Our guest this week is Mark Melvin. He was an accomplished corporate attorney in the alcohol industry for over a decade until he left the industry to pursue a more centered life. He now helps people answer the question “Who am I”? He does this by sharing techniques in yoga, meditation, and breathwork.
We Discuss:
- Mental Time Traveling - How to deal with thinking about the past stories that haunt us or future stories that cause anxiety
- How to stop intrusive and unwanted thoughts from controlling your emotions?
- What’s the cost of numbing the “voices” of anger, overwhelm, and anxiety?
- Breaking the conditioning from your upbringing
- Figuring out what YOU want to do
- Discovering how to play again and the benefits of getting to know your inner child
- How to slow down and regain control of your mind
- Developing an Indiana Jones Mentality
- Practicing micro-moments of creativity and failure
- Finding more joy in life by exploring creative outlets
- Breaking through the worry of the judgment of others
- Building resilience and self-efficacy
- Stopping the unraveling when you start to lose control of your emotion
- Becoming more centered
- How Yoga can reduce the disturbances distracting our mind from living our best life
- Finding the “perfect amount of happy” with breathwork
- How to enhance mental performance and focus
- Evolving into a fully realized human being
- How to come back from “Losing Your Mind” in stressful or combative moments
- Eliminating the “burry it down” moments” and how they can lead to immense stress and even death
- A call to selfishness that could change the world
Homework:
- Always breath in and out through your nose
- Take 15-minutes of calm “you-time” for yourself free of screens to start in a quiet and gentle way
Resources:
Connect With Mark:
Instagram - MarkaMelvin
mark@dominickq.com
