In Memoriam | Honoring Rachel
If you’ve listened to this podcast for a while, you’ll know that I hold a belief that there’s still someone out there who I haven’t met yet, that will...
Mental Events
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Untangling from the harmful words in your head, and turning your attention toward doing what matters is no easy feat. The Mental Events podcast explores how giving up trying to control your thoughts and emotions is a trustworthy way to gain control of your life. Let's reign in the mind together!
Getting to Live | A Mindful Reframe
We all have to do things. Some things we are excited about. Other things, not as much. Rarely do we consider what we get to do in our lives, taking it...
Subtracting Self-Care | Moving Toward What Matters
Should self-care always mean you get to feel calm? Should self-care be limited to feeling good? Let’s reimagine self-care for a moment. Instead of add...
Post-traumatic Growth: Celebrating Year Two with Gratitude and Joy
What doesn't kill us, can make us stronger! On the two-year anniversary of a near death experience, I invite a friend of the podcast, John Evans to si...
After Violence: Reflections on Boulder
So often we feel hopeless and powerless after tragedy and trauma. I know I've felt that way recently with the tragedies in Atlanta and Boulder. Both e...
Healthy and Unhealthy Discomfort
Life serves up discomfort to us in many ways. At times we've all avoided challenges in order to escape the stress that goes with feeling uncomfortable...
Box Breathing
“Just breathe.” Depending on how stressed you might be, hearing those words may not be well received. Enter box breathing! It's a proactive breathing ...
The Just World Belief
Do good things only happen to good people? Do bad things only happen to bad people? And are all honorable actions eventually rewarded? The Just World ...
Natural and Manufactured Emotion
There are two kinds of emotions. The first kind of emotions are those that happen naturally. We often experience natural emotions as they unfold after...
Being with Less Self | Remembering Mindfulness
Our human lives are inundated with the needs of the Self. The self (I/me/my) has many preferences, needs, biases, desires, and conditioned habits. Whi...