Here is your opportunity to take a fantastic shopping excursion-virtually. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Apple Podcasts Android RSS We have been working hard learning about different brain hormones. I invite you to relax and remove any mental barriers. This session is about awareness and reflective practice. In this practice, we will visit many virtual shops that guide us to refresh the understanding of our mindfulness skills. Our shopping goal is to find the greatest gift we can g...
Mar 08, 2022•24 min
We have been exploring brain hormones, during the past few podcasts. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Apple Podcasts Android RSS During this session, I would like to gift you with time to practice changing your environment. I am honored to guide you through this mindfulness practice of taking an opportunity to elevate your awareness to embrace a positive space that you have been caring around and have yet to explore. I invite you to allow yourself to be curious to examine the experien...
Mar 01, 2022•20 min
Brain hormones are part of our survivor defense. Usually, we do not pay any attention to how the hormones of our brain interact with our bodies. Instead, we tend to pay attention to the effects of body parts that problems occur. My goal is to bring awareness of how negativity stimulates specific brain hormones, promoting adverse physical effects and questionable judgment. I invite you to uncover what is actual reality. Our positive thoughts and activities stimulate the brain to produce brain hor...
Feb 22, 2022•20 min
This podcast will share education and information about what happens when the brain hormone oxytocin is released in our brain. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Apple Podcasts Android RSS Research supports that the effects of oxytocin do more than just the stimulation of labor in the birth process. Oxytocin is active when we participate in positive, affectionate, and bonding social behaviors. Be ready to join in a rhythmic activity to discover your awareness of how it makes you feel. T...
Feb 15, 2022•22 min
Thank you for coming back to the final podcast on A Mindful Look at Motivation and Learning. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Apple Podcasts Android RSS The last theory I will discuss includes many processes and supporting theories. It is called Transformational Leadership. This style adjusts to many variables to help their group achieve the ultimate vision. The leader uses a high-performing style of communication and goal setting. It drives inspiration and motivation as strategies to...
Feb 08, 2022•20 min
We are continuing in our series on looking at motivational theories from a mindfulness perspective. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Apple Podcasts Android RSS In this episode, I review Herzberg’s Motivators and Hygiene Factors. I pull apart the motivation and hygiene factors and illuminate ways to incorporate mindfulness focus factors. I suggest that hygiene factors intertwine with mindfulness elements to melt dissatisfaction. As a result, motivation factors will grow stronger. I pro...
Feb 01, 2022•23 min
In this podcast, we will look at a theory that sees others requiring a lot of guidance and prompting and has a perception that most people don’t like to work. However, this theory has another level where there is a deep level of trust, and mistakes are challenges for growth. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Apple Podcasts Android RSS Welcome to part 2 of “A Mindfulness Look At Motivation and Learning .” We will take a mindful look at Douglas McGregors’ Theory X and Theory Y. I invite ...
Jan 25, 2022•19 min
Welcome to a new Transition Awareness Breathing series on infusing mindfulness injections in motivation and learning platforms. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Apple Podcasts Android RSS In this episode, I invite you to be open to revisiting a motivational theory that many have learned in high school or college. We will look at Maslow’s hierarchy of needs with a “mindfulness flashlight.” Initially, I will talk about what Maslow’s theory contributes to how people are motivated from sa...
Jan 18, 2022•19 min
This episode explores becoming aware of a presence. Warning: You will immediately step into an imagery exercise. Be ready to participate in this interactive podcast on discovering freedom through your presence and awareness. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Apple Podcasts Android RSS This is something new and different. By the end of this practice, my goal is to help you find the changes you contribute to your everyday world through your awareness and presence. I hope you will be will...
Jan 11, 2022•17 min
How do you measure time? In this episode, I briefly review traditional meanings of what it means to measure time. Then, I ask you to be open to going a step further and offer pondering thoughts on mindfulness measurements of time. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Apple Podcasts Android RSS Mindfulness measurements are more than nostalgic reflection and dwelling on times gone by. To be clear, I will not be singing “Auld Lang Syne.” The 1788 Scottish poem by Robert Burns traditional poe...
Jan 04, 2022•17 min
Join me in a mindful discussion about what happens after a life-changing event. It seems that a life-changing event causes us to move from a state of ambivalence to a state of movement towards transition. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Apple Podcasts Android RSS The goal is to approach our discussion with acceptance and non-judgment. During life-changing events, we concentrate on areas of the body scan to release any guarding, pressure, or stress. When we practice mindfulness medita...
Dec 28, 2021•21 min
Join me as I do a mindfulness book review on a beautiful children’s picture book, “ The Very Impatient Caterpillar” by Ross Burach(a Scholastic book author). When life challenges us, there is an expected period of ambivalence and an expected period of questioning ourselves when faced with life-changing events. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Apple Podcasts Android RSS As a result, we may begin to use negative words such as “can’t or don’t. ” I think it’s important at that time that w...
Dec 21, 2021•19 min
We take unrelated topics and transition the subject into something different. Taking elements that we may perceive as chaos moves raw resources to bring forth compassion, humility, and sensitivity. It may seem like we are experiencing similar events in our lives. If each day is a new day, what is different? I suggest that the differences in our lives are platforms to springboard into uncharted waters. Sometimes the differences are overwhelming, and commonalities are not apparent. Experiencing un...
Dec 14, 2021•21 min
This session begins with a thought. I shared this thought with someone. The person had been displaying signs of physical discomfort. I cycled through the session for about 5 minutes. The results were amazing. The person achieved a relaxed rhythmic breathing pattern; all extremities were loose, facial muscles were smooth and calm. Some technical pointers to remember during this session: Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Apple Podcasts Android RSS As a disclaimer, please know that eve...
Dec 07, 2021•21 min
Are you working words a goal, and things are starting to get tough? Our awareness we are at a stepping stone pace of moving towards our goal. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Apple Podcasts Android RSS We know distracting thoughts and emotions will pull us away from our focus. Recognize that you have positivity inside of you that is glowing. I will guide you through a gratitude awareness meditation and reflect on our inner strengths and gifts during this episode. I encourage you to mo...
Nov 30, 2021•21 min
We are going to get rid of blockers that squish positive leadership growth. This bonus episode is critical. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Apple Podcasts Android RSS It is time to get rid of old-timey thinking. Learning is for everyone. Limited technology of the past reproduced constrained understanding and contributed to idioms metaphors that support fixed mindset thinking. It is time to take steps and be active by applying what we have learned. Learning is a kinetic activity. I in...
Nov 23, 2021•18 min
In the first three sessions, we explored changing our perspective and looking at ourselves as leaders. We accept responsibility for our actions and our words. We also accept that we are curious and find out how we say things and affect others. In this session, we will discuss how to view failures and difficulties as a leadership tool. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Apple Podcasts Android RSS Asking for help is a strength and sign of an influential leader who wants to positively impa...
Nov 16, 2021•18 min
Does it seem like when you talk to others, you are outside of the conversation? You’re in a conversation, but you’re outside of the conversation. What is going on? What is your response? We continue in the leaders our leadership symposium. My goal is to incorporate mindfulness skills and turn them into mindful internal leadership scans. I invite you to look at the way you communicate. Are you willing to ask yourself what you do that you feel necessary to get your message across? As a leader, one...
Nov 09, 2021•20 min
Transition Awareness Breathing is about more than mindfulness and relaxation breathing. It is about using our practice to grow in our healthy lifestyle. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Apple Podcasts Android RSS This episode is the second part of our self-leadership seminar. In this episode, we are going to address some of the most challenging circumstances in leadership. How do we face negativity as a leader? I think you’ll find this episode surprising and not like any other leaders...
Nov 02, 2021•19 min
Welcome to the first TAB Leadership Positive Mindset Seminar. I invite you to be open to the idea of seeing yourself as a leader. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Apple Podcasts Android RSS Our time together will be interactive. Leaders spend a lot of time learning how to influence others and build strategies to help develop and grow their organization. In this episode are going to take on the challenge of being responsible for our mindset. Our mindset influences our outlook and the d...
Oct 26, 2021•18 min
Is it time for Fall cleaning? When you finish your cleaning, how do you feel? Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Apple Podcasts Android RSS In this episode, we are going to model the process of Fall cleaning our overstuffed personal self-awareness. We visit the process of letting go and creating a sense of new beginnings. Join me as we reflect sensations of stuffing things into a special place where you usually put something aside. Through guided imagery and curiosity, I suggest you let...
Oct 18, 2021•20 min
This video TAB podcast is a guide to help navigate your way in using curiosity in your mindfulness practice. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Apple Podcasts Android RSS I will use what we learn about abundance to demonstrate how to use mindful curiosity as the bridge that will lead to an awareness of joy and thankfulness. We’ll also discuss how I use mindful curiosity to connect an inner strength to nurture talent gifts. Join me as we take a tour of a process that reveals the keys to ...
Oct 11, 2021•18 min
We are being curious and taking a multidimensional view of abundance. I wanted to try something different in our podcast today. We are continuing the discussion about abundance from a mindfulness perspective. I am realizing and this discussion is giving birth to more questions than answers. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Apple Podcasts Android RSS So I invite you to join me in discussing the topic of abundance in a non-tradition approach. Please reflect on your feelings of kindness ...
Sep 27, 2021•17 min
What comes to your mind when you hear the word “abundance“? Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Apple Podcasts Android RSS Whatever thought came to your mind, now think of its opposite. I invite you to reflect on what we have just created. We will use this scale during this podcast as we investigate how abundance is treating you. Are you up to the challenge? Approach this episode curiously. Set judgments or preconceived assumptions aside and recognize them as distractions from an open mi...
Sep 20, 2021•21 min
Many resources in the literary world discuss the art of forgiveness. Take the word “art” and reflect on what it means. According to http://courses.lumenlearning.com , art is a means of communicating feelings, thoughts, and observations. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Apple Podcasts Android RSS Art as a skill practice uses various media. So, if we tie the word “art” to the word “forgiveness, would you be open to the perspective that forgiveness is a verbal and nonverbal way to commun...
Sep 13, 2021•18 min
As we interact with technology, technology has become an intricate part of our lives.Technology has wiggled its way into becoming a member of our group.Technology is humanized. In my opinion, I see technology driving us away from building strong, meaningful relationships between human-human interactions. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Apple Podcasts Android RSS Developers, engineers, and programmers are humans that strategize the movement of technology into our lives so much so that...
Sep 06, 2021•20 min
Let’s explore the perception of pain. Perception has a lot to do with how a person responds to pain. A person sharing a painful experience is at a point in their life where they are hurt (physical, mental, or social). The body takes the information as pain interprets the code as pain triggers a pain response. So the body is sending a message to the brain. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Apple Podcasts Android RSS The experience of pain where the body feels threatened triggers the fli...
Aug 30, 2021•20 min
Today we continue practicing guided mindfulness meditation. Frequent mindfulness meditation practice causes a healthier lifestyle. The focus of this mindfulness meditation is to focus on our primary goals. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Apple Podcasts Android RSS We will use the Transition Awareness Breathing philosophy of using mindfulness, awareness, and relaxation breathing wherever we are. I will guide you in a step-by-step mid-day mindfulness break. Music: “Transition Two” Kevi...
Aug 23, 2021•16 min
Many families will begin a new school year faced with recent changes and excitement than from previous years. I invite you to consider starting your day with this awareness-body scan. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Apple Podcasts Android RSS Awakening with awareness is a gentle yet systematic style of waking your body up from slumber. Once your feet are on the floor, mindfully stand up and recognize the gift you have been given a new day with a grateful approach. Reflect on the peac...
Aug 16, 2021•18 min
Join me in a mindful meditation session. I invite you to focus on the sensation of calmness. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Apple Podcasts Android RSS Would you please position yourself in a comfortable position? As you travel through this meditation, be aware of physical pressures, temperatures, textures, and sounds. The focus of this mindful meditation is to reignite our calm flame. Concentrate on your breath. It is the breath that strengthens the fire of calmness. I invite you to...
Aug 09, 2021•16 min
