Mindfulness with Art: Recent Episodes
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Welcome to my Mindfulness podcast, where amazing things happen. Cover art photo provided by Annie Spratt on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@anniespratt
In this episode I talk about the inner nobility that all people, even those who do very harmful things, possess. In the end I give you some practices to help you see the inner nobility in others and to develop the mental habit of seeing it in everyone with whom you interact. Enjoy.
In this episode I talk about the importance of expanding our awareness, how to do it, and why it matters.
In this episode I go over an amazing practice that will help you avoid emotional triggers for a more pleasant experience in any aspect of your life.
In this episode I discuss the practice of active Listening and the enormous benefits that arise from this regular practice. And I also demonstrate how performing this practice will also help you develop mindfulness! And in the end, I give you this super easy formal and informal active Listening practice you can do today!
In this episode I go deep into the science of the brain and talk about how the mindfulness practices we do affects the actual structure of the brain.
In this episode I discuss the practice of visualization, or envisioning and how it works to allow you to shape your reality with your mind.
In this episode I talk about emotions and their duration inside our bodies. Science tells us that the actual emotive response lasts only 90 seconds. But most people can extend that for hours, days, weeks, and even months and years. Here I give you 2 simple ways you can control this process for your own benefit and the benefit of everyone in your life.
In this episode I talk about the wonderful power we can gain from an intentional pause and how it differs entirely from the debilitating stress response that happens when we non-consciously hesitate. I also review a practice of pausing to help you in any situation in your life. Enjoy!
In this episode I discuss how your brain functions when it is not in a balanced integration. And I give you tips on how to recognize when you are outside the flow of well being and exercises on how to regain the balance that gets you back into the flow.
In this episode I tell a true story that happened to me just yesterday that illustrates four different ways in which mindfulness works in real life.
In this episode I talk about a very powerful neural network called the Default Mode Network and how it can impose upon us a false sense of separate self that often leads to depression, anxiety, and addiction. Of course, I give you a couple of super easy exercises to render this state powerless and leave you with a sense of well being. Enjoy!
In this episode I talk about the value or presence and dwelling in the open awareness where anything is possible. And how that can prepare our mind for anything that presents itself to us.
In this meditation we go a step further in our quest of kind intention. This beautiful meditation will provide you with practice of kind intention and also help develop a sense of connection to the whole world around you.
In this episode I talk about the chronic condition of sweaty palms with which I used to suffer, how mindfulness has helped relive this condition, and most importantly, what mindfulness and the process of RAIN had allowed me to understand about my (formerly) sweaty palms.
Welcome to Meditation Monday!!!! Every Monday I am going to record a guided meditation here for you to follow along with and experience the amazing benefits of meditation practice. This week we did Just Like Me and Loving Kindness Meditation: a short practice aimed at developing empathy and introducing compassion to your mind. When practiced regularly, this meditation will develop a highly beneficial mental habit that will yield a sense or well being, higher emotional and social intelligence, better immune system function, proper blood pressure, and improved brain integration. I invite you to take a few minutes to try it!
In this episode I revisit the concept and subject of loving kindness and I explain the many physical and emotional benefits.
What if I told you that meditating for 10-20 minutes per day could increase your ability to summon the power of your concentration? Well that’s just what I do in this episode!
In this episode I follow up the higher purpose with a discussion of finding and embracing your inner nature. It includes an amazing fable: the story of the stone cutter.
In this episode I talk about the amazing and powerful benefit of being a part of something higher than yourself. Experts say that without this sense of higher purpose, we are destined for a life of mediocrity that lacks true happiness.
In this episode I talk about how the mind creates thoughts and how those thoughts tend to become stories that hijack our emotions. I give you 4 great practices to help understand this process and avoid said hijacking.
In this episode I explore the two types of attention that live within our awareness: open attention and focused attention. At the end I give you a great practice to develop each of these important and beneficial skills.
In this episode I talk about awareness and how it can become a lot like tunnel vision when we focus on that one thing that brings us worry or concern. In the end I give two really great practices on how to develop a broader level of awareness and prevent the mental hijacking that can occur when a given problem arises.
In this episode I discuss how, like Zen Master Thich Nhat Hahn says, when one person in a family practices mindfulness, the rest of the family becomes more mindful as well.
In this episode I talk about self love as the opposite of the self criticism and self judging that most of us grow up with and how these negative tendencies of our minds limit us and block us from our true potential. At the end I give a simple yet powerful exercise you can do to enhance your self love and unlock your true potential.
In this episode I discuss how a simple exercise of gratitude can change your brain and your life without adding any time or pressure to your already busy life.
In this episode I talk about yet another amazing benefit of western, science based mindfulness practices: as a primer for entry into a spiritual practice such as Buddhism. So if you’ve always wanted to practice Buddhism but feel intimidated for lack of time or any other reason, listen to this episode.
In this episode I discuss the hugely important subject of emotional intelligence, how it affects our lives and relationships, and how mindfulness practices work to enhance this quality within us to make us smarter and capable of becoming whatever we want to become.
In this episode I talk about mental models that are formed through our thoughts and memories. And I talk about how these thoughts, memories, and mental models are often one sided as a result of our judging and critical mind. Finally, I offer the solution: that simply practicing an attitude of non judging can change it all to our benefit.
In this episode I talk about how judging can affect our bodies in extreme ways beyond our mindfulness practices.
In this episode I talk about the exercise of your Brain in mindfulness practice and how realizing your mind has wandered is the exercise that builds strength in the part of your brain responsible for Empathy and Emotional Intelligence.
In this episode I discuss how you can be present with all your activities. I even walk you through a helpful list of common activities you can try.
In this episode I talk to you from my car outside my house because it’s late and my kids are asleep. And I just tell a bit more of my story about how I came to be called Angry Art.
In this episode I discuss the difference between listening to respond and listening to understand. I discuss the benefits of the latter and the drawbacks of the former and I give two exercises to help train yourself in the mental habit of actively listening in every conversation you have.
This episode is all about the Vagus Nerve. Not that Vegas. :) This Nerve is associated with a vast amount of health benefits and I review some of them here. I also give you a few ways to improve your health through increasing the Vagal Tone of this very important Nerve in your body.
In this episode I talk about a little known and seldom mentioned benefit of mindfulness practices: when you are truly present in the moment, you can be the very best version of yourself. Enjoy!
In this episode I discuss the fact that there is little in the way of physical indications that mindfulness is ‘working’ for you. The only way you can see the effects is in how you respond differently to situations in which you would have been triggered before you took up the practice. Enjoy.
In this episode, I talk about the three negative mental states from which all negative emotions arise and about how mindfulness practices help us develop mental habits to avoid the negative mental states.
In today’s episode I discuss another wonderful and helpful acronym for a practice you can use in any interaction in which you may be triggered or overcome with emotions. This tool helps you to avoid an action you will regret in such a circumstance. Enjoy. :)
In this episode I talk about a popular acronym in mindfulness called RAIN and how you can use it in any difficult or challenging situation to avoid lasting harm caused by an emotional hijacking.
In this episode, I take a step back and review the definitions of mindfulness and what they practically mean in our lives. I also talk a good deal about Emotional Intelligence which is a happy byproduct of the presence we cultivate when we practice mindfulness.
In this episode I discuss why practice is so important to combine with the ‘learning’ of mindfulness. I also describe my 6 month program that transforms peoples’ lives. Enjoy!
In this episode I discuss how I first learned about mindfulness and how it changed my life. But also how I deteriorated back to the old ways because the knowledge wasn’t enough. I needed to practice this knowledge for it to really work.
In this episode I talk about all the false beliefs I held about meditation and mindfulness. I talk about how these beliefs held me back and how I destroyed each one of them with the realization of how these practices work.
In this episode, I talk about the benefits of focusing on the positive things in your own life and on the well beings of others. I share two very simple practices that require no special training or anything and that you can start doing right away. Enjoy!
In this episode, I explore implicit memories and beliefs that prevented me from ever examining the things that caused me stress and anxiety, even though I always felt like something was wrong.
In this episode, I go a bit deeper on the subject from yesterday concerning the sympathetic nervous system and how even thinking of an experience that triggered us can act as a further trigger thanks to this over achieving security guard in our brains called the Amygdala.
In this episode I talk about the sympathetic nervous system and the dangers it holds for our physical and mental health and how just 10 minutes of meditation every day can save your life.
In this episode I talk about the emotional roller coaster I was stuck on before I discovered mindfulness practices.
In this episode I discuss the one thing that makes most people think they can’t meditate: they don’t have the time.
In this episode I talk about the dangers of living for some future events that will bring us happiness and the benefit of non judging, moment to moment awareness in the present.
This is the very first episode I have recorded and I'm almost as nervous as I am excited about it!
In this episode, I simply tell my story. I want everyone to know how far I've come in my journey into Mindful living and how it has saved my life in a very real and tangible way. My hope in telling this story is that anyone who listens to this might gain the courage and confidence that they too can make the same change I did, no matter how old or set in their ways they think they are.
I will post a new episode almost daily and talk about the many wonderful benefits of living in Mindfulness.