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A journey into the heart of Evolving Minds. Founder and Director, Anthony Sartori, shares his insights, fears, joys, stories, mindfulness perspectives, and weekly updates that cover the who, what, where, when, how, and why of re-envisioning mental health care. For more information about Evolving Minds, visit linktr.ee/Ourevolvingminds or www.evolving-minds.org.

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    • Sep 14, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 14m AVG DURATION
    • 35 EPISODES


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    Generation Disconnect

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2022 13:09


    Smartphones, apps and devices as designed are addicting. In this episode, Anthony shares his experience as a mentor on an Inward Bound Mindfulness Education (iBme) week-long silent meditation retreat with 47 teens. Through conversations with teens and no access to phones for a week, he gains a deeper understanding of how 'smart' tech is impacting their mental health.

    How to be an Anti-Racist: Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2022 12:35


    To create a culture of care we must disrupt and dismantle racism. In this podcast episode, Anthony (Director) responds to three anti-racism reflections: 1) Describe a time that I noticed a racist idea within my consciousness. How did I respond? 2) Describe the most recent example of racism I noticed within our society – a racist idea, policy, or behavior. 3) Describe a time when I interacted with another person or a group of people, were witness to a racist idea, behavior or action and remained neutral.

    Gratitude Humanizes Us

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2022 11:58


    There is infinite potential for gratitude to change the world. In this story, Anthony (Director) shares his unique journey of piloting an Evolving Minds program for a MOM's Organic Market grocery store. We hear how his negative perception of a manger changed in less than 15 minutes from practicing this simple and yet transformational gratitude technique.

    I am human: Anthony's Story

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2021 12:31


    It helps to know that you're not alone. Anthony, Director of Evolving Minds, shares his  mental health story.

    Fostering a Culture of Care for Frontline Workers at MOM's Organic Market

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2021 10:03


    This episode, Anthony announces an incredibly exciting initiative with MOM's Organic Market, Mindful Grocery Stores. The first program of its kind, in the world. 

    Mindfulness and Climate Change?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2021 14:27


    This episode, Anthony explores an essential mindfulness theme, Interconnection, through the eyes of a coffee bean, and how our simplest of actions, such as drinking a cup of coffee, or shopping at the grocery story, lead to significant environmental impact. 

    Weeks 48-52: Lessons Learned from Launching a Non-Profit in 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2021 21:46


    This episode Anthony shares six lessons learned from launching a non-profit in 2020: 1. Thoughtfully respond 2. Follow every breadcrumb 3. No work on the weekends 4. We are all fundraisers 5. It's a marathon, not a sprint 6. We are a start-up

    Weeks 41-47: Keep Going

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2021 16:37


    This episode, Anthony talks about the imperfections of fundraising - the stress, internal doubts, reactivity, and provides a window into what it was like launching Evolving Minds' first ever fundraising campaign, Rooted in Resilience (at the time of this recording a few thousand dollars had been raised, a month later, the campaign raised over $12,000). Anthony also speaks about the fundraising process, some frustrations with a culture of unsolicited advice giving and offers words of validation to keep going and pushing within the chaos. *Please note: There was an error at the time of recording, so the audio quality is not as high quality as previous or future recordings. Please enjoy our imperfection.

    Weeks 36 - 40: Remembering How to Be Human

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2020 14:51


    As we build, scale and innovate, we often forget about our own mental health. This week, Anthony discusses how he re-prioritizes his mental health day by day.

    Week 35: Leading with Self-Awareness

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2020 16:37


    “We don’t know where we came from, we don’t know where we’re going, and yet here we are in this moment.” This week, Anthony explores how to be self aware and offers strategies to make self-awareness a habit. He also discusses how he is using these awareness skills within his growing Evolving Minds team.

    Weeks 30 - 34: Preventing Burnout

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2020 12:54


    “Whatever you can do to re-prioritize your mental health, I want to encourage you to do so.” This episode Anthony addresses the burnout he’s been experiencing, how to work through it and strategies to prevent burning out.

    Week 29: What is at the heart of Oppression?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2020 15:30


    “What are the three greatest challenges you’re facing in this moment?” In this episode, Anthony shares the three greatest challenges that he is going through. He begins by questioning the core of oppression and ends with the lack of deep community. Keeping in mind that challenges can change depending on where you are in life, what are your greatest challenges you’re facing?

    Week 27th & 28th: Exciting News About Evolving Minds

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2020 10:03


    “I love every single day of this journey of creating and building.” This episode celebrates the exciting, new strides Evolving Minds is making. New changes and projects inevitably bring stress, but Anthony recognizes that the team has been overcoming these obstacles together.

    Weeks 25 & 26: Behind-The-Scenes of a Mindfulness Teacher

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2020 12:37


    Ever been curious about the behind-the-scenes of a mindfulness teacher? In this episode, Anthony shares his frustrations with not-so-neighborly birds and their relationship with his blue Yeti microphone. He also spotlights some good news: receiving the Do Good grant, Evolving Mind’s new partnership with Vitalize, and Evolving U.

    Week 24: How to be an Anti-Racist

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2020 22:38


    A discussion on how to be an anti-racist.

    Week 22 & 23

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2020 17:55


    **this podcast episode talks about suicide “Everywhere that you go - the grocery store - the gas station - the bus - the people around you, you have no idea what they’re going through. And they may be, it is likely, that you interact with someone throughout your day that may have experienced suicidal ideation in the past, may currently be experiencing, or may in the future experience it.”

    Week 21

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2020 15:29


    'How can you put mindfulness and wellness videos on a platform of 0 to 60 seconds?'

    Week 19 & 20

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2020 9:38


    "What you see online is only 10% of what's really happening in-person"

    Week 18

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2020 14:36


    "If you could do one thing, everyday, for the rest of your life, what would it be?"

    Week 17

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2020 16:07


    "Your mental health is your #1 priority"

    Week 16

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2020 13:53


    "The more time that I spend online, the less I'm fully focused with everything that I'm doing.."

    Week 15

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2020 5:44


    'Imagine if we had a different youth mindfulness teacher on our livestream every week.'

    Week 14

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2020 20:15


    "How can we bring the practice of mindfulness to all of these social and contextual factors... the intersectionality of identities. How do we have these conversations? And how do we do the least amount of harm possible?"

    Week 13

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2020 14:19


    “If for some reason the water plant shuts down, I’m gonna create a contraption that collects water that rains off my roof...”

    Week 12

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2020 13:00


    “One by one they started to get a message from the school board, the governor, that schools were closing down for the next two weeks..”

    Week 11

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2020 23:46


    "Talking to someone about suicide or suicidal ideation is not going to plant a seed or an idea that does not already exist..."

    Week 9 and 10

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2020 15:56


    "He started playing voicemails and you could feel the love in their voices..."

    Week 8

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2020 22:42


    "Our vision is this..."

    Week 7

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2020 17:44


    "If our mind is wandering 50% of the time..."

    Week 6

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2020 21:05


    "It was quite a challenge to offer after care mindfulness..."

    Week 5

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2020 9:47


    "This human being that I talked with asked me I think a profound question that we don't often get to answer..."

    Week 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2020 9:33


    "What is Evolving Minds...?"

    Week 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2020 9:39


    "So I can sense some kind of emotions within me as I relay this to you.. a little watering behind the eyes..."

    Week 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2020 12:02


    “You just want to care and you have to think all these different business and legal things that are a little unknown to us as a group...”

    Week 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2020 5:39


    “I’m even noticing in this moment a little judging or worrying about how I started out this session...”

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