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Mindful Work PodcastMindfully Practicing Our ValuesSend us a textCalvin Niles has an exclusive interview with Shamash Alidina, who is the best-selling author of Mindfulness For Dummies and an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Trainer.In this episode, Calvin and Shamash explore the importance of values in the workplace and why they are important for doing fulfilling work.Go deeper: The worker-employer relationship disrupted: If we're not a family, what are we? Mindful Conversations with Shamash and CalvinThe Mindful Work Podcast is hosted by Mindful Life, Mindful Work, Inc. Co...2022-09-1536 min
Travelling Through... London, the World and Life050 Without Your Attention I Cannot Connect With You At All - CALVIN NILES talks about Mindful Storytelling"Stories Are Vehicles of Powerful Messages"
CALVIN NILES is a Communication Coach and Mindful Storyteller. He is an author, poet and founder of SOAR Book Club. Calvin also hosts a number of podcasts including Stories of Awakening and Mindful Conversations.
Calvin’s mission is to guide and inspire others along their own work and life path by empowering authentic and impactful communication through stories and dialogue.
Calvin is the author of The Sun Rises in Eastmoor, and An Unfinished Mosaic
In 2020, he founded SOAR Book Club (the acronym for Stories of Aw...2022-02-221h 13
Mindful Conversations, with Shamash & CalvinIntroducing the Certified Mindful Storytelling CourseJoin Shamash and Calvin for a Mindful Storytelling workshop, on March 9th 2022, to discover how to use the Hero's Journey to enable transformation.2022-02-1402 min
Mindful Conversations, with Shamash & CalvinEpisode 12: Return with the Elixir: living your purposeIn the final episode of this series, Shamash and Calvin return with the elixir, and complete their Hero's Journey into mindfulness, through storytelling.Join Shamash and Calvin for a Mindful Storytelling Workshop, on October 4th.This remote workshop is for coaches and therapists, to explore the Hero’s Journey using insights from mindfulness, acceptance and values-based action.In this episode:Kush Kanodia counsels against following gurus, and suggests we be our own guru.Mari Williams shares how she works with parents, teachers, and leaders to step into a larger role and support ot...2021-09-1621 min
Mindful Conversations, with Shamash & CalvinEpisode 11: Resurrection to Discover Your Power: Post-traumatic growth and the transcendent selfWith the end of this series almost in sight, Shamash and Calvin enter the resurrection phase of the Hero's Journey, examining the transcendent self and exploring the growth that can come after a traumatic experience.Dr Vikki Barnes opens by setting out the positive psychology idea of post-traumatic growth, rejecting the notion of "negative emotions".Dr Mehwish Sharif uses rainbows as a lens through which we can explore the fleeting nature of post-traumatic growth.Mari Williams shares the story of someone working on a children's cancer ward, who experienced how parents deal with what is likely their darkest...2021-09-0934 min
Mindful Conversations, with Shamash & CalvinEpisode 10: The Road Back: Finding gritThis week, Shamash and Calvin begin the journey back home. As ever, they have help along their Hero's Journey through mindfulness and acceptance. In this episode:Dr Vikki Barnes offers some advice for anyone having difficulty finding their grit.Kush Kanodia approaches the search for grit from the scientific perspective, and explores how grit interplays with long-term systems change.Mari Williams counsels us to find the mini version of ourselves that we can identify with, as the carrier of our inner determination.Dr Wendy Molefi brings up the idea of equanimity: meeting our thoughts and emotions without getting...2021-09-0232 min
Mindful Conversations, with Shamash & CalvinEpisode 9: Wake-up Moments: the solution could be the problemThis week, Shamash and Calvin explore the eighth chapter of the Hero's Journey into mindfulness and acceptance: the Ordeal. Along with acceptance, what can commitment allow us to achieve, and how can we spot when commitment turns to stubbornness?Social entrepreneur Kush Kanodia opens the episode with a story of commitment that led to a life-changing opportunityTherapist Mari Williams shares her approach to helping people deal with those moments in life where we need the reassurance that we're going to be OKDr Mehwish Sharif discusses strength in vulnerability, reducing the clutter in clients' minds, and encouraging flexibilityACT originator...2021-08-2621 min
Mindful Conversations, with Shamash & CalvinEpisode 8: Approaching the Inmost Cave: the dark night of the soulThis week, Shamash and Calvin venture into the inmost cave and do battle with hopelessness in the long dark night of the soul.Luckily as ever, they have help in their Hero's Journey through mindfulness. In this episode:Therapist Mari Williams shares how she counselled herself through a difficult time in her life, by remembering that healing takes time.We hear from social entrepreneur Kush Kanodia who recounts his own painful experience, and how being thrown into chaos helped him discover his purpose.Dr Wendy Molefi talks philosophically about the passage of pain, but also uses...2021-08-1924 min
Mindful Conversations, with Shamash & CalvinEpisode 7: Tests, Allies and Enemies: The supportive nature of valuesThis week, our heroes Shamash and Calvin are out of their comfort zone, and have moved into a new special world where difficult challenges ensue. When examining acceptance and commitment therapy through the lens of the Hero's Journey, we see how tests and enemies align, but who are our allies? Our values.In this episode:Therapist Mari Williams describes how we live out our values, and how they filter and inform even the smallest decisions we make.Social entrepreneur Kush Kanodia combines purpose and values by looking at them in terms of core and flex: those...2021-08-1226 min
Mindful Conversations, with Shamash & CalvinEpisode 6: Crossing the Threshold: committing to a choiceWhat is choice? How do we make good choices, and how important are the choices we make? This week, Shamash and Calvin cross the threshold on their next leg of their Hero's Journey into mindfulness.In this episode:Therapist Mari Williams describes how a lack of choice, real or perceived, can make us feel trapped, but that realising we have choice – even if unfavourable – is valuable.Dr Mehwish Sharif looks at the growth mindset behind choice, its relationship to decision-making, and how the first step we need to take is accepting the choices we make.Dr Stev...2021-08-0517 min
Mindful Conversations, with Shamash & CalvinEpisode 5: Meeting the Mentor: Opening your mind to curiosity, learning and encouragementShamash and Calvin embark on the next leg of the Hero's Journey, weaving mindful storytelling with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.This week, the Meeting with the Mentor: how our mentors can be people who've brought impact into our lives, but could equally be other sources of inspiration: books, films, even podcasts.In this episode:Social entrepreneur Kush Kanodia speaks to the value of finding a mentor.Dr Wendy Molefi sets out the benefits of speaking with someone close – a friend or a colleague – to help you shift a difficult problem.Speaking of shifting a prob...2021-07-2917 min
Mindful Conversations, with Shamash & CalvinEpisode 4: Refusal of the Call: Avoidance ain’t always a good ideaShamash and Calvin embark on the next leg of the Hero's Journey, facing their first challenge: do they heed the call to adventure, or ignore it?In this episode:Dr Mehwish Sharif explains how we build our reality through our experiences, judgements, and filters.Therapist Mari Williams delves into the unconscious mind, how it can protect us, and how guilt can get in the wayDr Vikki Barnes describes the positive approach she takes with her clients, to help them achieve better outcomes.Social entrepreneur Kush Kanodia helps us reframe challenges as puzzles to be solved.Dr...2021-07-2218 min
Mindful Conversations, with Shamash & CalvinEpisode 3: Call to Adventure: the opportunity of life’s challengesShamash and Calvin accept the Call to Adventure, discussing the next leg of the Hero's Journey and how it relates to films we already know.In this episode:Therapist Mari Williams recounts her childhood call to adventure and the decisions her early family life presented her with in adulthood.Social entrepreneur Kush Kanodia talks openly about his disability, and how humbling a painful struggle can be.Dr Mehwish Sharif discusses uncertainty, and the challenges she faced following the birth of her son.Dr Wendy Molefi reminds us that our instinctive response to flee is designed to...2021-07-1526 min
Mindful Conversations, with Shamash & CalvinEpisode 2: The Ordinary World: the dangers of living on autopilotShamash and Calvin embark on the first step of the Hero's Journey: the Ordinary World, taking a look at what can happen when we move through life on autopilot.In this episode:Social entrepreneur Kush Kanodia shares some wise words from Ferris Bueller, reminding us to "stop and look around once in a while".Dr Wendy Molefi highlights why humans have an autopilot setting: the benefits it can bring, and the dangers it can pose.Dr Vikki Barnes explains some of the ways in which autopilot can manifest itself in our bodies, which can lead to...2021-07-0821 min
Mindful Conversations, with Shamash & CalvinEpisode 1: The Hero's JourneyCalvin introduces Shamash to Joseph Campbell's "Monomyth", better known as the Hero's Journey, examining how it has informed storytelling from the Epic of Gilgamesh, to T*he Lord of the Rings*, to T*he Matrix*.Go deeperChristopher Vogler, Hollywood executiveScriptLab's breakdown of The Matrix using the Hero's JourneyThe Mindful StorytellerAcceptance and Commitment TherapyMindful Conversations is hosted by mindfulness teacher Shamash Alidina and mindful storyteller Calvin Niles.2021-07-0129 min
Mindful Conversations, with Shamash & CalvinTrailerShamash and Calvin introduce the podcast. Follow Mindful Conversations now to hear the first episode when it arrives on July 1.2021-06-0800 min