Mindfulness Mode

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087 Anxiety and Mindfulness Weekends With Bruce Langford and Jeffrey Agostinelli Apr 29, 2016

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Anxiety and mindfulness. "Compulsion can become a form of anxiety, like doing things just to do them." Jeffrey Agostinelli

Anxiety can bring you down and it can also bring down a family. It can pull your life to a halt. When I think about anxiety, I think about a time when I was about eight years old, I lived on the farm with my family and I noticed that my mom was unhappy. She cried a lot. She seemed upset and I didn't know why.

Then she got this rash all over her hands. It was psoriasis. At first it was little patches and then it got to be on more of her hands and up her wrists. It was red and raw and very painful.

It was difficult for her to do anything. She would wear rubber gloves or cotton gloves to protect her hands. It was a really hard time because we all knew how much pain she was in and how much she was suffering. It seemed like there had to be a reason.

She went to the Doctor over and over and the Doctor didn't know what to do. She tried different creams and nothing seemed to help. There was always this overriding feeling where I noticed how unhappy she was. It was like a desperation. Unhappiness shrouded her entire life and her personality.

Then I think she started to get focused on doing things that she liked to do. She started to knit and do crafts and other creative activities. Then the psoriasis started to go away. I don't know if that was a coincidence but I wonder if it was the mindfulness of working on those crafts. I think this really helped her to move forward and then the psoriasis eventually left.

Guest:

Jeffrey Agostinelli
Featured in Mindfulness Mode Episode 49 Jeff Agostinelli: A Vipassana Retreat May Be Your Greatest Mindfulness Experience
Check out Jeff's Book: A Beginner's Guide To Overcoming Anxiety: Even If You Don't Think You Have It

Quotes:

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another. - William James
If you are depressed you are living in the past, if you are anxious you are living in the future, if you are at peace you are living in the present. Anonymous
Anxiety pushes you to start doing something before you've worked out what really needs to be done. Resist the push. - Alan Ashley
It's not the future you're afraid of. It's repeating the past that makes you anxious. Anonymous [show-notes-bio]

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086 Being Mindful of Sieves and Kettles With Rye Taylor Apr 27, 2016

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Rye Taylor is a minister and story teller. He is also the father of two boys and uses his mindfulness practice to stay focused on being the best dad he can be. He believes in living in the moment and living life to the fullest. Although he is notactively working as a minister these days, Rye is busy helping Entrepreneurs ‘Build a Better Business By Telling a Better Story.'

Contact Info

Website: RyeTaylor.com
storypopstudios.com

Most Influential Person

Corrie Ten Boom

Effect on Emotions

It's given me hope, it's given me dreams, it's given me possibilities. Never in a million years would I have told you that I was living in adventure narrative with my family and ever thought that was possible just a few years ago. Now because of prayer and mindfulness it's given me the opportunity to dream beyond anything that I ever could have thought of.

Thoughts on Breathing

Breathing is something I have never really focused on.

Suggested Resources

Book: Corrie Ten Boom Biography
App: Mind Node

Advice for Newbie

I would encourage you just to be still. It is so hard in this life, in this day and age to cut off the noise. I would encourage you to actually go somewhere, where you don't have cellphone service, where you can hear the breeze, you can hear the wind in the trees and just take a moment. It's gonna take you a while to actually be quiet in your own mind. Take those moments, realize that the world is much bigger than you and just listen.

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085 Ask Yourself the Question Who Am I, Suggests Instagram Expert Jason Shurgot Apr 24, 2016

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Jason Shurgot is a social media success story. As part of his business, Millionaire Notes, Jason helps you build your brand through Instagram. Right now, Jason has 160 Thousand followers on IG, and aquick look at his posts tells you he has a mindful way of speaking directly to YOU, his follower. In fact, Jason embraces mindfulness in his professional and personal life, using tools every day to stay focused, centered and grounded.

Contact Info

Company: JasonShurgot.com
Instagram: @MillionaireNotes
Email : levelup@jasonshurgot

Most Influential Person

Arnold Decarlis

Effect on Emotions

It's helped me to understand, to be more present and look out for triggers. As I was talking about this women in my life, she is still somewhat a part of my life and where we go from here we don't know yet, let life take it's course and just let it be. It Helps me where I get triggered and how do I respond to things. I have just become more mindful of my emotions and things are going to happen in your life but how you react to them is up to you.

Thoughts on Breathing

You know breathing is something I need to examine a little bit more, I don't do it all that well yet. The only thing that I do with breathing and it just calms me and makes me push further like on my runs, when I think I am exhausted and can't go any further. I think I am pretty much there I just need to change the application, I just breathe in and breathe out and out of nowhere I am another 50 yards down the road.

Suggested Resources

Book: The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
App: Facebook

Advice for Newbie

Do some google research and then find someone who is an expert at it. They have taken the first step by listening to your podcast but find your own women that I talked about or find someone that practices it I guarantee you. One of the things I love the most about being an entrepreneur in our day and age, you can find that person Bruce is in Canada, I'm in Pennsylvania, I talked to someone from South Africa, my assistant is out of Dallas, we are connected now. You are going to find your tribe and they have done it with this podcast, just find someone to guide the way.

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084 Fear and Mindfulness Weekends with Bruce Langford Apr 22, 2016

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Fear is something we can be mindful about. We all have it at times, but do we all identify the feeling? Do we know how to deal with fear and move through it? Or do we let the fear move through us? Fear can stem fromexperiences that happen early on in our lives. Fear can come on suddenly or gradually. Fear can disappear quickly or can gradually disperse. In this episode I discuss fears, how they can grip us and how being mindful can help diminish the fears that live within us.

Quotes:

FEAR - False Evidence Appearing Real
Some people say fear has two meanings: 1. Forget Everything And Run & 2. Face Everything And Rise. THE CHOICE IS YOURS.
Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times. - Bruce Lee
Courage is not living without fear, courage is being scared to death and doing the right thing anyway. - Chae Richardson
Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears. - Les Brown
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. - Nelson Mandela

Books:

The Surrender Experiment by Michael A. Singer

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083 Cranial Treatments Boost Meditation Results Says Dr. Dean Howell Apr 20, 2016

Show notes

Dean Howell is a naturopathic Doctor who specializes in brain function. He is the developer of NeuroCranial Restructuring; a technique thatmechanically optimizes nervous system functions in steady, incremental steps. This gradually optimizes the distribution of neurotransmitters levels throughout the brain.

Contact Info

Website:www.drdeanhowell.com, www.ncrdoctors.com

Most Influential Person

Robin Dauss

Effect on Emotions

By being mindful I make sure I don't put myself in situations where I am going to be uncomfortable.

Thoughts on Breathing

Learning to systematically under breathe is crucial for your health because when you over breathe you lower your carbon dioxide levels too much and your brain starts making malfunctions.

Advice for Newbie

My advice would be to forgive yourself if you don't do it perfectly and to try and try again.

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082 Get a Retail Promotion and Be Happy in Your Day Job: Expert Advice From Kyle Hendrix Apr 17, 2016

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Kyle Hendrix is a promotions expert. He helps employees get moved up into positions where they can use their leadership skills to make a bigger difference in the world. Kyle gets totally excited whenhe’s able to help people reach their goals faster. Kyle practices mindfulness and has written a book called “It Starts With You”, which teaches the reader to consider what you’re focusing on and be mindful, in order to get to your goal faster.

Contact Info

Website: www.brickandmortarleadership.com
Blog:Brick and Mortar Leadership

Most Influential Person

Brendon Burchard

Effect on Emotions

It has actually helped me take a step back and look at the bigger picture and say do I actually need to feel this way right now or am I over reacting or under reacting cause it can go both ways. That's what mindfulness has done for me on an emotional state.

Thoughts on Breathing

You gotta breathe. I used to find myself especially talking to people that were in a higher position than me in retail. I used to find myself holding my breath a lot and you know that would not help me answer their questions at all because I would have to let my breath go and then I would start to think about the question they just asked me. It just always made it look like I wasn't there and I didn't know what I was talking about. Breathing during situations and being mindful of that and knowing that you get nervous during those times actually helps you through it especially breathing. I really think that it's common for people to hold their breath back in situations like that.

Suggested Resources

Book: It Starts With You by Kyle Hendrix
App: Vim

Advice for Newbie

I would say they need to get past the stereotype and the "oh I don't wanna listen to a Guru" stereotype. I think a lot of people are not looking at the benefits but they are looking more at the person who is teaching it to them. The person is just a vessel to bring that information to you. Don't focus on that person necessarily, focus on what you can learn from that. That will take you a lot further than worrying about who is teaching it to you all the time and getting your head wrapped around that.

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081 The Brain and Mindfulness Weekends With Bruce Langford and Alex Hofeldt Apr 15, 2016

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The brain is a fascinating topic. It is in control of this body of ours, at least it appears to be. We can learn so much about the brain, but it ultimately is why we practice mindfulness, to calm it down. Today I'm happy to chat with Alex Hofeldt about the brain and he suggests its a little likethe battery on our cell phone. Don't leave it plugged in all the time, you need to give that battery a chance to rest between charges. You'll hear him share his interesting insight into the brain and its complex functions. Thanks for joining us here on Mindfulness Mode.

Guest:

Alex Hofeldt
Featured in Mindfulness Mode Episode 76 Let Your Brain Have a Monologue of Love, Compassion & Understanding; Alex Hofeldt

Quotes:

To understand the immeasurable, the brain must be extraordinarily quiet, still. - Jiddu Krishnamurti
Scientists say we know less about the brain than we do about the universe. - Alex Holfeldt
To let your cell phone last the longest, you have to lose the charge; that's how the mind works. If you're constantly putting in stimulus it can't reach it's full capacity. Alex Holfeldt
When you do fitness and nutrition your body creates happy drugs. Alex Holfeldt

Books:

The Unteathered Soul by Michael Singer
The Race to Nowhere Documentary

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080 Beer, Mindfulness and Opening Up To Be Present; Justin Crossley of The Brewing Network Apr 13, 2016

Show notes

Justin Crossley drinks beer for a living. At least that’s what he told us from the stage at a recent event where he was a featured speaker. Justin founded the The Brewing Network in 2005, grouping together a multimedia beer loversresource which leads the way in sharing information about craft beer, beer radio shows, podcasts, video and live events. Justin not only enjoys beer, he enjoys being mindful and uses his knowledge of mindfulness to stay focused with his many beer-related responsibilities.

Contact Info

Company: www.TheBrewingNetwork.com

Most Influential Person

My Psychology Professor

Effect on Emotions

I'm a really emotional guy. I wear my heart on my sleeve and mindfulness helps me to be aware of that. And aware that other people aren't like that and sometimes I can make them uncomfortable by spilling my emotions all over the place. I have to be mindful of that and know where and when to reign that in.

Thoughts on Breathing

A lot of times I can't sleep at night, and laying there and taking deep breaths in and out, because my mind is just crazy, it's going a million miles an hour and if I'm just focused on breathing in and breathing out it really helps to slow me down. It's one of the only times that I think I'm being particularly mindful by doing a physical activity.

Suggested Resources

Book: The Four Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss
Book: Hamlet's BlackBerry: A Practical Philosophy for Building a Good Life in the Digital Age by William Powers
App: BaseCamp (Project Management)
App: ToDoist

Advice for Newbie

Choose your beer wisely. Pick something that you really enjoy. Think about what you like; do you like sweet, do you like bitter? And then consider the alcohol content. Sit down with a beer, whether it's your favourite or something new that you want to try and just focus on the balance of the beer. Let's forget about the balance of ourselves for a second. I think that's the ultimate goal, but let's focus on the balance of the beer. And I think that you'll find yourself really in the moment with that beer.

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079 How Horses and Mindfulness Lead to Trust and Communication; Debbie Roberts-Loucks Apr 10, 2016

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Debbie Roberts-Loucks is immersed in the the world of horses. Working with Monty and Pat Roberts, Inc, she started the first online Horse University, where those wanting to learn more about horses can learn through interactive lessons. Debbie has extensive experience in marketing as well asnew business development. As an expert horse handler, Debbie understands mindfulness as it pertains to our human connection to animals. [Debbie is also host of “Horsemanship Radio as part of The Horse Radio Network.]

Contact Info

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Most Influential Person

Jesus Christ

Effect on Emotions

That 16 to 22 age range was so helpful being around animals. I think if you are inclined to be way up and way down (emotionally), which I am really not, I tend to be pretty level. But if you are, and everybody goes through it, it's such a great way to be humble, to care for something that doesn't really ask for anything in return. I would say that is the biggest help for me is being around animals and moments when you really need to stay centered and grounded.

Thoughts on Breathing

I work on it all the time. I think that our biggest enemy is something that throws our equilibrium off and breathing is the first thing that will get thrown off. If we're not breathing, everything else goes.

Suggested Resources

Book: Temple Grandin Books ie. Temple Talks about Autism and Sensory Issues: The World's Leading Expert on Autism Shares Her Advice and Experiences
Book: The Man Who Listens To Horses: The Story of a Real-Life Horse Whisperer by Monty Roberts
App: PTSD Apps (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)

Advice for Newbie

Go volunteer at your local equine therapeutic. They need the help and it is the coolest way to get outside yourself, be happy, be doing something for somebody else, animals too and a residual effect will be that you will get to be around these wonderful animals.

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078 Talent and Mindfulness Weekends With Bruce Langford and Don Hutcheson Apr 08, 2016

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Talent and Mindfulness are definitely related. If you live a mindful life you are more likely to be in touch with your talents. Some people don't discover their true talents until they are in their teens or twenties. Others don't discover their talents until they are well intotheir careers and then feel it's too late to switch and make money doing what they love.

Some people don't discover their talent until retirement and still others never feel they have discovered their talent, even to the very end of their lives.

Today I'm joined by my friend, Don Hutcheson, who has built seven companies and worked with hundreds of people. He hosts a podcast called, 'Discover Your Talent, Do What You Love'. As you'll discover, he has tremendous knowledge and insight into 'Talent and Mindfulness'.

Guest:

Don Hutcheson
Featured in 036 Don Hutcheson: Get Into Your Feelings and Out of Your Thinking to Live a Full Life
Listen to his podcast: www.DiscoverYourTalentPodcast.com

Quotes:

If you have a talent, use it in every which way possible. Don’t hoard it. Don’t dole it out like a miser. Spend it lavishly, like a millionaire intent on going broke. - Brenda Francis
Follow your passion, it will lead you to your purpose. - Oprah Winfrey
Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard. - Tim Notke
Too much EGO will kill your talent. - Anon
Allow your passion to become your purpose and it will one day become your profession. - Gabrielle Bernstein

Books:

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