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In YourWords YourWords STL ArtWorks featuring Jorrell WatkinsJorrell Watkins discusses poetry and identity with young St. Louis artists.

2024-11-0328 min

In YourWords YourWords STL ArtWorks featuring Chen ChenThe young artists of YourWords STL and STL ArtWorks discuss identity and poetry with the award-winning poet and educator Chen Chen.

2024-10-1117 min

In YourWords YourWords STL ArtWorks featuring Joy LadinSt. Louis youth discuss poetry and identity with award-winning author Joy Ladin.

2024-10-0419 min

In YourWords YourWords STL ArtWorks with Jose OlivarezPoet Jose Olivarez in conversation with young artists from St. Louis.

2024-09-2320 min

12 Minute Meditation Connect with Your Brave Heart with Boo BoafoThere are countless ways we can shift our world for the better—whether it's volunteering weekly in our communities, engaging someone in a compassionate conversation, joining an activist group, or creating art that envisions what positive change might look like and energizes us to get there. But that's not the whole story. We need to care for ourselves, too: Healing and replenishing ourselves is part of the healing we wish for others. In this seated yoga practice, we cultivate the tools to nurture, strengthen, and give courage to our fearless hearts. Show Notes Fin...

2023-02-2318 min

12 Minute Meditation Turn Awareness Into Action with Michelle MaldonadoIt is easy to feel overwhelmed and confused about how to engage with the world from a place of strength, groundedness, and calm. So, this week, we're sharing an awareness practice to foster three key insights: clarity of intention; understanding of our power, presence, and impact; and opportunities for wise action-taking. We don't have to know all the answers. We are simply inviting in reflection and introspection to allow insights and awareness of body and mind to arise. Whatever arises, see if you can meet it with self-compassion and curiosity. This practice was featured in the February 2023...

2023-02-0216 min

12 Minute Meditation Let Compassion Open Your Heart with Sharon SalzbergWe tend to focus all our love on the people we care about—yet, to connect more deeply with others, we must turn toward the one person we keep on the shortest leash: ourselves. We often reject other people's care or attention when we believe we don't deserve it. This practice reminds us that there's nothing special we must do to deserve love. You are worthy of love simply because you exist. Show Notes: More from Sharon Salzberg here: sharonsalzberg.com More from Sharon on mindful.org And more fro...

2023-01-2618 min

12 Minute Meditation Unwind From Stress with Nate Klemp and Eric LangshurThe simple act of questioning the thoughts that shape our reality (especially when they create stress, anger, or frustration) opens the door to living a life with more compassion, ease, and openness to new possibilities. This week, Nate Klemp and Eric Langshur offer a practice (recorded by Mindful editor-in-chief Heather Hurlock) to inquire into our thoughts and unwind from stress. This practice is featured in the February 2023 issue of Mindful as part of an at-home meditation retreat. The mini-retreat is curated for relief and restoration when you're teetering on the edge of burnout and designed for you...

2023-01-1215 min

12 Minute Meditation Set Your Intentions for the New Year with Mark BertinWhile many of us take stock at the end of a year, and use the fresh page of January to set goals, or make plans, that sense of letting go of what we're caught up in and the habits we've been living through can be an integral part of our everyday mindfulness practice. Each time we sit for a few minutes, there's an opportunity to let go of wherever our minds, attention, and awareness have gotten caught up in, come back, and realign ourselves with our best intentions and efforts. As you approach this practise, ask yourself w...

2023-01-0513 min

12 Minute Meditation Top Guided Meditations of 2022: Healing Through HopeFor the month of December we're rounding up our most popular meditations from this year. This week, Rose Felix Cratsley offers affirmations for self-compassion, embracing growth, and healing through hope. She says, "I think mindfulness is an essential and fundamental human right. We come into the world open and curious, but oftentimes self-judgment, criticism, fear, and anxiety come about." Show Notes Find more from Rose Felix Cratsley here: Ivy Child International Rose Felix Cratsley. Author at Mindful And more from Mindful here: The Top 10 Guided Meditations of 2022

2022-12-2910 min

12 Minute Meditation Top Guided Meditations of 2022: Savor the Moment by Tapping into Your SensesFor the month of December we're rounding up our most popular meditations from this year. This week, Elaine Smookler offers a practice to help savor the moment by tapping into your senses. One morning in early October, Elaine Smookler glanced at her cell phone and noticed the weather app ominously predicting many days of snow and icy temperatures ahead. Life's challenges were seemingly everywhere. And Elaine was smiling. Cheerful. Grateful. Difficulties were still present, but awareness of her gratitude shifted her view, letting her see that everything was not dark and cold—in fact, many sights and sou...

2022-12-2213 min

12 Minute Meditation Top Guided Meditations of 2022: Tune In to What Your Body NeedsSometimes we need to drop into our body to discern what we need in this moment. In this episode of 12 Minute Meditation, author and mindfulness teacher Dr. Christopher Willard offers four prompts to help us self-regulate by attending to what our difficult emotions or physical sensations may be telling us, using the acronym H.A.L.T. H is for asking ourselves: Am I hungry right now? A means checking in to see: Am I angry or anxious, or otherwise dysregulated and activated? L stands for lonely: Am I feeling lonely in this moment? And T stands for: Am...

2022-12-1511 min

12 Minute Meditation Cultivate Gratitude for Small Things with Steve HickmanIf you're celebrating Thanksgiving this week, we're sending you warm wishes for a safe and happy holiday. And, in the spirit of season, this week, Steve Hickman offers a gratitude practice for small things. You'll find this practice featured in our Gratitude Journal, which is a beautiful, lovingly designed collection of essays, articles, and practices, rooted in neuroscience, and featuring writing prompts by Jane Anne Staw, and lots of space for you to draw, write, and reflect on your own relationship with and practice of gratitude. Show Notes Find more from Steve Hickman...

2022-11-2411 min

12 Minute Meditation Tap Into Gratitude with Loving-Kindness with Jessica MoreySometimes gratitude can be tough to tap into, so this week, Jessica Morey shares a meditation to help us connect with our own goodness. When we're anchored in feelings of love and gratitude, we can bring loving-kindness and compassion with us out into the world. This practice as a web extra to our guide to gratitude, in the December issue of Mindful. Our guide to gratitude features a variety of practices designed to help you tune into your five senses, shift toward qualities like joy and awe, and more. Show Notes Find more from Jessica...

2022-11-1715 min

12 Minute Meditation Counteract Resentment with Gratitude with Barry BoyceOne of the biggest obstacles to gratitude is resentment, says Barry Boyce, Mindful's founding editor. From time to time, we need to undercut our own perspective and see things from the other side—maybe even from all sides. Here, Barry shares a gratitude practice to help us stop clinging to our ideas of what we want, and to work with the feelings that come up when we feel resistant to the way things are. Show Notes Find more from Barry Boyce here: "Gratitude for the Lousy Ingrate" "The Truth About Parasocial Rel...

2022-11-1018 min

12 Minute Meditation Awaken the Flow of Gratitude in Nature with Georgina MirandaWhile moving through nature, we have the opportunity to enter a state of being, be present with all of our sensations, and awaken gratitude for the Earth that is also part of us. So, take this moment to connect with the breath as Georgina Miranda, social entrepreneur, outdoor adventurer, speaker, writer, and mindful leadership expert guides you in a meditation for gratitude in nature. This meditation is a web extra for the December 2022 issue of Mindful magazine, on newsstands now or on mindful.org. Show Notes Find more from Georgina Miranda here: georginamiranda...

2022-11-0309 min

12 Minute Meditation Give Gratitude for Your Body with Elaine SmooklerWhen we take a moment to appreciate what's happening in our bodies, with a spirit of curiosity, we honor all that our bodies do for us every day. This week, Elaine Smookler guides us in a moment to bring appreciation to our embodied experience right now. Show Notes Find more from Elaine Smookler here: Elainesmookler.com Elaine Smookler, Author at Mindful Mindful course: Get Started with Mindfulness Course And more from Mindful here: The December 2022 issue of Mindful magazine: The Self-Love Issue The G...

2022-10-2716 min

12 Minute Meditation Nurture a Felt Sense of Gratitude Gina Rollo WhiteThis week, experienced mindfulness practitioner and instructor Gina Rollo White offers a gentle way to connect with each area of your body, while nurturing a felt sense of loving-kindness and gratitude. This somatic (embodied awareness) practice is a bonus that adds on to the "Guide to Gratitude" that you'll find in the December issue of Mindful magazine. There, mindfulness experts share their best tips and guided practices to shift focus toward qualities like joy and awe, and discover new ways to let gratitude come alive. Show Notes Find more from Gina Rollo White here:

2022-10-2013 min

12 Minute Meditation Staying with Awareness of Difficult Emotions with Sharon SalzbergWhen we're caught in the throes of an emotion like sadness, loneliness, or anger, shifting our awareness into the body allows us to experience the ever-changing nature of these strong and often unpleasant emotions. This practice will help you get used to the feeling of paying attention to difficult emotions in the body with curiosity and without judgment. Show Notes Find more from Sharon Salzberg here: sharonsalzberg.com Sharon Salzberg on mindful.org And more from Mindful here: The October 2022 issue of Mindful magazine: The Peaceful Mind...

2022-10-1317 min

12 Minute Meditation Investigate Tough Emotions with Dr. Jud BrewerThis practice is a web extra in the October issue of Mindful magazine where we look into the science and practice of meditating—not to push away your painful emotions, but to see and recognize those emotions with kindness and curiosity. This week, Jud Brewer offers this simple exercise to help you shift your attitude toward what you're feeling. Curiosity is a helpful tool for engaging with our embodied experience, including emotions like sadness, anxiety, or any other unpleasant emotion. Show Notes Find more from Judson Brewer here: Drjud.com Unwinding Anx...

2022-09-2212 min

12 Minute Meditation Soften, Soothe, and Allow Difficult Emotions with Kristen NeffThis practice is a web extra in the October issue of Mindful magazine where we look into the science and practice of meditating—not to push away your painful emotions, but to see and recognize those emotions with kindness and curiosity. By allowing ourselves to experience where tough emotions are present in the body, and opening up to them with love, we can cultivate a sense of peace and acceptance toward the imperfect nature of life. This meditation is guided by author and mindful self-compassion expert Kristin Neff. It's designed for dealing with really difficult emotions, so if you're fe...

2022-09-1517 min

12 Minute Meditation Tune In to What Your Body Needs with Chris WillardSometimes we need to drop into our body to discern what we need in this moment. In this episode of 12 Minute Meditation, author and mindfulness teacher Dr. Christopher Willard offers four prompts to help us self-regulate by attending to what our difficult emotions or physical sensations may be telling us, using the acronym H.A.L.T. In a nutshell, H is for asking ourselves: Am I hungry right now? A means checking in to see: Am I angry or anxious, or otherwise dysregulated and activated? L stands for lonely: Am I feeling lonely in this moment? And T...

2022-09-0811 min

12 Minute Meditation Make Peace with Change with Kimberly BrownThis week, meditation teacher and author Kimberly Brown offers a loving-kindness practice variation to help us cultivate more ease and openness within the moment-to-moment unfolding of our lives. "Everything is impermanent. It's always changing, coming together and falling apart," she says. When we can accept that not everything is up to us, and let go of trying to control what we can't change, we can find more ease. This practice is a web extra in the October issue of Mindful magazine. In the feature, veteran journalist Caren Osten Gerszberg looks into the science and practice of meditating—not to pu...

2022-09-0115 min

12 Minute Meditation A Breathing Meditation with Ni-Cheng LiangDr. Ni-Cheng Liang leads us in a 4-7-8 breath practice to release stagnant air and find calm. Ni-Cheng is a pulmonary physician, podcast host, and mindfulness teacher. In the early days of the pandemic, she recruited eight medical colleagues from across the United States to create the Mindful Healthcare Collective, which offers free online mindfulness sessions to healthcare workers, with topics including basic breath awareness, mindful eating, and even anti-racism work. Show Notes: Find more of Ni-Cheng Liang here: Ni-Cheng Liang, Author at Mindful ncliangmd.com Meditate with...

2022-08-2512 min

12 Minute Meditation A Meditation to Bring You Home to Yourself with Georgina MirandaThis week, Georgina Miranda shares a guided practice to help us feel more grounded and at ease, especially during stressful or fearful moments. Georgina is a global leader in change, transformation, mindfulness, conscious leadership development and the advancement of women. She is also a highly sought after international transformation coach, public speaker, and management consultant. Show Notes: Find more of Georgina Miranda here: Author Page, Georgina Miranda This Woman Used Mindfulness to Climb Mt. Everest GEORGINA MIRANDA Meditate with Georgina in the Mindful30: a 30-Day Meditation Challenge ...

2022-08-1815 min

12 Minute Meditation Offer Loving-Kindness to Yourself with Andres GonzalezIn order to be giving, we need to be nourished. This week, Andres Gonzalez shares a practice about learning to check in with yourself and to do so with love. Andres is cofounder of the Holistic Life Foundation. For twenty years, Andres has taught yoga to diverse populations, including Baltimore City Public School, drug treatment centers, mental crisis facilities, homeless shelters, wellness centers, colleges, private schools, and other venues throughout the nation. He is also one of this year's teachers in our Mindful30 meditation challenge. Andres will be guiding practices based on easing stress with intentional breathing. If you...

2022-08-1114 min

12 Minute Meditation A Breathing Meditation to Cultivate AttentionFounding editor of Mindful and mindful.org Barry Boyce offers a simple practice for cultivating your attention. He says, "The simple act of paying attention is really the kindest thing you can do for yourself. When our mind is scattered it creates pain and disconnection, and that pain and disconnection gets picked up by others." But paying attention isn't as easy as deciding to do it—it does take practice! So that's what this week's meditation is all about. Show Notes: Find more from Barry Boyce here: Barry on mindful.org Read...

2022-08-0413 min

12 Minute Meditation A Song for Restoration with Michelle ChatmanThis week, we're offering something a little different. Dr. Michelle Chatman shares a practice that she's been singing since 2020, when we saw the killing of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor; when the COVID-19 pandemic began and we saw its devastating effects upon Black and brown communities; and we also saw protests and uprisings in response to racial injustice around the globe. As an assistant professor in the Crime, Justice, and Security Studies program at The University of the District of Columbia and contemplative educator, Michelle weaves meditation, music, and introspective practices into her teaching to...

2022-07-2814 min

12 Minute Meditation Cultivate an Open Heart with Meena SrinivasanDuring times of stress and uncertainty, touching into your groundedness while remaining open can help you find calm—and inspire others to do the same. Meena Srinivasan offers a practice for staying both rooted, and open. "You can always draw upon the strength of those who've come before us," she says. "Know that you can act from a place and space of groundedness and compassion. And this is what the world needs now." Show notes: Find more from Meena Srinivasan here: meenasrinivasan.com Transformative Educational Leadership 10...

2022-07-2014 min

12 Minute Meditation Deepen Intergenerational Resilience with Sará King"Resilience can be thought of as our capacity to know when we are not in a state of equilibrium and to be in the practice of gently inviting ourselves to open up and reveal whatever it is we need to be nourished and to be held." Dr. Sará King says. And this can help us to reestablish a feeling of safety, connectedness, and grounding. This week, Dr. King invites us to connect with the love and healing we'd like to send to future generations to cultivate intergenerational resilience. Show Notes: Find more from Sará King her...

2022-07-1416 min

12 Minute Meditation Heal Through Hope with Rose Felix CratsleyThis week, Rose Felix Cratsley offers affirmations for self-compassion, embracing growth, and healing through hope. She says, "I think mindfulness is an essential and fundamental human right. We come into the world open and curious, but oftentimes self-judgment, criticism, fear, and anxiety come about." Rose is founder and president of Ivy Child International, a non-profit that develops global mental health initiatives for children, families, and communities. Show Notes: Find more from Rose Felix Cratsley here: Ivy Child International 10 Powerful Women of the Mindfulness Movement: 2022 Rose on mindful.org

2022-07-0713 min

12 Minute Meditation A Breathing Meditation with Renda Dionne Madrigal Renda Dionne Madrigal is a licensed clinical psychologist and registered drama therapist. She is Turtle Mountain Chippewa, and specializes in embodied mindfulness-based practices. This week she's sharing one of the practices from her book, The Mindful Family Guidebook, called North Star Breathing. Show Notes: Find more about Renda Dionne Madrigal here: "10 Powerful Women of the Mindfulness Movement: 2022" The Mindful Family Guidebook Check out the August issue of Mindful Magazine here: Mindful - August 2022: The Self-Care Issue And more from Mindful here: More episodes...

2022-06-3013 min

12 Minute Meditation Find Stability Amid Change with Aden Van NoppenWe live in a world of constant change and this week, Aden Van Noppen invites us to find what roots us. Aden is the founder and executive director of Mobius, a collaboration between leading neuroscientists, meditation teachers, and technologists to work toward the creation of digital technology that enhances our individual and collective well-being. Aden is also one of the 10 powerful women of the mindfulness movement 2022, and here she guides a meditation on impermanence. Show Notes: Find more about Aden Van Noppen here: "10 Powerful Women of the Mindfulness Movement: 2022" Mobius

2022-06-2314 min

12 Minute Meditation A Meditation to Befriend Vulnerability with Dr. Stacee ReicherzerLearning to tune in to our own vulnerability is an act of courage that allows us to form deeper, more genuine relationships. In the August 2021 issue of Mindful magazine, Dr. Stacee Reicherzer wrote, "If you're someone who grew up being told that tears are a sign of weakness, or that you should never show fear lest you be exploited, you understand how very difficult it is to communicate complex emotions like jealousy, resentment, or sorrow." In this week's episode, Dr. Reicherzer leads us in a guided meditation to explore vulnerability and what it might be like to open up...

2022-06-1612 min

12 Minute Meditation A Meditation to Honor Equity with Rose Felix CratsleyThis week, Rose Felix Cratsley offers a meditation to honor equity by uplifting and celebrating the power of pausing together. In this mindfulness framework, each letter of the word BREATH serves to remind us of our responsibility to ourselves and to others to honor and promote equity. So she invites us to breathe, renew, exercise equity, activate and advocate, trust the power, and heal. Rose Felix Cratsley is the founder and president of Ivy Child International, a nonprofit that develops global mental health initiatives for children, families, and communities. She is also featured in our annual list...

2022-06-0213 min

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2022-06-0105 min

12 Minute Meditation Let Curiosity Lead the Way with Frank OstaseskiLife doesn't always serve us exactly what we want. Sometimes it offers pain, confusion, and sorrow. There's no way to stop those circumstances, nor to stop the difficult emotions that might arise alongside them. This week, Frank Ostaseski offers a meditation to investigate all of the circumstances of our lives with curiosity, and that can help us welcome everything that comes, or at least allow it. When we allow what is to simply be, we relieve ourselves of the suffering that can get heaped on top of our moments of difficulty. That extra suffering is optional, even if the...

2022-05-1912 min

12 Minute Meditation A Nature Meditation for Being in the Moment with Mark ColemanAs Mark Coleman says, listening is a beautiful doorway to the present moment, a tuning in to what's here. With listening practice, we develop the qualities of receptivity, relaxation, and a sense of naturalness. We don't need to make much effort to hear anything. A sound arises and is known quite easily and naturally in awareness. So, with this particular meditation, we can cultivate a sense of ease, receptivity, and openness. We allow the sounds to be the locus for our attention, simply present to the ebb and flow in the soundscape. Shownotes: Find more...

2022-05-0511 min

12 Minute Meditation How to Navigate Difficult Emotions with Sharon SalzbergIn this practice, Sharon Salzberg invites us to allow ourselves to feel our emotions, notice the sensations that arise in our body, and forgive ourselves for what we feel. And while your mind might wander during the meditation, Salzburg reminds us that it is always possible to let go and begin again. This practice is featured in the June issue of Mindful magazine, which you can find on Mindful.org or at a newsstand near you. Show Notes Find more from Sharon Salzberg here: Sharon Salzberg, Author at Mindful Re...

2022-04-2812 min

12 Minute Meditation A Meditation on Abundance in Nature With Mark ColemanAs this week's meditation teacher Mark Coleman says, "We know being in nature is good for us, but how do we put this into practice in a way that will really serve and nurture us?" This is a question we address in the June issue of Mindful, and in our new course, Nature Meditations. And with Earth Day happening this week, it seems like the right time to get outside and appreciate what the natural world offers. Show Notes: Find more from Mark Coleman here: markcoleman.org Awake in the Wild: M...

2022-04-2115 min

12 Minute Meditation You Are Enough with Jenée JohnsonThis week on 12 Minute Meditation, Jenée Johnson leads a practice to remind us that we are enough. In this practice, Jenée offers five affirmations that are designed to help us be more compassionate toward ourselves, and in turn build a solid base to be more compassionate toward others. Show Notes: Find more from Jenée Johnson here: Jenée Johnson, Author at Mindful And more from Mindful here: More episodes of 12 Minute Meditation The Real Mindful Podcast Let us know what you thought of this e...

2022-04-1411 min

12 Minute Meditation A Mindful Writing Practice with Stephanie DometMindful managing editor and your regular 12 Minute Meditation host Stephanie Domet leads a mindful writing practice for settling into your body, noticing your surroundings in a real or imagined setting, and using your experience as a writing prompt. This practice is drawn from Stephanie's new course, Mindful Writing. She shares tips, practices, and prompts to strengthen your existing writing practice, or discover a new creative outlet. Show Notes: Find more from Stephanie Domet here: Mindful Writing course Stephanie on mindful.org And more from Mindful here: The A...

2022-04-0711 min

12 Minute Meditation Return to Your Senses with Shalini Bahl-MilneThis week, Shalini Bahl-Milne shares a practice to replenish our energy. If we draw from a pool of resources without replenishing them, we can begin to feel depleted—our brain gets sluggish, and we don't make good decisions. By resting our attention on our senses, we are taking a moment to reconnect with ourselves and feel fully present. This practice was featured in the April issue of Mindful magazine as part of a three-day at-home retreat designed by Shalini and other veteran mindfulness teachers Mark Bertin and Tovi Scruggs-Hussein. Show Notes: Find more from...

2022-03-3112 min

12 Minute Meditation Approaching the World with a "Don't Know Mind" with Sará KingThis week, Dr. Sará King offers a practice to explore, "don't know mind"— an idea that is sometimes used in meditation to evoke a sense of curiosity. So in this practice, we'll explore what it's like to approach the world with a don't know mind. How does that land in the body? What is it like to explore not knowing, not being quite certain? Show Notes: Find more from Dr. Sará King here: Where Science, Mindfulness, and Social Justice Intersect And more from Mindful here: The Only Constant is Chang...

2022-03-2418 min

12 Minute Meditation A "Just Like Me" Compassion Practice with Steve HickmanWhen we're aware that events of war and injustice are unfolding wherever we are in the world, we often feel a powerful sense of connection with those who are at the center of the conflict. This week, the invitation with this practice is to put aside ideas and concepts about differences, shame, fear, survival, and to simply see if you can begin to develop a felt sense of common humanity—that all of us wish for happiness and freedom from suffering. Show Notes: Find more from Steve Hickman here: Steven Hickman, Au...

2022-03-1716 min

12 Minute Meditation Uncover the Potential for Healing with John TaylorThis week, John Taylor shares a five-step practice for finding some peace and freedom after trauma. John's work as a mindfulness teacher is focused on racial equity and reconciliation initiatives. He is a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction teacher and serves as adjunct faculty for UCSD's Center for Mindfulness. Here, he reminds us that we all have potential for healing and for positive change. All of this and more lies within each of us. This practice is featured in the April issue of Mindful magazine alongside a piece written by longtime journalist Robert Huber exploring how mindfulness can help...

2022-03-1013 min

12 Minute Meditation Cultivate Curiosity with Kimberly BrownThis week, Kimberly Brown leads a practice to cultivate curiosity. We might not always think about curiosity as a part of mindfulness, but this powerful quality is what allows our everyday experiences, even the ones we really don't want to be having to get some breathing room and maybe even to shift in unexpected ways. Our curiosity practice can start with the simplest tools we have at hand: Our breath, our body, and our awareness. Show Notes Find more from Kimberly Brown here: Kimberly Brown, Author at Mindful Find Stephnie Domet's ar...

2022-03-0315 min

12 Minute Meditation A Practice to Explore What's True with Barry BoyceIn this practice from Mindful founding editor Barry Boyce, we investigate the relationship between our heart and mind. What our heart feels is influenced by what our mind perceives, which is sometimes one of the reasons developing kindness, a loving heart, and compassion can be so challenging. The quality of the warmth and openness in our heart emerges not just from generating warmer feelings, but from developing a clearer view of what we're seeing and how we're processing the world. Once we're aware of our preconceptions, we can loosen our grip on what we think we know and explore...

2022-02-2414 min

12 Minute Meditation A "Touch and Go" Practice with Barry BoyceThis week, Mindful's founding editor Barry Boyce leads a "touch and go" practice. In this practice, we're not trying to deal with the issues in our thoughts or with the difficult emotions that might be arising. There's nothing to solve. There's nothing to change. Instead, we're spending time with our mind in this way, and over time, our thoughts can become more transparent and have less power over us because we're fighting with them less. Show notes: Find more from Barry Boyce here: Barry Boyce, Author at Mindful Find Barry's course, Co...

2022-02-1012 min

Real Mindful Lean In to Love with Frank Ostaseski and Barry Boyce (Part 2)In this episode of Real Mindful, we pick up this remarkable conversation between old friends as Frank Ostaseski talks about the nature of our minds and how a useful comparison can be the ocean and its waves. After suffering from five strokes over two years, Frank shares how his mindfulness practice provided him with comfort during this difficult time and shares how letting go of his need to return to normal helped him focus on discovery rather than recovery. Show Notes: Listen to the first part of this conversation here: Lean In to Love...

2022-01-2754 min

Real Mindful Lean In to Love with Frank Ostaseski and Barry Boyce (Part 1)Frank Ostaseski is a well-known and much-loved teacher of meditation, mindfulness, and compassionate service. In the past two years, he’s suffered five strokes that affected his brain’s capacity and as many aspects of daily life became more difficult, Frank found strength and refuge in love, compassion, and curiosity. He also found his practice still very much alive through the whole experience—and his ability to communicate the nuance of what we discover when we welcome everything remains intact. In this remarkable conversation between old friends, Frank shares some of what he learned and leaned on with our foundi...

2022-01-2033 min

12 Minute Meditation Welcome Everything with Frank OstaseskiThis week, Frank Ostaseski leads a practice to welcome everything. And we hear you—there's a lot going on that you may not feel like welcoming right now. To welcome something doesn't mean we have to like it, and it doesn't mean we have to agree with it; it just means we have to be willing to meet it. In this practice which you can also find in the February 2022 issue of Mindful magazine, Frank Ostaseski offers six steps to open up to the present moment—whatever it may bring. Show Notes: Lean Into Love: An I...

2022-01-1311 min

The Mindful Podcast 12 Minute Meditation: Allow the Storm of Emotions to Pass with Scott RogersThis week, we bring you one of our top 10 guided meditations of 2021, a practice for allowing the storm of our emotions to pass. Scott Rogers guides us to take the role of observer to difficult emotions, so that we can more easily create the space we need to let them go. Rogers is founder and director of the University of Miami School of Law’s Mindfulness in Law Program where he integrates mindfulness into the law school curriculum, and he is cofounder of the UMindfulness, the University’s Mindfulness Research and Practice Initiative. Show notes: And find more from Mindful at m...

2021-12-1614 min

Real Mindful Find Your Focus with Amishi JhaIn this episode of Real Mindful, neuroscientist and author of the new book Peak Mind: Find Your Focus, Own Your Attention, Invest 12 Minutes a Day, Amishi Jha and Mindful managing editor Stephanie Domet discuss the brain science of attention, how mindfulness meditation helps hone focus, and why our brains are so distractible in the first place. Show Notes: Find more from Amishi Jha here: Peak Mind excerpt: “Find Your Focus: Own Your Attention in 12 Minutes a Day” Find Your Focus: A Conversation with Amishi Jha More from Amishi on mind...

2021-12-091h 00

Real Mindful Creating a Mindful Gratitude Journal with Amber Tucker and Paige SawlerThis week, we have Mindful’s very own senior editor, Amber Tucker and junior designer, Paige Sawler here to discuss a very special project: The Mindful Gratitude Journal. In this conversation with Mindful managing editor Stephanie Domet, you’ll hear all about the joy, creativity, challenges and endless Zoom meetings that went into creating this—as we like to call it–work of art. We hope the Gratitude Journal will inspire you to not simply read, but take the practice of gratitude into every area of your life. Shownotes: Enjoy our Mindful Gratitude Journal with a discoun...

2021-11-2531 min

Malpractice Podcast #3.11: Medical Serial Killers, with Bruce SackmanThis week features a VERY special interview with Retired Special Agent Bruce Sackman, who specializes in tracking down medical serial killers. Bruce is also the co-author of the incredible new book, Behind the Murder Curtain: Special Agent Bruce Sackman Hunts Doctors and Nurses Who Kill Our Veterans. Send us an email at: malpracticepodcast@gmail.comFollow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter: @malpracticepodcastIf you want to help us grow, subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcast fix!Sources:

2021-11-241h 19

Real Mindful How Stories Shape Us with Barry BoyceThis week, Mindful managing editor Stephanie Domet is joined by founding editor Barry Boyce for a personal conversation about stories and storytelling—a topic that has always been a pillar in both of their careers. In fact, in every issue of Mindful magazine, Barry writes the back-page column “Point of View,” and in the December issue he writes about stories and storytelling. In this conversation, Barry expands on that article to explore the role stories play, the way they sometimes expire, and what’s at stake when we don’t look past our stories to tune in with what’s actually h...

2021-11-1133 min

The Mindful Podcast 12 Minute Meditation: Practice Gratitude for Small Things with Steve HickmanWhat would it be like to let go of needing anything to be different in this moment, and to open up to what's actually here that may bring joy? In this week’s episode, psychologist and executive director of the Center for Mindful Self-Compassion, Steve Hickman, guides us to uncover the wisdom of gratitude by noticing small things to be grateful for, then opening our awareness to the truth that everything and everyone—no matter how small—is interconnected. Might it be possible, Hickman says, to follow the words of the poet Mark Nepo when he said, "One key to knowin...

2021-11-0412 min

The Mindful Podcast 12 Minute Meditation: Connecting to Your Body with Jeanne CorrigalThe elements have the ability to connect us, both internally and externally, with the world around us. Jeanne Corrigal brings her Métis heritage, and her training as an insight meditation teacher, to this guided practice to connect with the four elements within our own body. You can read more about Jeanne and her work at the intersections of mindfulness and Indigenous and tribal people in the December issue of Mindful magazine or at . Find more of Jeanne Corrigal here: “” And more from Mindful on our conversation podcast, Real Mindful. Let us know what you thought of this episode of 12 Minut...

2021-10-2116 min

Real Mindful In Awe of All Our Relations with Barry BoyceBefore the pandemic, Mindful and mindful.org founding editor Barry Boyce visited the National Museum of the American Indian. In this rich conversation, he shares what he learned about awe, our relationship with nature, and each other while he was there. Plus, Barry offers a working definition of what is and is not “woo-woo.” Show Notes: National Museum of the American Indian Douglas Cardinal Architect Find more from Barry Boyce here: “In Awe of All Our Relations” “Why Meditation is a Practice of Liberation” The Mindfulness...

2021-10-1439 min

Real Mindful Building a Mindful Community with JG LarochetteIn this week’s episode, JG Larochette, founder of the Mindful Life Project, sits down with Mindful managing editor, Stephanie Domet and shares his transformative encounter with mindfulness. Larochette shares his experience with bringing mindfulness into the classroom and the healing effect it had, not only on his students, but on his greater community. He reminds us that mindfulness is an innate skill we all possess and shares some tips on how to unlock this powerful ability. Discover more about the Mindful Living Project here: Mindful Life Project Join us in 30 days...

2021-09-2341 min

12 Minute Meditation A Practice to Reset with Shalini Bahl-MilneIt's important to remember that mindfulness is a practice; despite our best intentions, we might not always get it right the first time around, and that's okay. This week, award-winning researcher and certified mindfulness-based stress reduction teacher, Shalini Bahl-Milne offers a practice to help you hit reset and refresh. This practice can help you align with your intention and let go of what is no longer serving you. It can also help you create space around your emotions, so you can act in a way that corresponds with what you wish to bring into the world. Find m...

2021-09-2314 min

SPEED “YOU can do it!” : Keith Lightfoot : New Zealand BE CAREFUL .. Your thoughts and words become YOUBE CAREFUL .. Your thoughts and words become YOU .. It doesn’t matter if you believe it works .. Just try it! .. I dare you! .. https://publicspeaking.co.nz ❤️SPEED EP0483 #yourfuture #yourwords #kindness #selftalk #reduceanxiety #wellbeing #inspirational #youcandoit #motivational #keithlightfoot #newzealand

2021-08-1002 min

ADT Podcast तेरे अलफ़ाज़ | Your Words | कहानियां with English Subtitles | ADT Podcast | S02 E03तेरे अलफ़ाज़ | Your Words | S02 E03 कहानियां with English Subtitles | ADT Podcast | Story time #storytime #hindistory #fairytales #fairytalesinhindi #bedtimestories #hindistories #storyinhindi #story #storiesinhindi #hindi #hindipodcast #podcast #storypodcast #podcaststories #podcasting #podcastlife #तेरेअलफ़ाज़ #YourWords #तेरे #अलफ़ाज़ #Your #Words #indianstories #storiesindia #india #stories #shorts #reels #adtpodcast #कहानियां Credits : 1. Background music - Artist - OfShane & Track - Caballero 2. Script Writer & Voice over artist - Durgesh Tatkar 3. Editor - Akshada Tatkar Instagram - @adtpodcast YouTube - ADT Podcast Facebook - ADT Podcast Anchor - anchor.fm/adtpodcast Email ID - adtpodcast2021@gmail.com

2021-08-0705 min

In YourWords Summer Series - Episode 3: David AlexanderCalling the feature of our third episode, David Alexander, multi-talented feels like the understatement of 2021! Through dance, podcasts, poetry, and businesses, David lives a life of creativity. He is also one of YWSTL's most beloved and legendary teaching artists! Listen to his episode to learn what it takes to live a truly artistic life, in all of its facets. This episode also features poetry from YWSTL's recently completed Crossing Delmar between Confluence Academies and New City School, of which David was one of our instructors. David Alexander is a dancer, poet, speaker, and entrepreneur. He has...

2021-07-2836 min

In YourWords Summer Series - Episode 2: Aysia BerLynn and Marygrove's Sequoia HouseYWSTL's Summer Podcast Series continues with a bang! Episode 2 features Aysia BerLynn, one of our long-time teaching artists, as she reflects on what it means to be an artist as well as to foster a love for artistic expression in youth who are marginalized. The episode also includes clips from her recent creative writing workshop series with the girls of Sequoia House at Marygrove Children's Home. Marygrove is a therapeutic residence for infants to 20- year-olds who experienced abuse or have nowhere else to turn. Aysia BerLynn is an American singer-songwriter who embraces the highs and lows of...

2021-07-0229 min

In YourWords Summer Series - Episode 1: Crossing DelmarIt's summer, and what better way to celebrate than lifting up the voices of some bright and shining youth and artists? YWSTL's Summer Podcast Series kicks off with an episode about Crossing Delmar. Co-founder Anna breaks down the basics of the program. The episode also features podcast clips from the fifth-graders who participated in a recent Crossing Delmar Collaborative Project between Confluence Academies and New City School.

2021-06-1520 min

In YourWords Podcast Special: Sequoia House Residents' Culminating EventThe residents of Sequoia House at Marygrove Children's Home recently finished a YWSTL creative writing workshop series, taught by Dr. Treasure Shields Redmond. To celebrate their hard work and accomplishments, a special culminating performance and party was held in mid-December. Listen to this podcast special to hear the hopes, fears, and goals of these young ladies as they look ahead to the new year. The episode also includes interviews with Dr. Redmond as well as YWSTL staffers, who share their thoughts on working with these inspiring residents. YourWords STL is a non-profit organization that uses tutoring, creative writing...

2021-01-1338 min

In YourWords Episode 5: #GiftOfWords With Gerald Burton Jr.This finale episode of the #GiftOfWords podcast features Gerald Burton Jr., a Dream Builders 4 Equity participant with a big future ahead of him. Let this young visionary inspire you with his passion for equality and his determination to succeed. Building bridges over society's fault lines starts with hearing each other's stories. Artists, teachers, students, and activists wield their words in interviews with Michelle Haberberger of YourWords STL. Gather wisdom from those working toward equity in one of the nation's most divided cities. YourWords STL is a non-profit organization that uses tutoring, creative writing workshops, and collaborative...

2020-11-2928 min

In YourWords Episode 4: #GiftOfWords with Arsenia TateIn this time of a pandemic and ever-increasing demands on schools, how are educators supposed to make room for "something extra"? Arsenia Tate, Episode 4's guest for the #GiftOfWords podcast miniseries, believes that teaching kids lessons in inclusion, diversity, and mindfulness is not optional, but essential. She breaks down how school leaders can transform these popular buzzwords into daily realities. Building bridges over society's fault lines starts with hearing each other's stories. Artists, teachers, students, and activists wield their words in interviews with Michelle Haberberger of YourWords STL. Gather wisdom from those working toward equity in one of...

2020-11-2727 min

In YourWords Episode 3: #GiftOfWords with Jason Vasser ElongPoetry is a necessary force in today's chaotic world. Let Jason Vasser-Elong enchant you with his original work as well as convince you why the art of poetry is important for everyone, especially young people. This conversation also includes Mr. Vasser-Elong's enlightening reflections on identity, heritage, and the African diaspora. Building bridges over society's fault lines starts with hearing each other's stories. Artists, teachers, students, and activists wield their words in interviews with Michelle Haberberger of YourWords STL. Gather wisdom from those working toward equity in one of the nation's most divided cities. YourWords STL is...

2020-11-2027 min

In YourWords Episode 2: #GiftOfWords with Brynne SchroederHow do universities connect with their communities? In this episode, YWSTL chats with Dr. Brynne Schroeder, Webster University School of Education Community Engagement Coordinator. Dr. Schroeder discusses what it means for both Webster U students and administrators to get involved with the people and organizations surrounding the Gorlok campus. Building bridges over society's fault lines starts with hearing each other's stories. Artists, teachers, students, and activists wield their words in interviews with Michelle Haberberger of YourWords STL. Gather wisdom from those working toward equity in one of the nation's most divided cities. YourWords STL is a...

2020-11-1328 min

In YourWords Episode 1: #GiftOfWords with Treasure Shields RedmondIn this premiere episode of the Gift of Words podcast miniseries, YourWords STL interviews teaching artist Dr. Treasure Shields Redmond. Listen in for a wide-ranging conversation that also includes an out-loud reading of the poet's work. Building bridges over society's fault lines starts with hearing each other's stories. Artists, teachers, students, and activists wield their words in interviews with Michelle Haberberger of YourWords STL. Gather wisdom from those working toward equity in one of the nation's most divided cities. YourWords STL is a non-profit organization that uses tutoring, creative writing workshops, and collaborative projects to help...

2020-11-0332 min

HiscallMypurpose One body with Many partsWe are all needed in the walk of Faith. #Yourwords #judgment #pride #elevation #service #Importance

2020-09-1722 min

The Static Podcast TSP 44 - Anna GuzonToday on the podcast is Anna Guzon co-founder of YourWords STL, an organization that uses tutoring, creative writing workshops, and collaborative writing projects to amplify the voices of St. Louis youth.

2019-06-2723 min