In this episode, I discuss how fear can steal freedom and lives. Fear is a natural survival response to the environment when the senses feel threatened. When a fear response takes lives, it is a destructive resource. I thought sharing the podcast I did a few years ago called “Fear Survivor” would be a good idea. Join me in this rebroadcast and focus on how fear controls freedom. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Apple Podcasts Android RSS We look at fear from an outside point of view—t...
May 09, 2023•23 min
During this episode, the goal is to mentally step back and see how what we are going through is a transition. Change is constant, whether we are aware of it or not. When we go through changes or transitions, those changes take work. The transition can represent the process of growth. Understanding the transition process gives our brain information on what to be aware of in how our body responds to a change. We can focus on our emotions and thinking as we adapt to the change. The process may be u...
May 02, 2023•21 min
Humor can be a natural reaction in dealing with uncomfortable situations. Join me as I guide our discussion on how to use humor to move through embarrassing situations. Humor can be helpful in lightening events of stressful situations. The first step is to be aware of your reaction to embarrassment. Be very cautious when using humor. Focus on one’s self when using humor. In some situations, humor may be helpful, but using humor from another person’s perspective may not. Not all conditions are ap...
Apr 25, 2023•21 min
I will be your guide in this practice activity. Did you know that we perform mindfulness practices with focus during everyday activities? Join me in a brief mindful eating review. I highlight how we naturally block out distracting thoughts in our daily lives. Also, I share a method I recently learned from Gina Biegel, MA LMFT, owner and consultant of the “Stress Teens Program.” This practice is called “Railroad Activity.” Before you begin the practice, I invite you to get into a comfortable posi...
Apr 18, 2023•19 min
As seasons change, colors and temperatures shift into new dimensions that prompt us to adjust to different types of clothing to be comfortable. Please take a moment and notice the changes around you now. During this practice, I will review the mindfulness qualities discussed in the previous TAB podcast. As I guide you through the review, I’d like you to focus on mindful qualities of particular interest. What changes are you open to adjusting to improve your mindful qualities? Subscribe with your...
Apr 11, 2023•37 min
During my travels to Israel, an insightful 14-year-old teenager shared how to bring experiences of joy and happiness that our Land and Spirit tour group experienced in Israel and at the Western Wall. I got permission from Rabbi Levi and Naomi Bledsofsky to share their daughter’s, Rifka, suggestion. As Rifka shared her suggestion among a large group of Jewish women, I realized that her suggestion was an analogy that captured Mindfulness Qualities as compiled by Gina M. Biegel, MA, LMFT (Creator a...
Apr 04, 2023•25 min
Join me on a Mindful walk through the ancient streets of Israel. I invite you to put on comfortable walking shoes. Then, open your imagination as I guide you through practice with the sounds of Israel. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Apple Podcasts Android RSS I am happy to share this gift with you when I was in Israel. The most valuable mindfulness technique I used was mindful walking—Our tour group walked on different archaeological discoveries. We took in the sights of ancient wor...
Mar 28, 2023•19 min
How do we chisel away the excess “marble” that gets in the way of authenticity? From the perspective of Michelangelo(the Renaissance artist), looking at the extra slabs can be seen as visionary. By locking ourselves in negative habits or lifestyles, we could unintentionally be contained within a self-limitation world. This podcast will explore ways to chip away slabs of behaviors that hide our authenticity. First, take a mindful moment and do an awareness check. Then, prepare to explore how to g...
Mar 21, 2023•18 min
When you look in a mirror, who do you see? Of course, you see your reflection beyond the reflection. Who else do you see? Sometimes our everyday business and roles in life get in the way of our authenticity. “Goldman and Kernis (2002) defined authenticity as “the unimpeded operation of one’s core or true self in one’s daily enterprise” (p.18).” Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Apple Podcasts Android RSS Join me in this podcast, and discover a renewed appreciation for mindfulness using...
Mar 14, 2023•18 min
Spring is coming. It is just around the corner. If you are curious and ready for a mindfulness adventure, join me on a photography, mindfulness photography shoot. My resources and motivation for our episode today come from positivepsychology.com . Mindfulness is more than concentrating on the breath. Breath is an essential element of mindfulness in transition awareness breathing. My goal is to guide you through incorporating and sustaining your mindfulness practice in your everyday life and soul...
Mar 07, 2023•18 min
The emphasis and benefits of mindful eating are to decrease; emotional eating, eating out of stress, eating out of depression, and eating out of excitement. Mindful eating also helps us slow down and reduce the food we take. Because we are taking our time, we appreciate each bite. As a result of mindful eating, we decrease the chances of overeating. We feel full without overindulging. With mindful eating, we reduce the effects of overheating, such as high blood pressure, diabetes, difficulties w...
Feb 28, 2023•23 min
Join me in this podcast. Allow me to guide you in a mindful practice to recognize within yourself calmness and how to use that calmness as an anchor when unexpected events occur. Think of an emergency or an unexpected occurrence. You may have taken classes or training to learn how to handle surges of unforeseen circumstances or emergencies. And you may have had to repeat the activity yearly so that your skills are sharp and you respond quickly and appropriately to the sudden change of events. Th...
Feb 14, 2023•21 min
During our session, I will ask you to participate in a creative imagery activity to set the stage for the podcast. Join me as I talk about something constant. No matter where you live or how old you are, one consistent thing is change. This is an ancient saying from a Greek philosopher, and yet the saying has been included in many classes and lectures everywhere. What is your strategy for managing change? How do you perceive change? For some, rejection and loss are devastating. And it isn’t easy...
Feb 07, 2023•22 min
Join me as I demonstrate a mindfulness practice that I participate in, which helps release tension from a busy day. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Apple Podcasts Android RSS At the end of this practice, the goal is that you will notice a decrease in any tension or distractions from your busy day. I am honored and happy to share this mindfulness practice with you as a gift to help you unwind from your busy day. Enjoy your practice. Feel welcome to share this practice with family ...
Jan 31, 2023•17 min
Positive journaling is not the traditional style of journaling. This activity may bring some uneasiness. It’s challenging to do something you’re uncomfortable with, so journaling may not express your true inner feelings. I encourage you to listen to the podcast first. And then stop it, listen to the podcast, and participate in the activity. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Apple Podcasts Android RSS During this podcast, we will use baby steps to map out steps to nurture and help posit...
Jan 24, 2023•21 min
This podcast is an interactive mindfulness activity. Join me as I guide you through a unique way to discover your strengths during challenging situations. I invite you to listen to the podcast first and then replay the podcast and enjoy participating in the activities. The focus of this podcast is you. I’m going to talk about journaling positively. I’m happy to share resources with you in a unique way on how to capture and identify strengths during challenges from psychology.com . The author cre...
Jan 17, 2023•23 min
Allow me to reminisce; we rarely visit storehouses of information. We have progressed in how we use data in this modern era. Join me as I share how modern mindfulness can be used as we transition to a new age. I’d like to invite you to recognize feelings, points of view, and dimensions of depth without judgment. Basing conclusions on personal values, experiences, and social group acceptance promotes stagnation and misinterpretation of information. We are still in the Modern era. Within the Moder...
Jan 10, 2023•21 min
During this episode, I will guide you through a practice to help you take your first step of moving from intention to action. I will first guide you through a pre-mindfulness activity to help you identify clear thoughts of your ideas for progress toward your action. Next, we will boldly identify barriers, distractors, and fears: at the same time, we explore strengths, hidden confidence, and motivation to reveal realistic steps toward your new reality. Please have handwriting equipment. I will ...
Jan 03, 2023•23 min
Earth is a place to do. Heaven is a place to be. Your personality reflects your reality. Join me with my guest Mr. Howe Nestel on the final episode of “How to move from intention to action.” Howie shared a concept he learned from Dr. Wayne Dyer. Dr. Wayne Dyer was an internationally renowned author and speaker in the field of self-development. Dr. Dyer left us with a reflection that whatever is inside us comes out when stress happens. Our outer perspective (external behavior) may be reactive and...
Dec 27, 2022•25 min
Breaking procrastination into chunks of fun, action, and opportunities In this episode, Howie Nestel continues sharing treasures of information on moving from intentions to actions. In the first episode, Mr. Nestel explains how forward progress may be a key motivator toward moving out of a rut from good intentions. In this second episode, Howie explains how stacking opportunities and taking extreme responsibility breaks the tangles of procrastination—taking the small step of being aware of perce...
Dec 20, 2022•25 min
“Giving a Hand Up” Marketing is Howie’s professional passion, but he has also launched and owned over 20 small businesses. These enterprises provided various services, including meal prep, video production, automobile brokering, and sales. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Apple Podcasts Android RSS Howie is a proud husband and father of 3 children. He is fluent in English and Spanish. He graduated from the University of Texas Business School in Austin and has lived and worked in C...
Dec 13, 2022•23 min
In this session, we will continue to build our “Mindfulness Action Plan.”(MAP). The next step in the MAP is committed action and doing. I will guide you in the step-by-step process of making a committed action so gently to minimize fear and hesitation to take the next step in our MAP. Join me as I discuss the differences between “psychologically flexible” and “psychologically inflexible.” I will discuss how those two mindsets can process exist and the skills needed to make mindful, meaningful ...
Dec 06, 2022•21 min
We continue developing our mindfulness action plan developed by Donald J. Moran and Siri Ming. Each person listening to this podcast has a sphere of influence. We should increase our happiness score in our lives and the lives of the people we are around by learning how to improve and raise our happiness score. Subscribe with your favorite podcast player Apple Podcasts Android RSS The mindfulness action plan uses the following sentence: “I am here now, accepting the way I feel and noticing my tho...
Nov 29, 2022•26 min
During this episode, I share how to reconstruct our responses to stressors, dangers, and anxieties. Our reactions to the environment are programmed in our brains as flight, fight, or fear. The reaction to stressors is for our survival and safety; however, our response to stressors and anxieties should change because times have changed. I invite you to join me in learning how to use the mindful skill of acceptance as a primary response to environmental triggers of stress. To make this episode mor...
Nov 22, 2022•20 min
This mindfulness practice will teach us to aim and direct our thoughts and actions into the present. The beauty of any language is the gift of linking our past thoughts and experiences to build connections into the future to connect growth to future generations. This process is essential for the growth and advancement of culture. On the other hand, the business of multitasking has a tendency to move us away from valuing the present. So join me as I guide you to mindfully touch down into the “now...
Nov 15, 2022•21 min
Join me in developing a mindful action plan that will help us learn the core of who we are and accept with compassion a renewed quality of life. This information will probably take two more sessions. My goal is to share how to develop a mindful action plan to allow us to practice and digest the information we cover. Get a journal and write down your thoughts and feelings as we discuss our first exercise of making a mindfulness action plan. “The Mindfulness Action Plan: Using the MAP to Apply Acc...
Nov 08, 2022•25 min
According to the World Health Organization, quality of life indicators (QOL) are according to one’s perception of an individual’s culture, values system, goals, expectations, wealth, environment, leisure, social well-being, religious beliefs, safety, security, and freedom. We can use the QOL indicators as a structure to develop an action plan to improve our quality of life within our sphere of influence. Start with a self-assessment of evaluation to find areas to improve. A typical assessment to...
Nov 01, 2022•24 min
In this episode, we continue our mission to change the United States World Happiness score within our area of influence. Before I share how Finland used negative data to change its mental health system, I wanted to share a gift of mindful practice with you before we start researching our action plan. During our time together, I share how negativity is a part of our primary survival skills. We can choose how to use negativity and be aware of not allowing negativity to sabotage our success. Resear...
Oct 25, 2022•22 min
We can use clinical thinking to help understand and retrieve valuable lessons from the World Happiness Report. For example, the World Happiness Score revealed that Finland has the highest happiness score compared to 146 other countries worldwide. However, Finland realized that people are hesitant to share symptoms of depression or mental health. In the ’80s, Finland had the highest suicide rate in the EU. During the ’90s, a “nationwide suicide prevention campaign” helped decrease suicide rates a...
Oct 18, 2022•25 min
Find out what the United States is doing right. The United States moved up three points on the World Happiness Report to the 16th happiness country in the world. Americans can be satisfied with being in the top twenty. However, there is room to grow. How can the United States advance to the top 10 of the World Happiness Report? Does our society gauge success on wealth and power? The road to happiness is not measured in currency or strength of influence. Join me as we uncover and explore how to l...
Oct 11, 2022•23 min
