Be Part of the Change | Mindful Creation podcasts

Today's podcast is a chapter from "The 'Never Mind Your Mind' Letters of Appreciation" Let's explore a metaphor for unhooking from unhelpful thoughts, and a compassionate letter written to our very own minds. This is about developing a kinder relationship with ourselves in the face of unhelpful thoughts. We all have them. Let's do this. 

  Life throws us curveballs. Sometimes predicatbly, sometimes unpredictably. Today's podcast is a section from my course called 'This Tough Life'. Let's explore what self-compassion is and exactly how to use it, all in a simple formula called 'The 3 Ns'. This is about developing a kinder relationship with ourselves in the face of these curve balls that life throws us, when times are tough, or when we notice our inner-critic taking a step up.

This podcast is the second and final part of Two Minute Tools. Tools for modern living. These are from some more of the teachers of The Conscious Creative Collective. The Conscious Creative Collective are a grassroots group of meditation teachers with many years of training experience.

This podcast is full of tools. Tools for modern living. What I like to call “2 minute tools”. These are from the teachers of The Conscious Creative Collective. The Conscious Creative Collective are a grassroots group of meditation teachers with many years of training experience 

Here is another exclusive preview of a sleep story written and narrated by Reuben at Mindful Creation.  Sleep stories are written is a way that helps us get out of the busy world of doing and into the ease, which can be made possible through the simplicity of a sleep story. Ideally, this needs to be listened to last thing at night. This sleep story, which is called Rain On A Window, is about just this: rain on a window. 

This is an exclusive preview from one of the chapters in the upcoming course The Art Of Illuminating Darkness. The course is written by Elliot Treves and Reuben Lowe. This particular chapter focuses upon exactly what it says in the title, Being Okay With Not Being Okay.

Here's something that is exclusive to this very podcast. It's a song. A song with a difference. I had a recent connection with a singer songwriter from Copenhagen. His name is Sander Stenderup and he writes spiritual songs. This particular song is called Awakening. The original version is melodic, with very few lyrics. Anyhow, we decided to work on blending meditative spoken word with this particular song, Awakening. And, we came up with the following.

I wanted to share something with you that I do every day. It’s such a small investment with a huge return. I call it The Recall Review Ritual. It takes just 2 minutes in the morning and 2 minutes in the evening. What you’re about to listen to is an exert from my course Tools For Self-Growth. This awesome little ritual is designed to help you with setting intention for your day, and then reviewing your day, with an infusion of gratitude throughout. Let’s do this!

Today’s podcast is about enhancing connection in your intimate relationship. You don’t have to be with your partner to listen to this, but you can if you would like to. We move into a mini guided reflection, before finishing off with a final section for potentially taking action. Another podcast to help us to be part of the positive change that's going on. It just depends where we focus our attention.

Welcome back to this podcast series. The focus here is on a make believe case study of someone called Melanie. She believes that she is a bad person because of the thoughts she is experiencing. We thought we'd share it with you as we've had lots of people contact us and saying how helpful it is. Being part of the change can sometimes involve learning about the way our minds work, as well as getting a bit of distance from the judgements that they give us. We hope this podcasts helps you with both.

This podcast is specifically for when times are tough. There will be a reflective theme running through this special podcast as you tune into the words. In this part, part 2, there is also include a practice of relaxation in the service of working with resistance and contraction. From there, it moves into a breathing technique which Reuben calls 'The Push'. This is to soothe the nervous system. The idea here, with these following insights is to take more perspective on this tough time. This is in the service of releasing any resistance and contraction that is not serving your well-being.

At the time of publication, April 2020, times are certainly tough. And so this podcast is specifically for when times are tough. There will be a reflective theme running through this special podcast as you tune into the words. The idea here, with these following insights is to take more perspective on this tough time. This is in the service of releasing any resistance and contraction that is not serving your well-being.

We’re going to explore a little neuroscience on the practice of gratitude and why 20 seconds is so relevant for the intention we bring to some of the things we are grateful for. Gratitude involves noticing the goodness in other people and the outside world. We know the brain changes with experience, so the more that gratitude is practiced, the more the brain grows and learns to tune in to the good things in the world. It’s now very well established and replicated many times over that a practice of gratitude is associated with better mood, better sleep, less fatigue as well as some physical health benefits. Let's do this!

This is a random make believe case study about a girl who eventually breaks up with her partner because he tries to control her. This was chosen because controlling relationships are so common in our everyday lives. Sally is in a controlling relationship with her boyfriend, Sam. She eventually gains the power to break up with her partner.    Reuben talks us through the process of exactly what is happening between them both. We get to explore the reasons why we get caught up in unhelpful patterns of behaviour in controlling relationships, and with insight, how this can help us break out of them and back into a life of freedom.

What is The Mindfulness Triangle? The Mindfulness Triangle is a model that boils mindfulness down to its essence, in its simplest form. Thousands of people now use this model in their lives to enhance their meditation practice. As you listen to this podcast, our advice to you is this: Take a broader perspective. See if you can go through this as though you are going to teach this to another person that needs it. In bringing this tool into your life, you can help other people to be part of the change that’s going on in this world right now.

It’s normal for us to lose touch with a deeper sense of connection at times. So this practice is about that meaningful connection. You will need a partner for this guided practice. This is about enhancing meaningful connection and you will need to do this with someone that is very close to you. You may have a new partner, or maybe you’ve been together for years. Whatever the situation, it’s fine.

Today in Episode 2, we’re going to explore what almost every human being can benefit from, the power of urge surfing. Can you recall a time when you gave in to an urge that you had, resulting in you doing something that wasn’t in your best interest? We’re going to explore this, and Reuben will guide you through an experiential exercise that we hope will help you for similar encounters in the future.

Today, for our first episode of Be Part of the Change, Reuben takes us on a short journey to unearth some core personal qualities and values that underpin these. There's an experiential exercise for this too. By the end of this podcast, you may find that you choose to do something for you, something that resonates with who you are, AND something that you wouldn’t have done if it wasn’t for this podcast! How good does that sound?