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Experience Pure Awareness: Transforming Your Life with Swami Nityananda May 02, 2023

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Have you had one of those moments where you just feel connected? Do you wish you can conjure up that feeling whenever you want? Today, our guest Swami Nitayanda helps us connect to that moment at any time! What you will learn in this episode:
Uncover the immense transformative potential of actively staying present and practicing mindfulness.

Discover unique ways to cultivate happiness and positive energy using the tool of mindfulness.
Learn the practical ways of incorporating mindfulness in daily tasks and relationships for a holistic impactful change.
Explore how visualization and dance can be potent agents in infusing joy into everyday life.
Recognize the amplified peace and happiness attainable through joining a meditation community.

The key moments in this episode are:

00:00:00 - Introduction,

00:00:50 - The Power of Meditation,

00:03:48 - The Sweetness of Early Mornings,

00:07:25 - Becoming a Swami,

00:09:10 - Spreading Joy to Others,

00:16:06 - Mindfulness and the Fullness of the Now,

00:17:37 - Mindfulness in Relationships and Self-Reflection,

00:20:01 - Mindfulness for Healing and Wholeness,

00:21:41 - Practical Tips for Joy,

00:23:02 - Meditating in Community and Additional Resources,

About our Guest Swami Nityananda has dedicated her life and career to helping humans live in joy and freedom. She has spoken to audiences in ten countries and been a featured speaker on NPR and Radio Ireland among other platforms and podcasts. Her work has been supported by Fulbright grants, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and has received other national and international awards. She was consecrated as a Swami by Swami Shankarananda in 2014. She is the spiritual teacher and spiritual leader at Awake Yoga Meditation, a meditation community located physically in Baltimore that reaches listeners in many geographical areas. Her meditations help audiences feel calm and exuberant, and live their fullest lives, strengthening self-awareness, relationships, abundance, and well-being on every level. She teaches nondual awareness and the yogic tradition in ways accessible to contemporary audiences. A reader described her book, _Awake: The Yoga of Pure Awareness_ (2022) as "This is one of those rare books that is absolutely life-changing if you follow the principles within it." As Juniper Ellis, she is Professor of English at Loyola University Maryland. She earned her PhD at Vanderbilt University. She has published a book, Tattooing the World, with Columbia University Press. Her teachings focus on liberation and hope. Resources ◼️ Happy Brain Mental Wellness Tips and Resources. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KphlemPoBptbx4WZQSSIkQJ8DAyo9SyG2PszN-b1Ugk/ Connect with Our Guest

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Transforming Your Mind with Kundalini Yoga featuring Amrit Singh Apr 25, 2023

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Welcome to the show! Today, we have a special guest with us, Amrit Singh, joining us all the way from Mexico, but with roots from Germany and India. We are excited to talk with Amrit (follow him on TikTok at https://www.tiktok.com/@amritsinghreinsch⁠) about making our brains happier and exploring the world of Kundalini yoga. Here is what you will learn: How Kundalini yoga can take you on a fast-track journey to spiritual connection and deep meditation. The effects of the breath of fire and how it can quickly elevate your mood How to incorporate Kundalini Yoga into your daily practice for a happier and healthier mind About our Guest Amrit Singh has been studying Kundalini Yoga for over 30 years which gives him the ability to deeply understand and connect with his clients. In 1999 Amrit Singh decided to move to India to deepen his exploration of yoga and meditation. After 20 years in India, he recently moved to Valle de Bravo in Mexico. During all these years his true passion has always been in helping people through 1-1 coaching, with a special focus on supporting people to create the freedom they need while doing what they love. Resources ◼️ Happy Brain Mental Wellness Tips and Resources Connect with Our Guest ◼️ Website: https://coachingnow.info/ ◼️ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmritSinghReinsch ◼️TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@amritsinghreinsch ◼️Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amrit_singh_reinsch Connect with us!---- ◼️Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/seanstevebloch ◼️Show Instagram:http://www.instagram.com/happybrainfm ---- Subscribe to the Happy Brain Podcast ◼️ITUNES 🎙️ (link) ◼️Spotify 🎙️ (link)

Soulful Travel: The Ultimate Self-Care Practice Apr 18, 2023

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SURVEY ⁠- Help us make Happy Brain better and be entered to win a $25 Amazon gift card drawing. Do you care about self-care and love to travel? This episode is for you!

The episode is about self-care and travel, and how travel helps you tap into your spirit. Dr. Daphne Scott is a clinical psychologist who shares her experience and perspective on self-care and travel.

◼️Part 1: Self-Care 101

Dr. Daphne shares her perspective on what self-care means to her. She believes that self-care goes beyond just taking care of your body and mind; it also includes taking care of your spirit, emotions, and soul. She talks about her soul spa and how it helps people nurture themselves at a deeper level to live a fulfilling life.

◼️Part 2: How Travel Helps You Tap Into Your Spirit

Dr. Daphne shares how travel helps her to be present in the moment, like meditation. She talks about how every second of travel forces her to be aware of her surroundings, and it makes her brain focus on new experiences. She believes that traveling is healthy for the brain as it improves neuroplasticity by trying new things, such as new foods, locations, languages, cultures, and scenery.

◼️Part 3: Presenting Yourself Differently While Traveling

Dr. Daphne talks about how traveling gives people a chance to present themselves differently. Nobody knows you, so you can choose how you want to come across, and it forces you to have really good boundaries. She shares how she makes meaningful connections everywhere she goes.

Conclusion:

Dr. Daphne Scott shares her clinical psychologist's perspective on self-care and travel. She emphasizes the importance of taking care of your whole self, including your spirit, emotions, and soul. She shares how travel helps improve neuroplasticity, and it is an excellent way to be present in the moment, like meditation. She encourages people to travel to new places to present themselves differently, make meaningful connections, and exercise their brain.

About our Guest
Dr. Daphne Erhart is a psychologist, author, speaker, master practitioner of neurolinguistic programming, world traveler, lover of people, animals, and nature. With over 25 of experience in the field of psychology, assisting clients of all types transform their lives.

Dr. Daphne loves to live and help others live a deeply satisfying lifestyle by experiencing new ways of thinking, living, being, and relating through her Soul Spa.

I believe we should all create and live a life we love. I've done this for myself and create processes to help others envision and then live a healthy, fun, adventurous life of their dreams!

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How to be More Consistent with Kevin Palmieri Apr 11, 2023

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Consistency! How do you maintain it? Today we focus on:

Short-term challenges such as 30-day or 75-day programs may not be the best approach to creating sustainable habits.
The importance of sustainability as the first priority.
Tracking just a couple habits a day as a starting point
The concept of habit stacking, where one can add more tasks to an existing habit to make the most of their time
Combining tasks such as listening to podcasts while walking or studying during free time.
Focus when creating long-term changes in your life.

About our Guest Kevin Palmieri

“I am the CFO, Founder & Co-Host of Next Level University, a Global Top 100 Self-Improvement Podcast with more than 1,250 episodes and 750K+ listens in over 150 countries.

Some people find rock bottom... I found out that rock bottom had a basement.

In my mid 20's... I had it all.

I had a beautiful girlfriend, high paying job, sports car, my dream body... but I still ended up sitting on the edge of a bed debating suicide.

After my rock bottom moment, I went all in on holistic self-improvement.

I was determined to overcome my anxiety, depression and to finally live the life I'd always dreamed of.

Years later, I now host a podcast that impacts hundreds of thousands of people in countries all over the world.

At this stage, I've helped grow the podcast into a multi six-figure business, and I've recorded well over 1,200 episodes.

I've also given hundreds of speeches, trainings and coaching calls with people all over the world.

The main thing that changed was ME.

I focused on learning what I didn't know (unlearning a lot too), and my life started to shift.

I love talking about Consistency, Commitment, Habits, Mindset, Confidence, Fear, Relationships, Limiting Beliefs and everything in between.

I believe in a heart-driven but NO BS approach to holistic self improvement, and I look forward to teaching even more people about what it really takes to get to the next level!”

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◼️ Website: http://www.nextleveluniverse.com/

◼️LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-palmieri

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Overcoming Mental Health Challenges with Guest Host ChatGPT! Apr 04, 2023

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Sean Bloch, the host of Happy Brain was interviewed by ChatGPT! It was one of the first times ChatGPT has hosted a Mental Health podcast. In this personal conversation about Happy Brain and the importance of Mental Health, here are some of the questions asked by our guest host ChatGPT.

What inspired you to create a podcast that explores the fun side of mental health?
How do you define mental health and why is it important to prioritize it in our lives?
Can you share some of your favorite mental health hacks or tips that have worked for you?
How can we incorporate more fun and joy into our mental health journey?
What are some potential benefits of prioritizing mental health and incorporating more fun and joy into our lives?

About our Guest Host ChatGPT

ChatGPT is a large language model developed by OpenAI, trained on a massive amount of text to be able to generate human-like responses to a wide variety of prompts. With its advanced natural language processing capabilities, ChatGPT has become a popular tool for research, language understanding, and even entertainment. As a guest host on the Happy Brain podcast, ChatGPT provides a unique perspective on the importance of mental health and the role of technology in promoting wellness.

Resources

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Connect with Our Guest Host

◼️ Website: https://chat.openai.com/

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Beat Anxiety with These Easy Tips from a Longtime Meditator! Mar 28, 2023

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Blair Abee is a longtime meditator from the Bay Area who went through a traumatic experience at work and was fired for being a whistle-blower. This experience prompted him to take a deep dive into his meditation practice for therapy and to start writing and journaling as a form of therapy. After writing about 150,000 words, he realized he had some material that could be useful for others and started putting his six books together on meditation, which are available on Amazon. Blair practices a meditation technique called Higher Consciousness Meditation, which bypasses the traditional mind training that comes with most meditation practices and puts him in direct contact or awareness of the all and the omnipresence of the universe. He starts his day by saying "peace be still" and then practices Higher Consciousness Meditation, acknowledging his higher self and letting his higher consciousness answer his questions. Blair also shares tips for meditation and mindfulness that he uses in his daily life. About our Guest Blair Abee Blair is an author, poet, educator, consultant and ordinary mystic. He has written award winning 5 books available on Amazon Books and dozens of articles on meditation, manifestation, and related topics. He describes himself this way, “I am an explorer who has discovered a variety of techniques, tools and ideas that I think you will find useful in your own personal development. Here’s an example of what I mean. From one perspective, each of us has a unique story in which we are born, live and die as three-dimensional characters here on Planet Earth. Simultaneously, we are also Five Dimensional Beings having an Eternity experience in a human body on a planet that is a challenge to master, and which gives us an opportunity to grow and develop into Universal Citizens.” Resources ◼️ Happy Brain Mental Wellness Tips and Resources ◼️ Blair’s Books: https://www.hicmeditation.com/ Connect with Our Guest ◼️ Website: https://www.hicmeditation.com/ ◼️ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authormeditation ◼️Twitter: https://twitter.com/AbeeBlair Connect with us!---- ◼️Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/seanstevebloch ◼️Show Instagram:http://www.instagram.com/happybrainfm---- Subscribe to the Happy Brain Podcast ◼️ITUNES 🎙️ (link) ◼️Spotify 🎙️ (link)

How You Can Use Color for Greater Joy and Authenticity Mar 14, 2023

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Did you know that you can improve your mood by paying attention to colors?

Do you know how you can use color to calm your nervous system?

Psychologist Rachel Awes shares how dressing in bold colors became a part of her life and how it has helped her to be more authentic.

Here are Key Takeaways:

Colors are important in life as they have a life of their own and affect us in different ways
Adult Coloring books may be your thing
Dressing up in bold colors can be a way of expressing oneself authentically..
Choosing what brings us joy is more important than fitting in or conforming.

About our Guest

Rachel Awes is a psychologist, illustrated self-help author, art playgroundist, and clothing ambassador, who loves listening to the beauty in people. Our conversation is inspired by her newest colorful personal growth book and she shares helpful and delightful encouragement from it!

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◼️ Website: https://www.rachelawes.com/

◼️ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rachel.awes

◼️YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RachelAwes

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Finding Happiness through Travel and Mindfulness with Monique Rhodes Mar 07, 2023

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Welcome to another episode of Happy Brain! In this episode, we chat with Monique Rhodes, a happiness strategist who teaches people around the world how to be happy. Monique shares her journey of overcoming depression and her tips on how to find happiness through travel and mindfulness.

Episode Highlights:

How to maintain mental wellness while traveling
How Monique uses a 90-day generosity practice while traveling in India and how it shifted her mindset and interactions with others
The benefits of traveling alone and not being confined by others’ perceptions of you
Monique shares her tips on how to find happiness in daily life, including gratitude, meditation, and being present in the moment
How a Happiness quiz can measure how happy you really are.

About our Guest

Monique is a Happiness Strategist who teaches students and corporations around the world how to master their lives. She has spent the last 25 years studying the mind and its relationship to happiness and suffering.

Over 70 universities and colleges use her program The 10 Minute Mind®. Her 8-week online course, The Happiness Baseline, has a 100% success rate in raising the mental wellness for every student who has completed it.

Monique hosts the daily In Your Right Mind podcast, where she discusses how a series of small habits determine our well-being.

In 2010 Monique received a nomination for the prestigious New Zealander of the Year Award.

Resources

◼️ Happy Brain Mental Wellness Tips and Resources

◼️ Take the How Happy am I quiz to find out how happy you are

◼️ The 10 Minute Mind course https://www.the10minutemind.com/

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◼️ Website: howhappyami.com

◼️ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/moniquerhodesofficial

◼️Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moniquerhodesofficial/
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Love, Relationships and Legos! Feb 28, 2023

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Quote:

"And that conversation wouldn't have happened without that, that little, you know, magic circle that we had together. And I just think about that and it was just this beautiful moment with me and my dad where we got to talk about something that both interested us and have that connection." - Dr. Kate Raynes-Goldie on playing Legos with her Dad.

Key Takeaways:

Legos and play, in general, can make your brain happier and help you with communication in all aspects of life, including corporate environments, family and even dating!.
Games can provide a safe space for difficult conversations to happen in a way that feels good.
Games can help connect people in both professional and personal life.

About our Guest

A multi-award-winning play-based strategist, keynote speaker and creator of SUPERCONNECT® – a proven play-based path to connection, clarity and creativity built on LEGO® Serious Play®– Dr Kate Raynes-Goldie is a world-renowned researcher and thought leader in innovation, play and the future.

She's spoken across the globe, including SXSW (Austin, Texas) TEDxPerth (Australia) and has appeared on MTV, NPR and in ELLE magazine.

She was named one of the Business News 40 under 40 and Professional of the Year by the Australian Computer Society.

She holds a PhD from Curtin University's Internet Studies Program, where she is also a past Adjunct Senior Research Fellow.

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◼️ Website: https://www.kateraynesgoldie.com/

◼️ Twitter: https://twitter.com/raynesgoldie

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How to Beat Stress After a Major Health Episode Feb 21, 2023

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Summary

Finding joy in small things, such as spending time with loved ones or trying new things, can make a big difference in one's life.
Practicing gratitude and positivity, such as listing great things that happened every day, can help improve one's overall happiness and well-being.
Taking care of one's physical, mental, and emotional health is important for a happy and fulfilling life.
Starting the day with a positive mindset and a sense of gratitude can set the tone for the rest of the day.
It's never too late to make small changes and take steps towards finding joy and happiness in one's life.

About our Guest Phil Barth

"On August 5, 2015 I took a surprise visit to the cardiac wing of Bethesda North Hospital in Cincinnati.

I suffered what was labeled a "small" heart attack. I remember thinking "if this is small I'd hate to see medium."

Per the advice of my Doctor I changed my diet, started exercising more and decided to work on controlling stress.

For the past five years I have published a daily list: Great things that happened today. Each day I celebrate the great things that happened. Since I started this journey I've met some fascinating people, discovered new recipes and celebrated life. And I've laughed a lot.

I even wrote a book on the subject - it's an International Best Sort of Seller (it went to #1 on free books when I released it... that's sort of a sale).

For my 15 minutes of fame, I was on the game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" in 2003."

Resources

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◼️ 9 S’s for Successful Stress Management

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◼️ Website: www.philbarth.com

◼️ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/phil.barth.7

◼️LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phil-barth-1652971/

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