OWN YOUR SHIFT

In today's episode join the 2WallStreetChicks as they talk about Leadership and how mindfulness helps cultivate the leadership traits most needed in our leaders today. Don't be turned away about the term leader as everyone is a leader from wherever they are. This is less about status and more about developing a well-being mindset that opens us to a more inclusive, non-reactive and non-judgemental way of life. As always, Melissa and Mayra will share numerous tips and techniques to get you on your way. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ownyourshift/message

In today's episode join the 2WallStreetChicks as they discuss the connection between emotional intelligence (EQ) and mindfulness. EQ is a trait that helps you manage your emotions and those of others. A mindfulness practice helps you tune in and be aware of your emotions and what's triggering you, in a good or bad way, so that you can better manage your response, and as importantly your response to other's emotions. Listen to Melissa and Mayra as they share their EQ stories and offer plenty tips and techniques on how mindfulness has helped them, and those around them, shift from overwhelm to calm. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ownyourshift/message

In today's episode join the 2WallStreetChicks as they discuss the power of habits. Creating and sustaining a mindfulness habit is what The Foundation in the book "Own Your Shift" is all about. Melissa and Mayra share their tips and techniques on how adding breath, gratitude and movement to your day helps you create a mindfulness practice, so you could shift from overwhelm to calm when you need it most. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ownyourshift/message

In today's episode join the 2WallStreetChicks as they talk about Polarization, the division of two sets of opinions or beliefs. We are experiencing polarization in our lives whether it's at home, with family, in schools or at work, and we can all use help managing the emotional triggers that surface. Listen along as we share how we've encountered polarization, and how mindfulness can help you be present, open and able to listen. Walk away with tips and techniques to bring you from overwhelm to calm. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ownyourshift/message

In today's episode join the 2WallStreetChicks in their discussion about illness. When it comes to handling illness we're usually better at helping others than we are at taking care of ourselves. What we don't realize is that when we are depleted, we aren't are best selves. Listen to Melissa and Mayra as they share their own struggles with illness, theirs and others, and leave with helpful tips and techniques to get you from overwhelm to calm. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ownyourshift/message

In today's episode join the 2WallStreetChicks as they discuss Travel in this new post-covid world. For many travel is not only exciting and full of possibilities, but can bring on anxiety and tension too. Listen to hear their latest travel stories, and learn helpful tips and techniques to bring yourself from overwhelm to calm. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ownyourshift/message

In today's episode the 2WallStreetChicks replay one of the top episodes from their first season about setting boundaries. Boundaries are so important for our well-being, and being aware of and honoring our boundaries help us shift from a state of overwhelm to calm. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ownyourshift/message

Do you strive for the "perfect" presentation, dinner, clean house, etc.? Let it all go! Come join the 2WallStreetChicks as they share how they let go of perfectionism, and provide some tips and techniques that you too can make your own. Start finding time, without guilt, for the people and things that matter most in your life as 2021 comes to a close. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ownyourshift/message

Do you find yourself not enjoying the holidays? Would you like to find joy again? Come join the 2WallStreetChicks when they offer their tips and techniques to help you survive and thrive during this emotionally charged time of the year. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ownyourshift/message

Are you the problem solver that everyone turns to? We can be conditioned to believe that in order to maintain relationships, we need to give away our precious energy at our expense. In today's episode, the 2WallStreetChicks offer many quick tips and a helpful tapping technique to bring you back to the present moment, and get you comfortable with setting clear, positive relationship boundaries. Let's go! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ownyourshift/message

Do you tell yourself you should do this, or that, and then feel awful for not getting to those things? Replaying the old narrative in your head about your incompetencies? It's time you stop "Shoulding" all over yourself. Having compassion, kindness and patience with others starts with yourself. In today's episode the 2WallStreetChicks offer quick tips and demonstrate a self-compassion technique to help you bring about your best self. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ownyourshift/message

Do you have some difficult relationships in your life right now? Even the best ones will be challenged at some point. In today's episode the 2WallStreetChicks talk about their own business relationship where they too needed to disrupt, shift and repair to move forward. They offer several tips and a breathing technique that could help you shift from overwhelm to calm, so you can more compassionately engage in difficult conversations. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ownyourshift/message

Feeling anxious or fearful about being around people? As humans we're all wired for connection. In today's episode the 2WallStreetChicks offer many quick tips, and demonstrate the Hand-Heart technique to bring you back to the present moment with ease, so that you can once again enjoy human connection. Are you ready? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ownyourshift/message

Feeling overwhelmed or anxious about returning back to the office? In today's episode the 2WallStreetChicks offer quick tips and teach 2 techniques, bilateral tapping and metta meditation, to bring you back to the present moment with calm and openness to what's ahead. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ownyourshift/message

Want to learn how to manage your relationship with Technology? In today's episode the 2WallStreetChicks offer quick tips and techniques, including a shoulder shrug breath, to create a mindful habit. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ownyourshift/message

Are you giving yourself permission to play? In this Mindfulness Snack, the 2WallStreetChicks share the importance of play and how to add it into your day. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ownyourshift/message

In today's Mindfulness Snack the 2WallStreetChicks explain why sleep is so important, and how easy, simple and practical techniques can shift you to get some of those coveted zzzz's. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ownyourshift/message

In today's episode the 2WallStreetChicks offer how to shift effortlessly into 2021! Get clarity and make the most of your dreams and hopes by using these easy, simple and practical techniques. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ownyourshift/message

In today's episode the 2WSC's offer how to thrive during the holidays. Learn practices that will engage your senses, so you don't get hijacked, but stay present to possibilities. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ownyourshift/message

In today's episode the 2WallStreetChicks shift you from overwhelm to calm and get you through winter blues. Tap yourself into the present moment with a new positive perspective. Learn this new easy, simple and practical technique and revisit an old one. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ownyourshift/message

In today's episode the 2WallStreetChicks help you shift from overwhelm to calm through these unsettling times with easy, simple and practical mindfulness techniques. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ownyourshift/message

In Today's episode, the 2WSC's talk about decluttering, leading you from overwhelm to calm. With clutter, it's not just about how it looks, but how it makes you feel. So if you don't need it, use it, or love it, it's clutter, and sometimes that includes people too. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ownyourshift/message

In today's episode the 2WallStreetChicks talk about boundaries and acknowledge their importance in our well-being. Honoring your boundaries help you shift from a state of overwhelm to calm. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ownyourshift/message

Today's episode is about coping with uncertainty. We, 2WallStreetChicks, share how each of us has dealt with major uncertainty in our lives. We demonstrate and practice an easy, simple technique known worldwide as 5 4 3 2 1 grounding. Here's to YOU making friends with uncertainty. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ownyourshift/message

In today's episode we discuss Nature, and how it plays an important role in our health by bringing us calm. Research shows that within 5 minutes of being in Nature our heart rate slows, we relax and our brain begins to shift from overwhelm to calm. We can also get these benefits without being outdoors. Come join the 2WallStreetChicks as we talk about intentionally adding a Nature fix to your day. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ownyourshift/message

Mantras have been around for thousands of years. You pick a word or phrase that appeals to you such as Amen, Shalom or Peace and repeat it over and over. In this podcast we use an example that seems to resonate with just about everyone we practice with. And, remember, we're all about easy, simple and practical. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ownyourshift/message

Biases, we all have them, and most are unconscious. During these times of social and racial unrest, learn how a mindfulness practice will help you uncover your biases, and experience a shift from reacting to responding. You will make better choices and be your best self. Now that's some powerful shifting! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ownyourshift/message

The Foundation is 3 non-negotiable pillars: Breathing, Gratitude and Movement. They are the basis of a mindfulness practice to experience calm in your everyday life. Learn how to weave your easy, simple and practical practice into YOUR day to Own Your Shift. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ownyourshift/message

Movement is needed for everything from circulation to digestion to immunity. When you get into your body, you get out of your head and the benefits include: awareness, confidence, and even a feeling of inter-connectedness with others and your environment. Join us as we reveal our first experiences with movement and how we now weave it into our day. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ownyourshift/message

Gratitude is not kumbaya or woowoo. The latest brain science confirms that practicing gratitude can be a tool to shift to a positive mindset. Join us as we reveal our own practices and offer ideas on how you too can use gratitude to shift from overwhelm to calm. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ownyourshift/message

Welcome to our first episode of Own Your Shift. Today we're thrilled to be virtually launching our new book, called by the same name, “Own Your Shift.” With this environment of isolation and social distancing, we hope that a virtual book launch, and Toolkit, with its easy, simple and practical techniques, will help you navigate these crazy times. We will also be sharing a simple breath technique that will offer you some calm, something we can all use more of, especially during these times. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ownyourshift/message