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Increase your calm, focus and happiness so you can be more relaxed, contented and satisfied with your life. For business, entrepreneurs, educators, parents. Hosted by Bruce Langford.

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How To Stick To Meditation; Jackson Kerchis

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Jackson Kerchis teaches how to stick to meditation. He is a former operations leader, startup executive, and Zen monk. He's a co-founder and partner at Happiness Means Business and Warrior Leader Training Companies, where he helps business and military leaders solve their people problems. Notable clients include the Army National Guard and Young's Commercial (the largest produce hauler in the US). He created the world’s first major in happiness studies and taught the first course on happiness at the University of Alabama. He is the author of How to Stick to Meditation: The Science of Habit Meets the Art of Mindfulness.

 

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Effect on Emotions

  • Awareness, awareness, awareness. Once you are aware of an emotion and label it as an emotion, you see it as an emotion. It's kind of like magic. All of a sudden it doesn't push and pull you around.
  • The emotions then serve you rather than you serve them.

Thoughts on Breathing

  • I've come to think of breathing for me as a really powerful way to pull myself into a state of awareness.
  • I often start my morning practice by breathing to a count of 4 seconds and then a slow and controlled exhalation. When you have a longer, more pronounced exhalation, it causes a down-regulating effect on the nervous system.
  • In other words, it is a calming and centering sensation. I've leaned into doing more breath work and more focused breathing types of meditation practice.
 

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Use Your Internal Resources; Susie Hayes

Thursday Dec 05, 2024

Thursday Dec 05, 2024

Susie Hayes believes you can use your internal resources to become freed from being stuck. She is a psychotherapist, sex coach, trained hypnotist, life coach, and practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming. She developed and directed two centers in Colorado, providing counseling and educational services. She is a speaker, podcaster, and writer, having published the award-winning book “FREED from Stuck! Dare to Cross the Bridge Beyond Grief, Trauma, and Self-Sabotage to Discover Lasting Change Now”.

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  • A Graduate School Professor

Effect on Emotions

  • I have come to appreciate the value of emotions guiding us to the truth about what we really need.
  • There is no condemnation of any emotion. We understand it as part of the way our mind and our body and our soul informs us.

Thoughts on Breathing

  • I am into Wim Hof cold therapy and into the breathing. I do the cold therapy twice a day and the breathing once a day.
  • It keeps me alert and strong and is great for my immune system.

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Bullying Story

  • I had a conversation last night with a client who has high levels of anxiety. Much of it had to do with neglect, abuse, and bullying in his history. I was sharing with him about the magnificence of our nervous system and how anxiety helps us understand what we need.
  • Rather than resisting, fighting against, or condemning anxiety, we need to allow it to inform us in our bodies and our nervous system about what's going on so we can attend to it.
  • If we can learn how to soothe our nervous system, we can come out of that state.

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Voluntary Hardship; Matt Reynolds

Thursday Nov 28, 2024

Thursday Nov 28, 2024

Matt Reynolds, founder of Barbell Logic, believes voluntary hardship is a key to success for those seeking lasting fitness solutions. Matt helps strength coaches and personal trainers transition from traditional gym-based models to online coaching. With over 25 years in strength sports and coaching, Matt launched STRONG Gym in 2008, one of the top strength gyms in the U.S., before selling it in 2015 to create Barbell Logic. His online coaching platform offers affordable, flexible training with expert coaches worldwide. Barbell Logic now serves thousands of clients, including high-profile individuals and organizations like the U.S. Air Force. Matt also hosts the popular Barbell Logic podcast, sharing his expertise in fitness and online coaching.

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  • My little brother

Effect on Emotions

  • I think emotions and feelings lie. I don't think they're not valid, I think that's part of our humanity.
  • I try to approach everything with logic and reason. There are times when I am overjoyed and times when I am really sad.
  • I recognize those emotions, but I think that the mindfulness piece is: Are my emotions telling me the truth right now? Or is this just a feeling that I can approach with logic and reason? I'm not Spock, I'm not a Vulcan. I'm still allowed to have humanity and remain focused on the task at hand.

Thoughts on Breathing

  • It's interesting that when you lift, you don't breathe—you hold your breath. This creates inter-abdominal tightness, which sometimes scares people, but it's what keeps you tight from losing rigidity.
  • When I breathe, I'm trying to get myself into a parasympathetic tone or a relaxed state.
  • I use breathing, mindfulness, and focus to get myself out of those times of heightened emotion and a heightened nervous system and bring myself back down to earth so that I can focus on the things that really matter.
 

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Finding Your Purpose; Dean Graves

Thursday Nov 21, 2024

Thursday Nov 21, 2024

Dean Graves returns with the topic of finding your purpose. For over twenty years he has been sharing his meditation and mindfulness knowledge with the world. He is an author and podcaster, a mental health counselor, and a spiritual guide. Dean is passionate about philosophy, psychology, and exploring the human condition to help others find inner peace. He has written books, conducted workshops, and created seminars that have helped people worldwide. Dean's writings are centered around self-empowerment and awareness, with the aim of enabling individuals to realize their true potential and attain a higher level of consciousness. He strongly believes that we are at the cusp of a new era of enlightenment, and he is committed to assisting others in recognizing and harnessing their abilities.

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  • The Buddha

The Value of Sharing

  • We began in primordial darkness, and part of that process is unconsciousness. The place of sharing is actually down the road.
  • If you look at the 12-step programs used in AA or NA, they have a very specific process for self-healing. The 12 steps can be divided into three groups. The first six steps are becoming aware and overcoming this condition of unconsciousness. The last two groupings in the last six steps are when the sharing and teaching occur.
  • You're becoming a teacher to others based on what you have accomplished in the first six steps.

Most Effective Way To Explore Yourself

  • Meditation is the most effective way to explore yourself. In some of the books I've written, I share some processes to expedite the healing process.
  • Remember the old days when you would go to the library and look up the index card? The index card would have a brief summary of the book. You would have to go to the book to get the information that you needed. Our stories are like the index card.
  • In order to get to what you want to learn, you have to go to the emotions. You have to heal the emotional baggage. It is the process of enlightenment. It is the path, not the destination. Doing the work is entirely up to you. Meditation is by far the most productive way to accomplish this.
 

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Sand and Salt Escapes; Max Schneider

Thursday Nov 14, 2024

Thursday Nov 14, 2024

Max Schneider uses sand and salt escapes to help his clients avoid burnout. After burning out from a decade in consulting, Max sought healing through a transformative surf and yoga retreat in Costa Rica, where he finally found the clarity and calm he'd been seeking. Inspired, he created “sand and salt” retreats to offer others the same renewal. Max's experiences enable him to design personalized, small-group retreats that calm the nervous system and help high-achieving professionals recharge. His team is dedicated to curating escapes that leave clients feeling refreshed, balanced, and ready to thrive in their lives and careers.

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Sam Mallick, a friend who runs a company called Notable

Effect on Emotions

  • While growing up I think a lot of us are taught to pull ourselves up by the bootstraps. Through mindfulness, I've learned that those emotions are stored in the body and you can't run from them.
  • Those emotions will come out. It could be in the form of shingles and anxiety attacks which I've had. You can't run from that kind of stuff. It stays in there.
  • It Will metastasize cells into skin cancer. We've seen that happen twice actually with my wife. Stress and those emotions don't run away.

Thoughts on Breathing

  • The reason why in meditation we focus on our breath blew my mind when I first started practicing meditation.
  • We focus on our breath because the only place that we can breathe is in the present moment. If we're trying to cultivate presence through meditation, all we have to do is focus on our breath.
  • Close your eyes, feel your chest move in and out. When I first learned that, it was the biggest aha moment for me.

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Bullying Story

  • My first job after graduation was in outside sales for a manufacturing company. I was sent to Boston with no cost-of-living adjustment and just two weeks of PTO.
  • During the holidays, I asked my manager if I could work from our home office to spend more time with family. He yelled, questioning why I thought I was special.
  • I pushed back aggressively, feeling cornered.
  • Looking back, I cringe. If I’d practiced mindfulness, I’d have responded with more compassion—for myself and for him—and likely managed the situation better.

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Reclaim Your Life; Ken Cox

Thursday Nov 07, 2024

Thursday Nov 07, 2024

Ken Cox is determined to help you reclaim your life. His recent book, Reclaim Sobriety; 12 Rounds of Sobriety, is a transformative guide for achieving lasting sobriety. Additionally, he co-authored a chapter in Kevin Harrington’s book, Many Paths to Profit. Ken is the President of a web hosting company called Hostirian and is the host of the Clicks and Bricks podcast. As an entrepreneur, Ken has built a successful career creating safe and happy workplaces, providing critical IT services to companies of all sizes, from small businesses to the Global 500. His commitment to trading value for value and developing products that benefit everyone involved has earned him recognition as a leading figure in the business world.

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My son.

Effect on Emotions

  • Mindfulness has made a night-and-day difference in how I deal with my emotions.
    Understanding that if I can sit with my emotions, understand them, accept them, and process them, although painful today, prevents my triggers from the future.
  • You can get to a really, really happy place when you've taken the time to process those.

Thoughts on Breathing

  • Every course that we do starts with breathing. When you find gratitude for having your breath, I think the world changes for every human.
  • I use breathing techniques with my boxing team every day.

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Bullying Story

  • I've been on both sides of that bully fence. I had a really challenging time in my youth. My first moment of mindfulness was probably when I was 7 or 8 years old.
  • I didn't have the mindfulness I needed at the moment, and I became a very violent young person. Someone was calling me a name, and I got very angry.
  • This was my first time in court-ordered therapy. I attacked somebody for calling me a name. At that moment I was living a life of looking up to my peers.
  • I look at that moment in my life very frequently about how I reacted and what I did. It was the first time I went to therapy.

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Purpose-Driven Dad; Cameron Race

Thursday Oct 31, 2024

Thursday Oct 31, 2024

Cameron Race is a purpose-driven dad, son, and business owner. He is the founder of the Man Up Dad (MUD) movement, a transformation program for businessmen and fathers, especially those with young children. MUD challenges men to confront the truth: they may not be the role models their children need. 2023 was pivotal; after learning his wife was pregnant with their second child, Cameron faced job loss and personal struggles, leading him to overhaul his life. Now, as a committed entrepreneur, he guides dads on their journey toward personal transformation and responsible fatherhood.

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Wes Watson, my first coach

Effect on Emotions

  • All we are is this big old ball of emotions. Those emotions are trying to hijack us from doing what's actually important to us.
  • If we're unaware of all these different emotions that we have and what they're trying to do then it's really easy to be distracted.
  • I have mindful practices that I go through every single day that help to ground and center me. They help me get back on track. It's changed my life.

Thoughts on Breathing

  • I know there is Wim Hof and a lot of people have specifically practiced breathing. I recognize in myself that when I am praying, I slow my breathing down.
  • As I slow my breathing down, everything slows down. My mind slows down, and any energy I have slows down.
  • Although I don't practice breathing, breathing is part of the practice I have.

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Bullying Story

  • When I was a kid, I was bullied some. I hit my growth spurt late. There were people that just picked on me based on my size.
  • I don't know how mindfulness would have made a difference. Maybe for the bully.
  • At the time it was painful but being a kid is painful, right. That's something I recognize more as I've gotten older.
  • As an adult, I realize that bullying is an inner turmoil. The way that we treat ourselves. It's really easy to give ourselves a hard time.

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Cow Hug Therapy; Ellie Laks

Thursday Oct 24, 2024

Thursday Oct 24, 2024

Ellie Laks is the creator of cow hug therapy as part of her work as the founder of The Gentle Barn Foundation. This foundation is a national organization that rescues and rehabilitates unwanted animals and heals people with the same stories of abuse and neglect. Ellie is a powerful speaker, celebrated animal welfare advocate, humane educator, animal communicator, and the author of Cow Hug Therapy: How the Animals at The Gentle Barn Taught Me about Life, death, and Everything in Between. Ellie founded The Gentle Barn in 1999. She invented her own Gentle Healing method that allows old, sick, injured, and terrified animals to fully recover. Ellie has hosted hundreds of thousands of people who have come to The Gentle Barn seeking hope.

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My husband, the co-founder of the Gentle Barn

Effect on Emotions

  • Mindfulness empowers us to breathe, relax, and to say what we need to say in the most mindful way.
  • Mindfulness helps us hear what someone else is saying and allows us to read between the lines.
  • Mindfulness diffuses potentially explosive situations. It helps us get through whatever we need to get through.

Thoughts on Breathing

  • Breathing and focusing on the breath is important in my morning meditations. It helps me to get grounded.
  • Breathing is a part of our cow hug therapy sessions. We encourage our guests to breathe and close their eyes and to connect with the cow.

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Bullying Story

  • Kids can be very cruel. There's this idea that there is a norm. Everyone's trying to fit in and be liked.
  • Everyone's trying to get approval. No one's sitting in elementary school saying I am different and I love myself.
  • We're all saying, “Let us fit in.” I think in the big picture, it's really cool that we get lost because when we become adults, we can become found.

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Understanding Pet Behavior; Denise Mange

Thursday Oct 17, 2024

Thursday Oct 17, 2024

Denise Mange is a certified dog trainer, animal communicator, pet numerologist, and founder of Pet Prana®. Her mindful approach to pet training combines traditional training with energetic considerations of pet guardianship. She has been featured in publications and media outlets worldwide, cementing her reputation as a pioneer in the field of mindful pet training. Her new book, Translating Your Pet’s Behavior: A Mindful Approach to Dog Training, is a #1 bestseller in its category on Amazon.

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Most Influential Person

Abraham Maslow

Effect on Emotions

  • Emotions have always been a big proponent for me to sit back and reflect.
  • When I have big emotions I shut down. And when I shut down, I reflect.
  • For me, mindfulness and emotions go hand in hand.

Thoughts on Breathing

  • Breathing is everything. It is life affirming for us and it's one way to remind us that we are worthy to be here on this planet.
  • As we regulate and are mindful of our breathing, that helps our animal companions regulate.

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Bullying Story

  • The biggest bully I've had to face in my life is actually myself.
  • A lot of times, I think what I've developed isn't good enough. Sometimes I think regarding my projects, I'm not doing them well enough, I'm not doing them fast enough.
  • The self-criticism has been the hardest part.

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From Trauma To Empowerment; Daniel Anderson

Thursday Oct 10, 2024

Thursday Oct 10, 2024

Daniel Anderson is a coach who helps clients transition from trauma to empowerment.  As a holistic Trauma Recovery Coach, he helps clients find relief from stress, anxiety, and life dissatisfaction. The creator of ‘Your Purpose Driven Life,' he guides individuals through transformative journeys to break free from feeling trapped in lives that no longer feel authentic. His 12-week ‘Life: Remastered' program helps clients overcome false narratives, reconnect with their core values, and create a clear path to the life they desire. Daniel provides practical tools for rapid relief, helping clients quiet their minds, repair relationships, and uncover their true direction.

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Dr. Wayne Dyer

Effect on Emotions

  • I'm much better now at recognizing my negative emotions.
  • That helps me reframe the thoughts causing them and shift from sadness and depression to acceptance and happiness.

Thoughts on Breathing

  • I'm a strong advocate of mindful breathing. It's essential, not just for breathing, but for managing overwhelm.
  • Taking just two minutes to close your eyes, focus on your breath, and return to the present can make a huge difference.

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Bullying Story

  • Looking back on bullying, I wish I had been more mindful and considered their perspective.
  • I believe bullies act out because they lack power in their own lives, whether from relationships, family, or parents. I believe they try to feel bigger by targeting others.

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