One Minute Mindfulness

Today Vikki is joined on the One minute mindfulness show by mindful parenting coach, Doris Schöneberg. Vikki and Doris met at the mindfulness conference in San Francisco, Wisdom2.0, and record their conversation live from the conference. Doris shares some amazing insights on the role parents have in modelling mindful living as a tool to support Listen In The post OMM 31: Mindful parents, awakened children appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Today Vikki interviews naturopath and coach, Jules Galloway.  The girls explore the gift of giving from the inside out.  The value of de-cluttering our ‘over crowded’ lives and creating space to reset our beautiful inner balance, so that we can liberate our unique gifts in the service of others.  Jules also shares how her life Listen In The post OMM 30: How giving to ourselves is a gift that keeps giving appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Join Vikki as she guides you through a short meditation practice that you can use in your everyday to feed and fuel your emotional wellbeing. This practice is easy, fun and can be done in a few minutes or extended to as long as you’d love to linger in this beautiful ritual. Enjoy! The post OMM 29: A short guided meditation practice appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Today we are joined by self compassion crusader and author of the book ‘cultivating calm’ , Kelly Brown. Vikki and Kelly explore the joy and struggle of motherhood and Kelly shares some of her most effective mindfulness exercises to help us all move from frazzle to freedom and ease. The post OMM 28: Cultivating Calm appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Today Vikki chats with online leadership entrepreneur, Catherine Newton. Catherine shares her gems on how to stay present and connected while in pursuit of a lofty goal or project. The girls explore some really simple mindfulness exercises to help us stay connected with our inner wellspring of power. The post OMM 27: Disconnect to reconnect – Mindfully navigating the digital world appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Today Natalie and Vikki explore the evolution of our emotions, stress and the emotional and mental cost of the way we consume information and live our lives. Vikki talks about her experience with millennials on the frontlines of service and why having an emotional health plan is as important as eating well and exercising when Listen In The post OMM 26: The third element of happiness and wellbeing – Manufacturing healthier habits of mind appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Today’s guest on the OMM show is one of very own on the wellness couch, Wendy Steward. Wendy shares with us all her insights throughout her journey towards healthier living. We learn some of the key mindfulness practices Wendy uses to increase her awareness and shift her habits in the direction of healthier, happier, more Listen In The post OMM 25: Cultivating healthier habits of mind, for healthier happier living appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Today Vikki and Natalie answer questions from our OMMling community.  You’ll love this episode which includes some great tips on strengthening your immune system to beat those winter bugs and blues.  Of course no show is complete without Vikki reminding us of the value of a mindful snuggle!  The post OMM 24 : Q&A appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

In today’s episode Natalie and Vikki navigate the sometimes difficult experience  of sadness, suffering and loss.  Natalie shares her personal experience and the comfort, wisdom and gifts that her mindfulness practice offered her during this time. The post OMM 23 : Sadness, suffering and loss – the truth, the wisdom, the way forward appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

In todays episode Vikki is joined by her bff and health coach, Lyndall Wright. Lyndall’s passion is nutrition, and today the girls explore the attention grabbing distraction of food. Lyndall also shares some amazing tips and tricks on how to naturally and quickly add nutrient value to our snacks and meals. You can also get Listen In The post OMM22 : Happily Nourished with Lyndall Wright appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Natalie is back, and we are all grateful for that!  Today Vikki and Natalie explore the emotional superfood of gratitude and appreciation. Let’s fill our ommling hearts with a grateful April! The post OMM21 : April means Grateful appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Today Vikki chats with mindfulness experts Glenda and Chris  Irwin.  With training as a Buddhist monk and psychotherapist, Chris’s insights into are fascinating.  We explored the gifts that exist in all lifes experiences, even the painful ones and the value of  truth, kindness and compassion as a path to resilience and wellbeing. The post OMM 20 : A return to the heart appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Today Vikki is joined by psychotherapist and development  coach, Lynne Walder.  Lynne passionately shares her experience of how working in a range of areas including prisons, drug rehabilitation and mental health patients, inspired her to take mindfulness to schools. The post OMM 19 : Mindfulness in schools appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Today Natalie and Vikki explore the effect of training our brains toward positivity for a brighter 2016.  The girls explore how training our attention is like good fuel for the brain. You’ll learn a morning OMM routine that will take only a few minutes, plus some amazing OMM practices to train our brains toward openness Listen In The post OMM 18: Happy New You – how mindfulness practice is like nutrients for your brain appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Natalie and Vikki explore the tips and traps of this festive season.  They re-cap the year with OMM and introduce some of the amazing projects and people they’ll be introducing to you in 2016. Of course, there are one minute practices for you to explore and add to your OMM personal practice toll box.  May Listen In The post OMM 17 : Navigating the festive season with ease and joy appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

If you use affirmations as part of your personal work, you will love todays episode.  We interview neuroscientist, Chris Cascio.  Chris shares his findings on a study focused how and why affirmations work and gives his insights on the value of using affirmations in our daily life.  You’ll be surprised at some of his findings! Listen In The post OMM16 : The science of affirmations – how do they work and what are the most effective practices! appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Today we meet an amazing mindfulness coach who is passionate about the practices for parents and children.  Glenda Irwin offers us some amazing insights into mindfulness practice and we get to meet our inner Buddha.  And,  you have the opportunity to win some gifts. The post OMM 15 – Mindfulness for children with Glenda Irwin – meeting our inner Buddha appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

In today’s episode Natalie reveals how her OMM practice helped her navigate some life and job changes with surprising ease and calm.  The girls also explore some fabulous questions from our ‘ommling’ community and Vikki shares why there is great value in thinking more like a zebra! The post OMM 14 : QandA and the value of channelling our inner Zebra! appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

WOW! This week Natalie shares her experience as the OMM ‘crash test’ dummy.  We learn the powerful pre cursor to forgiveness that not helps to heal but also protects our heart from some of our everyday hurts and harms and Vikki shares her experience of attending the Forgiveness Forum.  So many great OMM gems this Listen In The post OMM 13 : Freedom, Forgiveness and the Power of OMM appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Today Natalie and Vikki delve into the pursuit of making positive change stick. They explore the elements to creating lasting change in the brain and some new OMM practices to help you make your changes stickier than ever The post OMM 12 : Let’s get sticky appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Vikki and Natalie share amazing insights learnings and stories from the Wellness Summit.  The girls also explore some heart warming feedback from listeners who shared with Vikki their incredible stories of how OMM has changed their relationships and their connections with themselves and the people they love. The post OMM 11 : Reflections from The Wellness Summit appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Natalie and Vikki continue to address some fantastic questions from the OMM community in todays episode. The girls explore OMM practices for helping kids with video game obsessions, how to take the will power affect out of emotional eating, along with highlighting the value of delaying gratification. We also discover how just one mindful breath Listen In The post OMM 10 : Q&A Part II appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

The way we start our day is the way we live our day.  Today Vikki and Natalie explore the power and potential in training our mental muscle first thing in the morning. The post OMM 09 : Start the day by Stopping! Using morning rituals to energise, uplift and liberate your day appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

On today’s episode Vikki and Natalie explore questions from our OMM community with some amazing insights from each of the questions explored.  Stay tuned for the last question about kids and mindfulness – amazing!  Like always this episode includes some fabulous OMM practices to keep your mental muscles firing! The post OMM 08 : Q and A- part one appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

In this episode Natalie explains how she discovered that busy wasn’t for her and she explores the drawbacks and benefits of the socially accepted and promoted   ‘badge of busy-ness’ calling card.  The girls make a case for the power of slowing down and how doing so can ultimately lead to getting more done, while  Natalie Listen In The post OMM 07 : Busy, busy, may be slowing you down appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Today on OMM, Vikki and Natalie introduce a mindful approach to work.  Find out why many of the top global movers and shakers including Google, Facebook, Huffington Post and Linked In, turning their development focus ‘inward’ and onto to mindfulness based programs.  Learn some easy mindfulness practices that you and your team can get started Listen In The post OMM 06: Mindfulness at Work appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

In today’s episode Natalie and Vikki explore the power of attention and how it affects our relationships – in all forms.  Vikki shares some amazing daily practices to enhance and energise any relationship – in less than a minute, including her experience with ‘the 3 second kiss’ ! The post OMM 05: Redefining relationships with the power of attention appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

In this episode Vikki and Natalie talk ‘nomophobia’; the anxiety response of not being close to our devices and how it can increase our stress response, impact on our relationships and for many is affecting our ability to pay attention to those most important to us. Vikki and Natalie explore the effect of technology on Listen In The post OMM 04: Digital Twitch – The modern day addiction affliction appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Today’s episode Vikki and Natalie explore the ritual of silence and its value for our state of mind.  Natalie has been on the road in Bali and was able to experience the Balinese national day of silence called Nyepi Day, and she shares some very interesting insights, along with some simple practices we can all Listen In The post OMM 3: The Ritual of Silence and why it matters appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

In today’s episode, Vikki is joined by a special guest Dr Elise Bialylew, the founder and developer of Mindful in May, an online global mindfulness campaign that teaches thousands of people worldwide to meditate, whilst raising funds to build clean water projects in the developing world. Elise is a doctor trained in psychiatry, and apart Listen In The post OMM 02: Mindful in May project – a clear mind for you and clean water for others – An interview with Dr Elise Bialylew appeared first on The Wellness Couch.

Meet your hosts, Vikki Kelly and Natalie Mc Ivor as they guide us through some of the most powerful ways to reduce stress and harness and enhance the power of our mind through the amazing cornerstones of mindfulness practice. This entertaining journey into the contemplative world will include conversations and interviews with mindfulness practitioners, researchers Listen In The post OMM 001: Mindfulness, heartfulness and the 3 second kiss appeared first on The Wellness Couch.