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True Weird StuffForbidden IslandToday's True Weird Stuff - Forbidden Island In the early 1900s, a woman known as Typhoid Mary was identified as patient zero for a series of typhoid outbreaks in New York. As a result, she was forced into quarantine on North Brother Island and lived the rest of her life in exile. Not only was the island a quarantine zone, it was the location of the General Slocum steamboat disaster, the deadliest event to happen in New York before 9/11. Today, North Brother Island has been abandoned for over 60 years, and travel to the island is s...2024-11-301h 23
Late Night LegendsNorth Brother IslandNorth Brother Island housed many terminally ill. Ghosts are said to roam the abandoned island now turned bird sanctuary. One of the island’s most infamous tenants was none other than Typhoid Mary. This week, K tells the Legends about the stories of the souls left on North Brothers Island as well as the tale of the cook who started an epidemic.
Late Night Legends is a paranormal podcast and stream which believes Spooky Season should be all year long. Listen every week to learn what paratopic the Legends are getting into.
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A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in HistoryThe Battle of Mühlberg: Turning Point in Protestant Reformation (+ 14 more historical events on this day!)A Daily Dose of History (24 Apr 2024) Today's historical events: Battle of Mühlberg. Duke of Alba, commanding Spanish-Imperial forces of Charles I of Spain, defeats the troops of Schmalkaldic League. Mary, Queen of Scots, marries the Dauphin of France, François, at Notre Dame de Paris. The first regular newspaper in British Colonial America, The Boston News-Letter, is published. French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat is acquitted by the Revolutionary Tribunal of charges brought by the Girondin in Paris. The United States Library of Congress is established when President John Adams signs legislation to appropriate $5,000 to purchase "such bo...2024-04-2411 min
Re-Imagined RadioRadio WomenRe-Imagined Radio celebrates Women's History Month with a tribute to eight women that made significant and pioneering contributions to radio storytelling. We sample radio storytelling by Lucille Fletcher, Edith Meiser, Ruth Woodman, Mary MacBride, Jean King, Cathy Lewis, Margaret Lynch, and Gracie Allen. Season 12, Episode 3 Written, Produced, and Hosted by John F. Barber Sound Design, Music, and Post Production by Marc Rose Promotional Graphics by Holly Slocum with Sydney Nguyen 2024-03-1858 min
The Running Rules Podcast#58: Mary Slocum - World half marathon champion, Irish record holder and 3:07 marathoner on running fast in her sixtiesMy guest today is the inspirational Mary Slocum who won gold in the half marathon at the World Masters Championships in 2023 as well as winning the World marathon championships in London in 2022.
An Irish record holder in the marathon at F55 and F60 and half marathon at F60, we talk through Mary's early years of running before getting serious and very successful in recent years.
Mary is truly inspirational especially for masters runners and people coming to running later on in life and...2024-03-121h 09
Kairos Church AtlantaJourney With Jesus; The Better Part (Mary & Martha - Luke 10:38-42) - Sunday SermonMessage from Lyndsay Slocum on February 25, 20242024-02-2516 min
Wiki UniversityThe Crazy Attempted Assassination of Teddy RooseveltThis episode covers the attempted assassination of Teddy Roosevelt, the General Slocum disaster, and a hero of that disaster Mary Ann Mcann. In 1912 Teddy Roosevelt was almost killed by an assassin. Rather than die, he sustained a gunshot wound to the chest and continued on with his day as planned. This is a wild story and one that often gets overlooked in the history books. Also in this episode Kyle and Jheisson cover the General Slocumb disaster which was the worst maritime disaster of the 20th century until the Titanic stole its crown. There was a silver lining of the...2023-12-1239 min
Your Mindful LifeEp. 74 - The PauseHello and welcome everyone. Today on Episode 74 of Your Mindful Life podcast, our topic is the pause.We know that pausing is a good thing. It puts us firmly in the present. It is that moment of equanimity in which we can take in everything without reacting or judging. It allows us to get the big picture and to direct our energy thoughtfully and creatively to what is meaningful. Pausing our hearts have the time and space to open wide to receive and to give.So, now, after more than 70 episodes of Your Mindful Life...2023-07-2004 min
Your Mindful LifePersonal Ethics in Our Complex WorldHow do ethics affect our daily lives? Do all virtues resonate equally with us? How has our conditioning as children in our families, communities, and cultures formed how ethics play out for us now as adults?Hello and welcome everyone. Today we’re exploring ethics and how our motivations and behavior reflect our personal ethics. As children we are conditioned by the ethics of our family, community, and society at large. We were probably taught how we should behave when confronted with an ethical dilemma as defined by our parents, teachers, and religious leaders. Most lik...2023-07-1411 min
Your Mindful LifeEp. 72 - When Your Meditation Practice Is DifficultToday we’re investigating how to practice mindfulness meditation when we feel it is too hard or not possible. Or some other difficulty arises and gets in the way.Mindfulness is key to managing the difficulties and challenges of life. It is how we are in the world. It can be difficult to be mindful. We practice mindfulness meditation so that our mindfulness strengthens, deepens, and opens our hearts.Sometimes it is difficult to meditate. We have pre-conceived ideas about what it is and how well we can do it. Our confidence may be low or...2023-07-0620 minYour Mindful LifeEp. 71 - Equanimity - Calm, Balance, No JudgmentHello and welcome. This week we explore the fourth face of love—equanimity. Equanimity is the state of mental calmness and evenness of temper in which the mind is steady and balanced and judging is absent. It is a state that allows us to take in the whole picture of a situation without coloring it and reacting to it, and to be fully aware in the moment. With equanimity our minds are even and imperturbable while at the same time fully engaged with the circumstances of a situation and aware of the present moment. 2023-06-2912 min
Roswell Presbyterian ChurchEpisode 306: CLOSING THE DISTANCE with Jeremiah Robinson and Camille Core2023-06-2728 min
Your Mindful LifeEp. 70 - Let There Be JoyHello and welcome. Today we're talking about the third face of love -- Appreciative Joy.Appreciative joy is the quality of love that recognizes the full worth of joy in our and others lives. It is about being happy with other people—delighting in the joy of others and creating joy in ourselves. Appreciative joy blossoms when we recognize our reciprocal and interconnected humanity. We might think that it is easy to feel happiness for the happiness and good fortune of others and ourselves but sometimes it can be hard, especially when we are pre-occupied wit...2023-06-2214 min
Your Mindful LifeEp. 69 - What Gets In The Way of CompassionToday we’re talking about compassion and what gets in the way of our acting compassionately.Compassion is the second face of love. Compassion is the recognition of suffering, the desire to relieve suffering, and the acting to relieve it without any expectations of anything in return. Check out out Episode 8 that also talk about the four faces of love.Compassion comes naturally but is difficult when obstacles get in the way. Being able to recognize obstacles allows us to mindfully be with them and let them go freeing us to live compassionately.Her...2023-06-1516 min
Your Mindful LifeEp. 68 - The First Face of Love -- LovingkindnessToday we’re exploring the First Face of Love—Lovingkindness. The practice of lovingkindness cultivates our natural capacity for an open , alive, and loving heart. When we dedicate ourselves to a lovingkindness practice, we feel our heart opening and staying open even when troubles happen.It might be hard to get our heads around the word lovingkindness. Maybe the thought — What other kind of kindness is there? Or, “What has love got to do with kindness?” arises. When we are loving we show our caring. When we are kind we show our friendliness, generosity, and consideration. So, when we...2023-06-0820 min
Your Mindful LifeEp. 67 - Cultivating Patience in a Frustrating WorldCan you be with delays without getting upset? When trouble hits can you accept it without getting angry? When you become ill can you tolerate it, even accept it?Join me! Announcing a four-week meditation class, The Four Faces of Love, meeting once a week on Zoom beginning June 7, 2023. In this class we will explore lovingkindness, compassion, appreciative joy, and equanimity. For more information and to register click here or paste https://yourmindfulpractice.com/book-a-class into your browser. Today we’re exploring patience and how cultivating and growing our patience allows us to str...2023-06-0121 min
Your Mindful LifeEp. 66 - Making the Effort - getting Things DoneDo you ever find yourself making excuses such as “I didn’t have time.” “I had to do errands.” “I got busy and forgot.”Hello everyone and welcome. Today we’re investigating the practice of diligence and how it can not only help us get things done—like for example, our daily meditation—but also how it is about opening to our natural joy and how cultivating a joyful attitude towards what needs to get done helps us complete our tasks and makes us feel good.We look at the reasons we need to apply diligence to doing o...2023-05-2517 min
Your Mindful LifeEp. 65 - How Do You Like It?Do you have a favorite place or time of day to meditate? If the space around you is noisy, do you feel that you can’t meditate? Or maybe you feel that other conditions are necessary to be able to meditate? Do your preferences dictate your experience?Today we’re talking about how preferences can intrude on our ability to be with it all—to be mindful—in our practice and everywhere else.We are continuously striving for comfort—even in our meditation practice. We like what we like. Maybe a certain chair or cushion, a time of da...2023-05-1817 min
Your Mindful LifeEp. 64 - The Mindful PauseDo you ever wonder how you can step away from getting carried away by emotions? Or, how you can step away from reacting when something goes wrong or isn’t turning out as you expected it to? Or have you ever caught yourself reacting via automatic pilot and then wished you hadn’t?Hello and welcome everyone. This week we're investigating how pausing is a powerful ally helping us to stay balanced even when emotions are running strong.Often we react on automatic pilot. We automatically lash out. In this mode we are not aware of h...2023-05-1110 min
Your Mindful LifeEp.63 - Why Are We Always Talking About The BodyDo you ever wonder why we are always talking about the body when we talk about mindfulness? Do you wonder what the body has to do with knowing the mind? Hello and welcome everyone. This week we are talking about the body and why the body is essential to our practice of mindfulness.It's simple. We live our lives through the body. We practice mindfulness through the body. Remember our very first meditation is mindfulness of the breath! The body and mind are intricately linked. But it is not so simple. We are co...2023-05-0415 min
Your Mindful LifeEp. 62 - What's Getting in the Way Between Me and PresenceDo you ever feel there is something getting in the way between you and presence—being fully aware and alive in the moment?This week we’re looking at obstacles—those mind states that get in the way of our being present—of being mindful. Learning to recognize them is the first step in alleviating them. Learning how to use mindfulness to alleviate them follows.Often it feels like we are in battle when in the throes of these mind states. Using the imagery of battle might be jarring but with it comes a flash of recog...2023-04-2723 min
Your Mindful LifeEp. 61 - I Have To Fix ItWhen something happens and you don’t like it what then? Do you feel compelled to fix it? Are you always wanting the situation to be different than it is or to go away?Hello and welcome everyone. This week we are looking at how we get stuck when we don’t like the world as it is and feel compelled to fix it.We don’t like what is happening. It should be different. We hate it. We want it to go away. We have to fix it. So, we start fixing life to make i...2023-04-2017 min
Your Mindful LifeEp. 60 - The Man Who Wouldn't Come In From The Cold Have you ever thought about the importance of community and what it means in your life? Today’s podcast is about The Man Who Wouldn’t Come In From the Cold and how he teaches us about community and the meaning of life. I hope you are enjoying the show . To thank you and to support your practice each week on Thursday a new guided meditation will be available on the member site. To access the guided meditation go to https://patreon.com/yourmindfullife.Awhile ago I read an article in The New York Ti...2023-04-1316 min
Your Mindful LifeEp. 59 - What My Hand Taught MeHow can we be more mindful in our everyday lives? How does mindfulness open us us to see and alleviate our own suffering?Hello and welcome everyone. In this week’s podcast we’re looking at how mindfulness operates in our everyday lives by examining it through the lens of our experience. So much of the time we operate under automatic pilot even when we think we are being mindful of the present moment.I am delighted to let you know that beginning this week every Thursday, I will be posting a weekly guided meditation for...2023-04-0615 min
The Junior Golf PodcastVol 49 Presents Dr. Ronnie Florence-McPherson of The Green's Ladies Club
The Green’s Ladies Golf Club, Inc. (GLGC) was founded in 1954 and is the oldest African American women’s Golf Club in the Delaware Valley. On May 1, 1954, Ms. Lorraine Sawyer met with seven other women in West Philadelphia to lay the foundation of the Green’s Ladies
Golf Club. These women were motivated by the need for a totally governed black female golf club to be respected in the golf community and to inspire other black women interested in sharing in the joy of golf. The Charter members were: Lillian Cherry, Gladys Gray, Alma Fay Horn, Lorraine Sawyer, Opal Shield...2023-04-0624 min
Your Mindful LifeEp. 58 - Be PlayfulToday we’re exploring playfulness and how to be more playful. I hope you are enjoying the show and that you will continue to welcome it into your lives. Follow or subscribe to the podcast, download the episodes and share them with friends and on social media. And, don’t forget to review the podcast on Apple podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen. Beginning next month, in April 2023, as a member of the podcast, you’ll receive a weekly guided meditation from me as a thank you for your support. If you are n...2023-03-3016 min
Your Mindful LifeEp. 57 - How We Are In A Relationship Tells Us Who We Are in The MomentDo you ever project what is going on inside of you onto to someone else? Do you ever find yourself being unkind to someone and then afterwards asking, “What was that all about?” Do you notice how different aspects of who you are show up in different relationships?Today we’re exploring how who we are in the moment shows up in our relationships—in our connections with those around us and how by being mindful and investigating what arises allows us to change behaviors, feeling, and attitudes that don’t serve us and to cultivate those that do. 2023-03-2320 min
Your Mindful LifeEp. 56 - Generosity Is So Much More Than We ThinkToday we’re exploring generosity and how it is so much more than we think it is, how it can free us and reshape the world in which we live. I hope you are enjoying the show and that you will continue to welcome it into your lives. Please follow or subscribe to the podcast, download the episodes and share them with friends and on social media. And, don’t forget to review the podcast on Apple podcasts or Spotify or wherever you listen. When you review the show, you are letting others know that the sh...2023-03-1617 min
Intrinsic Drive®Season Four ReflectionsThe gift of stepping inside the lives of this season’s guests gave me unexpected insight for my own challenges, struggles, and failures. Answers are there when we allow ourselves to listen.·This world is full of landmines for those who have suffered from sexual abuse. Victims No Longer author, Mike Lew and the community of survivors prove that recovery is possible, providing much-needed hope. ·Architect and designer Eve Picker transformed her adopted city of Pittsburgh after bankers refused funding. Clear in her resolve, she went ahead and built the first lofts downtown guided by her comm...2023-03-1511 min
Your Mindful LifeEp. 55 - Beginner's MindHave you ever wanted to experience life like a child with no point-of-view or opinion because everything is fresh and new? How often do you feel wonder in your everyday experience?Hello and welcome every one. This week we’re exploring Beginner’s Mind. When we are of Beginner’s Mind everything is fresh and new; there are no preconceived answers or attitudes. When we are with Beginner’s Mind, we are full of wonder and acceptance in each moment.I hope you are enjoying the show and that you will continue to welcome it into you...2023-03-0918 min
Your Mindful LifeEp. 54 - Working With The Mind To Change The MindDo you ever wonder, “Why can’t I change that nagging habit? Or why can’t I drop that unpleasant judgment I have about myself? Or, how do I stop that difficult emotion from erupting suddenly?I hope you are enjoying the show and that you will continue to welcome it into your lives. Please follow or subscribe to the podcast, download the episodes and share them with friends and on social media. And, don’t forget to review the podcast on Apple podcasts or Spotify or wherever you listen. Your support is so important and I thank yo...2023-03-0219 min
Your Mindful LifeEp. 53 - The Awe of Every DayDo you feel that awe is something that can only be experienced at extraordinary times in our lives? Are you open to feeling awe every day?Today our topic is awe. I hope you are enjoying the show and that you will continue to welcome it into your lives. Please follow or subscribe to the podcast, download the episodes and share them with friends and on social media. And, don’t forget to review the podcast on Apple podcasts or Spotify or wherever you listen. Your support is so important and I thank you.2023-02-2315 min
Your Mindful LifeEp. 52 - Taking Care of Our Giving-SelvesToday is a very special day! This episode, #52, marks one year that “Your Mindful Life” podcast has been streaming across the globe. I hope you are enjoying the show and that you will continue to welcome it into your lives. If the show moves you, show your support by following/subscribing to the podcast, download the episodes and share them with friends and on social media. And, let your voice be heard! Review it on Apple podcasts or Spotify or wherever you listen. Today, we’re exploring taking care of our giving-selves. How giving and receiving...2023-02-1618 min
Your Mindful LifeEp. 51 - Taking Care of Our LongingHello everyone! I hope you find today’s show helpful and I hope that you’ll download the episode, share it with your friends, and review it on Apple podcasts.Today we are exploring longing. When we long for something we desire it with intensity. There is a lot of energy behind it. Going underneath our longing allows us to see exactly what our need is and how best to work with it skillfully.Longing has been described as attachment… something that we can’t let go of. In some cases this is true. It is true w...2023-02-0916 min
Your Mindful LifeEp. 50 - Taking Care of Our UnworthinessToday’s topic is unworthiness. How we come to believe we are unworthy; how this brings us feelings of shame and inadequacy; and how by being present with this part of ourselves we can unwind the intricacies of our unworthiness so that we can awaken to our intrinsic worthiness and goodness through self-compassion and kindness. I hope you’ll enjoy the show and I hope that you’ll download the episode, share it with your friends, and, please, review it on Apple podcasts. Self-loathing is a kind of aversion that we learn as children...2023-02-0216 min
Your Mindful LifeEp. 49 - Be In AweToday we are getting to know awe—what it is, how we experience it, and what good it does us.I hope you enjoy the show and I hope that you’ll download the episode, share it with your friends, and review it on Apple podcasts. Just after the new calendar year began my friend and colleague Chris emailed me. She asked, “What’s your word for this year?” “My word?” I thought and quickly replied with the word joy.But then, after a couple of days, I came across a miniseries called “Searching: Our Qu...2023-01-2615 min
Your Mindful LifeEp. 48 - The Two WolvesHave you ever been surprised when hatred has reared its head in you in the heat of the moment? When it arises how do you care for it? Have you ever been on the receiving end of hate? How did you respond?Today our topic is hatred, how it poisons us, how mindfulness can free us from its clutches, and how we can apply compassion in its stead. Hatred abounds in the world today. Perhaps there always has been as much; and maybe it is only because of the constant stream of world news that c...2023-01-1916 min
Your Mindful LifeEp. 47 - The Two Wings of MindfulnessWhat does it mean to you to be wise? Are you consumed with yourself or do you let go? When you are compassionate, what does it feel like? Are you expecting something in return, even if it is just that feel good feeling?Today we’re exploring the two wings of mindfulness — wisdom or clear-seeing and compassion. Just as a bird needs two wings to fly, mindfulness needs both wisdom and compassion.Wisdom or clear-seeing and compassion are intricately interconnected when we are mindful—when we are aware moment-to-moment with intention and curiosity and without judgme...2023-01-1219 min
Your Mindful LifeEp. 46 - The Four Foundations of MindfulnessIn today’s podcast we begin again at the beginning, remembering and reviewing the four foundations of mindfulness. These give us stability and strength but they are not things. They are processes. Simply they are mindfulness of the body, of feeling tone, of mind, and of mind phenomena/objects.They build on one another and enrich one another; their practice leads us to wisdom and love.Just being mindful of the body breathing and of bodily sensations arising and fading away is a powerful practice.Being mindful of the feeling tone of experience is...2023-01-0521 min
Your Mindful LifeEp. 45 - Know Your MindHow does it feel when everything feels like an affront and you can’t shake the tendency to “want to get even?” Or, how does it feel when you respond with generosity even when your day is not going the way you’d like?Today we’re exploring how our mind states affect our actions and our well-being. We distinguish between two general categories of mind-states—those that promote health and well-being which we call wholesome and those that don’t which we call unwholesome.A misconception about mindfulness is that we just roll with whatever comes...2022-12-2911 min
Your Mindful LifeEp. 44 - The Two Arrows of SufferingHow does it feel when adversity strikes from out of nowhere? What do you do then?Hello! Today we’re exploring what happens when the arrow of misfortune or adversity strikes and how we react or not to it.I hope you enjoy the show and I hope that you’ll download the episode and share it with your friends. You may also be moved to become a member of the podcast via Patreon by clicking here.We start with the two arrows. It is said that the Buddha originally told this story to e...2022-12-2215 min
Your Mindful LifeEp. 43 - The Comparing Mind Again - Its Negativity BentHave you ever noticed how when your mind starts comparing yourself to others, the wind leaves your sails?Today we’re delving into the comparing mind and its usual hyper-critical focus on all the ways we don’t measure up and how mindfulness helps us to step out of the endless cycle of negative comparison.Whether you are new or a regular listener, I hope that you find the podcast meaningful and will be moved to support it. Subscribe or follow where you listen; download the episodes; share it with your friends; review it on Appl...2022-12-1516 min
Your Mindful LifeEp. 42 - A World of ConflictWhen conflict arises how does it feel inside? Do emotions erupt? Do you run away or run headlong into it?Hello and welcome everyone. My name is Mary Slocum and today’s podcast is about working with conflict.Whether you are a new or regular listener, I hope you find the podcast meaningful and will be moved to support it. Subscribe or follow where you listen; download the episodes; share it with your friends; review it on Apple Podcasts, and become a member by going here to Patreon.Life is not always harmonious—it is o...2022-12-0818 min
Your Mindful LifeEp. 41 - Our Uncertain LivesWhen things don’t turn out as you expect, how is this for you? How comfortable do you feel with change?Today on the podcast we are exploring uncertainty and how through mindfulness we can feel more comfortable with change, especially change that is unexpected.Whether you are new or a regular listener, I hope that you find the podcast meaningful and will be moved to support it. Subscribe or follow where you listen; download the episodes; share it with your friends; review it on Apple Podcasts, and become a member by going here. 2022-12-0121 min
Your Mindful LifeEp. 40 - Mindfulness of BiasDoes bias ever pop up and suddenly you are asking yourself, “Why did I say that?” “Why did I do that?”Today on the podcast we are exploring bias and how mindfulness can help us become aware of automatic bias responses and give us the space and time to change the ones that don’t serve us.Whether you are new or a regular listener, I hope that you find the podcast meaningful and will be moved to support it. Subscribe or follow where you listen; download the episodes; share it with your friends; review it on Appl...2022-11-2418 min
Your Mindful LifeEp. 39 - Free To Say NoDo you ever find yourself saying, “Yes,” when you mean “No?” Do you ever worry that if you say “No” that you will hurt someone’s feelings or will be judged by others?Today on the podcast we are talking about how to feel comfortable saying “No.”If you find something meaningful in the podcast and feel moved to support it, you can do this in three ways:(1) by following or subscribing to the podcast where you listen (2) by downloading the episodes (3) by becoming a member by clicking here. Has this ev...2022-11-1719 min
Your Mindful LifeEp. 38 - Just Right BoundariesWhat do you think about when you think about boundaries? Do you think they restrict you or hem you in? That they are helpful? Or, are you unsure?Today the topic is boundaries, what they do for us, and how we can nurture them so that we can navigate our worlds with comfort and integrity.First though… Maybe this is your first time listening or perhaps you are a regular. If something here inspires you and you feel moved to support the show, here are three ways to support it: (1) Follow or subscribe whe...2022-11-1015 min
Your Mindful LifeEp. 37 - Just ListenDo you ever have a hard time listening? Do you easily get distracted? When someone is talking are you busy thinking what you will say in reply? Today on the podcast, we’re exploring listening—listening deeply.First though, an invitation to support the podcast. Maybe this is your first time listening or perhaps you are a regular. Either way, if the podcast inspires you or helps you to live a happier life, we hope you support it by following or subscribing to it where you listen, by downloading the episodes and by becoming a member by clic...2022-11-0325 min
Your Mindful LifeEp. 36 - Letting GoToday in Episode 36 of the podcast, we’re exploring Letting go. Letting go can be hard to do even when we know we’re not in control of an outcome. And sometimes, it is the hardest when we are doing a compassionate act—when we are purposely trying to alleviate unease, distress, or suffering.To show how clinging and letting go work in relationship to Compassion, I tell my own story, and how mindfulness helped me to simply let go.I hope you enjoy the show. And, if you do, I hope you’ll support the podc...2022-10-2712 min
Your Mindful LifeEp. 35 - Forgiving Frees UsWhen someone wrongs or hurts you in some way, how does it feel inside? When you wrong or hurt someone, how does it feel? And, how does it feel to forgive another? Or, ask for forgiveness? In this week’s episode we are diving into forgiveness. In our Western culture people who forgive are often seen as soft and weak. I’ve grown to understand and appreciate that people who forgive are brave, strong, and loving.To set the stage, I share how forgiveness changed my life. It wasn’t easy at first and it took me...2022-10-2022 min
Your Mindful LifeEp. 34 - The Wanting MindFirst, a question… Do you you feel moved to support the podcast? I hope you do and I hope you will by clicking here to go over to Patreon.com to become a member. As a member you not only support the show but also receive member-only content created especially for you. Become a member today.Hello everyone. Today we’re exploring desire or wanting. There are different kinds of wanting. Some are motivational and help us to meet our basic needs. Others lead us to states of unease and distress and to a continuous merry-go-round of seeking...2022-10-1320 min
Your Mindful LifeEp. 33 - Trusting in TrustHello everyone! Do you you feel moved to support the podcast? I hope you do and I hope you will by clicking here to go over to Patreon.com to become a member. As a member you not only support the show but also receive member-only content created especially for you. Become a member today.And, announcing a new online mindfulness meditation class starting October 12th. Are you wanting to practice mindfulness meditation with others? Are you wanting to evolve your practice? Join my new 10-class Mindfulness Meditation series which begins on October 12, 2022. Go here to my w...2022-10-0620 min
Your Mindful LifeEp. 32 - When The Full Plate OverflowsAre you curious? Are you looking for a group to meditate with, to share with, and to deepen your practice with? Join the 10-class meditation class starting October 12th. Sign up here. You’re here and I’m grateful. Do you you feel moved to support the podcast? I hope you do and I hope you will by clicking here to go over to Patreon and becoming a member. As a member you not only keep the podcast going, you also receive member-only content created especially for you. Become a member today.Are you in that...2022-09-2914 min
Your Mindful LifeEp. 31 - Living Our ValuesHow do you respond when someone asks you, “What are your core values?” Does it feel too big and complex a question? Do you begin to stutter? Or perhaps race through a long list of descriptors? Or, maybe you have a one word answer ready to go? Or maybe something else.Welcome to this week's episode. We’re delving into the subject of core vales. What’s a useful way to approach them? And, how do they guide us to away from dissatisfaction and suffering and to satisfaction in our lives?First, though, do you you feel...2022-09-2216 min
Your Mindful LifeEp.30 - Conflict ArisingWhen conflict arises and is there right in front of you, what happens? How do you feel? What do you do? Today, we’re talking about conflict and how to be with it. How to not push it away or jump into the middle of it but how to approach and enter it mindfully with equanimity and lovingkindness.First, though, an invitation. Do you you feel moved to support the podcast? I hope you do and I hope you will by clicking here to go over to Patreon to become a member. As a member you...2022-09-1518 min
Your Mindful LifeEp.29 - The Comparing MindHave you noticed? There’s no advertising on the podcast. If you are moved to support the show become a member here via Patreon. Your membership helps us to keep going with podcast and also gives you access to member-only content—musings on mindfulness, audio talks and guided meditations. So, go on over, check it out, and become a member today.Do you ever find yourself worrying "Am I better than that person over there? Am I worse? Am I just as good? " Or do you find yourself cooperating with someone because you believe it gives you an ad...2022-09-0815 min
Your Mindful LifeEp.28 - What's Happening NowSomething is here right now that I would like to share. You might have noticed that “Your Mindful Life” is not supported by advertising. Rather than accept advertising, we offer memberships to keep the podcast rolling forward, producing, and online. If you are moved to support the podcast, become a member today by clicking here. Your support is important and as a thank you, you will receive member-only content such as musings and little audio talks about mindfulness and guided meditations. So, pop over now, have look, choose your membership level, and join today.Do you ever have...2022-09-0118 min
Your Mindful LifeEp.27 - Start Where You AreMaybe you’re thinking, “I want to live more mindfully but I am going through a lot right now. My plate is full. I don’t have time or space now so maybe later on when things are better.” Or perhaps you feel like this, “My family needs me right now; I don’t have time for meditation.” Or maybe you feel you can’t do anything that is new, scary, or unknown. Today we’re exploring how to begin living mindfully.First, before we dive in, if you are moved to support the podcast, I invite you to be...2022-08-2518 min
Your Mindful LifeEp.26 - Letting Go of JudgmentHow does it feel when you meet someone and what comes immediately to you is, “I don’t like this person.” Are you then able to listen to this person and hear what they have to say? When your mind is made up about someone or something, do you feel everything is black and white, and it can’t be any other way?Hello everyone and welcome, my name is Mary Slocum. Today we’re talking about letting go of judgment.First, though, I’d like to invite you to support the podcast by becoming a member via...2022-08-1818 min
Your Mindful LifeEp.25 - Beneath Your AngerHave you ever felt justified in holding on to anger? Or felt that you can’t shake it? Or, maybe you’ve been unaware of anger smoldering inside but notice that you are constantly feeling irritated and dissatisfied with everything?Hello everyone and welcome, my name is Mary Slocum. Today we’re diving into the emotion of anger and what may lie beneath it.First, though, if you are moved to support the podcast I invite you to become a member via Patreon. Members not only support the show but also receive member-only content. Become a membe...2022-08-1115 min
Your Mindful LifeEp.24 - Who Am I Really? Part 2Have you ever wondered, “Who am I really?” Am I just a bunch of thoughts, emotions, behaviors, parts and structures? Or am I something more? Something different? This week on the podcast we’re getting curious about our true nature—who we truly are.First, though, I’d like to invite you to become a member of the podcast via Patreon, right here. As a member not only do you support our work on the podcast but you also receive special member-only content such as musing and little talks about mindfulness and guided meditations. I look forward to meeting...2022-08-0419 min
Your Mindful LifeEp.23 - Speech That FreesIn the heat of the moment, have you ever used speech like an arrow—to hurt someone? How does it feel when someone uses that speech arrow on you? How does it feel to speak honestly, truthfully without the arrow?Hello and welcome everyone. In today’s podcast we are investigating speech—and how speech can make us free or not.But, first. Are you moved to support the podcast so we can continue doing what we are doing every week? If you are, Become a member via Patreon here. As a member you not only supp...2022-07-2820 min
Your Mindful LifeThe Gift of GratitudeHow does it feel to be bogged down by stress, anxiety, and the angst of the world? And, how does it feel when you express gratitude to someone, for something?Today we’re exploring gratitude. But first, Do you enjoy the podcast? Would you like to support it? Become a member here on Patreon. Becoming a member not only supports the podcast so we can keep on doing what we are doing but also gives you access to member-only content including musings and little talks on mindfulness and guided meditations. Check it out and become a...2022-07-2120 min
Your Mindful LifeEp.21 - Opening To DoubtHave you ever wondered, “Would I be any good at that?” “Is that for me?” or have you doubted yourself? Your worthiness, ability or goodness? At one time or another we have all doubted. Doubted ourselves. Doubted our abilities and our intrinsic goodness and worthiness. We mistrust who we are because we have mistaken beliefs about who we are and what we can do. We have doubted what other people do or say. We have also at one time or another, become captive to doubt, letting it turn into belief about ourselves and others.Doubt can either close us...2022-07-1415 min
Your Mindful LifeEp.20 - Actions MatterHave you ever wondered, “Why do my actions lead in the opposite direction to where I want to go?” or “How does this action serve me?” “Why aren’t outcomes aligning with my intentions?”Today we’re diving into the subject of Karma. What it is and what it isn’t. Karma is a Sanskrit word that means action. When we are mindful, we become aware of the nature of Karma. Karma can be described as the cycle of cause—the actions we take— and effect—the outcomes they produce. In each present moment we can be aware of the working of Ka...2022-07-0718 min
Your Mindful LifeEp.19 - Cultivating AuthenticityDo you ever worry about not fitting in and then try hard to fit in only to discover that it doesn’t feel that great after all?Today on the podcast I’m talking about authenticity. About how we want to be authentic but find ourselves caught in pretense. And, about how mindfulness can guide us to our authentic selves.We all want to be seen and we are very good at not showing who we really are because we’re afraid that if we do, others will reject us or find us not pleasing. Rather...2022-06-3020 min
Your Mindful LifeEp.18 - When Anger Is in the WorldHow are you when someone is angry and in your face? Do you react in anger? How can we be with someone else’s and our own anger?Hello everyone and welcome. This week we’re exploring how to be mindful in an angry world. How to be when others are angry; and how to be when we’re angry. How do we process someone getting in our face and saying, “You’re my enemy.” Anger often arises in a group because someone feels either powerful or weak. Under that anger is always some kind of vulnerability. How do we sk...2022-06-2316 min
Your Mindful LifeEp.17 - Who Am I Really?Do you ever wonder, “Who am I really?” What’s my true nature? And, how do I find out? This week, we explore inquiry and insight. To know what our true nature is and who we truly are, our mindfulness practice turns to inquiry. Inquiry is the process by which we uncover the truth. Insight is the truth of who we really are. We all cling to stories, beliefs, judgments, and interpretations about who we are. What we cling to is not who we are. Through inquiry, we can befriend all these as they arise, listen deeply to them, and all...2022-06-1625 min
Your Mindful LifeEp.16 - Are You Happy?There are two kinds of happiness. The first kind is worldly happiness linked to changing conditions and the ways our senses experience pleasure. Something causes happiness.--a beautiful blue sky or the kindness of another. The second kind is happiness without a cause. It isn’t dependent on anything. This happiness springs from our whole Self that is boundless, spacious, grounded, loving, safe and free. This happiness is the freedom to be with everything just as it is.The brain’s negativity bias and other kinds of blocks get in the way of happiness. Using our mi...2022-06-0915 min
Your Mindful LifeEp.15 - Accepting Things As They AreWhat happens when things aren’t going your way? When what you expect to happen doesn’t? When what is happening is unpleasant, worrying, or devastating? How are you with it? Can you be with it?In this week’s podcast we explore how bringing mindfulness allows us to accept things just as they are. When we don’t resist and we don’t hold on, we can allow what is here to be here. The judging mind wants to grab hold of or push away experience, the allowing mind, receives what is here with equanimity. (Check out Episode...2022-06-0212 min
Your Mindful LifeEp.14 - When in Pain, Be MindfulWhat goes through your mind when you feel pain? When you hurt yourself? Do you run away from it, hoping that it will go away? Do you fight against it? Or do you approach it mindfully, befriending it and caring for it?In today’s podcast, we explore pain, the suffering we experience from it, and how being mindfulness alleviates the suffering. Our conditioning teaches us to push pain away, to be afraid of it, and to treat it as an enemy with which we do battle. We create stories and beliefs around the pain that only mak...2022-05-2620 min
Your Mindful LifeEp.13 - The Mindful ChoiceWhat does it mean to choose? Do you often feel you have no choice? Or, that you have too many choices? When you make a choice do you feel satisfied and happy? Or not?Hello and welcome everyone. Today we are exploring choice. Choosing has to do with selecting among alternatives. What happens when we think we have no alternatives, and then realize that we do? We investigate how rather than reacting in situations when we think that we don't have a choice, by being mindful and open to possibilities, we can respond. Then, we explore what h...2022-05-1921 min
Your Mindful LifeEp.12 - What Attitude Am I Bringing To This?This week we dive into attitude—that way of thinking or feeling we have about something or someone that shows through in our behavior. By investigating our attitude(s) in mindfulness meditation, we see how we can get to know our minds better and how this can lead us to gratitude. Our direct experience is our teacher and so I share what happened when I sat with the attitude of "I have to,” an attitude weighted down by a sense of obligation and drudgery and held up by a childhood experience. By bringing mindfulness to our uncomfortable attitudes, we disc...2022-05-1212 min
Your Mindful LifeEp.11 - Feeling Tone -- What Happens Before Emotion and StoryIt is a startling truth that each time we come into contact with something through sight, sound, smell, touch, taste or thought a feeling tone registers. And, feeling tone has only three flavors: Pleasant, unpleasant, or neither pleasant nor unpleasant (neither/nor). That’s it.Feeling tone precedes emotion and thought. We commonly use the word feeling to describe emotional state; in this instance, we use feeling tone to describe the quality of valence that arises before emotion. When we are aware of feeling tone, we have the opportunity to allow it to be as it is. Thi...2022-05-0521 min
Your Mindful LifeEp.10 - The Wisdom of Equanimity -- The Fourth Face of LoveDoes the mind state of impartiality feel familiar to you? Or does your mind go or want to go to reactivity or indifference? How does it feel knowing that each of us are owners of our own actions and that the happiness or unhappiness of another depends on their actions and not our well wishes?Today, we’re exploring equanimity, that quality of mind that is impartial, calm, and even. That quality of mind that knows that each of us owns our actions and whether we suffer or are happy and that the well wishes of...2022-04-2820 min
Your Mindful LifeEp.9 - Appreciative Love, The Third Face of LoveHow do you feel when a friend has a success? Or see someone celebrating good fortune? What feelings arise in you? This week, we’ll explore the third face of love—Appreciative Joy, or as it is also called sympathetic joy or mudita, in the ancient language of Pali. Appreciative joy is the delight that springs from an open heart for our own or someone else’s joy and good fortune. You just feel good without thinking about it. When we are mindful and our hearts are open, our appreciative joy grows. Appreciative joy is the othe...2022-04-2119 min
Your Mindful LifeEp.8 - Compassion, The Second Face of LoveHow does it feel when you see someone who is having a hard time, who is suffering, or who is lost? What’s your response?In this episode we’ll explore Compassion, the Second Face of Love. Compassion builds on lovingkindness, our capacity to feel friendliness and caring for ourselves and others. Compassion is not for softees. Compassion requires strength, character, and honesty. Compassion says, “Look here.” “Feel here.” “Act and step aside.” Compassion says see suffering without shirking. Feel what it feels like without grabbing onto it or trying to fix it. Feel the desire to allevia...2022-04-1421 min
Your Mindful LifeEp. 7 - Lovingkindness, The First Face of LoveHow connected to you feel to yourself and others? Do feelings of friendliness and kindness arise in you often? Or do feelings of judgment or indifference take center stage? How do you feel after wishing someone well? Maybe someone with whom you have disagreements?In this episode we explore Lovingkindness—the first Face of Love. Lovingkindness is simply the wishing well for ourselves and others. It anchors our connection with ourselves and others through heart-felt friendliness. It breaks through even when anger and conflict arise. It helps us to see the whole person—not just the parts or aspe...2022-04-0725 min
Your Mindful LifeEp.6 - The Four Faces Of LoveWhen you think of love, what comes to mind? How do you practice open-heartedness in your life? What does it bring you? In this episode we explore the heart practices of Mindfulness—what I call the four faces of love: Lovingkindness (Metta in the ancient language of Pali); Compassion (Karuna in Pali); Appreciative Joy (Mudita in Pali) and Equanimity (Ipekkha in Pali). These aspects of universal love point to our built-in and shared spiritual nature from which spring feelings of our interconnectedness. These practices light our path and lead us to acting with friendliness, kindness, and balance rat...2022-03-3115 min
Your Mindful LifeEp.5 - Be a Compassionate Investigator -- Mindfulness of ThoughtsDoes your mind often wander? Do you suddenly notice and wonder, “Where have I been?” Have you ever struggled to separate what a thought says from whom you are? Have you ever just watched your thoughts like a curious observer? This week, we explore mindfulness of thoughts. Getting to know how your mind works is powerful. When we pay attention to our thoughts and explore them like compassionate investigators, we get a lot of information. We see our conditioning--the patterns and habits--we have acquired over time. We see our biases, judgments, and criticisms. We see what stirs us. We...2022-03-2422 min
Sounds of EncouragementInterview with Lachrisa Grandberry & Molly Rhode of Door County AmplifySend us a textFind Door County Amplify at https://www.facebook.com/DoorCountyAmplifyLachrisa Grandberry is a Milwaukee born native who has made her home in Chicago. She is an actress and singer who has performed on many stages; as well as a writer with a world premiere production coming this fall. She is beyond grateful for her community of family and friends, and Paonessa Talent Agency for their continued love and support. She aims to continue inspiring and transforming the human mind through the power of story-telling. Molly Rhode is Associate Ar...2022-03-1850 min