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The Mindfulness Podcast

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Podcast by with Lele and Pat

Episodes

#54 Mindfulness is easier

Today we talk to Malini Parswanathiah, IBMer, MBCE Supervisor and mindfulness student from India that started her mindfulness journey with a silent retreat and then day after day discovered new way to practice realising the beauty and ease of mindfulness and its powers in our daily lives. Enjoy our conversation and also the final breathing practice. Thanks for listening.

Jun 23, 202229 min

#53 More time for your choices

Today we talk to Manjari Shukla MBCE supervisor at IBM we talk about the Mindfulness Based Connect Experience, her journey into mindfulness and how she started. And we finish our chat with a nice befriending practice. Enjoy!

Jun 15, 202229 min

#50 Mindful Art will change your visits at the museum

Today we talk to Marjan Abadiec Creator of Mindful Art Experience method, Senior Mindfulness Trainer and CEO of the Institut Mindfulness in Belgium. With Marjan we talk about mindfulness, equanimity, emotions and art and how watching and feeling art mindfully can change drastically our approach towards it. Enjoy! 1) institut-Mindfulness.be with Mindfulness and Mindful Leadership programs (http://institut-mindfulness.be/) 2) Mindful-art.eu with Mindful Art programs (http://mindful-art.eu/)

May 31, 202240 min

#52 Too vulnerable

Today we talk to Jo Austin and Mohua Sengupta working in Kyndryl and supportive of the mindfulness practice across the organisation. We talk about the role of mindfulness, its benefits and we have a conversation about if mindfulness is mostly for women, men or everyone, vulnerability and what mindfulness requires. Thanks for listening

May 30, 202231 min

#51 How to have an open mindset

Today in the podcast we talk to Dr.David Gruen (Watson Health Chief Medical Officer) and last guest of the Open Conversations: Authentic Leadership series hosted in the Mindfulness@IBM community. With Dr. Gruen we talk about how to have conversations, how to have an open mindset, how to play a finite and infinite game and what's the role of mindfulness in leadership and servant leadership. Thanks for listening.

May 23, 202235 min

#49 Discover the Beautyness of Mindfulness

Today we talk to Patrick Billens (Client Experience Manager at IBM) and part of the Mindfulness@IBM community as supervisor. With Patrick we explore the positive aspects of mindfulness for sellers in any corporation. What benefits mindfulness brings to sellers? Why is mindfulness so crucial aspect for good and better selling? What is equanimity and how it's important in the selling process? At the end of the podcast Patrick is leading us in a beautiful practice that he learned from one of his te...

Apr 11, 202229 min

#48 Effortless Awareness

Today it's with Lele and Pat with some news and an effortless mindfulness practice for everyone. Enjoy and thanks for listening.

Mar 28, 202218 min

#47 Mindfulness for a better design

Today we talk to Drishti Vidyarthi a fresh IBMer expert in UX Design for Data & AI that has a good story to tell about mindfulness and the importance of mindfulness for life and also for design. If you wanna be a great designer, creative and attentive to the process and to the users you've more chances to get there if you practice mindfulness. Enjoy our conversation and also the final practice of alternate breathing lead by Drishti. Thanks for listening. More about Drishti https://www.drisht...

Mar 21, 202227 min

#46 Being mindful with the help of nature

Today we talk to Brett Wilson (host of the Mountain Zen Den and tour guide in the Rocky Mountain National Park). Brett talked us into his journey into mindfulness that came from Nature. We talk about how nature and mindfulness are entangled, how we can slow down, what is nature and how to practice mindfulness with and in it. We talk about the benefits of nature and how you can manager to be with it even from the depths of a big city. Enjoy also a beautiful journey into the mountains in the final...

Mar 18, 202242 min

#45 Where you spend your attention is where you spend your life

Today we talk to Elena Vysotskaya that works to Empower Leaders to make the Difference via Mindful leadership and Self-Discovery. We start talking to Elena about her initial experience with mindfulness, how is mindfulness helping leaders to focus and increase productivity, how the mindfulness practices work when we do it, how mindfulness sells itself. Elena is also leading us in a wonderful practice at the end. Enjoy and thanks for sharing and listening. More information about Elena: Website: ht...

Feb 21, 202235 min

#44 With mindfulness you act and not re-act

Today in the Mindfulness podcast we talk to Katia Picada, mindfulness student and practitioner @Kyndryl. We talk about her experience with mindfulness and what it means acting VS re-acting. Thanks for listening and practicing with us.

Feb 14, 202234 min

#43 The power of mindful and open conversations

Today we host in our podcast J “Daniel” Gawrys, member of the Mindfulness@IBM Community. On the wave of the coming series of events (internal to IBM) "Open Conversations: Authentic Leadership Series" Daniel as host of the series is explaining us the reasons why he's launching the initiative and is talking about conversations and why mindfulness is an important skill into open conversations. J “Daniel” Gawrys is a heart-centered business strategist who advocates authentic leadership practice as t...

Feb 02, 202222 min

#42 What's your intention in 2022?

Today we talk to Jade Sonkin, People Development, Learning, and Wellness Innovation working for L'Oreal. With Jade we kick off the year again bringing our podcast to everyone in our communities. Listen to Jade and the importance of Intention VS Resolutions for the new year and wait for a final mindful practice to set those intentions. Enjoy and thank for listening. More about Jade here https://jadesonkin.com

Jan 24, 202238 min

#41 Mindfulness and Self Compassion

Today we talk to Steve Hickman, Executive Director of the non-profit Center for Mindful Self-Compassion. We talk about mindfulness and self compassion, what are the benefits of self-compassion, why it's so transformative for humans, how to practice it and what is the effect of affirmation practices. For more about Steve visit this page https://www.drstevenhickman.com/about About the Center for Mindful Self-compassion https://centerformsc.org

Dec 14, 202134 min

#40 About Mindfulness and picking your nose

Today in our podcast we talk about Pat, Patrick Kozakiewicz, our host in the podcast that has never had the chance to bring his own story about mindfulness to our listeners and also what is mindfulness now for him. We talk about mindfulness for the future or a corporation, about the good and also possible derailment factors of mindfulness, we talk about what mindfulness is not and we finish with a great practice lead by Pat. Thanks for listening.

Dec 06, 202128 min

#39 Mindfulness is not just sitting and meditating

Today we talk to Cole Harbur (Executive Officer at IOM the Institute for Organizational Mindfulness) about his mindfulness journey and when it started, about the goal of IOM and about what is mindfulness for companies and organisations. We talk about how to bring mindfulness to leadership and what's the science behind it. Thanks for listening More about IOM the Institute for Organizational Mindfulness go here https://www.iomindfulness.org And if you want to join IOM as a free member, you can go ...

Nov 24, 202135 min

#38 Mindfulness sells itself

Today we talk to Mark Higbie and Michelle Miller both from Ford Motor Company respectively as Senior Advisor and Well Being Consultant. We cover together many topics around mindfulness and mindfulness at Ford and in particular their journey into mindfulness and what is mindfulness for them today. Mindfulness at the workplace and its impact and what would happen if everyone in a corporation would practice mindfulness everyday. We talk a bit about the mindfulness community at Ford Motor Company an...

Nov 08, 202129 min

#37 Attention makes everything special

Today we talk to Kinga Parrot and her journey into mindfulness. We talk about how mindfulness changed her life and approach to difficulties. How the practice was so beneficial to her and her family that she chose to share it with her peers and colleagues and how she did that at IBM. Closing the conversation with a multi focused mindfulness practice lead by Kinga. Thanks for listening

Nov 03, 202123 min

#36 After the Summit

Today we talk to Marta Haynes and Sabine Nagl, both IBMers, part of the Mindfulness@IBM Community and organizers of the Summit 2021. Together we talk about how we experienced the Summit, what were the most curious sessions and what represented the event for us. We end the podcast with an affirmation practice lead by Marta. Thanks for listening

Oct 27, 202126 min

#35 Each moment is perfect

Today we talk to Sabine Nagl, member and student of the Mindfulness@IBM community and practice leader. Sabine helped to organise the Mindfulness@IBM Summit this year and she's taking us into her journey into mindfulness, from discovering it's benefits to leading daily practices and yoga with other colleagues. Enjoy also the eye relaxation practice at the end and thanks for listening.

Oct 17, 202129 min

#34 A mindful tour in the Rocky Mountain National Park

Today we talk to Ron Francis, Mindfulness@IBM Student, Security Leader for the Storage Infrastructure in the CIO Hybrid Cloud Platforms and also guide in the Green Jeep Tours on the Rocky Mountain National Park. Ron tells us about his journey into the Park, the feelings connected with walking that area, the feelings of the people he guided around and what has Mindfulness to do with all of this. Just fascinating. Enjoy the mindful minute shared by Ron with us. Thanks for listening.

Oct 11, 202126 min

#33 Seeking the calm within my mind

Today we talk to Liza Cooper, mindfulness student and data analyst part of our Mindfulness@IBM Community. Liza took us through her journey into mindfulness from yoga, that initially helped her to acquire a peace of mind, to using daily guided meditations to sleep better, to start using mobile apps regularly until the moment when she started talking and sharing it with her colleagues at the office. Thanks for listening, enjoy the interview.

Oct 05, 202139 min

#32 Be kind, let's make each other better

Today we talk to Cole Baker-Bagwell, Chief Experience Architect @Red Hat, certified yoga teacher and host of the Kindness Think Tank Podcast, you can lear more about Cole here https://coolaudrey.com/podcast/ Cole has a fascinating story and is a great example of the power of kindness in our world and in our business world. We talk about many things in this episode, about yoga and mindfulness, about life and kindness, about transformation and allowing the mind to understand our reality. Cole is a...

Sep 27, 202141 min

#31 Where does kindness start?

Today we talk to Ionela Toma, Mindfulness@IBM Student, communication professional and morning runner. Ionela takes us through her journey into her personal mindful experience from changing her diet, feeling about others in a different and kinder way and starting a different morning routine. Enjoy our conversation, thanks for listening.

Sep 20, 202130 min

#30 About dishwashing and newsletters

Today we talk to Debamitra Chakravorty, IBMer and master editor of the renovated Mindfulness@IBM Newsletter. We talk in the episode about the newsletter, about dishwashing and how it can become a mindful practice, about giving 100% of our presence, about racing and living with more kindness, about equanimity, acceptance, about enjoying the moment, about feelings, about love and mindful eating. Hope you enjoy the podcast, thanks for listening.

Sep 13, 202126 min

#29 Mindful visualization

Today we talk to J Daniel Gawrys, M.S, Client Success Manager for Watson Health and Mindfulness Student in our community. Daniel is taking us through his mindful journey from his daily routine and what are its effects to a lovely hummingbird visualization practice. Enjoy and thanks for listening. Links: For the description "Guided Imagery Practice". Here's an overview from Cleveland Clinic about this type of practice. https://my.clevelandclinic.org/departments/wellness/integrative/treatments-ser...

Sep 08, 202131 min

#28 Mindfulness is my touching tree

Today we talk to Katie Gold, Mindfulness@IBM Student, Managing Consultant and Design Thinker. Katie is taking us through her Mindfulness journey from meeting the Dalai Lama during her studies to joining IBM and bringing it to her environment of friends and colleagues. We talk about mindfulness and meditation and its differences, about some of the goods of mindfulness, about mindfulness and its benefits in social media and about a transformative “I love you” practice to do each day in front of th...

Aug 30, 202139 min

#27 The power of hope

Today we talk to Yasir Syeed, Sales Specialist@ Red Hat and Mindfulness Student. Yasir is also a certified trainer of the SIYLI Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute. We talk about hope, the power of hope, hope and mindfulness, future and present and where hope can be event a more powerful practice than mindfulness. Thanks for listening.

Aug 23, 202134 min

#26 Real time stats of your moments

Today we talk to Jaylen Jones, Software Tester at IBM, former P-TECH student and a key member of the Mindfulness@IBM community as he takes us through his experience with mindfulness, emotions and living. About the power to bring each of his moments to life. Thanks for listening. Thanks for being 🙏

Aug 17, 202122 min

#25 With mindfulness I have a lot of peace I didn't think I had before

Today we talk to Somersby Lock, a mindfulness practitioner and student. She is writing her dissertation on the topic of mindfulness in the workplace and shares with us her powerful journey into mindfulness. From great loss, to a mindfulness centre to much much more. Thanks for listening.

Aug 10, 202125 min
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