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60 Mindful MinutesTime to Say Goodbye with Becky BladeBecky Blades, author of Start More Than You Can Finish: A Creative Permission Slip to Unleash Your Best Ideas, joins Kristen to discuss her decision to end the 60 Mindful Minutes podcast after 300 episodes. Guest Bio Becky Blades is the author of Start More Than You Can Finish: A Creative Permission Slip to Unleash Your Best Ideas. She built and sold the award-winning communications firm, Blades and Associates, which served diverse organizations in industries from health care to aviation, from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. Before that, Becky launched creative marketing departments in other growing com...2024-04-3031 min60 Mindful MinutesTime to Say Goodbye with Becky BladeBecky Blades, author of Start More Than You Can Finish: A Creative Permission Slip to Unleash Your Best Ideas, joins Kristen to discuss her decision to end the 60 Mindful Minutes podcast after 300 episodes. Guest Bio Becky Blades is the author of Start More Than You Can Finish: A Creative Permission Slip to Unleash Your Best Ideas. She built and sold the award-winning communications firm, Blades and Associates, which served diverse organizations in industries from health care to aviation, from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. Before that, Becky launched creative marketing departments in other growing com...2024-04-3031 min60 Mindful MinutesLess Beige, More Magenta with Liz KitchensLiz Kitchens, author of Be Brave. Lose the Beige, joins Kristen for a lively and inspiring episode about how to break free from societal expectations and monotonous living. Discover how to embrace your inner magenta (and lose the beige) at any age, exploring ways to add vibrant colors to your life. We had a blast during this interview, and you'll have just as much fun listening! Guest Bio Liz Kitchens is a rare and endangered species, born and raised in Orlando, Florida, whose memory of Florida pre-dates Walt Disney World. She conducts workshops a...2023-11-2146 min60 Mindful MinutesLess Beige, More Magenta with Liz KitchensLiz Kitchens, author of Be Brave. Lose the Beige, joins Kristen for a lively and inspiring episode about how to break free from societal expectations and monotonous living. Discover how to embrace your inner magenta (and lose the beige) at any age, exploring ways to add vibrant colors to your life. We had a blast during this interview, and you'll have just as much fun listening! Guest Bio Liz Kitchens is a rare and endangered species, born and raised in Orlando, Florida, whose memory of Florida pre-dates Walt Disney World. She conducts workshops a...2023-11-2146 min60 Mindful MinutesWhy and How to Retreat with Jim EastburnWhat happens when we step away from our lives for a few hours, days or weeks? Retreating is one of the best and oldest tools for wellness. It's how we restore and reclaim ourselves. This week, Kristen and her guest, Jim Eastburn (Corporate Director of Transformational Experiences at Canyon Ranch), take a deep dive into all things retreating, including how to design a retreat, the many benefits, and how we can build mini-retreats into the everyday living of our lives. Guest Bio As Corporate Director of Transformational Experiences, Jim helps to curate programs an...2023-11-0952 min60 Mindful MinutesWhy and How to Retreat with Jim EastburnWhat happens when we step away from our lives for a few hours, days or weeks? Retreating is one of the best and oldest tools for wellness. It's how we restore and reclaim ourselves. This week, Kristen and her guest, Jim Eastburn (Corporate Director of Transformational Experiences at Canyon Ranch), take a deep dive into all things retreating, including how to design a retreat, the many benefits, and how we can build mini-retreats into the everyday living of our lives. Guest Bio As Corporate Director of Transformational Experiences, Jim helps to curate programs an...2023-11-0952 min60 Mindful MinutesHope for Our Precious Planet with Patrick McDonnellSaving our planet and averting a climate disaster seem increasingly challenging, even impossible. But this week’s guest believes that hope and heart are the answer. In his book collaboration with His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Patrick McDonneLl proposes a compassionate revolution and encourages us to see that real change in the world will only come from a change of heart. Join us this week as we discuss the book, Heart to Heart: A Conversation on Love and Hope for Our Precious Planet. Guest Bio Patrick McDonnell is the creator of the belo...2023-03-1428 min60 Mindful MinutesHope for Our Precious Planet with Patrick McDonnellSaving our planet and averting a climate disaster seem increasingly challenging, even impossible. But this week’s guest believes that hope and heart are the answer. In his book collaboration with His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Patrick McDonneLl proposes a compassionate revolution and encourages us to see that real change in the world will only come from a change of heart. Join us this week as we discuss the book, Heart to Heart: A Conversation on Love and Hope for Our Precious Planet. Guest Bio Patrick McDonnell is the creator of the belo...2023-03-1428 min60 Mindful MinutesCreative Mindfulness with Rachel RoseThere are many doorways into our mindful selves. Some use meditation, some use running. This week’s guest uses creativity. In her new book, Creating Stillness: Mindful Art Practices and Stories for Navigating Anxiety, Stress, and Fear, Rachel Rose explores how we can use our creative selves as a way to focus and steady the mind, create inner knowing, and cultivate peace. Guest Bio Rachel Rose is an educator, writer, and contemplative artist fusing mindfulness practices with the creative arts. She holds a Masters in Adult Education with a focus on Arts Based Resea...2023-03-0751 min60 Mindful MinutesCreative Mindfulness with Rachel RoseThere are many doorways into our mindful selves. Some use meditation, some use running. This week’s guest uses creativity. In her new book, Creating Stillness: Mindful Art Practices and Stories for Navigating Anxiety, Stress, and Fear, Rachel Rose explores how we can use our creative selves as a way to focus and steady the mind, create inner knowing, and cultivate peace. Guest Bio Rachel Rose is an educator, writer, and contemplative artist fusing mindfulness practices with the creative arts. She holds a Masters in Adult Education with a focus on Arts Based Resea...2023-03-0751 min60 Mindful MinutesKnot Parenting with Carrie ConteyHave you ever wondered what it would be like to feel steady and confident in your parenting? Do you ever think about how to truly savor these precious years with your growing people? And, perhaps most importantly, do you dream of creating connected relationships that endure beyond childhood? This week, we connect with Carrie Contey, who has spent the last two decades guiding, supporting and inspiring parents to know and trust themselves, deeply. And as a result, there are thousands of parents all over the world who feel skillfully equipped, personally fulfilled, and authentically connected with their people in...2023-02-2354 min60 Mindful MinutesKnot Parenting with Carrie ConteyHave you ever wondered what it would be like to feel steady and confident in your parenting? Do you ever think about how to truly savor these precious years with your growing people? And, perhaps most importantly, do you dream of creating connected relationships that endure beyond childhood? This week, we connect with Carrie Contey, who has spent the last two decades guiding, supporting and inspiring parents to know and trust themselves, deeply. And as a result, there are thousands of parents all over the world who feel skillfully equipped, personally fulfilled, and authentically connected with their people in...2023-02-2354 min60 Mindful MinutesMastering Your Thoughts with Thomas SternerReflect back on the last hour of your thinking and consider how many of those thoughts you created on purpose. If you’re like most of us, you’ll likely see that much of your thinking gets produced without your direction, and often outside of your awareness. This week, Thomas Sterner shares insights from his book, It’s Just a Thought: Emotional Freedom through Deliberate Thinking. Throughout his career, Thomas has been exploring methods for thinking, rather than being thought. What he’s learned is that directing our thoughts, instead of being directed by them, is not only possible, it’s tra...2023-02-211h 0160 Mindful MinutesMastering Your Thoughts with Thomas SternerReflect back on the last hour of your thinking and consider how many of those thoughts you created on purpose. If you’re like most of us, you’ll likely see that much of your thinking gets produced without your direction, and often outside of your awareness. This week, Thomas Sterner shares insights from his book, It’s Just a Thought: Emotional Freedom through Deliberate Thinking. Throughout his career, Thomas has been exploring methods for thinking, rather than being thought. What he’s learned is that directing our thoughts, instead of being directed by them, is not only possible, it’s tra...2023-02-211h 0160 Mindful MinutesHealthy Love with Shainna AliMental health counselor and author of Designing Healthy Boundaries: A Guide to Embracing Self-Love, Building Better Boundaries, and Protecting Your Peace, Shainna Ali returns to 60 Mindful Minutes to discuss what it means to experience healthy love. What does it look and feel like? How do we find it? How do we nourish it? Guest Bio Dr. Shainna Ali is a mental health counselor, educator, and advocate who is dedicated to highlighting the important role of mental health in fostering happiness, fulfillment, and overall wellness. She is the author of The Self-Love Workbook, The Se...2023-02-1451 min60 Mindful MinutesHealthy Love with Shainna AliMental health counselor and author of Designing Healthy Boundaries: A Guide to Embracing Self-Love, Building Better Boundaries, and Protecting Your Peace, Shainna Ali returns to 60 Mindful Minutes to discuss what it means to experience healthy love. What does it look and feel like? How do we find it? How do we nourish it? Guest Bio Dr. Shainna Ali is a mental health counselor, educator, and advocate who is dedicated to highlighting the important role of mental health in fostering happiness, fulfillment, and overall wellness. She is the author of The Self-Love Workbook, The Se...2023-02-1451 min60 Mindful MinutesLiving a Heart-Minded Life with Sarah BlodinWhether we're aware of it or not, most of us spend a lot of time in our thoughts and use our minds to navigate the world. For Sarah Blondin, there's another layer to living, a dimension we're missing when we forget to turn towards our hearts to connect with ourselves and the world around us. In her book, Heart Minded: How to Hold Yourself and Others in Love, she invites readers to come home to themselves and uses centering practices to help us return to a place of groundedness and connection to a deep knowing within. 2023-02-0749 min60 Mindful MinutesLiving a Heart-Minded Life with Sarah BlodinWhether we're aware of it or not, most of us spend a lot of time in our thoughts and use our minds to navigate the world. For Sarah Blondin, there's another layer to living, a dimension we're missing when we forget to turn towards our hearts to connect with ourselves and the world around us. In her book, Heart Minded: How to Hold Yourself and Others in Love, she invites readers to come home to themselves and uses centering practices to help us return to a place of groundedness and connection to a deep knowing within. 2023-02-0749 min60 Mindful MinutesEmotional Strength Training for Men with Connor BeatonSuck it up. Stuff it down. For many men, this is the extent of their emotional education. In his new book, Men's Work: A Practical Guide to Face Your Darkness, End Self-Sabotage, and Find Freedom, Connor Beaton asks: Where is the modern-day strength training for the hearts and minds of men? Offering a tactical, self-led guide for men to explore their inner world, Connor blazes a new trail of facing fear, self-sabotage, anger and anxiety head on in order to find liberation from the limiting thoughts, emotions, and patterns men often face. Guest Bio ...2023-01-3151 min60 Mindful MinutesEmotional Strength Training for Men with Connor BeatonSuck it up. Stuff it down. For many men, this is the extent of their emotional education. In his new book, Men's Work: A Practical Guide to Face Your Darkness, End Self-Sabotage, and Find Freedom, Connor Beaton asks: Where is the modern-day strength training for the hearts and minds of men? Offering a tactical, self-led guide for men to explore their inner world, Connor blazes a new trail of facing fear, self-sabotage, anger and anxiety head on in order to find liberation from the limiting thoughts, emotions, and patterns men often face. Guest Bio ...2023-01-3151 min60 Mindful MinutesUsing Mindfulness with Addiction with Rebecca WilliamsMost of us can relate to being addicted to something at some point in our lives, and can remember the oh so familiar negative cycle of succumbing to our addictions, feeling shame and regret, making new attempts and commitments for change, and then possibly failing again and again. This week, we welcome Rebecca Williams to share insights from her book, The Gift of Recovery: 52 Mindful Ways to Live Joyfully Beyond Addiction, which is all about creating in-the-moment mindfulness skills that give us the tools we need to navigate this cycle, and to transcend it completely. Gu...2023-01-2548 min60 Mindful MinutesUsing Mindfulness with Addiction with Rebecca WilliamsMost of us can relate to being addicted to something at some point in our lives, and can remember the oh so familiar negative cycle of succumbing to our addictions, feeling shame and regret, making new attempts and commitments for change, and then possibly failing again and again. This week, we welcome Rebecca Williams to share insights from her book, The Gift of Recovery: 52 Mindful Ways to Live Joyfully Beyond Addiction, which is all about creating in-the-moment mindfulness skills that give us the tools we need to navigate this cycle, and to transcend it completely. Gu...2023-01-2548 min60 Mindful MinutesChoose Yourself with Yasmine CheyenneImagine you’ve got a glass jar filled with sugar on your kitchen counter. You are the jar, and the sugar is your energy. This week we connect with author Yasmine Cheyenne about her book, The Sugar Jar Create Boundaries, Embrace Self-Healing, and Enjoy the Sweet Things in Life. This book is about how we can get an accurate gauge of how much is in the sugar jar (how resourced we are). It’s about identifying what depletes us and what restores us so we can spend our sugar more effectively and more in line with who we are and...2023-01-1751 min60 Mindful MinutesChoose Yourself with Yasmine CheyenneImagine you’ve got a glass jar filled with sugar on your kitchen counter. You are the jar, and the sugar is your energy. This week we connect with author Yasmine Cheyenne about her book, The Sugar Jar Create Boundaries, Embrace Self-Healing, and Enjoy the Sweet Things in Life. This book is about how we can get an accurate gauge of how much is in the sugar jar (how resourced we are). It’s about identifying what depletes us and what restores us so we can spend our sugar more effectively and more in line with who we are and...2023-01-1751 min60 Mindful MinutesHow to Find Meaning and Purpose in 2023 with John StreleckyJohn Strelecky, #1 bestselling inspirational author, returns for his fifth visit to 60 Mindful Minutes. An annual tradition, we kick off every year with a conversation with John. This year we discuss how to create more meaning and find more purpose for 2023. Guest Bio John Strelecky is a #1 bestselling inspirational author. His books have been translated into over forty-three languages and sold more than eight million copies worldwide. They have won bestseller of the year awards seven times and collectively spent more than one thousand three hundred weeks on bestseller lists, including more than three hu...2023-01-0354 min60 Mindful MinutesHow to Find Meaning and Purpose in 2023 with John StreleckyJohn Strelecky, #1 bestselling inspirational author, returns for his fifth visit to 60 Mindful Minutes. An annual tradition, we kick off every year with a conversation with John. This year we discuss how to create more meaning and find more purpose for 2023. Guest Bio John Strelecky is a #1 bestselling inspirational author. His books have been translated into over forty-three languages and sold more than eight million copies worldwide. They have won bestseller of the year awards seven times and collectively spent more than one thousand three hundred weeks on bestseller lists, including more than three hu...2023-01-0354 min60 Mindful MinutesHow Breathing Changes Your Body and Mind with Stuart SandemanThere is so much more to our breathing than simply our automatic inhales and exhales. In fact, our breathing has an immense hidden power to change the way we think and feel. This week I’m joined by Stuart Sandeman, breath coach, founder of Breathpod and author of Breathe In, Breathe Out: Restore Your Health, Reset Your Mind and Find Happiness Through Breathwork. Our breathing impacts our sleep, stress and how we manage pain. It has potential to help us focus better, perform better and connect more deeply with ourselves, others and the world around us. We just need to...2022-12-2758 min60 Mindful MinutesHow Breathing Changes Your Body and Mind with Stuart SandemanThere is so much more to our breathing than simply our automatic inhales and exhales. In fact, our breathing has an immense hidden power to change the way we think and feel. This week I’m joined by Stuart Sandeman, breath coach, founder of Breathpod and author of Breathe In, Breathe Out: Restore Your Health, Reset Your Mind and Find Happiness Through Breathwork. Our breathing impacts our sleep, stress and how we manage pain. It has potential to help us focus better, perform better and connect more deeply with ourselves, others and the world around us. We just need to...2022-12-2758 min60 Mindful MinutesGetting to the Heart of Who We Are with Caverly MorganWhat does it mean to be in touch with the heart of who we are? That question is at the core of The Heart of Who We Are. Written by Caverly Morgan, a meditation teacher, author, speaker, and nonprofit founder, the book offers a pathway to contemplate such topics as our interconnectedness, our beingness, and the things that get in the way of us feeling whole and complete. This week we look at how awareness practices and contemplative technologies can transform our understanding of ourselves and the world. Guest Bio Caverly Morgan is a...2022-12-1451 min60 Mindful MinutesGetting to the Heart of Who We Are with Caverly MorganWhat does it mean to be in touch with the heart of who we are? That question is at the core of The Heart of Who We Are. Written by Caverly Morgan, a meditation teacher, author, speaker, and nonprofit founder, the book offers a pathway to contemplate such topics as our interconnectedness, our beingness, and the things that get in the way of us feeling whole and complete. This week we look at how awareness practices and contemplative technologies can transform our understanding of ourselves and the world. Guest Bio Caverly Morgan is a...2022-12-1451 min60 Mindful MinutesHow We Reparent Ourselves with Tara SchusterTara Schuster had a rough childhood. By her mid-twenties, she was checking all the boxes on the outside but she was falling apart on the inside. Once she hit rock bottom, she began the process of rebuilding herself, essentially giving herself the parenting she’d never received, in order to start becoming the person she wanted to be. Her story and her process line the pages of her runaway hit, Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies, where she shares all the ways she learned to put herself back together. Guest Bio Tara Schuster is a...2022-11-2953 min60 Mindful MinutesHow We Reparent Ourselves with Tara SchusterTara Schuster had a rough childhood. By her mid-twenties, she was checking all the boxes on the outside but she was falling apart on the inside. Once she hit rock bottom, she began the process of rebuilding herself, essentially giving herself the parenting she’d never received, in order to start becoming the person she wanted to be. Her story and her process line the pages of her runaway hit, Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies, where she shares all the ways she learned to put herself back together. Guest Bio Tara Schuster is a...2022-11-2953 min60 Mindful Minutes(Part Four) Ending Overwhelm Series: Have an Alert SystemAny number of things can come along to mess up the order we create and topple our well-built boundaries. Such is life. The trick is to have an early warning system that sets off alarms long before we hit overwhelm. In the early 1900s, miners used to keep caged canaries with them to warn them if dangerous gases, such as carbon monoxide, reached lethal levels. If the canary keeled over, it was time to evacuate. What is the canary in your coal mine? Learn more about Kristen Manieri and coaching: Kristen@kristenmanieri.com KristenManieri.c...2022-11-2410 min60 Mindful Minutes(Part Four) Ending Overwhelm Series: Have an Alert SystemAny number of things can come along to mess up the order we create and topple our well-built boundaries. Such is life. The trick is to have an early warning system that sets off alarms long before we hit overwhelm. In the early 1900s, miners used to keep caged canaries with them to warn them if dangerous gases, such as carbon monoxide, reached lethal levels. If the canary keeled over, it was time to evacuate. What is the canary in your coal mine? Learn more about Kristen Manieri and coaching: Kristen@kristenmanieri.com KristenManieri.c...2022-11-2410 min60 Mindful MinutesSet Better Boundaries with Melissa UrbanMelissa Urban knows firsthand that boundaries are the key to feelings of contentment, confidence, and freedom in every area of life. Since launching the mega-bestselling wellness program the Whole30, she has taught millions of people how to establish healthy habits and successfully navigate pushback/pressure by learning to set clear limits that protect our energy, time, and health. Through The Book of Boundaries, Melissa’s latest creation, she demonstrates that boundaries are the key to better mental health, more fulfilling relationships, and a happier, more productive way of life. Guest Bio Melissa Urban is...2022-11-2251 min60 Mindful MinutesSet Better Boundaries with Melissa UrbanMelissa Urban knows firsthand that boundaries are the key to feelings of contentment, confidence, and freedom in every area of life. Since launching the mega-bestselling wellness program the Whole30, she has taught millions of people how to establish healthy habits and successfully navigate pushback/pressure by learning to set clear limits that protect our energy, time, and health. Through The Book of Boundaries, Melissa’s latest creation, she demonstrates that boundaries are the key to better mental health, more fulfilling relationships, and a happier, more productive way of life. Guest Bio Melissa Urban is...2022-11-2251 min60 Mindful Minutes(Part Three) End Overwhelm Series: How to Say “No” More OftenFeelings of overwhelm often directly correlate with being over capacity. We have too much on our plates. How did it all get on your plate in the first place? Some of it, of course, just ended up there because it’s part of the job. But some of the things on your plate you actually signed up for. Someone asked and you said “yes.” Today we’ll look at why you said “yes” and how to say “no” more often. Learn more about Kristen Manieri and coaching: Kristen@kristenmanieri.com KristenManieri.com Host Bio K...2022-11-1710 min60 Mindful Minutes(Part Three) End Overwhelm Series: How to Say “No” More OftenFeelings of overwhelm often directly correlate with being over capacity. We have too much on our plates. How did it all get on your plate in the first place? Some of it, of course, just ended up there because it’s part of the job. But some of the things on your plate you actually signed up for. Someone asked and you said “yes.” Today we’ll look at why you said “yes” and how to say “no” more often. Learn more about Kristen Manieri and coaching: Kristen@kristenmanieri.com KristenManieri.com Host Bio K...2022-11-1710 min60 Mindful MinutesHow to Unleash Your Ideas with Becky BladesWe live in a culture that values follow through and abhors quitting. But what is the hidden cost of all the things we never start because we’re afraid we might not follow through? To Becky Blades, the author of Start More Than You Can Finish: A Creative Permission Slip to Unleash Your Best Ideas, the value in acting on our ideas is not measured in grand planned finishes. The value is in each and every start. This week, Becky shares how we can all develop our inner “startistry’ and end the myth that not finishing equals failing. Gues...2022-11-1548 min60 Mindful MinutesHow to Unleash Your Ideas with Becky BladesWe live in a culture that values follow through and abhors quitting. But what is the hidden cost of all the things we never start because we’re afraid we might not follow through? To Becky Blades, the author of Start More Than You Can Finish: A Creative Permission Slip to Unleash Your Best Ideas, the value in acting on our ideas is not measured in grand planned finishes. The value is in each and every start. This week, Becky shares how we can all develop our inner “startistry’ and end the myth that not finishing equals failing. Gues...2022-11-1548 min60 Mindful Minutes(Part Two) End Overwhelm Series: How To Do LessIt can’t all matter. There’s got to be a way to rank everything that’s important in your life and identify the things that really aren’t. This week I’m going to share some insights from five different authors about how to do less. Learn more about Kristen Manieri and coaching: Kristen@kristenmanieri.com KristenManieri.com Host Bio Kristen Manieri is a coach who works with teams to increase both productivity and wellbeing. She also helps individuals navigate transition with clarity and confidence. Her areas of focus are: st...2022-11-1011 min60 Mindful Minutes(Part Two) End Overwhelm Series: How To Do LessIt can’t all matter. There’s got to be a way to rank everything that’s important in your life and identify the things that really aren’t. This week I’m going to share some insights from five different authors about how to do less. Learn more about Kristen Manieri and coaching: Kristen@kristenmanieri.com KristenManieri.com Host Bio Kristen Manieri is a coach who works with teams to increase both productivity and wellbeing. She also helps individuals navigate transition with clarity and confidence. Her areas of focus are: st...2022-11-1011 min60 Mindful MinutesHow Working Parents Thrive with Yael SchonbrunFor those who work and also parent, it’s not uncommon to feel like you’re floundering at both. This is exactly how psychology professor and family therapist Yael Schonbrun felt when her two worlds of work and parenting collided. As she navigated her way through it, she learned some practical strategies from clinical psychology and social science to help her balance all of the meaningful roles in her life. In her new book, Work, Parent, Thrive, she shares how we can shift our experience with an inside-out approach to solving the working parent dilemma. Guest...2022-11-0848 min60 Mindful MinutesHow Working Parents Thrive with Yael SchonbrunFor those who work and also parent, it’s not uncommon to feel like you’re floundering at both. This is exactly how psychology professor and family therapist Yael Schonbrun felt when her two worlds of work and parenting collided. As she navigated her way through it, she learned some practical strategies from clinical psychology and social science to help her balance all of the meaningful roles in her life. In her new book, Work, Parent, Thrive, she shares how we can shift our experience with an inside-out approach to solving the working parent dilemma. Guest...2022-11-0848 min60 Mindful Minutes(Part One) End Overwhelm Series: Know Your CapacityToday is the first of a four-part series on overwhelm. With the holidays coming and the end of the year in our sight, this is the season for feeling completely overloaded. I thought I would share some insights and strategies to help you make it through, peacefully ad gracefully. This is part one, which is all about understanding our true capacity. Learn more about Kristen Manieri and coaching: Kristen@kristenmanieri.com KristenManieri.com Host Bio Kristen Manieri is a coach who works with teams to increase both productivity and we...2022-11-0308 min60 Mindful Minutes(Part One) End Overwhelm Series: Know Your CapacityToday is the first of a four-part series on overwhelm. With the holidays coming and the end of the year in our sight, this is the season for feeling completely overloaded. I thought I would share some insights and strategies to help you make it through, peacefully ad gracefully. This is part one, which is all about understanding our true capacity. Learn more about Kristen Manieri and coaching: Kristen@kristenmanieri.com KristenManieri.com Host Bio Kristen Manieri is a coach who works with teams to increase both productivity and we...2022-11-0308 min60 Mindful MinutesUpgrade Your Self-Talk with Kristen HelmstetterThe chatter in our brains has a direct impact on how we feel and what we do. As Kristen Helmstetter began to tune into her self-talk, she realized she could take her ability to talk to herself and turn it into a force for good. Her discoveries and practices have made their way into ten books about self-talk, including Coffee Self-Talk: 5 Minutes a Day to Start Living Your Magical Life, which is the topic of this week’s interview. Guest Bio Kristen Helmstetter has written more than ten books on self-talk, and she wri...2022-11-0146 min60 Mindful MinutesUpgrade Your Self-Talk with Kristen HelmstetterThe chatter in our brains has a direct impact on how we feel and what we do. As Kristen Helmstetter began to tune into her self-talk, she realized she could take her ability to talk to herself and turn it into a force for good. Her discoveries and practices have made their way into ten books about self-talk, including Coffee Self-Talk: 5 Minutes a Day to Start Living Your Magical Life, which is the topic of this week’s interview. Guest Bio Kristen Helmstetter has written more than ten books on self-talk, and she wri...2022-11-0146 min60 Mindful MinutesGet to Know Your NeighborsTitle: EP211: Get to Know Your Neighbors I’ve been thinking about the status of neighbors and our interactions with them in this fast-paced and highly digitalized world we live in. How many of us actually know our neighbors? Maybe we’re missing out on a deep sense of belonging and community that could be built with the people who live right next door. Learn more about Kristen Manieri and coaching: Kristen@kristenmanieri.com KristenManieri.com Host Bio Kristen Manieri is a coach who work...2022-10-2704 min60 Mindful MinutesGet to Know Your NeighborsTitle: EP211: Get to Know Your Neighbors I’ve been thinking about the status of neighbors and our interactions with them in this fast-paced and highly digitalized world we live in. How many of us actually know our neighbors? Maybe we’re missing out on a deep sense of belonging and community that could be built with the people who live right next door. Learn more about Kristen Manieri and coaching: Kristen@kristenmanieri.com KristenManieri.com Host Bio Kristen Manieri is a coach who work...2022-10-2704 min60 Mindful MinutesThe Healing Power of Dogs with Renee AlsarrafAs an esteemed veterinary oncologist with nearly two decades of experience, Dr. Renee Alsarraf knew a lot about treating cancer, healing, and grief. Then she was given her own cancer diagnosis and she learned that our furry, four-legged, slobbering animals have so much to teach us about healing, positivity and unconditional love. Renee turned her experiences into the heartwarming book, Sit, Stay, Heal: What Dogs Can Teach Us About Living Well, where she shares life lessons about perfect dogs and their imperfect humans. Guest Bio Dr. Renee Alsarraf has created four different veterinary o...2022-10-2540 min60 Mindful MinutesThe Healing Power of Dogs with Renee AlsarrafAs an esteemed veterinary oncologist with nearly two decades of experience, Dr. Renee Alsarraf knew a lot about treating cancer, healing, and grief. Then she was given her own cancer diagnosis and she learned that our furry, four-legged, slobbering animals have so much to teach us about healing, positivity and unconditional love. Renee turned her experiences into the heartwarming book, Sit, Stay, Heal: What Dogs Can Teach Us About Living Well, where she shares life lessons about perfect dogs and their imperfect humans. Guest Bio Dr. Renee Alsarraf has created four different veterinary o...2022-10-2540 min60 Mindful MinutesBeing Present in Your BodyBeing present in the body is a homecoming, a re-inhabiting, an opportunity to return to and reengage with ourselves. Attuning to the present moment, most often through our bodily senses, we experience the delight and beauty of being alive. Learn more about Kristen Manieri and coaching: Kristen@kristenmanieri.com KristenManieri.com Host Bio Kristen Manieri is a coach who works with teams to increase both productivity and wellbeing. She also helps individuals navigate transition with clarity and confidence. Her areas of focus are: stress reduction, energy management, mindset, resilience, ha...2022-10-2008 min60 Mindful MinutesBeing Present in Your BodyBeing present in the body is a homecoming, a re-inhabiting, an opportunity to return to and reengage with ourselves. Attuning to the present moment, most often through our bodily senses, we experience the delight and beauty of being alive. Learn more about Kristen Manieri and coaching: Kristen@kristenmanieri.com KristenManieri.com Host Bio Kristen Manieri is a coach who works with teams to increase both productivity and wellbeing. She also helps individuals navigate transition with clarity and confidence. Her areas of focus are: stress reduction, energy management, mindset, resilience, ha...2022-10-2008 min60 Mindful MinutesHave a Conversation with Yourself with Corey YeagerWith all of its noise and distraction, this world we live in isn’t really designed for regular personal reflection. And yet, it’s in the quiet moments with ourselves that we come to listen to our thoughts, get to know who we are, and tap into our innate wisdom. In his new book, How Am I Doing?: 40 Conversations to Have with Yourself, writer and therapist Corey Yeager explores how we can use intentional conversations with ourselves to develop more trust, connection, clarity and confidence. This week we explore some of these conversations. Guest Bio 2022-10-1848 min60 Mindful MinutesHave a Conversation with Yourself with Corey YeagerWith all of its noise and distraction, this world we live in isn’t really designed for regular personal reflection. And yet, it’s in the quiet moments with ourselves that we come to listen to our thoughts, get to know who we are, and tap into our innate wisdom. In his new book, How Am I Doing?: 40 Conversations to Have with Yourself, writer and therapist Corey Yeager explores how we can use intentional conversations with ourselves to develop more trust, connection, clarity and confidence. This week we explore some of these conversations. Guest Bio 2022-10-1848 min60 Mindful MinutesHow to Tame the MindHere’s the magic of the mind: when we pay attention, we have the wonderful capacity to both think our thoughts AND witness ourselves thinking them. We are the thinker and the watcher all at once, which means when the uninvited memories and unwelcome worries arrive, we can notice that they’re there. This awareness allows us to (eventually) work around the land mines or render them harmless. It’s simple but not always easy, so I’ll share some practices I use to tame my mind. Learn more about Kristen Manieri and coaching: Kristen@kr...2022-10-1310 min60 Mindful MinutesHow to Tame the MindHere’s the magic of the mind: when we pay attention, we have the wonderful capacity to both think our thoughts AND witness ourselves thinking them. We are the thinker and the watcher all at once, which means when the uninvited memories and unwelcome worries arrive, we can notice that they’re there. This awareness allows us to (eventually) work around the land mines or render them harmless. It’s simple but not always easy, so I’ll share some practices I use to tame my mind. Learn more about Kristen Manieri and coaching: Kristen@kr...2022-10-1310 min60 Mindful MinutesDesigning an On-Purpose Life with Tanya DaltonTanya Dalton, author of On Purpose and The Joy of Missing Out, invites you to ask yourself this question: Are you filling your calendar or are you filling your soul? As a productivity expert, Tanya cares a lot about getting things done and achieving goals, but doing so with an unhurried purpose that we each can access when we stay true to our soul's path and design our days on purpose. With simple shifts and innovative strategies, she offers the tools for us to create a more spacious, fulfilling life. Guest Bio Tanya D...2022-10-1154 min60 Mindful MinutesDesigning an On-Purpose Life with Tanya DaltonTanya Dalton, author of On Purpose and The Joy of Missing Out, invites you to ask yourself this question: Are you filling your calendar or are you filling your soul? As a productivity expert, Tanya cares a lot about getting things done and achieving goals, but doing so with an unhurried purpose that we each can access when we stay true to our soul's path and design our days on purpose. With simple shifts and innovative strategies, she offers the tools for us to create a more spacious, fulfilling life. Guest Bio Tanya D...2022-10-1154 min60 Mindful MinutesHow to Create More Ease at WorkBy slogging away at work, trying to cross off everything on an infinitely endless to-do list, are we really enriched by our work in the world? We lose ourselves in our doing. We create stress and lose access to the present, which is where we find our creativity, wisdom and intuition. Learn more about Kristen Manieri and coaching: Kristen@kristenmanieri.com KristenManieri.com Host Bio Kristen Manieri is a coach who works with teams to increase both productivity and wellbeing. She also helps individuals navigate transition with clarity and co...2022-10-0606 min60 Mindful MinutesHow to Create More Ease at WorkBy slogging away at work, trying to cross off everything on an infinitely endless to-do list, are we really enriched by our work in the world? We lose ourselves in our doing. We create stress and lose access to the present, which is where we find our creativity, wisdom and intuition. Learn more about Kristen Manieri and coaching: Kristen@kristenmanieri.com KristenManieri.com Host Bio Kristen Manieri is a coach who works with teams to increase both productivity and wellbeing. She also helps individuals navigate transition with clarity and co...2022-10-0606 min60 Mindful MinutesAre You “Crushing” Life or Savoring It? with Vanessa LoderThe hustle to overachieve at work and at home--all in the hopes that we can “crush it” until we finally feel fulfilled--leaves many of us feeling overwhelmed and exhausted. In her new book, Soul Solution, author and coach Vanessa Loder explores how we can recover our joy by creating our own road map for living instead of following the one that’s been handed to us. By doing things like “following our energetic breadcrumbs” and creating micro-moments of change, we can tap into our intuitive soul power to create a life filled with meaning and joy. Guest Bio...2022-10-0455 min60 Mindful MinutesAre You “Crushing” Life or Savoring It? with Vanessa LoderThe hustle to overachieve at work and at home--all in the hopes that we can “crush it” until we finally feel fulfilled--leaves many of us feeling overwhelmed and exhausted. In her new book, Soul Solution, author and coach Vanessa Loder explores how we can recover our joy by creating our own road map for living instead of following the one that’s been handed to us. By doing things like “following our energetic breadcrumbs” and creating micro-moments of change, we can tap into our intuitive soul power to create a life filled with meaning and joy. Guest Bio...2022-10-0455 min60 Mindful MinutesPermission to Change Your MindWhat if at the outset of any new endeavor—a new job, a new hobby, a new book—we gave ourselves permission to just try? What if we remember going in that we can always change our minds, that trying is just trying, not committing? I think we all need to fill our lives with more no-strings-attached tries. This week I share some ways to do just that. Learn more about Kristen Manieri and coaching: Kristen@kristenmanieri.com KristenManieri.com Host Bio Kristen Manieri is a coach who works with t...2022-09-2909 min60 Mindful MinutesPermission to Change Your MindWhat if at the outset of any new endeavor—a new job, a new hobby, a new book—we gave ourselves permission to just try? What if we remember going in that we can always change our minds, that trying is just trying, not committing? I think we all need to fill our lives with more no-strings-attached tries. This week I share some ways to do just that. Learn more about Kristen Manieri and coaching: Kristen@kristenmanieri.com KristenManieri.com Host Bio Kristen Manieri is a coach who works with t...2022-09-2909 min60 Mindful MinutesOur Relationship with Food with Sarah GehaWhile it largely goes unexamined, we each have a relationship with food. Our thoughts and beliefs around what and why we eat forms the bedrock for how we nourish ourselves and, as a result, how we feel in our bodies and in our lives. This week I’m joined by Functional Nutritionist Sarah Geha for a conversation about our challenged relationship with food and eating, and ways we can rethink and rebuild this relationship. Guest Bio Sarah is both a functional nutritionist and environmental toxins specialist. She is a Certified Nutrition Specialist ("CNS") and...2022-09-2759 min60 Mindful MinutesOur Relationship with Food with Sarah GehaWhile it largely goes unexamined, we each have a relationship with food. Our thoughts and beliefs around what and why we eat forms the bedrock for how we nourish ourselves and, as a result, how we feel in our bodies and in our lives. This week I’m joined by Functional Nutritionist Sarah Geha for a conversation about our challenged relationship with food and eating, and ways we can rethink and rebuild this relationship. Guest Bio Sarah is both a functional nutritionist and environmental toxins specialist. She is a Certified Nutrition Specialist ("CNS") and...2022-09-2759 min60 Mindful MinutesThe Real Purpose of MindfulnessWe hear a lot about mindfulness these days. In fact, I think we hear about it so much that we might have lost sight of what it actually is and what it’s actually for. Mindfulness is about being present, but it’s really about who we are being in the present when we consciously direct and choose how we want to show up in the world. Learn more about Kristen Manieri and coaching: Kristen@kristenmanieri.com KristenManieri.com Host Bio Kristen Manieri is a coach who works w...2022-09-2207 min60 Mindful MinutesThe Real Purpose of MindfulnessWe hear a lot about mindfulness these days. In fact, I think we hear about it so much that we might have lost sight of what it actually is and what it’s actually for. Mindfulness is about being present, but it’s really about who we are being in the present when we consciously direct and choose how we want to show up in the world. Learn more about Kristen Manieri and coaching: Kristen@kristenmanieri.com KristenManieri.com Host Bio Kristen Manieri is a coach who works w...2022-09-2207 min60 Mindful MinutesInvesting in Platonic Love with Marisa G. FrancoHow do we make and keep friends in an era of distraction, burnout, and chaos, especially in a society that often prizes romantic love at the expense of other relationships? This is the question Dr. Marisa G. Franco explores in her new book, Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make--and Keep—Friends. Using insights from attachment theory and the latest scientific research on friendship, Marisa shows us that making new friends, and deepening longstanding relationships, is not only possible but essential. This week you’ll learn specific, research-based ways to improve the quantity and qual...2022-09-2053 min60 Mindful MinutesInvesting in Platonic Love with Marisa G. FrancoHow do we make and keep friends in an era of distraction, burnout, and chaos, especially in a society that often prizes romantic love at the expense of other relationships? This is the question Dr. Marisa G. Franco explores in her new book, Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make--and Keep—Friends. Using insights from attachment theory and the latest scientific research on friendship, Marisa shows us that making new friends, and deepening longstanding relationships, is not only possible but essential. This week you’ll learn specific, research-based ways to improve the quantity and qual...2022-09-2053 min60 Mindful MinutesMental Agility Matters with Elaine FoxYour ability to flex your thoughts, feelings, and actions can transform your life, bolster your resilience, and foster your zest for living. Elaine Fox, PhD, psychologist and researcher, studies the science of neurological flexibility. In her new book, Switch Craft: The Hidden Power of Mental Agility, Elaine explores how we can expand and improve our mental agility, and why it is so critical to become as mentally agile as we can. Guest Bio Elaine Fox, PhD is a psychologist and author and became Head of the School of Psychology at the University of A...2022-09-1354 min60 Mindful MinutesMental Agility Matters with Elaine FoxYour ability to flex your thoughts, feelings, and actions can transform your life, bolster your resilience, and foster your zest for living. Elaine Fox, PhD, psychologist and researcher, studies the science of neurological flexibility. In her new book, Switch Craft: The Hidden Power of Mental Agility, Elaine explores how we can expand and improve our mental agility, and why it is so critical to become as mentally agile as we can. Guest Bio Elaine Fox, PhD is a psychologist and author and became Head of the School of Psychology at the University of A...2022-09-1354 min60 Mindful MinutesMove Your Body, Change Your Mind with Erica Hornthal“If you want to show up in this life, you’ve got to begin by showing up in your body,” writes Erica Hornthal in her new book Body Aware. Erica believes it’s time to redefine what movement is and how it plays a role in our lives. As a licensed clinical professional counselor and board-certified dance/movement therapist, she helps people harness the power of movement and see that the way they might currently live in their body is not the only way. Awareness is the key to change and movement is the catalyst for awareness. Gue...2022-09-0847 min60 Mindful MinutesMove Your Body, Change Your Mind with Erica Hornthal“If you want to show up in this life, you’ve got to begin by showing up in your body,” writes Erica Hornthal in her new book Body Aware. Erica believes it’s time to redefine what movement is and how it plays a role in our lives. As a licensed clinical professional counselor and board-certified dance/movement therapist, she helps people harness the power of movement and see that the way they might currently live in their body is not the only way. Awareness is the key to change and movement is the catalyst for awareness. Gue...2022-09-0847 min60 Mindful MinutesHow to Strengthen Your Gratitude MuscleGratitude, as I’ve come to see it, is a skill that requires nurturing. The more you’re present to what you’re thankful for, the happier you’ll become. This week I offer two practices for strengthening your gratitude muscle. Learn more about Kristen Manieri and coaching: Kristen@kristenmanieri.com KristenManieri.com Host Bio Kristen Manieri is a coach who works with teams to increase both productivity and wellbeing. She also helps individuals navigate transition with clarity and confidence. Her areas of focus are: stress reduction, energy management, mindset, r...2022-09-0707 min60 Mindful MinutesHow to Strengthen Your Gratitude MuscleGratitude, as I’ve come to see it, is a skill that requires nurturing. The more you’re present to what you’re thankful for, the happier you’ll become. This week I offer two practices for strengthening your gratitude muscle. Learn more about Kristen Manieri and coaching: Kristen@kristenmanieri.com KristenManieri.com Host Bio Kristen Manieri is a coach who works with teams to increase both productivity and wellbeing. She also helps individuals navigate transition with clarity and confidence. Her areas of focus are: stress reduction, energy management, mindset, r...2022-09-0707 min60 Mindful MinutesHow to Fall Madly in Love with Your LifeAre you madly in love with your life? Do you want to be? Being madly in love with your life will mean something different to everyone, of course, but I’ve discovered that there are a few common threads and universal through lines that can help us think about it for ourselves. And I wanted to share them with you this week. Learn more about Kristen Manieri and coaching: Kristen@kristenmanieri.com KristenManieri.com Host Bio Kristen Manieri is a coach who works with teams to increase both productivity and...2022-09-0107 min60 Mindful MinutesHow to Fall Madly in Love with Your LifeAre you madly in love with your life? Do you want to be? Being madly in love with your life will mean something different to everyone, of course, but I’ve discovered that there are a few common threads and universal through lines that can help us think about it for ourselves. And I wanted to share them with you this week. Learn more about Kristen Manieri and coaching: Kristen@kristenmanieri.com KristenManieri.com Host Bio Kristen Manieri is a coach who works with teams to increase both productivity and...2022-09-0107 min60 Mindful MinutesHow to be a Wild and Free Family with Ainsley ArmentAinsley Arment wants families to be wild and free. While that's going to look different for each of us, being wild and free means that we’re each creating the life we want with intention. As the author of The Wild and Free Family: Forging Your Own Path to a Life Full of Wonder, Adventure, and Connection and the founder and leader of the Wild + Free organization, Ainsley thinks a lot about what it means to build a meaningful and fulfilling life together with our kids. In her book and in this week’s discussion, she explores topics of fami...2022-08-3150 min60 Mindful MinutesHow to be a Wild and Free Family with Ainsley ArmentAinsley Arment wants families to be wild and free. While that's going to look different for each of us, being wild and free means that we’re each creating the life we want with intention. As the author of The Wild and Free Family: Forging Your Own Path to a Life Full of Wonder, Adventure, and Connection and the founder and leader of the Wild + Free organization, Ainsley thinks a lot about what it means to build a meaningful and fulfilling life together with our kids. In her book and in this week’s discussion, she explores topics of fami...2022-08-3150 min60 Mindful MinutesWork Anywhere, Live Anywhere with Melody WarnickRemote work exploded over the past two years, and as a result, millions of people now find themselves in the position to ask this life-changing question: If I can work anywhere, where shall I live? This is the inquiry that author Melody Warnick explores in her new book, If You Could Live Anywhere. Along the way she considers the importance of place, cost of living and community but also our leanings towards a nomadic life or living internationally. Warnick helps the “Anywhereist” discover the right place to do their best work but also live their best life. 2022-08-2356 min60 Mindful MinutesWork Anywhere, Live Anywhere with Melody WarnickRemote work exploded over the past two years, and as a result, millions of people now find themselves in the position to ask this life-changing question: If I can work anywhere, where shall I live? This is the inquiry that author Melody Warnick explores in her new book, If You Could Live Anywhere. Along the way she considers the importance of place, cost of living and community but also our leanings towards a nomadic life or living internationally. Warnick helps the “Anywhereist” discover the right place to do their best work but also live their best life. 2022-08-2356 min60 Mindful MinutesCareer Self-Care with Minda ZetlinWe spend a tremendous amount of our lives working. Work can give meaning, purpose and direction to your lives, and it can be the place where we shine, grow and make a difference. It can also be a source of great stress and strain, especially when our work and home life blurs or becomes out of balance. In her new book, Career Self-Care: Find Your Happiness, Success, and Fulfillment at Work, writer Minda Zetlin has explores dozens of concrete ways to improve work life in any kind of job or entrepreneurial setting. The key is taking steps to integrate...2022-08-1641 min60 Mindful MinutesCareer Self-Care with Minda ZetlinWe spend a tremendous amount of our lives working. Work can give meaning, purpose and direction to your lives, and it can be the place where we shine, grow and make a difference. It can also be a source of great stress and strain, especially when our work and home life blurs or becomes out of balance. In her new book, Career Self-Care: Find Your Happiness, Success, and Fulfillment at Work, writer Minda Zetlin has explores dozens of concrete ways to improve work life in any kind of job or entrepreneurial setting. The key is taking steps to integrate...2022-08-1641 min60 Mindful MinutesLiving an Integrated Life with Sharon SchneiderEach day we make dozens of choices, including how to spend our time, money and energy. In the new book, Handbook for an Integrated Life: A Practical Guide to Aligning Your Everyday Choices with Your Internal Compass, author and philanthropy expert Sharon Schneider explores the ways we can integrate our values and desires to do good in the world with the things we are already doing. From buying habits and ways we celebrate, to how we travel and where we live, all aspects of our lives can come into alignment with our values when we take the time to...2022-07-2057 min60 Mindful MinutesLiving an Integrated Life with Sharon SchneiderEach day we make dozens of choices, including how to spend our time, money and energy. In the new book, Handbook for an Integrated Life: A Practical Guide to Aligning Your Everyday Choices with Your Internal Compass, author and philanthropy expert Sharon Schneider explores the ways we can integrate our values and desires to do good in the world with the things we are already doing. From buying habits and ways we celebrate, to how we travel and where we live, all aspects of our lives can come into alignment with our values when we take the time to...2022-07-2057 min60 Mindful MinutesGoing Alcohol-Free with Veronica ValliThere’s value in asking the question: is my relationship with alcohol working for me and my life? There’s a myth that we need alcohol to relax and have fun. But run a cost/benefit analysis, and really look at what alcohol may be costing you (and the amount of space it may take up in your head), and it’s possible to discover that maybe alcohol really doesn’t work for you at all. In her book, Soberful: Uncover a Sustainable, Fulfilling Life Free of Alcohol, author and sobriety coach Veronica Valli explores how we can rethink and refr...2022-07-1350 min60 Mindful MinutesGoing Alcohol-Free with Veronica ValliThere’s value in asking the question: is my relationship with alcohol working for me and my life? There’s a myth that we need alcohol to relax and have fun. But run a cost/benefit analysis, and really look at what alcohol may be costing you (and the amount of space it may take up in your head), and it’s possible to discover that maybe alcohol really doesn’t work for you at all. In her book, Soberful: Uncover a Sustainable, Fulfilling Life Free of Alcohol, author and sobriety coach Veronica Valli explores how we can rethink and refr...2022-07-1350 min60 Mindful MinutesWhat is Wellness with Kerri KellyFrom juice bars and meditation retreats to crystals and mindfulness apps, wellness has pervaded almost every aspect of our lives. In our uncertain and chaotic world, it’s easy to imagine how hard we’re all trying to feel well. In fact, there’s a trillion-dollar wellness industry that is capitalizing on, perhaps even exploiting, our deep yearning to feel whole, steady and well. But it begs the question: what do we really need to feel well? And who has access to these things and who does not? These are just a few of the questions author and activist Kerri...2022-07-0552 min60 Mindful MinutesWhat is Wellness with Kerri KellyFrom juice bars and meditation retreats to crystals and mindfulness apps, wellness has pervaded almost every aspect of our lives. In our uncertain and chaotic world, it’s easy to imagine how hard we’re all trying to feel well. In fact, there’s a trillion-dollar wellness industry that is capitalizing on, perhaps even exploiting, our deep yearning to feel whole, steady and well. But it begs the question: what do we really need to feel well? And who has access to these things and who does not? These are just a few of the questions author and activist Kerri...2022-07-0552 min60 Mindful MinutesChange Your Lunch Break, Change Your Life with Cheryl JohnsonIn the book, Box Lunch Lifestyle: Using Your Lunch Break to Win Back the Life You Deserve, author Cheryl Johnson uses the common, everyday experience of a lunch break as a kind of metaphor for how we live our lives. Are our breaks rushed with almost no time to nourish ourselves, or do we build boundaries so that we make time for what matters for us? Are we constantly flying by the seat of our pants or do we strategically place moments of calm and clarity in our day so we can pause and return to ourselves? As you’ll...2022-06-2852 min60 Mindful MinutesChange Your Lunch Break, Change Your Life with Cheryl JohnsonIn the book, Box Lunch Lifestyle: Using Your Lunch Break to Win Back the Life You Deserve, author Cheryl Johnson uses the common, everyday experience of a lunch break as a kind of metaphor for how we live our lives. Are our breaks rushed with almost no time to nourish ourselves, or do we build boundaries so that we make time for what matters for us? Are we constantly flying by the seat of our pants or do we strategically place moments of calm and clarity in our day so we can pause and return to ourselves? As you’ll...2022-06-2852 min60 Mindful MinutesWhy We Get Resilience Wrong with Steve MagnessThere are times when life requires us to have grit and to tough things out. But the hammer isn’t the only tool in our toolbox. Steve Magness, author of the book, Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness, offers a new model for how we can respond to our struggles, stressors and discomforts. A performance scientist who coaches Olympic athletes, he challenges us to trade in our broken model of resilience, based on powering through at all cost, for one grounded in the latest science and psychology, and focused on ac...2022-06-2150 min60 Mindful MinutesWhy We Get Resilience Wrong with Steve MagnessThere are times when life requires us to have grit and to tough things out. But the hammer isn’t the only tool in our toolbox. Steve Magness, author of the book, Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness, offers a new model for how we can respond to our struggles, stressors and discomforts. A performance scientist who coaches Olympic athletes, he challenges us to trade in our broken model of resilience, based on powering through at all cost, for one grounded in the latest science and psychology, and focused on ac...2022-06-2150 min60 Mindful MinutesHow to Microdose Bravery with Kristen LeeResilience isn’t something we’re innately born with; it’s something we develop over time. In her new book, Worth the Risk: How to Microdose Bravery to Grow Resilience, Connect More, and Offer Yourself to the World, author and behavioral science researcher Kristen Lee shares how bravery is a process that we can undergo with intention. By engaging in strategic risk-taking and using small, intentional acts of courage, we can build resilience, confidence, and connection. For episode homepage, resources and links, visit: https://kristenmanieri.com/episode183 Guest Bio Kristen Lee, EdD, LICSW, is an...2022-06-1459 min60 Mindful MinutesHow to Microdose Bravery with Kristen LeeResilience isn’t something we’re innately born with; it’s something we develop over time. In her new book, Worth the Risk: How to Microdose Bravery to Grow Resilience, Connect More, and Offer Yourself to the World, author and behavioral science researcher Kristen Lee shares how bravery is a process that we can undergo with intention. By engaging in strategic risk-taking and using small, intentional acts of courage, we can build resilience, confidence, and connection. For episode homepage, resources and links, visit: https://kristenmanieri.com/episode183 Guest Bio Kristen Lee, EdD, LICSW, is an...2022-06-1459 min60 Mindful MinutesMindfulness Habits with Kristen ManieriFor episode homepage, resources and links, visit: https://kristenmanieri.com/episode137/ Description Mindfulness is a powerful tool for staying calm, centered, and steady―but it can be challenging to remember to stay mindful. Meditation is helpful, but real change happens when we can integrate mindfulness into the everyday living of our lives through habits. In this episode, I’m interviewed by my friend and fellow author, Erica Boucher, about my new book, Better Daily Mindfulness Habits: Simple Changes with Lifelong Impact, which comes out July 13, 2021. Guest Bio Kristen...2021-07-0755 min60 Mindful MinutesMindfulness Habits with Kristen ManieriFor episode homepage, resources and links, visit: https://kristenmanieri.com/episode137/ Description Mindfulness is a powerful tool for staying calm, centered, and steady―but it can be challenging to remember to stay mindful. Meditation is helpful, but real change happens when we can integrate mindfulness into the everyday living of our lives through habits. In this episode, I’m interviewed by my friend and fellow author, Erica Boucher, about my new book, Better Daily Mindfulness Habits: Simple Changes with Lifelong Impact, which comes out July 13, 2021. Guest Bio Kristen...2021-07-0755 min