows down. My mind slows down, and any energy I have slows down.
• Although I don't practice breathing, breathing is part of the practice I have.

• App: www.myfitnesspal.com

• When I was a kid, I was bullied some. I hit my growth spurt late. There were people that just picked on me based on my size.
• I don't know how mindfulness would have made a difference. Maybe for the bully.
• At the time it was painful but being a kid is painful, right. That's something I recognize more as I've gotten older.
• As an adult, I realize that bullying is an inner turmoil. The way that we treat ourselves. It's really easy to give ourselves a hard time.

• Embrace Money Mindfulness; Spencer Sherman
• Financial Playbook For Change; Colin Sanburg
• Double Your Income & Happiness By Focusing On Less; David Wood

• Website: EllieLaks.com, GentleBarn.org

My husband, the co-founder of the Gentle Barn

• Mindfulness empowers us to breathe, relax, and to say what we need to say in the most mindful way.
• Mindfulness helps us hear what someone else is saying and allows us to read between the lines.
• Mindfulness diffuses potentially explosive situations. It helps us get through whatever we need to get through.

• Breathing and focusing on the breath is important in my morning meditations. It helps me to get grounded.
• Breathing is a part of our cow hug therapy sessions. We encourage our guests to breathe and close their eyes and to connect with the cow.

• Book: Communication With All Life: Revelations of An Animal Communicator by Joan Ranquet
• App: Audible and Podcast Apps

• Kids can be very cruel. There's this idea that there is a norm. Everyone's trying to fit in and be liked.
• Everyone's trying to get approval. No one's sitting in elementary school saying I am different and I love myself.
• We're all saying, “Let us fit in.” I think in the big picture, it's really cool that we get lost because when we become adults, we can become found.

• Come On Safari With Me; Rev Karen Cleveland

• 494 Live A Well Designed Life With Dr. Kyra Bobinet

• Embody Your Soul and Be Fully Present; Ken W. Stone

• Website: www.petprana.com

Abraham Maslow

• Emotions have always been a big proponent for me to sit back and reflect.
• When I have big emotions I shut down. And when I shut down, I reflect.
• For me, mindfulness and emotions go hand in hand.

• Breathing is everything. It is life affirming for us and it's one way to remind us that we are worthy to be here on this planet.
• As we regulate and are mindful of our breathing, that helps our animal companions regulate.

• Book: A Theory Of Human Motivation by Abraham Maslow
• App: Simple Habit

• The biggest bully I've had to face in my life is actually myself.
• A lot of times, I think what I've developed isn't good enough. Sometimes I think regarding my projects, I'm not doing them well enough, I'm not doing them fast enough.
• The self-criticism has been the hardest part.

• 435 Reclaim Your Health and Freedom With a Walking Life;  Antonia Malchik
• 494 Live A Well Designed Life With Dr. Kyra Bobinet

• 165 Be Real, Raw, Honest, and Mindful Recommends Dr. Ed Osburn

• Website: https://coachdanielanderson.com

Dr. Wayne Dyer

• I'm much better now at recognizing my negative emotions.
• That helps me reframe the thoughts causing them and shift from sadness and depression to acceptance and happiness.

• I'm a strong advocate of mindful breathing. It's essential, not just for breathing, but for managing overwhelm.
• Taking just two minutes to close your eyes, focus on your breath, and return to the present can make a huge difference.

• Book: Stay Focused and Move With The Universe: A Guide to Help You on the Road to Enlightenment by Daniel Anderson
• App: Human Design: Stella

• Looking back on bullying, I wish I had been more mindful and considered their perspective.
• I believe bullies act out because they lack power in their own lives, whether from relationships, family, or parents. I believe they try to feel bigger by targeting others.

• Grasping The Emotion of Trauma; David Richman

• Publish, Promote and Profit; Tell Your Story Says Rob Kosberg

• Rising Above Trauma With Dr. Lin Morel

• Website: https://shopx.co/

Herman Strasbourg

• I see emotions as fuel, and by accepting them, I can redirect and take action. When you're not mindful, you can't fully accept what's happening.
• Without acceptance, you're resisting the situation. Resisting an emotion only amplifies it by giving it more attention, which in turn strengthens the emotion.
• Acceptance, however, helps you navigate through it instead of fueling it further.

• Breathing is incredibly powerful.
• I view it as a way to absorb energy from the universe. Deep breathing is especially helpful, and whenever I feel overwhelmed, I focus on my breath.
• This practice, like the Wim Hof method, helps me regain calm and composure, especially when I need to refocus.

• Book: The Emerald Tablet of Hermes by Hermes Trismegistus
• Book: A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle
• Book: Reality Transurfing by Vadim Zeland
• App: n/a (avoid social media if you can)

• If someone is bullying you, it’s not excusable, but I try to see it from the perspective that they might be dealing with their own struggles. They may have challenging family circumstances, or maybe something traumatic happened, like losing a parent.
• You just never know what someone is going through. Approaching it with empathy might melt the ice around the bully’s heart, and sometimes, it can even lead to unexpected friendship.
• Of course, that’s much easier said than done.

• Innovation For All; Costa Michailidis

• Breathe Better, Live Better; Michael Feldstein

• Peace, Joy and Consistency Suggests Business Strategist Jay Fiset

• Website: https://www.claudiaraiken.com/ 

• Catherine Shainberg (one of the creators of Dreambirth)

• First of all, I tend to see life and emotions on a larger scale, especially when I get deeply involved, as I have a lot of passion.
• I feel my emotions intensely. When it’s a positive feeling, it’s not so bad. But if it’s anger or fear, I make a conscious effort to take a step back. It's like a mental exercise in visualization.
• I literally imagine myself taking three steps back, which helps me calm down instantly. Sometimes I even call upon my inner guidance, saying, ‘Help me calm down,' and then I tune into my body.
• I’ve learned how to let my body give me ‘yes' or ‘no' answers. I teach this method to many people, as there are several ways to do it. It’s almost like my body becomes a pendulum.
• I ask questions like, ‘Is this something I should be scared of?' If the answer is no, I feel reassured. For instance, if I experience a strange pain, I might worry initially, thinking, ‘Is it something serious like cancer?'
• But I quickly calm myself and ask my body, ‘Do I need to worry about this?' If I get a ‘no,' I can relax.

• When you imagine a beautiful garden, your breathing slows down. You don't have to do anything.
• I actually don't work with breathing specifically, except for knowing how to calm a person through my hands.
• If you think your house is about to burn or a tiger's coming, the breathing gets very shallow and you have to run.
• If you feel like the universe has your back and everything's really going to be okay then your breathing gets to be what it needs to be.
• And in birth, some women will still take slow breathing. You know, that's what they're learning in their birth education class, but whenever they do the imagery, it kind of gets there naturally.

• Book: Messages from the Womb: Babies Talk Through Guided Visualizations Expanding Our Hearts and Minds by Claudia Rosenhouse Raiken
• Book: DreamBirth: Transforming the Journey of Childbirth Through Imagery by Catherine Shainberg Ph.D.
• Book: The Nature of Personal Reality: Specific, Practical Techniques for Solving Everyday Problems and Enriching the Life You Know (A Seth Book)
• App: n/a

• Blog: Zach Mathews's Blog
• Book: Climbing Your Self-Discipline Tree: The Three Stages Essential for Accomplishing Any Goal by Zach Mathews  

• My dad and my uncle

• I tend to be quite stoic most of the time. My wife often has to remind me that I'm not always in front of the computer, and I have to make an effort to stay positive, even when my mind is racing and jumping from one thought to another.
• This is a common challenge for business owners and startups. I attended a business accelerator where they emphasized the importance of not letting emotions take over, as the journey can be very unpredictable with its ups and downs.
• It's tough, and having been an entrepreneur for a long time, I can attest that managing emotions is always a challenge in this world.sting

• I used to have an Apple Watch that reminded me to breathe periodically.
• I've also watched a few YouTube videos where they recommend breathing in for four, five, or even ten times, and then adding a few extra breaths at the end.
• I’ve tried it a couple of times but haven’t done it consistently enough to notice any significant effects.
• The science behind it makes complete sense, but I don’t have a personal opinion on it yet. Fasting

• Book: The Magic of Thinking Big by David Schwartz
• App: n/a

• I think, especially for entrepreneurs, it's tough to relinquish control and accept that you don't know everything. When you do, it can almost feel like you're being bullied.
• You think, ‘If I don't know this, I have to trust someone else,' and that creates a sense of uncertainty—'What if I'm making the wrong decision?'
• In some sales situations, I’ve felt like the process was overly pushy in certain areas, but not to an extreme degree. Fasting

• Your Presence is a Superpower; Elizabeth Tripp

• Evolving Your Leadership and Work-Life Harmony; Andre Young

• Innovation For All; Costa Michailidis

• Website: www.FletcherEllingson.com

• My mom / Eckhart Tolle / Michael Singer

• Mindfulness helps me slow down by allowing me to become more aware of my thoughts. I believe that much of our thinking is automatic, happening without our permission, consent, or approval.
• This automatic thinking often generates emotions aligned with those thoughts. By pausing and taking a moment to notice my thinking, I practice discerning whether it's truly my thoughts or just an automatic response.
• More often than not, it’s the latter. This awareness then gives me the opportunity to ask myself what I actually want to believe about the situation and what meaning I want to assign to it.
• From there, I can approach the situation with curiosity, which in turn helps me become calmer and more creative in my response.

• Breathing is definitely one of the pillars of feeling good. We often take it for granted because it happens automatically, yet it's essential to life.
• I'm a strong advocate for being intentional about breathing and have done various breathing exercises, including Wim Hof training and other fun workshops.
• Every day, I make a point to be aware of my breath, especially in the mornings when I go to the lake. While throwing a stick for my dog and watching the sunrise, I also focus on my breathing.
• It feels great to be mindful of my breath with intention.

• In high school, I was frequently bullied and constantly on edge. One day, overwhelmed by my emotions and the recent loss of my father, I verbally lashed out at a bully in class, and afterward, I never saw him again.
• Last year, I reached out to apologize for my harshness, only for him to admit he didn’t even remember the incident.
• This resolution finally brought me peace after decades of feeling guilty.

• Book: The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer
• Book: The Surrender Experiment by Michael Singer
• App: Calm

Living A Mindful Desert Island Life; Jason Barnard

Be The Leader They Want To Follow; Tressa Yonekawa Bundren

Evolving Your Leadership and Work-Life Harmony; Andre Young

• Company: The Mosaic Coaching
• Website: themosaiconline.com
• Blog: https://themosaiconline.com/category/blog/
• Podcast: https://themosaiconline.com/media/

• Paramahansa Yogananda

• The process of mindfulness has almost limited emotions. For me, emotions live at the rim of the wheel. This is the key to achieving a mindful mosaic.

• We can go weeks to months without food, days to weeks without water, and seconds without breath, but we don't think about breath.

• Book: Autobiography of a Yogi
• Book: The Mosaic by Daniel Levin
• App: n/a

• Website: www.7FigureMachineBook.com
• Book: The 7-Figure Machine: Your Ultimate Roadmap To Endless Earnings and Financial Freedom. Buy the book from the above website, and you get Dr. Noah's newest online course called The 7-Figure Fasttrack.

• Bruce introduces Dr. Noah St. John, highlighting his achievements and the new book “The Seven Figure Machine.”
• Dr. Noah shares his journey from a 300-square-foot basement apartment to a 6000-square-foot mansion, emphasizing the effectiveness of his methods.
• He explains the inspiration behind the new book, focusing on the outer game aspects of how belief unleashes success.
• Dr. Noah discusses the importance of having a “loving mirror” who believes in you, as detailed in his power habit system.

• Dr. Noah elaborates on the concept of a “loving mirror” and its role in the success of highly successful people.
• He shares a story about a client, Catherine, who raised $185,000 in one day after learning how belief unleashes success from her coach.
• Bruce notes the common theme of significant others being the difference-makers in people's lives.
• Dr. Noah emphasizes the clarity and actionable steps provided in his new book, contrasting it with other authors' storytelling approaches.

• Dr. Noah discusses the concept of “delay” as the greatest enemy to success, rooted in fear. Taking quick action is a recurring theme in the 7-Figure Maching book.
• He shares an anecdote about a client, Charles, who invested $100,000 and earned $1.8 million in 10 months.
• Dr. Noah highlights the importance of taking action and not delaying, especially for high achievers.
• He explains the significance of the phrase “Money loves speed” and how it applies to both failure and success.

• Dr. Noah provides information on how to access his new book and the accompanying online course, the Seven Figure Fast Track. The 7-Figure Machine

• Learn From The Father of Afformations; Dr. Noah St. John

• 242 Get Rid Of Your Head Trash and Earn The Millions You Deserve; Noah St. John

• Website: www.TheSuccessPrinciplesWorkbook.com
• Book: The Success Principles Workbook

• Dawa Tarchin Phillips, Tibetan Buddhist lama and mindfulness teacher: www.DawaTarchinPhillips.com

• Mindfulness has kept me more calm and more neutral. Sometimes people think I don't have any feelings.
• I've learned that most of my feelings come from thoughts and if I'm aware of the thoughts and can deal with them at that level, then I don't have to have the emotional outbursts.
• I still cry when I see cats and skunks playing together on YouTube. I cry at movies. I don't cry so much about loss. I cry more at the joy of beauty and love.

• I do breathing exercises as part of my yoga and my meditation practices in the morning.
• I studied Kundalini Yoga with a yoga teacher back in my '30s [and learned] to do that breath of fire real fast.

• Book: The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
• Books: Anything by Thich Nhat Hanh (Here's an example: The Art of Living)
• App: n/a

• My dad was an alcoholic, and he got violent when he got drunk. If I wasn't careful, I would get beaten, so I would literally hide inside the radio.
• I would wait till he went to bed so he couldn't find me because he was violent. So I got bullied by him. He was a verbal bully as well as a physical bully.
• I got bullied as a kid in school too.

• Website: www.BrandsonBrands.com

• Travis Chappell Build Your Network

• In my later years, I stumbled upon life coaching shows, which introduced me to models that helped me distinguish between thoughts and reality. The Life Coach School, in particular, taught me to step back and question whether what I was feeling was truly happening or just a thought.
• I began applying this mindset, especially in anxiety-inducing situations, like being on stage, and realized that reframing my thoughts, such as viewing anxiety as excitement, could significantly change how I felt.

• Yes, I would Google breath coaches and learn from them about breathing, Because I am not that person [who knows a lot about breathing methods]. I've stumbled across the Wim Hof Method and I've heard of the Navy SEAL thing when you need to calm yourself down.
• This is what I love about the internet. There's so much stuff that is accessible.

• Book: Flip The Script: Getting People To Think Your Idea is Their Idea by Oren Klaff
• Book: Front and Center Leadership by Brandon Birkmeyer 
• App: My phone alarm

Live a Legendary Life; Tommy Breedlove

Get More Sales & Leads Using SEO; Brandon Leibowitz

A Fresh Look At Mindful Marketing; Roy Furr

• Website: www.debtfreedad.com

• Darren Hardy (Author of The Compound Effect)

• Being mindful of my behavior with money has really helped me recognize and manage the emotions that drive me to spend. For example, I used to spend when I was bored or when I felt upset or angry, as a way to feel better.
• Now, I understand that these are just emotions, and by letting them pass, I no longer feel the need to spend as much.

• I don't have a good answer to this question about breathing. I should probably do some breathing exercises on a regular basis. 

• Book: The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy 
• App: Debt Free Dad App
• App: Allied Bank App
• App: Library App

Embrace Money Mindfulness; Spencer Sherman

Financial Playbook For Change; Colin Sanburg

Reboot Your Mind So Money Will Flow; Nana Jokura

• Website: www.WealthWisdomfp.com

• My wife

• I remember being in our coffee shop. I had a staff member that was never showing up for work. Their Grandma died, like a hundred times. Also the till would be off by about 50 bucks whenever she would be working.
• I was drinking half cups of coffee all day long and felt like this place was killing me. I felt like I needed to slow down. I went to the hospital and they said I had anxiety and high blood pressure.
• They said I needed to stop drinking coffee and slow down. I said I can't do that. That was an indicator to me that my body was saying, something's up.
• I got rid of that staff person and then my blood pressure went back to normal. It was being self-aware that helped me. I realized that I need to go exercise more and be out in nature more. That was a big turning point for me.

• My wife is always telling me to take a deep breath and to do the inhale-exhale thing. I do take walks every morning and try to get my 10,000 steps everyday. In a business sometimes I feel like we can go too fast and we just need to stop and breathe it in.

• Book: Becoming Your Own Banker by R. Nelson Nash
• Book: Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck
• App: You Need A Budget
• App: Library App

• Website: www.AWiseAndHappyLife.com

• Bob Martin first learned meditation in the mid-80s under a Taoist master. Initially, he found meditation challenging. However, with guidance, he developed a daily practice and eventually reaped the benefits.
• Consequently, Bob found meditation helpful in reconnecting with forgotten parts of himself, ultimately leading to transformation.
• Currently, Bob Martin practices breath awareness meditation, which involves bringing attention to the breath and watching the mind. This method is different from Transcendental Meditation.

• Bob emphasizes the dignity and potential of humanity and invites listeners to breathe.
• Teachers instruct students to focus on physical sensations, including breathing, to ground themselves in the present.

• Meditation not only cultivates mindfulness but also enhances neuron activation and spinal cord energy.
• Bob describes feeling like he is “waking up” when his mind wanders during meditation, thereby recognizing his lack of attention.
• Bob describes life as spending time on the ocean's surface, with gentle undulations, while also being present and learning to connect with oneself.
• Bob Martin discusses the importance of non-judgmental awareness in walking meditation. Furthermore, he uses the word “Gotha” to describe a short phrase timed with breath.
• Bob emphasizes the importance of recognizing the “I” that had the thought. Rather than identifying with the thought itself, this practice helps to gain clarity and organization in the mind.

• Website: https://awiseandhappylife.com/meditation Website: (Book) https://iamthewaybook.com/
• Book: I am the Way: Finding the Truth and the Life Through a Biblical Reimagining of the Tao by Robert Martin

Muse For Meditation; Ariel Garten

Women’s Meditation Network; Katie Krimitsos

Meditation and Mindfulness; Dean Graves

• Website: www.ChooseMuse.com (Use discount code ‘MindfulnessMode' for 15% off)

• Michael Apollo  (Michael is the Founder and President of Mindful Gateway Consulting and a leader in the field of mindfulness)

• Mindfulness helps me deal with my emotions very effectively. The first thing that comes to mind is a stubbornness that would come up in conflict with my husband.
• The stubbornness would come up in two parts. I would need to be right and he would need to be right. That would create attention and a stubbornness sensation.

• Some people may not be aware of the relationship between breathing and their HRV, which is heart rate variability.
• We know we want it to be high, but what does that mean? This phenomenon is called asinalsodal arrhythmia.
• As you breathe in, your heart rate increases, and as you breathe out, your heart rate decreases. This happens because as you breathe in, your heart rate is increasing and increasing, and the compensatory mechanisms in your body at that point say oh no, our heart rate is going up; we need to make sure that we're managing our blood pressure.
• We dilate our blood vessels to keep our blood pressure constant as our heart rate increases with the in-breath. Then, your vagus nerve kicks in to bring in your parasympathetic nervous system to try to calm your body down, and your heart rate decreases with your out-breath.

Manifesting Through Flowdreaming; Summer McStravick

Leading with Grace Under Pressure; John Baldoni

Mindfulness, Quantum Physics and Healing With Dr. Anastasia Chopelas

• LinkedIn: Femi Badejo
• Website: The Net Effect

• My Dad

Transform Your Life From The Inside Out; Jim Fortin

Empowering Minds, Achieving Success; Janet Elaine Schmidt

Bridging the Gap Between Spirituality and Science; D. Neil Elliott

• LinkedIn: Brett Martin
• Website: Kumospace.com

• My fiance

• Book: Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing and Nathaniel Philbrick
• App: New AI apps

An End To Upside Down Thinking; Mark Gober

Emotional Intelligence Insights; Harvey Deutschendorf

Dream and Visualize For Authenticity; Mary Rechkemmer-Meyer

• Website: marzvfx.com

• My Dad and Grandfather

• The emotions are primarily driven by the meanings and consequences that you apply to the event. A concrete example is when you drive by somebody who cuts you off, but then you pass their car, and you realize that there are three kids screaming in the back. Are you mad anymore, or do you feel bad for the guy? It's not the guy cutting you off that pissed you off, it's the Guy cutting you off plus the concept that he cut you off intentionally, and he did it to screw you over.
• That causes a feeling of anger. Whereas when you see a guy struggling on his own with three kids in the back, that's terrifying for anybody. Then you have a totally different emotion.
• Mindfulness creates that space between you and your thoughts. You can at least try to gauge whether the thoughts I'm applying to this are realistic. If I don't know, I should at least withhold an opinion.  

• I don't do as many of the techniques formally. I guess you do it by virtue of a cold plunge, in which case you have to breathe. We don't breathe deeply the way that we probably used to.
• If you practice the Wim Hof breathing techniques, you know about holding your breath. By round three, you're holding your breath for three minutes, and your cells are oxygenated. It certainly feels good and definitely makes you feel energized.

• Like most things in life, the feeling associated with an event is actually not the event itself. It's the meanings and consequences that you place on the event. So, all your thought processes and practicing meditation and mindfulness allow you to see or at least create a space between you and your thoughts.
• So many times the thoughts that you are applying to that situation are biased.
• Obviously, anything with bullying sucks, and it's awful. I think people probably make it worse on themselves because they feel as though it's the event that's causing the feeling.
• There is a thought in between, and practicing mindfulness allows you to see that thought and, maybe, not change it, but at least examine whether or not it's realistic.

• Book: n/a
• App: Calm

Raise Your Frequency With A Mindfulness Practice; JJ DiGeronimo

Activate The Execution Factor With Entrepreneur Kim Perell

Elite Strategies For Peak Performance; Anastasia Pavlatou

• Website: www.joinsesh.app
• LinkedIn: Pepe Del Rio

• My Father

• Mindfulness is helping me a lot. I tend to be quite reserved, finding it difficult to express my feelings even with those I love. It often feels like I have a protective barrier preventing me from showing my emotions to avoid getting hurt.
• However, mindfulness is encouraging me to push past this comfort zone. It’s important to connect with and share your feelings with those who care about you and whom you care about. This practice is helping me open up more and build deeper connections.

• I'm getting into breathing techniques. Our head of marketing, one of my employees, is very dedicated to these practices and has been encouraging me to focus more on my breathing.
• She believes my life is chaotic and insists I need to take 15 to 20 minutes a day to meditate and control my breathing. She says it will help regulate how I think, process things, and approach my day. I started a week ago, and so far, it’s going well.

• I'm the eldest of eight siblings, and I'm particularly close to one brother who is just a year younger than me. We went to school together, attended the same parties, and shared many friends.
• I remember a time when some bigger kids were bullying him. It was a tough situation because I had to decide whether to confront the cool kids or not, knowing they might start bullying me too.
• I chose to stand up to them, and fortunately, they understood me, and the bullying stopped. I've seen close friends go through traumatic experiences during those years, typically between ages 13 and 15, when kids can be especially mean.
• One of my best friends, who was bullied at school, is now one of the strongest people I know, both mentally and professionally. His resilience was forged through those tough times.

• Book: The Power of the Mind by James Haik
• App: Loop App

Music As Medicine; Ian Morris and Brittany Churchill

The Transformational Power of Music and Creativity; Vinnie Stergin

Music for Mindfulness; Dave Combs

• Website: TrueIISoul.com

• My Mom

• I recognize emotions as Messengers. The entire spectrum of emotions always serves us. One of our challenges, I feel, is that we hold on to them, and of course, they become dense, sit in our tissues, and create illness of one sort or another.
• So, mindfulness has allowed me to understand the role of emotions and that they're all quite sacred.  

• Breathwork is an incredible tool, and if that's all one has, it does incredible things for our bodies—not only emotionally but physiologically. If you hold the right nostril down and just breathe in and release through the mouth, the parasympathetic system is responsive to that.  
• It can help calm, bring things down, and lower anxiety. So whether we're outside or we're in a room, if we're able to use our breathing, it does wonders for us, from mindfulness, for the presence of mind and body

• I was a school liaison officer in Scarborough and worked with my partner. We had a ball. We handled all the elementary schools in 42 division, which was over 70 schools that we split between each other.
• We worked as a team in the high schools and elementary schools, and we were dedicated to creating human-to-human relationships. The kids would see us and call us by our first names and recognize that the stigma doesn't define the institution.

• Book: The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
• Book: Bodhi In The Brain: Yinnergy Meditation: A Technological Path to Enlightenment by Morgan O. Smith
• App: Awake

Use Meditation to Master Yourself; Ashley Williams

Meditation and Mindfulness; Dean Graves

Women’s Meditation Network; Katie Krimitsos

• LInkedIn: Morgan O. Smith

• Ram Dass

• I still experience my emotions and express them, but when I'm expressing them, I'm doing it from a witness standpoint, so I get to watch myself go through it, and when I'm going through it, it's not as bad as I thought it was.

• People can look into pranayama, the art of breathing, and Hinduism and yoga as traditions. My favorite breathing technique is two breaths of fire.
• They breathe in and out really quickly through the nostrils, which can put you into a certain state. One of my other favorites is alternate nostril breathing, which involves switching from nostril to nostril. This really bounces out the two hemispheres of the brain.

• We were inspired to create Kemor, which is myself and my partner, Keda Edwards Pierre. We got together and created this development app about these five-dimensional beings, which we call Mukshas. This name comes from the word moksha, which means liberation. They become meditation guides. We bring people into these realms, and they meditate using binaural beats. We are using AR and XR technologies. AI and brainwave entrainment will come along in the future.

• Book: Bodhi In The Brain: Yinnergy Meditation: A Technological Path to Enlightenment by Morgan O. Smith
• App: www.sens.ai

Use Meditation to Master Yourself; Ashley Williams

Meditation and Mindfulness; Dean Graves

Women’s Meditation Network; Katie Krimitsos