Mindful Impact with Justin Francisco

Tracee Stanley teaches Yoga Nidra and it's teachings allow you to powerfully and authentically transmit transformative and healing experiences that lead to the state of Yoga Nidra.  Yoga Nidra is not about reading a script in a relaxed voice. It is the art of guiding yourself and another into the deepest state of consciousness where deep rest, spacious awareness, and Presence are experienced.  Book: Radiant Rest: Yoga Nidra for Deep Relaxation & Awakened Clarity

Mark England's mission is to help people create more powerful, more fulfilled lives using the power of better words and stories. Procabulary is the language of getting things done.  This will go down as one of my favorites because I love our language and how powerful our words are for our brains, clarity, relationships, and more.  www.procabulary.org

Anat Peri is the Founder of Training Camp for the Soul and a Transformational Life Coach, specializing in developing her clients’ emotional resiliency as the access to taking inspired action. With over16 years of experience in developmental work, she has helped hundreds of people create the life they desire. Her work teaches people to use their emotions as allies to uncover what they truly want in life and propel them to more success and true, deep happiness. www.trainingcampforthesoul.com

00:00:40 – When Venerable wakes up in the morning, he is grateful he has two eyes to see. He realizes the world is waiting for him with his duty as a Monk. 00:2:30 – What inspired his first social video was the path to peace. He went through a lot before becoming a monk and shares his experience towards complete peace. 00:16:20 – Venerable Tri Dao shares his deep and fascinating thoughts on Karma. 00:28:00 – As a Monk, he was trained not to engage in any form of sexual pleasure. He shares how he has let go of that desire through death meditation, monastic meditation and other training. 00:34:00 – Venerable talks about the four noble truths which is related to the sufferings in life and its connection with our desires. 00:43:00 – Venerable shares his experience with bullying and compassion and love shown for everyone. 00:48:50 – As much as possible, we have to approach things skillfully. When people say something that touches our beliefs, the way we respond is very important. Buddhism focus on the right speech. 01:06:00 – Venerable Tri Dao shares his book that changed the course of his life forever. 01:16:00 – I ask Venerable about Monks and exercising. 01:20:00 – Venerable shares his experience as a police officer. 01:30:00 – Venerable shares his thoughts on billionaires. 01:42:00 – He wants to tell his 18 year old self to slow down and look inwards. “Stop looking outside of oneself for your happiness. Look inwards, investigate the causes of suffering, and investigate what it is I am looking for. Look deep down inside and start retracing how I got to where I am today. An proceed forward mindfully.” Get in touch with Venerable Tri Dao: https://www.tiktok.com/@venerable_tri_dao/ https://www.instagram.com/ven_tri_dao/ https://facebook.com/1tridao Books He mentioned: The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation: https://amzn.to/3ezhteO Cognitive Behavioural Therapy For Dummies: https://amzn.to/3euHMDd

This week we sit down with Alyse Bacine. www.alysebreathes.com She spent ten years as a school counselor and now mentors individuals through powerful transformation. She reads Akashic records - living library of information of everything that has ever occurred and will ever occur in the universe. We talk about how our kids chose us for a reason. How suppressed emotions hold an energetic signature in our body until we physically release them. How breathwork helped heal her from body issues, anxiety, and an eating disorder. 

Amy Edelstein started her meditation practice in 1978. And even opened and ran her own silent retreat center for 17 years. She even worked personally with the Dalai Lama. In 2014 Amy used her experience and expertise to established Inner Strength Foundation, an organization that helps teens cultivate calm, curiosity, and care. Over 15,000 inner-city Philadelphia public school students have gone through our 3-month mindfulness and systems thinking training with incredibly moving results.  She has an award-winning book the conscious classroom. 

Charles Freligh, PhD is a writer, meditation teacher, personal guide, and consciousness explorer. He is one of the top meditation teachers on the insight timer app. What's it like to be more curious about everything? Our emotions, experiences, feelings, relationships, perspectives...etc...What's it like to realize how much we critique and judge, and get curious about it. https://www.charlesfreligh.com

Josh is extremely versed in his expertise. He has a company called www.wellnessforce.com and Helps Humans Discover Physical & Emotional Intelligence. I thoroughly enjoyed this conversation about breathwork, emotional inventory, and better conversation with your partner. "Magic of breath allows you to show up more loving"

Have you ever thought about what companies your money is going to, specifically your investments? Mary Ann Hawley is the CEO & Founder of UnifyImpact, a brand new digital platform that empowers millennials to align their investment decisions with their values with the help of Environmental, Social, and Governance data.  She is ultimately bringing ESG investing to everyday individuals; helping anyone find investments that benefit people, the planet and the bottom line.   www.unifyimpact.com

Natasha Mason - Guard your sanctuary

Yummi Nguyen believes that parenting is an opportunity and a gift our children have given us to return to our "wholeness." Our children are the mirrors of our internal world, and all that is seeking to be liberated and met with Love. How seen heard and understood did you feel from your parents. What's it mean to heal generational wounds. Many of us have unresolved wounds we may not even be aware of. We can use parenting to observe how we are reacting…is that my stuff that I’m projecting.. Is it me.. She has an interesting rule in her home that her children don’t have to listen to her and I’m not sure I fully agree with it so I dig in a little deeper with her on that to better understand :) https://themotherhoodmindset.com

Candace Good from episode 82 on 10/5/2020 https://www.howtoshrinkashrink.com

Listen to my top 3 takeaways from Mondays Episode with Nate Rifkin. www.naterifkin.com

Today I'm talking with my friend Nate Rifkin who has published a book on a little-known kind of meditation. I’ve been reading this book and it’s blown me away. I think you’re going to love what we have to share today. Nate used to be suicidal and drank alcohol every morning to get through the day. He dropped out of college, went broke, bankrupt, and even worked on the street corner waving around a sign to afford rent and food. But he’s managed to turn his life around, find love, and now has an incredible life. This kind of meditation was the driving force behind his transformation. Not only that, but I’ve already been practicing what he teaches in his book and I’ve got a crazy experience of my own… something happened to me that hasn’t happened in all my time meditating. We’ll get to that in a bit… First, Nate, thank you for joining me today. www.naterifkin.com

Dawson Church is from Ep. 67 on June 22nd, 2020. Today he came back on with me to share some wisdom and a Tapping meditation that is super powerful. 

On today’s episode of Mindful Impact, Justin speaks with Lisa Winneke, host of Good News Guide. They discuss Lisa’s journey of connecting with herself in order to live a more fully expressed life, from meditation to daily check-ins, to journaling, and more. https://www.lisawinneke.com/membership Episode Highlights: Lisa Winneke is the host of Good News Guide podcast and recently launched a membership program for people who are seeking change. What makes Lisa’s heart sing at the beginning of the day is the possibility that comes with the morning. Lisa considers herself a connector and a communicator. Her intention is “How can I add value?” And how she can contribute to people throughout the day. Lisa’s transformation has been over the course of the last 14 years, after she gave birth to premature twin boys 16 years ago and became severely depressed. She felt so disconnected from herself that she didn’t know who she was. Some people can liberate themselves and express the life they want to live within a marriage, but Lisa found that although it was a good marriage, she felt she couldn’t fully liberate herself. Lisa now stands for living a fully expressed and authentic life. In hindsight, Lisa understands that she was feeling nudges and impulses that she wasn’t listening to. Lisa attended a Dr. Joe Dispenza meditation retreat, which really kicked off this phase of her journey in October 2018. Doing this work with Joe Dispenza is what led her to start the Good News Guide. Lisa does not watch the news at all, and stopped about 8 or 9 years ago. Now, she keeps informed through people, and trusting that if there’s something worth knowing, she will find out through people she knows. Lisa checks in with herself and her emotional state multiple times a day, and if she finds it dipping, she reflects to identify what shifted her energy and what she can do to fix it. Her choice to stop watching the news inspired the Good News Guide, because the definition of news is “new and noteworthy information,” and she felt she wasn’t getting that. The guests she brings onto the Good News Guide are new to a lot of people and they share things that are not taught in schools but are valuable and noteworthy pieces of information. One of her highest values is transformation. Lisa works with several coaches for different areas of her life, and it isn’t because there’s anything wrong with her or that she needs all of this extra support, but because she values transformation and growth, and chooses to work with these coaches. She has learned to see conflict as an opportunity to connect more deeply with another person. Lisa has done the Reclaim Your Wardrobe workshop more than once because what you put on your body and how it makes you feel affects your communication and the way you operate from the inside out. For Lisa, play is very important, and incorporating play into her daily routine through music or by moving her body. Justin shares that he recently had an experience playing with his 6 year old daughter in the middle of a workday that he felt completely re-energized him. What matters most is finding what play means to you alone; it doesn’t have to involve another person. What most of this is about is taking yourself out of your body and observing what’s happening to you in different situations. We seem born to naturally remain in the present moment, but we lose the ability as we get older—why does that happen? Lisa goes into every conversation she has, knowing that there will be a beautiful exchange. The first thing Lisa does in the morning is meditate for between 20-45 minutes, but her practice is constantly changing. She used to approach her meditation practice as an activity to tick off a to-do list, but now approaches it much more intentionally, as time she has given herself to connect with her soul. Lisa had a friend compose frequency music to play in the background of all her podcast episodes to help listeners better absorb the conversation. If Lisa could go back and tell her 18 year old self anything, it would be, “You’ve got this.” Lisa sets 7 alarms throughout the day to check in with herself and to reconnect and anchor back into her heart.   3 Key Points:   You are in control of your own environment and you are allowed to set boundaries about what you allow into your space and life. This is an ongoing journey, and you are constantly changing, growing, and becoming more authentic and expressed. Work on listening to the signs, signals, and nudges from that little voice inside you.   Tweetable Quotes:   “I wanted to be a demonstration of what it means to lead from our heart.” –Lisa Winneke “How can I refocus and put my attention and energy into something where I’m contributing, creating what I want to create? Because as we know, we’re creating, consciously or unconsciously, in every single moment.” –Lisa Winneke “We’re not taught at school that we’re the creator of our lives. We’re not taught at school that we have choices. We’re not taught at school that the most important thing is our relationship with the self. We’re not taught any of that.” –Lisa Winneke “We’re here in these bodies to have an evolutionary experience of what it’s like to be human.” –Lisa Winneke Resources Mentioned: Justin Francisco: Website, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube Lisa Winneke: Website, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube Built to Serve by Evan Carmichael Joe Dispenza

One of my first guests on the podcast back in October 2019. Suze Yalof Shwartz, owner of www.unplug.com shares her Fabulous meditation. 

These top three takes are a little different. The episode with Hale was so powerful it inspired me to dedicate an entire day in my course to letting go. I share what that day is going to be...Thanks for listening. 

On today’s episode of Mindful Impact, Justin speaks with Hale Dwoskin, teacher of The Sedona Method, about the process of letting go of the feelings, thoughts, and beliefs that are holding you back. Listeners can learn more and sign up for a course at www.sedona.com/mindfulimpact. Episode Highlights: Hale Dwoskin has shared and taught The Sedona Method for over 4 decades and is the NYTimes bestselling author of the book The Sedona Method. He was also featured in the movie The Secret. Hale and his wife don’t have any children, but they’ve been together for 30 years. He introduced his wife to The Sedona Method when they were dating, after Hale’s mentor inspired it after he nearly died from a coronary and began a process of self-inquiry. Hale of course still reacts to things, but they are less intense and less frequent, and he is now able to return to a resting state of happiness. The Sedona Method lets you let go of not just the feelings, but the thoughts and beliefs that lead to those feelings. We tend to identify ourselves by our thoughts and feelings, so if we identify as angry, sad, lonely, etc., then you are going to be emotionally attached to those thoughts and feelings that reinforce that identity. When you say “I am angry,” or “I feel angry,” you are equating yourself as a person with that feeling of anger, instead of seeing the anger as simply a feeling that your mind and body are experiencing. We typically say “I am” in connection to person, place, or thing, or thoughts and feelings, but actually it’s the source of all of those things. Your mind tends to misdirect you by creating a problem and then working to solve it. Pick up an object to represent your unwanted thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and ideas about yourself. Your hand represents your gut or awareness. If you grip the object for a long time, it will begin to feel uncomfortable but also familiar. When you open you hand, you find that the object is not attached to you. What you’re letting go of are the things that you’re clinging to, and it is a choice that we often forget we have. Young children do this naturally—they can be incredibly upset about something and then drop it and move on like it was nothing, while the adults are still emotionally responding to it hours later. Children will fall down, and then look around at the adults to check if they’re “supposed” to be upset. Children also refer to themselves in the third person early on, until they develop an identity around their bodies. Try an exercise where you identify something you want to change or improve on in your life, and try to just be present with that feeling, and allow it. You don’t need to understand why you’re having a thought or feeling in order to let it go. After you ask yourself if you can let it go, ask yourself if you would let it go. Then, ask yourself when? This is an invitation to let it go now. We’ve been brainwashed to believe that letting go is hard. Justin offers the example of witnessing a situation where you want to help somebody, you see somebody in trouble and you emotionally react to that. How can letting go be helpful here? Hale points out that we often involve ourselves in a situation where we’re trying to help but we only make it worse; by letting go, you’ll be able to see more clearly if you are needed and what action you should take. Letting go is necessary to forgiveness. Most of us expend most of our energy thinking about what you would change in the past, and fighting against the natural flow of your life. Non-duality is about discovering the interconnectedness that runs between all people, living organisms, and even inanimate objects, and realizing that there are no limits. Fear is releasable. It sounds like hypnosis to start thinking this way, but really the hypnosis we’re all under is believing that we are limited and can’t do something or are stuck. Whatever you focus on expands in your experience. Things like pandemic fatigue come from us living from a place of resistance instead of acceptance. Resistance is just a feeling that you can let go of. If Hale could give his 18 year old self any piece of advice, it would be to follow his heart. Feelings are just feelings, not facts, and they are not who you are. Who and what you are at your core is already whole and enough as it is. Everything that you want in life can be found by you, naturally, by letting go and tuning in to your wholeness.   3 Key Points:   Your feelings and thoughts do not define you. Young children naturally understand the concept of letting go, but we lose that skill along the way as we mature. Letting go is necessary to forgive, to stop resisting the flow of your life, and to discover your natural, innate wholeness.   Tweetable Quotes:   “We think we are what we think or feel. We identify as the angry person or the sad person or the hurt person or the misunderstood person or the lonely person, or the person who’s a failure [or] a success. And we never examine whether or not we’re a person at all.” –Hale Dwoskin “The mind is a wonderful tool, but it’s an awful master.” –Hale Dwoskin “Emotion and reason often run at cross purposes.” –Hale Dwoskin “Forgiveness is natural when you let go. And trying to forgive without letting go is impossible.” –Hale Dwoskin “When we approach any situation based on the way it was, we miss the way it is.” –Hale Dwoskin   Resources Mentioned:   Justin Francisco: Website, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube The Sedona Method Course: sedona.com/mindfulimpact The Sedona Method: YouTube, Facebook The Greatest Secret by Rhonda Byrne  

My guest from March 30th, 2020, Michell Palladini. New meditations every Friday right here on Mindful Impact. 

My top 3 takeaways on Monday's episode with Ellen Boeder - prioritizing your partner and growing together.

On today’s episode of Mindful Impact, Justin speaks with Ellen Boeder, faculty at The Relationship School, about some essential tips for cultivating more mindful relationships. Learn more about Ellen at her website: www.ellenboeder.com.   Episode Highlights:   Ellen is faculty at The Relationship School, founded by her husband. The thing that makes Ellen excited to wake up in the morning is her family and her daily morning yoga practice. She loves to connect with nature and appreciates the ability to get outside. She first picked up yoga 25 years ago, when she was 22 years old, because she thought she needed to stretch more. She doesn’t currently have a formal sit down meditation practice, though she has in the past. Today, she focuses more on taking mindful walks. Her ability to practice yoga and meditation changed when she had kids. Ellen’s husband, Jayson Gaddis, hosts a podcast with The Relationship School, and she’s a frequent guest. Ellen and Jayson want to challenge each other to be their best and call each other out. Ellen feels they’ve learned how to fight efficiently and fairly, with no low blows or walking out of the room, and always making a commitment to finishing the conversation. In a moment when you’re feeling connected to your partner, you can say something like, “I notice we’re fighting a lot. Can we talk about how to make that better?” What are the main things we should focus on to have the happiest and most loving relationship we can? Ellen counters by asking what does the happiest and most loving version of a relationship look like to you? It looks different for everybody, so it’s important to know your ‘why.’ Couples should figure out how to find the inherent strengths in being different. Difference means you can attend to different things and give more, for example, to your children, and you can balance each other out. Ask your partner what they want and what you can do to be the best partner you can be for that person. Ellen sees both men and women struggle with intimacy and vulnerability. We are never finished getting to know another person because we are always changing, and who we are unfolds in the moment. The business of our lives is a distraction that gets in the way of our relationships. Logistics prevent us from slowing down with each other and noticing each other. Scheduling things like sex is awesome; it is intentional, mindful, carving out of time for each other; it is self-care. At the same time, don’t treat it like something to check off a to-do list; be open to whatever happens in that time you carve out to connect with your partner. Talk about how to make the time nourishing for both of you, to feel like input instead of more output. Over time, our differences can become glaring; you have to take the time to metabolize those differences and recalibrate. You have to have something bigger to commit and recommit to even when your feelings naturally shift moment to moment. Ideally, your relationship should be inspiring, fun, and challenging, but that’s something you have to make true intentionally. It’s unrealistic to think that you can stay in the honeymoon phase of an early relationship forever. Being mindful of bringing yourself into the present moment as an individual is a different experience from being mindful with your partner. Ellen feels she can remain present for longer when she’s with her partner or her child, and finds that she’s able to lose sense of space and time. Ellen believes we have many more demands on our attention now than ever before. She and her husband have scheduled business and financial related meetings as a way to keep those conversations separate from their date time. Ellen recommends a date be 3-4 hours, or longer if you’re able, but a 2 hour date isn’t sufficient. Her favorite time with her husband is when they take walks or hikes together. They tried things like couples yoga but Ellen found that for the dates to be meaningful forher, she needed to be talking to and connecting with her husband. If she could go back and give her 18 year old self any advice, it would be to reassure her that she would find love and have a wonderful relationship.   3 Key Points:   There is no one way that a relationship should look or be, so you have to talk about what that looks like for yourself and your partner. Be intentional about how and when you connect with your partner so that you both get what you need out of it. Commit to something larger and greater than just each other, because your feelings and emotions towards each other as people can and will change.   Tweetable Quotes:   “We have really shared values, and we’re really different people. So that looks like… we have a lot to talk about.” –Ellen Boeder “If I don’t ever slow down or pause and reflect, there’s a cost.” –Ellen Boeder “It’s actually really good that people are different because you can actually attend to more needs and things in the whole system.” –Ellen Boeder “We really do depend and rely on our partners a lot, emotionally. And it’s normal to, it’s okay to, it’s good to. But I think as a society we’re very prone to getting the message thatwe’re supposed to just be okay on our own.” –Ellen Boeder “I think it’s easy to fall in love and hard to be loving every day over time, over the long haul with someone.” –Ellen Boeder “It’s amazing what happens when people just start asking questions and telling more of the truth.” –Ellen Boeder   Resources Mentioned:   Justin Francisco: Website, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube Ellen Boeder: Website, Instagram The Relationship School: Ellen

Guided meditation through a field and river to let go of anything limiting you. 

My top 3 takeaways from Monday's Episode with Andrew Newman. www.consciousstories.com

Today, we will have an insightful conversation with Andrew Newman, a brilliant children's storytime book author, about mindful practices with your children, including meditation and creativity.  He will talk about teaching your children mindfulness, core life values, and much more.    3 Key Points: Sitting as a parent is an immense mixture of responsibility and power. Show our kids what we want them to learn.  Teach children mindfulness at an early stage, use bedtime stories to be with them fully in the last 20 minutes of their day to help them discharge their daily struggles as they transition to sleep.  Meditation practices help children to slow down as they transition to sleep. Make it as a spiritual practice, give as much of that loving presence as you can.    Episode Highlights:  06:08- The last 20 minutes of the night creates an impact on what's going on in our brain. 07:24- Use the transition points of sleep and wake in the first 30 minutes of the day to sit us up.  08:38- Teach kids mindfulness early so that they don't have to unlearn a bunch of stuff like adults.   16:12- In the moment of surrender, something magical happens.    17:21- Problem can't be solved from the same level of consciousness that we created a problem with. Have a space for a new level of consciousness.  19:00- The therapeutic relationship is learning one's triggers and learning how to be non-reactive when activated.    20:30- Therapeutic relationship is the same aspect as the parent-child relationship. 23:21- The our breathing practice- I breathe for me, I breathe for you, I breathe for us, I breathe for all that surrounds us.   29:26-  Andrew's morning practice helps the stream of consciousness come out for him to go into the space of openness.  31:32- Andrew's struggles from the business standpoint relates to the period of surrender.  40:50-The power of a story shifts us from a perspective where we hate to hate, thereby creating a safe place.  43:50- Anticipate challenges in time and translational speed of kids,  be encouraging of slowing down.   45:00- Use the breathing technique to slow kids' systems down.  45:21- Model to our kids what we want them to learn.  45:25- Kids are designed to seek love, and the fastest way to get love is to mimic the person who gives them love.  49:10- Andrew gave his message to his  18 y/o self, who needed encouragement.    Tweetable Quotes: “The power of the story is that it shifts us from this perspective where we hate to hate. That shift is one of those mechanisms of creating safety.. “- Andrew Newman “We don't have to fight until we reach the point of surrender. We can choose to surrender earlier and ask for help because, in the moment of surrender, something magical happens. “- Andrew Newman “If we think the same way we have always been thinking, we will get the same result. We need something new to influence ourselves and change the course of our lives.“- Andrew Newman   Resources Mentioned: Justin Francisco: LinkedIn | Website Andrew Newman: Conscious Bedtime Stories | LinkedIn | Instagram

Nick Matiash was a guest from episode 25, Monday Nov 18, 2019. Nick is a men's life coach helping them move from their head to their heart. Nick can be found at www.nickmatiashcoaching.com

Top 3 takeaways from Monday's episode "Functional Medicine, exercise snacks and positive psychology with Dr. Sandra Scheinbaum.  Tune in to hear my take and how I found value in the conversation. 

On this episode of Mindful Impact with Justin Francisco, we will have a meaningful conversation with Dr. Sandra Scheinbaum, Co-Founder and CEO of the Functional Medicine Coaching Academy (FMCA), regarding Functional Medicine, exercise, snacks and positive psychology. Also, we’ll talk about some ways to replace sweet-tooth, and much more.  Dr. Sandra Scheinbaum: Website  3 Key Points: Functional medicine works as an ally where people support one another with the coach, where the feelings are being normalized, then people start to feel hopeful.  In conventional medicine, people have never been diagnosed the way it's done in functional medicine, where the first interaction is listening, caring, and understanding.  Functional Medicine coaches help clients to be mindful consumers of health supplements.    Episode Highlights:  4:05- Dr. Sandra Scheinbaum reinventing her work out at the age of 70. 9:32- Dr. Sandra describes rest as sitting in a sauna, red light therapy, or watching movies with her husband. 11:00- Functional Medicine is the combined clinical psychology teachings and philosophies with the most recent learnings of Dr. Sandra.  12:21- Functional medicine is the medicine of “why” to get the root cause.  15:28- Often, people will go from doctor to doctor to seek treatment, but they are not getting better; that's when they start seeking functional medicine.  17:26- Functional medicine is client-centered and personalized.  19:48- Dr. Sandra ran a center that studied neural feedback, which trained children to regulate brain wave activity through some sort of mind-stimulating games. 24:40- Dr. Sandra's daughter wrote a musical called Emoji Land, which talks about perseverance amidst the pandemic.  28:25- Dr. Sandra gets energy by paying attention to posture, power pauses, backbends, yoga, inversion, or even baking in the morning. 34:59- Medical background is not needed to be a functional coach.  35:15- Coaches are skilled to conduct a 1:1 coaching or group coaching, which is the future of healthcare. 35:41- Functional medicine with a doctor is reimbursed by insurance companies and can be done virtually.  38:35 Coaches can provide crucial and emotional support, especially during these trying times to people who are not for psychotherapy.  40:00- Life Coaching stemmed from the humanistic approach of Psychotherapy.   40:54- Coaches do not make direct recommendations of botanical herbs or medicine, but refer people to source/specialist. 44:38- Coaches can educate clients about nutraceuticals and be a  smart consumer.   47:35- Dr. Sandra recommended Viktor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning and Simple Numbers book as a good read. 51:15- Dr. Sandra’s advice to her 18-year-old self is to lay off the sugar.  52.19- Dr. Sandra shares some ways to replace sweet-tooth with monk fruit, 100% dark chocolate or 1-2 raspberry.    Tweetable Quotes: “What led me to functional medicine is, I wanted to make a bigger impact. We could train thousands of coaches to really make an impact.”-Dr. Sandra Scheinbaum “I think that ADD is overdiagnosed, and I think that we are so quick to label.”-Dr. Sandra Scheinbaum “You will have a coach who hears and understands, not pushy, and tells you what to do. That's the beauty of the relationship in functional medicine.”-Dr. Sandra Scheinbaum “What's real in the mind, is real in the body. Every thought, every image, everything we feel, is all in the body. You don't have to be stuck in suffering. Change your mindset, as it's possible to create a profound change.”-Dr. Sandra Scheinbaum   Resources Mentioned: Justin Francisco: LinkedIn, Website Dr. Sandra Scheinbaum: Website 

This is a great mindfulness meditation to see if we can stay present without thoughts as we count to ten using our breath. Follow along and enjoy :)

Top 3 takeaways from Carol Howe - The Truth About How Life Really Works.  1. The way you acted in the past was the best you could do with the tools and knowledge you had at the time. It's ok to have full compassion and forgiveness around it.  2. It’s not the other person's fault when you have an emotional reaction. Instead, it’s something inside of you that gets mirrored back to you from them, thus triggering some sort of guilt inside of you from childhood.  3. We can never condemn another without our direct experiencing the consequences of it.  

In this episode of Mindful Impact with Justin Francisco, we will have a meaningful conversation with a legendary ACIM teacher, Carol Howe. Listen as she shares her knowledge regarding the truth about how life works.    3 Key Points: It is crucial to install the right impressions in the first three years of life, as this will become the person's truth in his entire life.  Relationships can make you upset because of guilt but, as " A Course in Miracles" points out, some of your beliefs may be harmful. If you improve how you think about yourself, things will get better.  We are not our emotions, emotions are created as a response to circumstance. We are way more amazing than the emotions that we have..    Episode Highlights:  4:21- The inner experience is the one you will never forget, triggered by circumstances, where you begin to experience the truth of what you are.  10:08- In the presence of joy, judgment becomes impossible.  14:00- Meditation is an ongoing recognition of staying present like doing a mantra or staying focused right where you are.  15:55- The miracle is a change of perception, a shift in the way you experience everything, people, situation, things, and allows you to direct the love that is always present, love that constitutes the substance of everything regardless of the form.  18:17- In a husband and wife relationship, upset happens when one says something that triggers some guilt of his own.  20:40- In the first three years of life, we have a bed of experience that became the foundation/blueprint for a self-concept that we are building.  23:10- When old wounds are triggered, the stress response is activated, putting a person in a defense mode. 23:36- Stress response dumps body chemistry that generates an emotional experience.  24-40- Guilt is painful and is related to things a person believes about himself that aren't true.  30:47- The frontal lobe of the brain and non-essential things at the moment of threat turned off for survival response.   33:51- Once the emotion has turned off the thinking brain, we tend to hide away with addiction to distract from how we feel. 37:45- Anger is the secondary emotion, underneath anger is despair or grief.  44:10- When we are being less than loving, we deserve compassion in the face of our lack of awareness of love at that moment.  45:50- Everybody whose response is not loving is desperately calling for help.  50:00- What's in the mind is what forms the basis for outside the world.  51:00 The good and bad are arbitrary and a personal perspective.  52:15- Emotions are not the enemy; it's the natural conclusion of our belief in ourselves that has been brought to our attention.  53:25- The three-dimensional world is the exact replica of the inner state of mind.  57:20- People create an awful outer life with their unloving inner life.    Tweetable Quotes: “We can never condemn another without directly experiencing the consequences of it.”-Carol Howe “Our relationship and understanding of the real purpose are central to a successful life.”-Carol Howe “You only feel better if you, yourself, stop attacking yourself.”-Carol Howe "If I could stand on a rooftop and shout one thing, it could be, stop making your emotion the enemy.’-Carol Howe   Resources Mentioned: Justin Francisco: LinkedIn, Website Carol Howe: Website  

Natasha Mason is a meditation teacher and you can learn to meditate at https://natashamasonmeditation.com/the-effortless-technique

My top 3 Takeaways from Ira Wolfe - Thriving during the pandemic using the adaptability quotient. Do valedictorians change the world? Two articles referenced below: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/24/what-happened-to-your-class-valedictorian-probably-not-much.html https://apple.news/AZ-Q71OVlSkONQK4eXd9dOQ

On this episode of Mindful Impact with Justin Francisco, our host speaks with Ira Wolfe, a millennial in a baby boomer body, speaker, president of success, and blogger. Listen as they talk about pandemic at large, the fixed vs. growth mindset, including adaptability quotient, and much more.    3 Key Points: The ability of the person to adapt to change depends on personality and behavior. There are those who adapt well or thrive for change.  There are two economies happening now due pandemic, and there’s great difference in the socio-economic status of people in both economies.  Adaptability Quotient provides different dimensions that help people learn how to survive and thrive despite the change.    Episode Highlights:  42:18 Ira Folfe is an older baby boomer who is still learning and growing.  3:42 Carol Dweck's studies show that the most successful kids in the class weren't always successful. 4:48 The fixed mindset is, we are trying to live our bubble trying to protect our image. 4:54 The growth mindset is constantly learning and unlearning. 7:00- We don't go backward, so going back to normal after the pandemic is not going to happen.  8:45 People must be comfortable with change and uncertainty because the new normal is not as predictable as it was.  9:54  We learned in the present, but it conflicts with what we've learned in the past.  11:00 Personalities and behaviors are absolutely impacting change. 13:30 The problem is not the amount of change but the phase at which we experience so much change.  14:50 There are two economies happening amidst the pandemic.  16:51 Front liners are now essential workers and have a more secure job than professionals who are struggling.  22:26 Adaptability Quotient gives different dimensions that helps people get comfortable with change.  24:01 Dealing with ambiguity is by listening to opposing points of view. . 34:00 Adaptability Quotient covers mental flexibility, growth mindset, and unlearning dimension, as well as grit and resilience.  36:00 Resilience is the biggest driver of adaptability.   37:30 The more adaptability you have, the higher is your EQ.  37:55 Adaptability provides courage to have hope for a better future.  38:11 EQ gives hope, courage, positivity in life, and allows us to see challenges as opportunities.  41:02 Change is happening, the pandemic just accelerated that change.   Tweetable Quotes: “You can either look at every3thing as a challenge or everything as an opportunity, and I tend to look at everything as an opportunity. “- Ira Wolfe "What's interesting in these 2 economies, we have a whole group that's thriving and a whole group who's suffering. The socio-economic differences are not great. "- Ira Wolfe ‘Today is the slowest phase of change that we experience in our lives, which is frightening some people and exciting for others. "- Ira Wolfe “We as a leader, not only keep an eye on the ball but also need to be resilient. That's the setback, and we have to learn how to be smart and navigate around that."- Ira Wolfe “You can either decide you gonna be in despair and try to fight the world or help find the courage to thrive in this new world.”- Ira Wolfe   Resources Mentioned: Justin Francisco: LinkedIn, Website Ira Wolfe: LinkedIn Website An Obituary for Normal 

Life is different since the pandemic and Rob shares his thoughts followed by a brief journaling exercise and a short meditation. 

1. Don’t let others decide your future. You will have critics, people that give you crap, bust your chops, want you to fail, and want you to quit. Don’t pay attention to them. Stay true to yourself. 2. When you go through a spiritual transformation you will find yourself slipping at times. Mostly because of outside influences, those around you that aren't used to you changing. In Adam's case, someone said “I just wanted you to stop drinking, what is this whole new person now? “ Don’t let others box you in.  3. Lead by example for your kids. Love yourself 24/7 and let your kids know you will love them no matter what. Adam said to his children, "famous millionaire or junkie on the streets I will always love you the same. I might not give you money or agree with what you’re doing, but I will always love you no matter what."  bonus: Meditation creates time in your life you never even knew existed. We can’t explain it or put it into words, but it allows for more space and time…. https://www.adamjablin.com https://www.justinfrancisco.com

On this episode of Mindful Impact with Justin Francisco,the host speaks with a family man and spiritual trainer, Adam Jablin. Listen up as they have very deep conversations about trials and tribulation, from addiction to business and family, the prices you pay and the difficult lessons through the journey. How beautiful life can be when you follow your purpose. Adam Jablin: Website 3 Key Points: The journey to sobriety doesn't happen overnight, there would be challenges and hardships along the way.   Everybody has their own lessons because everybody has a different personality, learn how to value yourself not other people's approval.   Be fully you, do not seek others approval, you cannot please everybody,  nor you cannot make someone love you.    Episode Highlights:  1:13-Adam works with celebrities, entrepreneurs, war heroes, and regular people fighting a good fight as parents.  1:53- Adam's spiritual connection makes his heart sing out loud.  3:04- It took 14 years for Adam to have that clarity to live a purpose-driven life.  5:20- Adam was on a perfect storm when somebody called to buy his building, then he knew that it was time to be himself and pursue his passion. 8:20- Adam believes that God will do for you what you can't do for yourself.  10:00- Adam describes his life as an alcoholic as wanting to look like the most responsible guy, but deep inside, he's obsessed with a drink.  10:33- Adam felt despair, shame, and judgment as an alcoholic, while he doesn't want to let people down, however, he needs it as badly as he needs to breathe.  12:00- During the recovery period, a family may grow with you or be stuck when they help you. 13:17- Adam's spiritual journey is very intrinsic using all valuable tools such as prayer, meditation, taking care of his body, and reading.  17:20- The physical body shows your experiencing in your internal world.  22:19- Sobriety doesn't happen overnight.  23:00 People go through different shifts but we have to trust our intuition and keep going.  24:15 After being sober, everything changes for the better including, marriage and relationships with kids. 28:45 Being our true self is so hard it tends to disappoint a lot of people. 30:09- The work is the fun part, but the hard part is, dealing with people's reactions when you change.  33:30- The Hero Project is a 90-day transformation coaching.   34:57- With Adam's kids, he leads by example.  44:32-Adam's takes a 23-minute meditation every morning or deep breathing exercises.  52:00- You can feel envious about other's success but don't desire people to fail.  54: 14 For Adam's 18-year-old self, he will hug him and tell him to buckle up, it's one hell of a ride.  Tweetable Quote: "It's the connection to my higher power that I call God, it's just having a Redbull, ready to attack the day."- Adam Jablin Resources Mentioned: Justin Francisco: LinkedIn, Website

Studies show that the first 30 minutes of our day have the most impact on how our entire day will turn out. I love to start my mornings by first brushing my teeth and then sitting down for a morning meditation very similar to this one. There is also RPM, Rise. Pee. Meditate :)

Top 3 takeaways from my convesation with Lorena Siedel.  1. Don't pick sides when your children get in an argument. This starts to make one feel like the "bad" kid and the other "good", also much more psychological reasons for it.  2. Weekly Family Meetings - Be consistent with the same time each week. Start with something great that happened that day, something they love about someone else there. Then what bugged them and what they wished was different.  3. Connecting before correcting - When disciplining start with compassion, empathy and then show them the correct behavior. 

On this episode of Mindful Impact with Justin Francisco, the host speaks with a purposeful parenting expert Lorena Seidel about creating a parent-child connection and harmony that lasts. They will also talk about proactive tools to address children's dynamic and family issues.    3 Key Points: What parents really wanted is to raise good human beings and have a lifelong connection with their children.  Both parents must be on the same page to create a more consistent household, thus, setting clear boundaries with their children.  Break the negative cycle by creating positive interactions with your children, thus, creating better strategies to end children's bad behavior.    Episode Highlights:  5:10 Lorena learned that at the bottom of it all, people want to be better parents, to raise good human beings, and want to have a life long commotion with their children.   6:20 Daily, parents are fostering relationships with their children in every interaction that they make.  9:27 Research shows that most adults have the maturity emotionally of an 8-year-old.  13:36 Understanding each other's programming as parents is a big piece of parenting.  15:35 Most issues with couples in parenting are being too kind and/or too firm. Then, they end up compensating for one another.  17:30 Parents compensating with each other for being too kind or too firm will end up creating a very inconsistent household with no clear boundaries.  19:07 It is essential to understand the root cause of the sibling dynamics by understanding the impact of adding a child to the family.    20:44 When there's a sibling fight, parents must be neutral and never take sides.  21:30 Taking sides will create the "bully and the victim" mentality thus, developing sibling rivalry. 25:44 Be more proactive rather than being reactive as parents. 27:05 A pro-active tool is having a family meeting at least once a week.  31:16 Start a gratitude practice in a family meeting.  32:30 Know the "bug and wish" of each family member to brainstorm the solution. 36:00 In mindful parenting Lorena recommends, connecting before correcting. 46:45 Children tend to negotiate but stay with the boundaries that you set.  48:25 Give yourself a time-out to calm down and brainstorm a different approach to teach children when you feel guilt and shame. 50:21 Change the mindset,  as there's so much power in doing it over again. 50:47 Work on repairing the connection with your children  56:07 Negative interactions such as shaming and blaming create disconnection, thus, creating negative behaviors.  57:27 Break the cycle of negative interactions starting with the inner work to access better strategies (e.g. validating, brainstorming, connecting before correcting, apologizing, etc).      Tweetable Quotes: "I live and breathe this topic of parenting because it is not just what I do, but what I studied, it's what I teach, it's my work."- Lorena Seidel "All of us, we learned the love that we live, we learn the parenting that we experienced."- Lorena Seidel "Parenting is one of the jobs that didn't have a strategy. A proactive tool is having a family meeting." - Lorena Seidel   Resources Mentioned: Justin Francisco: LinkedIn, Website  Lorena Seidel: Youtube, Instagram

On this episode of Mindful Impact with Justin Francisco,the host speaks with Dan Mangena, an entrepreneur, philanthropist, best-selling author, and qualified reality transurfing practitioner. Listen as they talk about transurfing, the practice of meditation, and living a purpose-driven life.   3 Key Points: The practice of meditation should be aligned with intentions, through the space of heart and mind coordination. Abundance is not a passive process but an active process to work in meditation. Take action. The kinds of intentions are inner and outer intentions. Trust the outer intentions and look at the infinite bounty of the universe.   Episode Highlights:  4:00- Dan Mangena's work has been featured in major publications across the globe and included in the Wall Street Journal's Masters of Success. 4:12- Dan Mangena aims to serve and uplift the lives of people through abundant, joyful, and purpose-driven lives. 5:45- The practice of meditation should be part of a holistic approach to how we create our reality or lives. 6:45- Core alignment is aligning to the intentions, which are best served by being brought forward by heart and mind coordination. 7:15- The meditation practice comes in by the first contact between physical and non-physical vibration or emotional state. 7:33- Non-physical/word must be received and embodied in the physical aspect to become flesh. 8:39- An abundant, purpose-driven life is a rounded-off human experience. 11:20- When Dan was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome at the age of 27, he finally realized what was "wrong". 11:44 Dan’s anxiety and insomnia disappeared when he studied Social Dynamics and understood the framework of human interaction. 16:15- The idea of "life is for living" doesn't work for Dan as he believes that life has a purpose. 17:50- The most logical reason for the burden is to take the burden out of the board. 20:00- Very few modalities cover all the bases (mind, body, and soul), unlike Transurfing. 23:13- With inner intentions, we are looking at the resources we have, while in outer intentions, we are looking at the infinite bounty of the universe. 24:00- Transurfing gives steps into a state where you can put a check on a wall which is represented by the things that you've done, to allow the universe to do what it wants to do, which is abundance. 24:41 Faith is an active process. Work to train yourself. 28:50- Traditional religions believe that money is the root of all evil. 29:45- If all people who believe that money is the root of all evil came together to create a job, they can make a dent in poverty. 30:03- People are just holding to ideas and looking for pieces of evidence to hold on to that idea. 31:15- Dan created a video regarding the Secrets to Harmonious Money Magnet on his website. 32:00- Meditation facilitates getting lined up to make some moves to a place of expansion. 32:14- The actions that we make, the choices that we take, leads to our reality, are based on what's happening on the conscious level. 32:30 - The success that we've achieved has been against an idea sitting on an unconscious level that we don't always consciously desire. 39:00- Dan narrates how he became aligned more with the intention of serving. 42:10- Dan decided to trust the outer intention and committed to finishing his book. 46:14- Dan is in a state where he has the freedom to do what he desires and not to think about if his kids will go to college or not. 46:25- Abundance is the freedom to do what you desire, the call of the universe without thinking what's in it for me. 48:25- Dan being grateful, has nothing to say to his 18-year-old self, because even the crappy part of his life contributed to what he is now. 48: 36- True gratitude is not being grateful for the things that he likes but accepting all of it.   Tweetable Quotes: "An abundant purpose-driven human life for me is a rounded-off human experience.”- Dan Mangena "I think it's the consistency of actions that eventually leads to the million-dollar check on the wall"- Justin “What am I doing? Am I showing up every day and aligned with my beliefs about how to create wealth, or am I still following somebody else's story?”- Dan Mangena "Have you ever thought that your mission is being denied its full expression by not allowing more abundance to your life? "- Barry   Resources Mentioned: Justin Francisco: LinkedIn, Website Dan Mangena: LinkedIn , Website International Transurfing Institute Reality Transurfing TV

On this episode of Mindful Impact with Justin Francisco, your host speaks with Tim James, a Health Hero podcast host, transformational coach, raw food chef, and speaker. Listen as they talk about overcoming disease with food, tricks to mindful eating, truth about root canals and mercury, as well as the four core secrets in transforming a healthy lifestyle.    3 Key Points: There are four core secrets to transforming a healthy lifestyle with the least amount of effort.  The best medicine is nature. People's immune system is the cure, we just have to get the toxins out of the way. The absolute math in life is to put yourself first, lead by example, and follow your excitement.    Episode Highlights:  3:05-Tim typically doesn't eat until after 11 am, usually around 1-2 pm, and on one meal a day.  7:44-Tim went to classes such as internal awareness, which made him blown away by how his lecturer looked younger than his age. 8:30-An average person is packing around about 6-12 lbs. of impacted fecal materials in the lining of the small and large intestines.  9:17-Tim dropped ten pounds of impacted fecal after an hour of a colonic therapy session. 10:07- A sedentary lifestyle, lack of drinking water, processed foods accumulate over time.  12:00- For the first ten days, the body starts dumping about 60% of everything you eat and takes seven more years to get rid of the other 40%.  12:32- In the detox cleanse period (the surgery without the knife), you can get night sweats, fatigue, cold and flu-like symptoms, and a metallic taste on the tongue. 18:19- First core secret is to drink purified water, half your body weight daily.  20:33- There are three types of water purification, those are reverse osmosis, distillation, and di-ionization. 21:08 The cheapest way to get purified water is to have water on a gallon glass jar  from a grocery. 24:50- Core secret number two is to chew your food until it is liquified, to put less burden on the digestive tract to break it down. 25:40- Not chewing food properly will cause fermentation and gut rot, which destroys villi.  26:28- Core secret number three is to avoid liquid with meals. 26:59- Drink restructured water 30 minutes before you eat, then an hour after you eat. 27:44- Core secret number three is to do deep breathing exercises and calm the nervous system.  32:44- Four-based probiotics don't die in the stomach acids.  33:46- Stress, pollution, toxins, antibiotics are wiping out the good bacteria, which are part of the immune system.  34:45- People with pets have a 50% higher immune system as pets bring soiled-based bacteria.  37:15- The best way to deal with family members is to lead by example and give permission to change. 44:15- Study shows that there are more than 200 toxic chemicals in the umbilical cord blood of the newborn.  46:03- Four secrets to healthy teeth: remove mercury fillings, root canals kills people, cavitation, structure and alignment.  52:00- Tremendous trauma from childhood may cause people to eat crappy foods.  52:30- Tim has incorporated meditation and gratitude practice into his program as a health coach. 59:28- Visit the website at chemicalfreebody.com, go to Products tab, and then Savings Bundle to get a discount, upon check out use code: mindfulimpact to get an additional 5% discount.    Tweetable Quotes: “Changing your diet is not the most important thing in the beginning even though it is monumental. We've learned that we have to get the digestive tract clean, we have to purify the blood, and the muscle tissues.”-Tim James "The more raw food, the fresher food you can get, the healthier you're gonna be, the better you're gonna feel, the less disease you're gonna have, the more energy you have, and you just gonna feel better."  -Tim James “People are being duped. The cure is inside of us, it's called the immune system. We just gonna get the toxins out of the way.”-Tim James   Resources Mentioned: Tim James: website,  Health Hero Show. Justin Francisco: LinkedIn, Website Max Planck Institute 

On this episode of Mindful Impact with Justin Francisco, the host speaks with Steve Rodgers, a former Warren Buffet CEO and bestselling author of IGI Principles. Listen as they talk about the IGI Principle, how he helped business owners and leaders achieve success and abundance, as well as his inspirational story of his family.    Episode Highlights:  Steve Rodgers specializes in helping business owners and leaders increase profits while bringing spiritual intelligence into every aspect of personal and professional lives. Steve Rodger narrated his typical weekdays, from his morning routines, his deliverable throughout the day, up to his evening routines.  Steve is currently reading several books such as The Sermon on the Mount by Emmet Fox.  Steve usually reads a book excerpt, picks it up, absorbs it, and jumps into something else rather than reading the entire book.  Wayne Dyer is a great spiritual activist, psychologist, and therapist who said that Ego represented edging God out.  “Am I an Ego or am I an IGI” is Steve's mantra, which turned into principles.   Steve set his relationship with his wife as an example of dealing with IGI or Ego.  Sometimes ego is in control when trying to be right.  When dealing with clients, he usually checks first if his messages are coming from IGI or Ego.  Steve programmed his thoughts with IGI as if it is a device's operating system. Take time to pause and breathe in meditation when things are starting to heat up.  Before starting to do anything, Steve frames his thinking about preparing for an IGI mindset.  Steve starts narrating his transition point to his new journey. Steve always has the drive to do more, be more, get more when he got into a real estate business in the corporate American executive world.  Steve's Ego served him very well for many years. However, his addiction to driving, success, and alcohol started tripping around his soul.  Steve's tough, disciplinarian military father is the reason for him always trying to prove something.  Steve has regretted taking action against his father, but it made him prove he can finish high school and live on his own.  Part of the essential elements of the IGI formula are forgiveness, gratitude, morality, service, trust, and prayer meditation.   Steve letting go of his financially rewarding job as a CEO wasn't by trust, but out of necessity and fear as he was fired after 15 years of service.  He ran his real estate company for five years in the worst real estate market in history. Steve sold his real estate business and broke away from that as a purpose-driven consultant and speaker.  Steve thought that he was a good father when he was a CEO, but he realized it's the other way around from her daughter's perspective. His daughter told her he traumatized her by being a functional alcoholic when she was young.   Steve tells a story about how her daughter left a note on a laundry basket with empty bottles stating, "AA- You need help."  With such realizations caused by the note from her daughter, he ended up getting help and hasn't been drinking for 18 years.  Ego strives for serving self such as food, alcohol, adoration, praise, sex, money, material wealth. When you are giving that to the ego, you can never get enough of that.  Ego finds information and deletes other information to prove they are right.  It is hard to eradicate racism, addiction, self-destructive behavior, power because we justify the ability that we are better than the others.  Prayer meditation is the communication with the source for a higher power.  Steve's circle of friends when he was in the mid-'50s became much smaller in a much deeper relationship.  Steve usually meets his coaches once a week to twice per month, with text messages in between.  Steve has a 5-years holistic doctor, Dr. Meltzer, who challenged him to do a vegan plant-based diet.  The excessive power that we put on money will cause a problem with our balance.  Steve is motivating young entrepreneurs, young men and women, and seniors involved in business to be more focused on passion, purpose, and spiritual connection in the world.  Steve's definition of success is the daily connection to his higher source and being led by something besides himself.  Steve's relationship with the source is the most important and the most successful relationship that he has.  Steve would like to say to his 18-year-old self to find ways to not damage the ones you say you love the most sooner than later.   3 Key Points: Be in control of your Ego by programming your thoughts with IGI to have control of your emotion.  Focus on your passion, purpose, and spiritual connection with the higher source. These are the true definitions of success. Be your own best friend, love yourself, and connect with yourself despite all downfall and vulnerabilities as much as your success.    Tweetable Quotes: "Having a  conversation with someone you have known for 35 years, we sometimes feel that we can read their mind and finish their sentences, and sometimes as a human being, we feel the need to defend. "-Steve Rodgers "When I feel my breath starting to heat up, my heart starts to rapidly go, if I feel my mind starting to go really quickly, I know it is time for me to take a quick pause"-Steve Rodgers "Is that energy being projected the right way?"-Steve Rodgers "Am I gonna walk into this from the presence of Ego or Igy? Before I start something I frame my thinking about  preparing for that mindset" -Steve Rodgers "I am in control with my mind, and my mind is also being controlled, and I can control my emotion by my higher being controlling my mind and my emotion."-Steve Rodgers  “I think a lot of people can relate to trying to prove something.”-Justin Francisco "Trust- I think that's the hardest thing to tackle." -Justin Francisco "I'm choosing to do this because what I am now is what I am no longer passionate about. It's no longer serving me, and I knew I was being called to do something else, and that's when trust really kicked in" -Steve Rodgers "What's interesting about that is, how we can as humans are so unaware of what we're creating and what we're doing, with a whole different illusion of reality."-Justin Francisco "Once the ego decides a person, policy, or political group, the mind does everything like a radar to find information to prove that they are right."-Steve Rodgers "For me, prayer meditation is me connecting to source, and me connecting to a higher power." -Steve Rodgers "I am my own best friend means, I can still  love myself  and connect with myself in spite of all those things, but because of those things"  -Steve Rodgers   Resources Mentioned: The IGI Principle Website Steve Rodgers: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Youtube, LinkedIn Justin Francisco: LinkedIn, Website Wayne Dyer

One of the most interesting conversations I've had on the podcast. Melanie is a Physical Therapist, Board Certified Orthopedic Clinical Specialist, Certified Athletic Trainer and Certified Exercise Expert for Aging Adults. Her passion and expertise is decompressing the vagus nerve. She has helped hundreds of clients heal themselves through Vegas nerve treatment. Melanie is offering a free Vagus Nerve Decompression Course to get into healing alignment with your mind and body. Topics we discuss: Vagus Nerve Function. The Connection between the Earth's electromagnetic energy and the Vagus Nerve. Wounding and Nourishment Pattern in the Birth Chart. How we connect with stories more than we do with process. my mini version of astrology birth chart. The power behind the Stacey Abraham story. A Walk Through Meditation. The Rise of the African Goddess Asteroids Story and much more. You can find her on instagram here Follow and Like Mindful Impact Podcast: Instagram Here Youtube Here Share, Rate and Review :) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/justin-franciso/message

Erika is a healer, coach, self-healing expert in the realm of emotional health and wellbeing. Her mission is to teach you how to heal yourself so you feel consistent peace, calm, and joy in your everyday life. Topics discussed: Being a Practitioner: Erika discusses how she has used this year’s time at home to gain clarity, create content, and build her healing business. Launching a brand new website. Zone of genius in the subconscious being: Erika talks about listening to our own heart sense which contains our deepest desires wants and purpose and gut sense which is our compass telling us where we are meant to go. Also, Emotions are Voices of our Soul. Vulnerability as a strength. Overcoming Traumatic Events. Listening to your body and Functional Medicine. Authentic Conversations, and finally maintaining sweet moments in a romantic relationship. Find Erika https://www.instagram.com/mserikashepard/ www.erikashepard.com Follow and Like Mindful Impact Podcast: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mindfulimpactpodcast Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwHsaUomm1L0N2_mw4gJP2A --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/justin-franciso/message

Fiona is an absolute amazing human being. She watched as I learned and unlearned like I never thought possible for seven straight days back in December 2018. Fiona lives in the UK and has owned her Positive Leadership Coaching business since 2000. She works with some of the biggest companies in the media industry to build resilience, mindfulness and positivity in leaders and their teams. In this episode: 8:00 Positive Psychology Leadership 10:25 Overcoming Personal Difficulties 13:00 Maintaining the Course 18:35 The Morning Pages22:30 Masculine Feminine Polarity Find Fiona at http://www.leadershipcoaching.co.uk/ Follow and Like Mindful Impact Podcast: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mindfulimpactpodcast Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwHsaUomm1L0N2_mw4gJP2A --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/justin-franciso/message

Heather Trainins highlysensitive entrepreneurs and leaders to Excel in Business and Life. Creator of businessmiracles course at www.businessmiracles.com. Take her quiz to see if you're highly sensitive person and may not even know it! In this episode: 4:00 Massive Catalyst Heather gives a bit of her history as a high school teacher, shifting to a wellness leader, spiritual leader, and now where she is today. 12:30 Understanding Highly Sensitive Heather discusses her training around understanding the strengths of highly sensitive people. Especially the advantages of these highly sensitive traits as an entrepreneur. Many highly sensitive people feel they are meant for something big but not quite sure how to approach this feeling. 17:50 Selling Conversation Heather talks about how selling something to highly sensitive people is different then everyone else. 22:10 The Highly Sensitive Person According to research, 20% of us were born highly sensitive. It is biologically how you are brought to this world. Our nervous system is wired to take in stimulation at a much higher degree to the one who is not highly sensitive. Heather also explained that a person can say he is highly sensitive based on how he processes the world. 33:50 Coping Mentally amidst Pandemic Heather talks about how she and her husband have handled the pandemic in the midst of living in New York City. 37:00 A Course in Miracles Heather discusses her course in miracles, which is a psychological and spiritual curriculum. It was introduced to Heather when her mother passed away. The course is centered on shifting perception, and she used what she learned and applied it to her business. Other practitioners discovered her, and from there she started coaching. www.businessmiracles.com Instagram @heatherdominick_ Follow and Like Mindful Impact Podcast: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mindfulimpactpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mindfulimpactpodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/justin-franciso/message

Don't forget to vote....For me, I like to look at what my current top values are. Then look at who I believe best represents and aligns with those top values. Hope you enjoy my take on what's the current climate as we approach Election Day. Follow and Like Mindful Impact Podcast: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mindfulimpactpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mindfulimpactpodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/justin-franciso/message

Lisa Maynard became a friend through our meditation teacher training together. She is a therapist who specializes in adoption and birth family relationships. She also specializes in Trauma-Sensitive Yoga. Mind/body/spirit connection and much much more. In this episode we discuss: 6:56 Having a good group of people to talk to. We discuss our Friday group we meet with and how it impacts our daily life. 10:46 Yoga Philosophy. Lisa discusses how her 200-hour yoga course she took so deeply impacted her life in a good way. 16:06 Forgiveness Practices. Lisa discusses her ability to use what she learned in teacher training as a tool for forgiveness. 21:42 Adoption Organization. Lisa discusses the adoption organization as one of the therapists who serve for children’s welfare. 25:50 Trauma-Sensitive Yoga. Justin asks Lisa about this subject. Lisa explains and demonstrates how it is a semantic approach working with people who experienced trauma. She shares how important our language is around this topic. 36:16 Power Dynamic. Lisa and Justin discuss how we behave and feel around individuals with a perceived position of power. 38:50 Before and After. Lisa shares her before and after with meditation/yoga. 42:50 Sixteen second Breathing Exercise. Lisa leads 16 seconds breathing exercise and discusses the benefits of it. 50:06 Five kleshas. Lisa shares her knowledge on the 5 Kleshas, The 5 things that cause suffering in us. Ignorance, Ego, Attachment, Aversion, and Fear of Death. Lisa also explained how it will affect our lives. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/justin-franciso/message

Gwen brings 17 years of working in research, both in academia as well as large pharmaceutical and small biotech start ups, 12 years of coaching, trauma healing, wellness, sobriety, parenting, executive leadership, corporate elevation, entrepreneurial expansion, and soul medicine, as well as her own intuitive, clairvoyant, and clairsentient gifts to her virtual and in-person sessions. Gwen has a Masters in Spiritual Psychology, is a Usui Reiki Master, a Certified Teacher of David Elliott Breathwork, is currently mentoring in shamanism, and is a mother of two children. 15:07 Being Present and Available for Kids. Gwen discusses her ROSE technique for open communication and bonding with her family. 22:00 Core Values. Gwen talks about the importance of getting crystal clear on what your core values are. Will it be of Honesty, Loyalty, Friendship, or Financial Security. Gwen wants to know what are the core values of her clients so she can support them accordingly. 39:20 Moon Breathing. Gwen explained how the breathing works, what are all the types of breathing, all techniques, and benefits. She also discussed that breathing is also aligned in meditation and yoga, and she emphasized how it’s being done. Gwen also touches on Moon breathing around the Lunar Circle, Full Moon Circle, and the New Moon Circle. 51:00 Breathing Helps Anxiety. Gwen talks about anxiety and how breathing is one way to help release these feelings. She talks about real-life client examples. 1:02:30 Collective Consciousness. When it comes to healing or helping with specific illnesses, Gwen talks about the collective consciousness and it’s energy on the ego looking for proof versus moving into the unknown and finding proof into the unknown. https://www.gwendittmar.com/ Instagram @gwendittmar Gwens Breathwork Course https://www.mindbodygreen.com/classes/breathwork?c_pc=GWEN --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/justin-franciso/message

Jason is a well being coach in the health and fitness industry since 2002. As a former collegiate track athlete he saw the importance of working hard with proper alignment. With proper alignment and corrective exercise you can prevent injury and improve performance. He has taught a multitude of classes such as bootcamp style and spin, but his main interest is Pilates and Barre. As a personal trainer he brings his knowledge of the human body to all his classes. Jason has recently become a meditation teacher and Reiki Master. As a Wellbeing Coach, he teaches clients about not only fitness and nutrition, but the whole mind body connection. As an author he has written three children's health and fitness books, "The Adventures of Frankie Fitness" , "The Adventures of Frankie Fitness, Introducing Ginger" and newest book “The Adventures of Frankie Fitness, A Family That Meditates”. His fourth book, “The Adventures of Frankie Fitness, Franke Does Pilates” is set to release this Fall/Winter 2020 3:52 Gift of Giving - Jason is used to being in the service of giving back. He donates to several organizations especially, Mental Health Organization. And he considers it as part of his mission. 12:30 Meditation Routine - Jason shares his daily meditation practice routine. 17:00 Educating Yourself - Jason discusses how we can start to pursue meditation by educating ourselves. We can look for coaches and trainers who can help us with our meditation journey. 21:00 Pilates Book - Jason shares about the content of his fourth book that’s releasing soon. He writes children’s books focusing on mental development. 27:20 Expanding Avenues - Jason discussed how he managed his wellness coaching during COVID. And he kept doubling down his courses while expanding his avenues. 29:40 Mindful Movement - Jason shares a message for kids to build some kind of aspects at a young age such as reading, sports, yoga, and anything that will also help them with their healthy minds and bodies. 33:50 Concepts of Pilates - Jason goes deeper into pilates discussing how itt is Breath, Concentration, Coordination, Centering, Flow, and Precision. Being on the mat helps restructure the body and be mindful of what’s around you. https://charmcitypt.com Instagram - @charmcitypt --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/justin-franciso/message