Podcasts about Altered Traits

Welcome to the Success InSight Podcast! Join us for a conversation with Dr. Kathy Norwood and Carrie-Ann Tkaczyk, who are redefining the landscape of coaching and mindfulness. Kathy is a Master-Certified Coach and educational leader who, through somatic coaching, delves into the sacredness of every moment and the path to personal evolution. Carrie-Ann is a certified mindfulness teacher and coach who complements this perspective by advocating for a full-bodied approach to learning and experiencing life.Together, Kathy and Carrie-Ann share their journey, from meeting in a coaching class to planning the Embodied Coach Seminar, which integrates spirit, soul, mind, and body.DISCUSSIONView every moment as sacred. The unique elements of The Embodied Coach seminar.The role somatic awareness plays in the effectiveness of coaching and personal development.The blend of mindfulness and traditional coaching methods and its importance for modern-day coaching practices.The historical disconnect between mind, body, and spirit, and how understanding this history can aid in reconnecting these elements in our lives today?The sacredness of coaching moments, the characteristics defining them, and how coaches can create more of these in their practice.The importance of reconnecting with our bodies, emotions, and values to live passionately.How experiential learning and somatic coaching create new neural pathways and transform behaviors.LEARN MORETo learn more about Dr. Kathy Norwood and her work, visit her website at https://coachesevolve.com/. To learn more about Carrie-Ann Tkaczyk and her work, visit her website at https://www.journeythroughcoaching.com/.To learn more about The Embodied Coach seminar, visit their website at https://1l.ink/Z7NQGHR. to save 10% through the end of September! Use Code EBAUG10 at checkout! 12 ICF CCEUs or 12 PDUs will be provided.BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS"Buddha's Brain" by Rick Hanson"Altered Traits" by Daniel Goleman and Richard J. Davidson"Into the Magic Shop" by James R. DotyNEXT STEPSIf you enjoy personal and professional development podcasts, visit us at https://www.SuccessInSightPodcast.com. Please like, comment on, and share.KEYWORDSDr. Kathy Norwood, Carrie-Ann Tkaczyk, The Embodied Coach, Fielding Graduate University, Success InSight Podcast, Coaching Podcast#TheEmbodiedCoach #FieldingGraduateUniversity #SuccessInsightPodcast #CoachingPodcastPodcast produced using DescriptPodcast hosted by BuzzsproutShow Notes powered by CastmagicWebsite powered by PodpageNote: As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

In this episode of the Deeper Than Dough podcast, Paul Austin, a psychedelics expert, shares his transformative journey, discussing his religious upbringing, awakening inner divinity, and the balance between structure and freedom in psychedelic integration. We delve into the benefits and risks of psychedelics, microdosing, and the importance of guidance during challenging experiences. Paul also emphasizes reconnecting with nature, addressing ecocide, and creating a safe cultural framework for psychedelic use. Connect with Paul Austin: www.paulaustin.co/ thethirdwave.co/  Connect with Bennett Maxwell: LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/bennett-maxwell-703717126/ Instagram: @bennettmaxwell35 Subscribe to Deeper Than Dough: Apple Podcasts: https://shorturl.at/bjozA Spotify: https://shorturl.at/klE37 Share your thoughts! Leave a comment below or tag us on social media with your biggest takeaways from this episode. We'd love to hear from you!

Sure, IQ is important, but is it as impactful as emotional intelligence? Renowned psychologist and author Daniel Goleman explains. The concept of emotional intelligence (EQ) can be traced back to ancient philosophies, but it was Goleman's bestseller ‘Emotional Intelligence' that popularized the term in 1995. According to Goleman, while IQ and smarts can get you good grades and jumpstart your career, it's EQ (what the psychologist often refers to as EI) that sets apart the top performers and leaders in their careers. Unlike IQ, which remains relatively static throughout life, emotional intelligence can be developed and refined at any age. Goleman emphasizes that enhancing our EQ can make our communities more compassionate, improve how we parent, and help us take better care of the environment. This knowledge - especially the fact that EQ can be enhanced over time - gives us a powerful tool for personal growth. Understanding and improving our emotional intelligence can directly lead us to better relationships, and can shape our lives with more fulfillment and, eventually, success. Timestamps: 0:00 - IQ 1:28 - EQ 3:20 - The 4 domains 5:16 - Habit change lesson 7:11 - Emotional (un)intelligence 9:33 - The bus driver ------------------------------------------- Go Deeper with Big Think: ►Become a Big Think Member Get exclusive access to full interviews, early access to new releases, Big Think merch and more ►Get Big Think+ for Business Guide, inspire and accelerate leaders at all levels of your company with the biggest minds in business ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About Daniel Goleman: Daniel Goleman is a former science journalist for the New York Times and co-founder of the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning at the Yale University Child Studies Center (now at the University of Illinois, at Chicago). His 1995 book, Emotional Intelligence (Bantam Books) was on The New York Times bestseller list for a year and a half. Goleman is also the author of Ecological Intelligence: How Knowing the Hidden Impacts of What We Buy Can Change Everything. The book argues that new information technologies will create “radical transparency,” allowing us to know the environmental, health, and social consequences of what we buy. As shoppers use point-of-purchase ecological comparisons to guide their purchases, market share will shift to support steady, incremental upgrades in how products are made – changing every thing for the better. His other books include Optimal and Altered Traits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Why is it that certain people are vulnerable to life's slings and arrows and why are other people more resilient?" Dr. Richard Davidson, Ph.D, felt guided by this question, and dedicated himself to developing insight into how our brains regulate our emotions. But in 1992, Richard was inspired by the Dalai Lama to revise his initial question and instead consider: What qualities foster well-being? "His Holiness challenged me and asked why we are not using the tools of modern neuroscience to study qualities such as kindness and compassion rather than negative qualities of the mind such as depression and anxiety. I had no good answer, and on that day, I made a commitment to His Holiness and to myself that I would do everything within my power to help place these positive qualities on the scientific map," Richard said. That renewed and refocused commitment has generated ripples of goodness. Named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time Magazine in 2006, Richard founded in 2008 the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he has served as a faculty member and professor since 1984. Richard's research is broadly focused on the neural bases of emotion and methods to promote human flourishing including meditation and related contemplative practices. A prolific researcher, he has authored more than 570 articles, numerous chapters and reviews, and edited 14 books. His research has identified four keys to well-being - resilience, outlook, attention, and generosity - that can be strengthened in each of us through practice. Richard founded Healthy Minds Innovations (HMI), a nonprofit affiliate of the Center for Healthy Minds, in 2014. HMI translates well-being science into tools (including a Kindness Curriculum and the Healthy Minds program and app) to cultivate and measure well-being. "I really feel a moral calling [to help people develop well-being as a skill], because I feel most people would agree that the trajectory we've been on is not a particularly healthy or sustainable one. Everyone has a role to play in this, everyone can be a participant, just like with climate science. Everyone can play a constructive role in helping the planet heal," said Richard. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Richard earned his Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from NYU before completing his Ph.D in Personality, Psychopathology, and Psychophysiology at Harvard University. He authored (with Sharon Begley) the New York Times bestseller, The Emotional Life of Your Brain and co-authored Altered Traits with Daniel Goleman. In 2000, Richard was the recipient of the American Psychological Association's prestigious Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award in 2000. He was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2017, and appointed to the Governing Board of UNESCO's Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) in 2018. Join us on February 3 for a conversation with this transformative psychologist and well-being advocate.

In this episode, William Green brings back Daniel Goleman, author of “Emotional Intelligence,” an iconic book that's sold over 5 million copies. Here, Dan talks about his new book, “Optimal: How to Sustain Personal & Organizational Excellence Every Day.” He explains how to master the skills of emotional intelligence to become more productive, more effective, calmer, & happier.  IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN: 00:00 - Intro 04:55 - Why Daniel Goleman seeks sustainable excellence, not a “flow” state. 10:44 - How Peter Lynch illustrates the dangers of driving yourself too hard. 15:54 - Why companies need emotionally intelligent leaders. 17:23 - How to boost creative thinking by allowing yourself time to relax. 32:02 - Why EQ trumps IQ in the professional world. 34:21 - How to enhance the foundational skill of self-awareness. 37:08 - How to become a better listener. 48:39 - What the Dalai Lama told Dan about self-compassion. 49:27 - How emotional self-management enhances decision making. 50:42 - How to recover from stress & avoid burnout. 1:08:50 - How to build focused attention in a wildly distracting world. Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps may occur due to podcast platform differences. BOOKS AND RESOURCES Daniel Goleman's website. Daniel Goleman's Emotional Intelligence Courses. Optimal by Daniel Goleman & Carey Cherniss. Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman. Altered Traits by Daniel Goleman & Richard Davidson. Emotional Alchemy by Tara Bennett-Goleman. William Green's 2023 podcast interview with Daniel Goleman & Tsoknyi Rinpoche | YouTube Video. William Green's 2022 podcast interview with Daniel Goleman | YouTube Video. William Green's book, “Richer, Wiser, Happier” – read the reviews of this book. Follow William Green on X (AKA Twitter) Check out all the books mentioned and discussed in our podcast episodes here. NEW TO THE SHOW? Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here. Try our tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance Tool. Enjoy exclusive perks from our favorite Apps and Services. Stay up-to-date on financial markets and investing strategies through our daily newsletter, We Study Markets. Learn how to better start, manage, and grow your business with the best business podcasts.  SPONSORS Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors: River Glengoyne Whisky NetSuite Shopify Toyota Babbel Salesforce Fundrise Fidelity Vacasa HELP US OUT! Help us reach new listeners by leaving us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts! It takes less than 30 seconds, and really helps our show grow, which allows us to bring on even better guests for you all! Thank you – we really appreciate it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body"

Bringing indigenous wisdom into modernity, Italian writer Danielle Bolelli joins Raghu to talk about quality and restoring balance with the natural world.“We need that wisdom, indigenous wisdom. We need to bring back something that we have lost from our move into the industrialized last couple of centuries.” – Raghu MarkusThis time on Mindrolling, Raghu Markus and Daniele Bolelli converse about:Wisdom from Native American eldersThe balance with natureMoney and power strugglesCapitalism, Marketing, and what makes something successfulThe constant urge for more versus usefulness of resourcesWhat gives something qualityThe history of Crazy Horse, an extremely spiritual Lakota warriorAnswering to hopelessnessContentment and small disciplineThe promise of potential and handling sufferingLinks & Recommendations From this Episode:Raghu and Danielle discuss quality through the lens of Zen and The Art of Motorcycle MaintenanceDanielle suggests checking out the show Reservation Dogs to get a glimpse of real native lifeCheck out Danielle's historical podcast, History on FireRaghu Suggests reading Altered Traits by Daniel GolemanAbout Danielle Bolelli:Danielle Bolelli is an Italian writer, philosopher, and professor of comparative religion. Currently living in Los Angeles, Danielle Bolelli is also a martial artist and podcaster. Learn more about Danielle Bolelli and his published works as well as his suggested reading list on Daniellebolelli.com.“There is something to be said about the ability to just find that spot where external reality doesn't affect you so bad in any situation.” – Daniele BolelliSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Gratitude is a topic that gets a great deal of attention in the personal growth space. However, an area that is less discussed is compassion - a subject that this week's guest (Dr. Nilesh Satguru) is very knowledgeable and passionate about. Dr. Nilesh Satguru is a self-mastery coach, compassion expert and medical doctor. After over a decade practicing medicine, Nilesh now coaches entrepreneurs with powerful missions. His client list includes 7 figure serial entrepreneurs, ex-athletes, authors, executive coaches and award-winning charity founders. He was recently named by LA Weekly as one of "10 Leading Coaches to watch in 2023." This episode explores a wide range of topics including: The scientifically proven benefits of compassion, as studied by famed UCLA neuroscientist and researcher Dr. Daniel Siegel: how it can literally bridge connections between different parts of our brain and help maximize performance An overview of Altered Traits, The Body Keeps the Score, The Molecule of More, and other literature that demonstrate our power to change the structure and function of our brain Limitations of the overly compartmentalized Western healthcare system, which prompted Nilesh to explore functional and integrative medicine, and other holistic modalities. What Nilesh learned from the lotus flower - which thrives in mud - in showing resilience and learning through extremely adverse, life-altering circumstances in his career as a general practitioner in the UK. To work with Nilesh, please visit drsatguru.com, or connect with him at @drsatguru on Instagram. Connect with Nikhil to learn more about ⁠⁠⁠Untether Your Life⁠⁠⁠ and other projects: ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠GIOSTAR Chicago

After a life-changing experience in India, Dr. Richie Davidson tried to convince his Harvard professors to let him study the science of meditation. No one took him seriously. Half a century later, Richie has measured the undeniable impact of meditation on our brains. And here's the good news for people who know the benefits of meditation but struggle to actually do it: you don't need to carve out separate time for a practice. Richie walks Maya through how to integrate meditation into daily activities. For more on Richie's work, check out his book “Altered Traits" and learn more at the Center for Healthy Minds and Healthy Minds Innovations. And if you enjoyed this episode, we recommend this one from the archives: “Maya's Slight Change in Perspective.” For a behind-the-scenes look at the show, follow @DrMayaShankar on Instagram. See omny.fm/listener for privacy information.

Tsoknyi Rinpoche and Daniel Goleman join Sharon for a special episode of the Metta Hour Podcast celebrating the launch of their brand new book, Why We Meditate: The Science and Practice of Clarity and Compassion.Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/mettaTsoknyi Rinpoche is a beloved teacher among the new generation of Tibetan Buddhist meditation masters. Widely recognized as an outstanding meditation teacher for over twenty-five years, he is the author of Open Heart, Open Mind, Fearless Simplicity, and Carefree Dignity. Daniel Goleman is the internationally bestselling author and coauthor of several books, including Emotional Intelligence, Focus, and Altered Traits. He was a science reporter for The New York Times and was twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.In this special episode, Sharon, Daniel, and Rinpoche speak about:• How Rinpoche began teaching • The ways psychology shapes spiritual practice • The first time Rinpoche taught in the States • John Welwood & Spiritual Bypass • How their new book came to be • Finding our natural pace in a speedy culture • The Subtle Body • Balancing Restlessness • Working with our “Beautiful Monsters” • How childhood imprints affect us • When an experience we have is real but not true • Rinpoche's fear of heights • Handshake practice • Obstacles of love and compassion • Cultivating intrinsic okay-ness • Grounding in the body • The importance of “Wise Hope”See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN:06:06 - What Tsoknyi Rinpoche learned from his extraordinary father, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche.21:26 - Why it helps not to suppress, judge, or resist your emotions, but to be aware of them.24:09 - How to “handshake” painful emotional patterns that Rinpoche calls “beautiful monsters.”26:34 - What science shows about the power of acknowledging & accepting our feelings.36:31 - What to do when these difficult emotions feel too intense & traumatic to handle.45:03 - How to settle your mind & reduce stress with a simple belly-breathing technique.48:41 - How to practice “calm abiding” by focusing with gentle awareness on your breath.50:37 - How to ease up with the help of Rinpoche's subversive mantra: “Who cares? So what?”57:42 - How to meditate with open awareness, watching thoughts & emotions arise & pass.1:04:36 - How our minds catastrophize & how to prevent this emotional tailspin.1:06:41 - What science shows about how meditation improves our focus, calmness, & productivity.1:07:45 - How to deal with the worry that we're not productive enough & are always falling short.1:10:17 - How to nurture an easy-going, light-hearted sense of “happiness without reason.”1:11:11 - How compassion, love, & care emerge when we're free from our emotional baggage.Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps may occur due to podcast platform differences.BOOKS AND RESOURCES“Why We Meditate,” a new book co-authored by Daniel Goleman & Tsoknyi Rinpoche. Daniel Goleman's books “Emotional Intelligence,” “Altered Traits,” & “Focus.”Tsoknyi Rinpoche's “Fully Being” online meditation course.Tsoknyi Rinpoche's books “Open Heart, Open Mind” & “Carefree Dignity.”David Hawkins' book “Letting Go.”William Green's book, “Richer, Wiser, Happier” – read the reviews of this book.William's previous podcast with Daniel Goleman: “The Emotionally Intelligent Investor.”William Green's Twitter.NEW TO THE SHOW?Check out our We Study Billionaires Starter Packs.Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here.Try our tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance Tool.Enjoy exclusive perks from our favorite Apps and Services.Stay up-to-date on financial markets and investing strategies through our daily newsletter, We Study Markets.Learn how to better start, manage, and grow your business with the best business podcasts. 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“A genius is a man who has discovered how to increase the intensity of thought to a point when he can freely communicate with sources of knowledge not available through the ordinary rate of thought.” –Napoleon Hill, author of the Best Selling Classic Book, Think and Grow Rich. In PART 3 we cover: ✔ A look at Speed Learning with 2 strategies we can all use right away to learn faster, and remember what we have learned longer. ✔ Creative Sleep, and how to use our sleep to solve problems, improve creativity and intuition in our waking hours, with 4 steps to improving your ability to use and remember your dreams. Welcome back to The Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast and PART 3 of our Review of Jose Silva's Mind Control Program. I'm Andrea Samadi an author and an educator, who like many of you listening, have been fascinated with learning and understanding the science behind ANY high-performance strategy proven to increase our results in our schools, sports, or modern workplaces. If there's something NEW that I come across that can help us in any way, I'll investigate it, connect it with the most current research, and then share what I learn with you here. If you've been following the past few episodes, you'll know that I came across Jose Silva's work with Dr. Hasan Ibne Akram, from EPISODE #260[i], who has launched 7 successful companies, and mentioned that this book completely changed his world. I had heard of this book and Silva's Program over the years, and many of the concepts that Jose Silva mentions in his book, but had not read it cover to cover, or practiced the audio training that goes along with the book, so I decided to do a complete review of the program, like we did with Napoleon Hill's book at the start of this year, and see how this book, that was popular in the 80s and 90s could connect to the interviews we've done previously on this podcast. Especially when Friederike Fabritius mentioned on EPISODE #258[ii] that our mind can be trained to produce flashes of insight, that can help us in business and our personal lives and what Jose Silva would say could reveal “some astounding things” with a trained mind. I wondered how exactly could our mind be trained... Was daily meditation not enough? If it was, how do I even know if I'm meditating the right way? What was I missing from my current practice? What can we learn from the years of research behind Jose Silva's popular program that could help all of us to refine our current meditation practice? Then I thought back to a class I took with Jon Kabat-Zinn, the father of mindfulness, who reminded us in this class that we are already perfect, (as we are) and that mindfulness is not about “attaining a certain state, (that brings us to this new level of perfection) but that we are already whole and perfect.” Whatever program we are doing now, the idea of this book review is not to say that Jose Silva's method is better, or that we might be missing something from what we are already doing, but to see if there's anything NEW that we cover here, that interests us to dive deeper into, to further enhance our current practice. Jim Kwik, the founder of Kwik Learning[iii], has said that “we've discovered more in the past 20 years about our brain than we've known in the previous 2,000 years combined” and I think it's so exciting to share new strategies to help us all, which is the purpose of this podcast. When I learn something new, something that can help me to improve in any way, this energizes me, this gets me all jazzed up, and I know I can't be the only one like this. I'm sure for those of you who tune into this podcast, can relate to what I'm saying and I'm honored that you've chosen me to study with, wherever you might be tuning into this podcast around the world. I love looking at the statistics to see where listeners are tuning in from in over 168 countries, which is a Geography lesson for me when I look at the map of the world.   For this book review, little263-INTRO did I know just how powerful Silva's program would be, when I recorded PART 1 of this series.  As I began reading each chapter that Jose Silva wrote many years ago when he was on a quest to increase learning for his own children, I began piecing together many of the strategies that we've covered on this podcast for improving learning, focus, creativity, imagination and productivity, all backed by science, right within the pages of The Silva Method. I made many connections to past episodes and research, including Dr. John Dunlosky from EPISODE #37[iv] where he spoke about using “spaced repetition” as an evidence-based method for improving recall for students, that we will cover today. This research also appears in John Almarode, Nancy Frey and Douglas Fisher's recent book, How Learning Works: Translating the Science of Learning into Strategies in Your Classroom that we covered on EPISODE #161[v]. Or even the importance of mindfulness and meditation in the classroom, for athletes or in the workplace. The connection to current research was enough for me to see that Jose Silva was on to something with the methods he wrote about, years before the research would take off exponentially in this area. Daniel Goleman wrote about this in his book Altered Traits[vi] where he showed a visual with the research on Mindfulness and Meditation going up exponentially from the year 2000, to 2020. My goal with this review of The Silva Method[vii], is to help all of us to learn something new to refine our current meditation practice whether we are working in our schools to improve learning, in our sports environments for improved results towards a specific goal, or in the corporate workplace to generate new ideas. I wouldn't have picked this book to review if it hadn't made such an impact on the world, like Napoleon Hills' book, but I had no idea the concepts I would learn each week, would be so powerful, and life-changing. After releasing the first 2 PARTS of this program, I began to receive messages from our listeners around the world who have used Silva's Program, even from those who used it years ago. Then my good friend Hans Ajay from the UK, urged me to sign up for the full program through MindValley[viii], (where the course sits today after Vishen Lakhiani (the founder) revised and improved it in this current version. Hans wrote “It'll be transformative.” I don't need anyone to twist my arm if there's going to be transformation and learning occurring, so I signed up immediately taking what I'm learning in the pages of Silva's book to a whole new level. I'll stick to covering each chapter, but have to say that the experiential exercises have brought each chapter to life in a way that I don't think it's possible for me to show with my writing. I'll connect as many exercises as I can find online with each chapter review, and encourage those of you who want to learn more to explore the entire program further through MindValley. This course is unlike anything I've ever experienced in all my years of studying and learning. To REVIEW,  In PART 1[ix] we covered: ✔ CH 1- Using More of Our Mind in Special Ways: An Introduction to the Silva Mind Control Method ✔ What this program has done for others. ✔ Ch 2- Meet Jose Silva ✔ Ch 3- How to Meditate: A review of the brain states (BETA, ALPHA, THETA, DELTA). ✔ How to quickly access the ALPHA STATE to improve creativity, and intuition. ✔ Using A Mental Screen in Your Mind for Heightened Visualization ✔ How to Help Yourself and Others Using a Mental Screen in Our Mind UNDERSTANDING HOW TO ACCESS THE ALPHA BRAIN STATE: Once we understand the different brain states, and how to access them, it makes more sense as we dive into the Alpha State, and practice visualizing on the screen of our mind in this state with the meditation exercises. Understanding the Alpha Level of Mind is the first step in Silva's Mind Control Program, and used by itself, had tremendous health capabilities. When you are daydreaming, or just going to sleep but not quite there yet, or just awakening but not yet awake, you are in Alpha Brain State that Silva calls the "inner consciousness” where he says is our mental world exists, with no time or space. With Silva's Mind Control training you can enter the Alpha level at will and still remain fully alert, which is where the exciting part of his program begins. I found 2 meditations on YouTube that I've listed below to help us to gain access to the experiential activities and take the first steps to applying Jose Silva's program into our daily life. ALPHA MEDITATION 1 How to Enter the Alpha Level of Mind,   This first video is an introduction, helping us to understand how to enter the Alpha state of mind easily. Jose Silva explains what one needs to do to reach the Alpha, or meditative, level of mind, and this video illustrates his words beautifully. ALPHA MEDITATION EXAMPLE 2: Here's a second example I found on YouTube of entering the Alpha State and practicing our Mental Screen, with the 3, 2, 1, countdown method in a (25 minutes meditation) with Sommer Leigh, who reads Silva's Alpha Meditation exactly as he would, but obviously this time, it's with a female voice and peaceful music. Sommer does address the fact that someone new to meditating should begin with counting down from 100 to 1 to reach the Alpha level, using the countdown method that Silva suggests. If you prefer a male voice for this activity, you can sign up for MindValley.com where Vishen Lakhiani goes through this same exercise, that he calls “Tapping into Alpha with a Centering Exercise” or you can hear Vishen's YouTube version of The 20 Minute Silva Centering Exercise here from MindValley's Channel. Once you reach the Alpha level, (either in the morning, or a night or any time of day that you have to spend 15 minutes) Silva explains this is where we envision a peaceful place to help us to relax our mind, and body for improved health. This is also the place where we can practice solving a problem that we will go deeper into in PART 2. This meditation ends with the 1-5 countdown method to exit the meditation, where we feel better than we did before. Jose Silva reminds us that if we did nothing other than practice going to this peaceful state of mind, it would have tremendous health and wellness benefits that research now proves to be true. In PART 2[x] of our review, on our last episode, we covered: ✔ Ch 4- Dynamic Meditation (where we actually DO something while meditating, instead of it being a passive practice). ✔ The 4 Laws that must be in place BEFORE we visualize a goal. ✔ How these 4 Laws mirror Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich book. ✔ 3 STEPS to SOLVE ANY PROBLEM Using the Silva Method on the Screen that We Build in Our Mind. ✔ Ch 5- Improving Memory ✔ Where Silva's Memory Hacks have been seen on previous episodes and in the motivational speaking industry. In PART 3 of our review, today's EPISODE #263, we will cover: ✔ Ch 6-Speed Learning ✔ Ch 7-Creative Sleep For Chapter 6: Speed Learning I couldn't begin writing about Silva's strategies, without referring to Jim Kwik[xi] first, the founder of Kwik Learning, who created his entire business around how to reader faster, work smarter and think better by accelerating your learning and your life by unlocking what he calls our “superbrain.” Jim Kwik reminds us something I'm sure we've all heard of a million times, that school teaches us WHAT to learn (History, Math, Science, Languages) but “there are ZERO classes on how to learn, listen, focus, concentrate, solve problems, read faster or remember things.” We mentioned Howard Berg, The World's Fastest Speed Reader on our last episode, who taught us on EPISODE #189[xii] many skills that school never taught us, like speed reading or memory tricks. Jose Silva was ahead of his game when he began looking for ways to teach his children, and eventually thousands of others who studied his methods, to learn faster, and be able to remember what they learned for longer periods of time. He offers two strategies in his book: STRATEGY 1: THE MENTAL SCREEN FOR LEARNING PAIRED WITH THE 3 FINGER TECHNIQUE Silva suggests using our Mental Screen for learning, to speed up and deepen what we learn. He also uses the 3 Finger Technique to help us to reach the Alpha State quicker, which can be done while reading to help with focus, concentration and retention, and he outlines a teacher from Denver who used this Three Finger Technique to teach her students spelling with a list of 20 words. To test them, she would ask them to write down the words they studied that week, recall the words using the Three Finger Technique, and see the words on the screen of their minds. She was able to teach all of her students to remember their spelling list with this method. STRATEGY 2: RECORD YOUR VOICE The second method for Speed Learning, I'm most interest in, as I had heard about this strategy in the past. Silva suggests recording your voice when you need to learn something new. When I worked in the seminar industry, we called this a “loop tape” and this strategy was for anyone who wanted to take their results to new heights. Whether they were studying for a test, and needed to learn something new, or an actor who needed to memorize their lines quickly, a loop tape was recommended.  I even remember it was suggested to me when I first moved to the US, and found life in this new country to be challenging. The first thing our offices said was “has Andrea created a loop tape of what she wants her life to look like?” Sounds a bit off the wall, but if you don't think something first, on the screen of your mind, you'll be less likely to know what you are looking for when you see it. It's crazy to look back now, because my current life looks pretty much the way I imagined it to look 20+ years ago, when I created my first loop tape, and even drew a sketch of what I envisioned the house I would live in, would look like. PUTTING THIS INTO PRACTICE: For someone who want to apply this strategy to learning something new, Silva suggests to read the chapter that you are studying out loud (or whatever it is that you want to remember) and record it while you're in the beta brain state, or wide awake and focused. Next, he says, go to the alpha brain state (by counting backwards using the 3, 2, 1 method, or with the 3 Finger Technique and listen to what you recorded while in this state, concentrating on your voice.  For added reinforcement, he suggests to let a few days pass and then do it again. Read the material in your beta state and play it back in alpha. This is also in line with Dr. John Dunlosky's research, using spaced repetition. Chapter 7 of The Silva Method on Creative Sleep. Silva took the dream world very seriously, and he was interested in using dreams to solve problems. His programs teach us to first of all remember your dreams and suggests writing them down as soon as you wake up. We've covered dreams on this podcast with EPISODE #224[xiii] with Harvard Neuroscientist Dr. Baland Jalal on “Sleep Paralysis, Lucid Dreaming and Premonitions” or EPISODE #104[xiv] with Antonio Zadra and his book “When Brains Dream” and I even took a stab at explaining “Why Our Dreams Are So Weird, Highly Emotional and Often Forgotten” on EPISODE #226[xv] as I'm personally been interested in deciphering the messages that come through in our dream state. I mentioned on our recent episode with Dr. Hasan Ibne Akram about how motivational speaker Bob Proctor would encourage all of us to write down our dreams to see what we could learn from them. I've got quite the dream log that goes back to the late 90s, and while no one other than myself would understand the significance within my scribbles, they are very clear to me. Here's an example: I was planning to move from Toronto, Canada, to Arizona, USA in January 2000. I had applied to come to the USA on the H1BI VISA for the work I was doing with teenagers, and I didn't get the paperwork I needed until April 2001. You can see a dream I recorded Dec 14th, 2000 where I wrote “Bob at office putting in new computer telling me how I should set up my Phoenix office” that to someone else might be just a bunch of jumbled words, but to me, that was a clear sign that I was going to eventually finally make it to Arizona, with some suggestions on how to set up my office when I got there. I remember this dream clearly, with Bob actually hiding the wires behind my computer under my desk.  With each log I've written, I can now go back over the dream in my head whenever I want, and the messages within each dream are obvious…at least to me.   HOW TO USE YOUR DREAMS AS GUIDANCE:   I've used this dream log to guide me in my personal and professional life and highly encourage anyone who wants to gain more self-awareness to try this activity. Silva began using dreams to solve his problems back in 1949 and said the more he studied, the more humbling it became as he realized he knew less and less as time moved forward. He was always looking to learn more to help others with his research. He writes an incredible story about how he dreamed of 3 numbers, and couldn't figure out what they were, until a string of events led him to a gas station, where someone he was with saw the numbers on a lottery ticket. He bought the ticket, and went on to win $10,000 that he used to fund his research over the years. This isn't the only story where dreams have had a significant importance. Richard Bach, the author of the book “Jonathan Livingston Seagull” an important book in the field of personal development, was almost never was written. Richard Bach explains that he couldn't figure out the ending to this story, until he saw the ending in a dream he had, helping him to finish the book. This book made the cover of Time Magazine, and Bach credits The Silva Method for the mental discipline and visualization he needed to complete this book. PUT THIS STRATEGY INTO PRACTICE: BEGIN BY  WRITING DOWN YOUR DREAMS as soon as you wake up. I used to keep a notebook next to my bed, to do this, but now, with a phone nearby, I wake up and use the notepad on my phone.  But what if you don't recall your dreams? Dreams are hard to remember, and Stephanie Gailing, the author of The Complete Book of Dreams says that “on average, within 5 minutes we forget 50% of what we dream and within 10 minutes, only 10% may remain”[xvi] and “there are certain neurotransmitters (brain chemicals)  necessary to transform short-term memories into long-term ones; some of these including norepinephrine are at a very low level while dreaming, therefore create an innate blockade to having our nighttime visions etched in our mind.”  TAKE THE DREAM WORLD SERIOUSLY: If you can be like Silva, and put value on your dreams, Gailing says “those who revere their dreams and accept them as an integral part of their life remember them more often.” I learned from Vishen Lakhiani, in the Silva Ultramind Online course that some indigenous cultures that he's come across in his studies, wake up and begin their day by discussing their dreams and what messages they can see from their dream state. I know we are far off from starting our corporate meetings this way, but if you can do this on your own, I do promise you will see things that will help you in your everyday life. MAKE SURE YOU ARE SLEEPING LONG ENOUGH: Gailing reported in her Complete Book of Dreams that “since dreams that arrive in the early morning are thought to be more vivid and complex” be sure you are sleeping long enough that you don't miss out on this last REM stage of sleep. How would you know WHEN your REM sleep is? You can use a sleep tracker to see. I put a screen shot of my REM SLEEP from last night that shows at what points in the night I was in REM. My report showed last night's REM sleep to be 21% higher than my 30 day average, but I unfortunately did not remember my dreams from last night. HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT YOU WILL REMEMBER YOUR DREAMS: The strategy of having the intention of remembering your dream works well, and also not worrying if you don't remember them every night. My dream log has weeks of gaps where I didn't remember anything at all, or it just wasn't something I thought was important to remember at the time. To bring this episode to a close, and REVIEW Chapter 6 on Speed Learning and Chapter 7 on Creative Dreams, In Chapter 6 on Speed Learning we looked at 2 Strategies that included Using the mental screen paired with the 3-finger technique if you want to learn something quickly, using the Alpha Brain State. Silva also covered recording your voice, or creating what I knew of as the “loop tape” of whatever it is that you want to remember. You would record what you want to remember in the BETA State, and then listen to it in the Alpha state (using the 3 finger technique or counting backwards). In Chapter 7 on Creative Dreams we covered 4 strategies for remembering our dreams, and taking them seriously like Jose Silva himself did. In the resource section, I've put the links to the three meditations I found online that can help you to take Silva's ideas to new heights in your own life. I hope that you take the time to go through the meditations where you will see what Hans Ajay told me. They are transformational.  I wanted to learn something new with my current meditation practice, and had no idea just how deep Jose Silva's Program would take me. Next episode we will cover: Episode #164 ✔ Ch 8-Your Words Have Power ✔ Ch 9-The Power of Imagination ✔ Ch 10-Using Your Mind to Improve Your Health Will see you next episode. RESOURCES: MEDITATION  1: How to Enter the Alpha Level of Mind, Step by Step Process, The Silva Method https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpMJWT6EsNs MEDITATION 2: Jose Silva Method Alpha Exercises by Sommer Leigh Published on YouTube June 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SY0kajVITA MEDITATION 3: 20 Minute Sila Centering Exercise with Vishen Kakhiani https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_4GDXWBPCk REFERENCES: [i] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #260 with Dr. Hasan Ibne Akram on “Breaking Down the Mindset of the Million Dollar Monk” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/serial-entrepreneur-and-computer-scientist-hasan-ibne-akram-pd-d-on-breaking-down-the-mindset-of-the-million-dollar-monk/ [ii] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE 3258 Neuroscientist and Wall Street Journal Best Selling Author on “The Brain-Friendly Workplace: Why Talented People Quit and How to Make Them Stay” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/neuroscientistwallstreet-journalbestselling-authorfriederike-fabritius-onhernew-bookthe-brainfriendly-workplacewhy-talented-peoplequitand-how-tomake/ [iii] https://kwiklearning.com/ [iv]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #37 with Dr. John Dunlosky on “Improving Student Success with Some Principles from Cognitive Science”  https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/kent-states-dr-john-dunlosky-on-improving-student-success-some-principles-from-cognitive-science/ [v]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #161 with John Almarode, Nancy Frey and Douglas Fisher on “How Learning Works: Translating the Science of Learning into Strategies for Maximum Learning in Your Classroom” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/johnalmarodedouglas-fisherand-nancyfreyon-how-learning-works-translatingthescience-oflearningintostrategiesformaximum-learning-inyourclassroom/ [vi] Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain and bod Published September 5, 2017  by Daniel Goleman  https://www.amazon.com/Altered-Traits-Science-Reveals-Meditation/dp/0399184384 [vii] The Silva Mind Control Method https://silvamethod.com/ [viii] www.mindvalley.com [ix] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #261 PART 1 “A Deep Dive into Applying the Silva Method for Improved Intuition, Creativity and Focus” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/a-deep-dive-with-andrea-samadi-into-applying-the-silva-method-for-improved-intuition-creativity-and-focus-part-1/ [x]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE#262 PART 2 “A Deep Dive into Applying the Silva Method: Dynamic Meditation and Improved Memory”  https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/a-deep-dive-with-andrea-samadi-into-applying-the-silva-method-for-improved-intuition-creativity-and-focus-part-2/ [xi] https://kwiklearning.com/ [xii] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #145 with Howard Berg, the World's Fastest Speed Reader on “Strategies for Improving Reading Comprehension and Recall”  https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/the-worlds-fastest-reader-howard-stephen-berg-on-strategies-to-improve-reading-comprehension-and-recall-for-educators-and-the-workplace/ [xiii] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #224 with Harvard Neuroscientist Dr. Baland Jalal who Explains “Sleep Paralysis, Lucid Dreaming and Premonitions: Expanding Our Awareness into the Mysteries of Our Brain During Sleep” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/harvard-neuroscientist-drbaland-jalalexplainssleepparalysislucid-dreaming-andpremonitionsexpandingour-awareness-into-the-mysteries-ofourbrainduring-sl/ [xiv] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #104 with Antonio Zadra on “When Brains Dream” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/sleep-scientist-antonio-zadra-on-when-brains-dream-exploring-the-science-and-mystery-of-sleep/ [xv]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE#226 “Using Neuroscience to Explain Why Our Dreams Are So Weird, Highly Emotional and Often Forgotten”  https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/brain-fact-friday-using-neuroscience-to-explain-why-our-dreams-are-so-weird-highly-emotional-and-often-forgotten/ [xvi] The Complete Book of Dreams: A Guide to Unlocking the Meaning and Healing Power of Your Dreams by Stephanie Gailing Published October 20, 2020  https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Book-Dreams-Illustrated-Encyclopedia/dp/1577152131  

Vishen Lakhiani is shaking up the education system as one of the world's most significant learning reformers and meditation experts. Vishen is the founder of Mindvalley, a mission-driven movement that promotes educating humanity toward higher consciousness, spirituality, personal growth, awareness, and compassion.  When starting a business, Vishen emphasizes that entrepreneurship has nothing to do with your education. You don't have to go to college and get in debt to start a business. The biggest thing that holds us down are the beliefs of the people around us.  A positive mindset influences many aspects of your being. Scientific studies have shown incredible results in people who embrace spirituality. In his book, Altered Traits, Daniel Goleman shares a graph that shows the number of growing research studies on meditation. (https://amzn.to/3inGoYC) LEARN MORE: >> Check out Vishen's company, Mindvalley (https://www.mindvalley.com) >> Connect with Vishen on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube (https://www.facebook.com/mindvalley), (https://twitter.com/mindvalley), (https://www.instagram.com/mindvalley), (https://www.linkedin.com/company/mindvalley), (https://www.youtube.com/mindvalley) >> Read Altered Traits by Daniel Goleman (https://amzn.to/3inGoYC) >> Learn about Elliott Bisnow and Nassim Haramein (https://www.peakstreet.com/elliottbisnow), (https://www.resonancescience.org/about-nassim-haramein) >> Read about the Pre/Trans Fallacy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Wilber#Pre/trans_fallacy) NSLS MEMBERS ONLY: >> Listen to the bonus episode to learn why it's not enough just to show up and why Vishen thinks meditation is more effective than medication. (https://thens.ls/3XKVF5I)

Neda Gould, PhD is a clinical psychologist in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Johns Hopkins.  She is also the Director of the Mindfulness Program at Johns Hopkins for faculty and staff.  In this episode, we talk through the scientific foundations of meditation practice and how to incorporate them, practically, into your life as a busy surgeon or physician.  We talk through our own meditation practices and hope you feel more grounded and empowered to start your own practice after this episode.  Resources: Books: Mindfulness for Beginners by John Kabat-Zinn; Altered Traits by Daniel Goleman and Richard J. Davidson.Podcast: How to Train Your Mind by Chris Bailey, available on audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/How-to-Train-Your-Mind-Audiobook/B08N5C3QLB

In Today's episode, we continue and complete our discussion on Chapter 6, Yoga of meditation. Krishna states meditation to be the superior way of ways. I have recently came across the book "Altered Traits" by Daniel Goleman which is an excellent book all about the science behind meditation. It has nothing to do with spirituality or religions or mysticism. This book could be a great introduction to the wonders of meditation for the materialist. If meditation meant nothing then why would even Harvard Professors write an entire scientific book on it? If you have any thoughts on the spoken words and would like to join the conversation, please reach out on instagram at @in_lou_we_trust_thecast Thank You's

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN:03:58 - How a famed Harvard psychologist inspired Daniel Goleman to study high performance.07:00 - How spiritual teachers like Ram Dass and Neem Karoli Baba led him to study meditation.12:35 - What neuroscientists have discovered about the impact of meditation on the brain.20:36 - How self-awareness helps us to manage our emotions and stay “balanced” amid chaos.23:05 - How to become more keenly aware of our fear and anxiety, so we can recover faster.29:21 - Why George Soros paid close attention to how he felt—emotionally and physically.31:47 - Why it's risky to make big decisions when hungry, angry, lonely, tired, in pain, or stressed.34:50 - How the brain gets “hijacked” by sudden negative emotions—and what to do about it.37:48 - How Warren Buffett and Bill Miller succeed by reacting unemotionally to bad news.41:34 - How we can handle stressful situations by learning to think about them differently. 45:15 - How a simple breathing exercise can help you to calm down and improve your focus.48:52 - Which meditation app Daniel Goleman and William Green both recommend.55:59 - How to deal with a barrage of information and distractions without losing your focus. 1:04:34 - How Daniel deals with difficult emotions by “sitting with them” until they dissipate.1:07:50 - How meditation helps multibillionaire Ray Dalio think clearly and maintain his equanimity.1:09:30 - What Daniel Goleman has learned from his long-time relationship with the Dalai Lama.*Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences.BOOKS AND RESOURCESDaniel Goleman's books “Emotional Intelligence,” “Altered Traits,” & “Focus.”Daniel Goleman's website & his coaching/consulting firm, Goleman Consulting Group.Two classic books by Ram Dass: “Be Here Now” & “Miracle of Love.” The Ten Percent Happier app, featuring classes by Joseph Goldstein & Sharon Salzberg.William Green interviews Ray Dalio in episode 410 of the We Study Billionaires podcast.William Green's book, “Richer, Wiser, Happier” – read the reviews of this book.William Green's Twitter.Our tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance Tool.Check out our favorite Apps and Services.New to the show? Check out our We Study Billionaires Starter Packs.Send, spend and receive money around the world easily with Wise.Find people with the right experience and invite them to apply to your job. Try ZipRecruiter for FREE today.Take the next step in your working-life or get ready for a change, by being a Snooze franchise partner. To learn more, head to Snooze.com.au and scroll down the page for “franchising”.Find Pros & Fair Pricing for Any Home Project for Free with Angi.Support your hardworking team in one intuitive platform by using Gusto, an all-in-one payroll, HR, team management tools and more. Go to gusto.com/wsb for your first three months free.Trade specifically based on your view of concrete events with Kalshi, a trading platform that can be used to counter falling portfolios.Get 50% off Remote's full suite of global employment solutions for your first employee for three months. Just visit remote.com and use promo code WSB.Invest in high quality, cash flowing real estate without all of the hassle with Passive Investing.Confidently take control of your online world without worrying about viruses, phishing attacks, ransomware, hacking attempts, and other cybercrimes with Avast One.Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here.Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors.HELP US OUT!What do you love about our podcast? Here's our guide on how you can leave a rating and review for the show. We always enjoy reading your comments and feedback!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode we interview Dr. Jolie Silva, clinical psychologist, mother of two, and mindfulness expert. She’s been on the front lines of our inner battle for mental wellness in private practice and parenting for more than 15 years. WE DISCUSS: Dr Silva’s perspective on how to navigate our thoughts and feelings, particularly within the relationships between parents and children, is refreshing, hopeful, and desperately needed right now. Here are just a few of the key points we discuss … Are we ‘doing’ mindfulness correctly?What or who were some of her influences?How can we achieve relaxation?How can we navigate the complex emotions of our children?What’s her take on social media & parenting?What’s the difference between the mind & the brain? … and much more. Here's one great quote from this episode: “You really have to put yourself in their (kids') shoes and have an understanding of whatever they're feeling is valid, even if you don't agree with it.” – Dr. Jolie Silva When you listen to Dr. Silva talk, you’ll hear that hers is a fresh voice of calm & reason amidst what can sometimes feel like a storm of noise. FULL SHOW NOTES, LINKS, & CREDITS: 3:00: Her training as a clinical psychologist, focused on behavioral & cognitive therapies … and her difficulty in finding professional support for her interest in mindfulness. 5:00: How during her graduate dissertation, she was only able to find about 15 studies pertinent to the idea of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for depression & anger management … as compared to now, when almost 1,000 are published every year. 8:00 How people are looking for answers; how John Kabat-Zin's work, and the book ‘Altered Traits' by Daniel Goleman & Richard J. Davidson influenced her. 9:00 Is the term ‘mindfulness' often misused? Are you ‘not really doing it' (even though you think you are)? 13:00 How does Dr. Silva define ‘mindfulness'? 16:00 Dr. Silva discusses her experience with Zen57 and how it has impacted her mindfulness journey. 21:00 How has motherhood changed her experience with her clients? 29:00 What is the biggest factor that determines how someone parents at any given moment? How does the saying “monkey see, monkey do” apply to parenting? 34:00 How does social media exposure impact kids? How do parents prepare for that? What are the long term effects? 39:00 What is the difference between the mind and the brain? LINKS Amazon – Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body Dr. Jolie Silva Jolie Silva, PhD (@drjoliesilva) • Instagram photos and videos New York Behavioral Health New York Behavioral Health (@newyorkbehavioralhealth) • Instagram photos and videos Learn more about Helix & Gene's science-based nutrition & wellness programs.

Safety and trust are developed in a child at just 18 months old, which is derived from the somatic nervous system (or the sensory nerves that relay sensation from the body to the central nervous system). Traumatized children usually have a faulty neuroception system – or they perceive danger when there is none. Author of “Brain Changing Strategies to Trauma-Proof Our Schools,” Maggie Kline is a former teacher and school counselor and current therapist and psychologist, and she is on a mission to help children resolve this trauma. Left unresolved, children often feel depressed, angry, defiant and likely exhibit school behavioral issues.“Without safety, children — no matter how much they try, no matter how much they want to be good — they don't take the information in; their memory is impaired,” Kline explained.Throughout the episode, Kline gave numerous real-life examples and broke down how the body's physical response to high-stress situations often come with negative mental consequences. Ultimately, these experiences lead to how safe, or secure, one feels as an adult later in life.Kline also revealed her personal secret to remaining grounded and present in the moment, noting the importance of gratitude, meditation and disconnecting from technology. Looking for some additional resources? Here are Kline's favorite:“Altered Traits” by Daniel Goleman & Richard Davidson “Trauma-Proofing Your Kids” by Peter Levine & Maggie Kline“The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens” by Sean CoveyThe Somatic Experiencing International nonprofit working to transform lives through healing traumaKline ends the podcast advising listeners to pursue joy, kindness and love, and to regulate the self first, and then focus on healing the children.

Safety and trust are developed in a child at just 18 months old, which is derived from the somatic nervous system (or the sensory nerves that relay sensation from the body to the central nervous system). Traumatized children usually have a faulty neuroception system – or they perceive danger when there is none. Author of “Brain Changing Strategies to Trauma-Proof Our Schools,” Maggie Kline is a former teacher and school counselor and current therapist and psychologist, and she is on a mission to help children resolve this trauma. Left unresolved, children often feel depressed, angry, defiant and likely exhibit school behavioral issues.“Without safety, children — no matter how much they try, no matter how much they want to be good — they don't take the information in; their memory is impaired,” Kline explained.Throughout the episode, Kline gave numerous real-life examples and broke down how the body's physical response to high-stress situations often come with negative mental consequences. Ultimately, these experiences lead to how safe, or secure, one feels as an adult later in life.Kline also revealed her personal secret to remaining grounded and present in the moment, noting the importance of gratitude, meditation and disconnecting from technology. Looking for some additional resources? Here are Kline's favorite:“Altered Traits” by Daniel Goleman & Richard Davidson “Trauma-Proofing Your Kids” by Peter Levine & Maggie Kline“The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens” by Sean CoveyThe Somatic Experiencing International nonprofit working to transform lives through healing traumaKline ends the podcast advising listeners to pursue joy, kindness and love, and to regulate the self first, and then focus on healing the children.

"The best way to activate positive emotion circuits in the brain is through generosity." - Richard J. Davidson.Compassion and kindness are often thought of as ad-hoc actions that humans engage in from time to time. Science, however, shows that we are born with these traits. Despite this, we somehow become disengaged from this true nature of our mind. While there's a way to activate this circuitry in our brain, it requires work and nurturing to achieve a state of altered traits.In this episode, we explore this thought and more with multiple award winner Richard J. Davidson, Ph.D., Arun Sardana's personal inspiration in the world of mindfulness and a light for thousands who have benefited and have been transformed by his groundbreaking research in contemplative practices and methods to promote human flourishing.  He is the William James and Vilas Research Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry and Founder & Director of the Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in Psychology and has been at Wisconsin since 1984. He has published more than 440 articles, numerous chapters and reviews and edited 14 books. He is the author (with Sharon Begley) of The Emotional Life of Your Brain published by Penguin Books in 2012. He is co-author with Daniel Goleman of Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body, published by Penguin Books in 2017.karuna is a social enterprise with one mission - to make happiness accessible to all. If you believe that happiness should not be a privilege of the few, but instead a birthright of all, come join us. Become a founding member of our completely free community called the reimagine happiness™ community. As soon as you join, 10 dollars will be donated to our nonprofit arm, the karuna happiness foundation. For the entirety of 2022, we will be donating $10 to the karuna happiness foundation for every new member for up to a total of $100,000. Our mission at the karuna happiness foundation is to empower marginalized women, youth, and children to break the vicious cycles of poverty and abuse. Plus, when our paid membership options launch, we will be donating 10% of all revenue to the karuna happiness foundation. Your membership to the reimagine happiness ™ community, however, will always remain completely free as long as karuna exists.If you're ready to make a real difference in this world, we need you to join us. Once you become a member of the reimagine happiness™ community, you will also receive access to the tools of wellbeing we all need to thrive - because stress, anxiety and burnout do not define your story...happiness does. Come start your happiness journey while spreading compassion where it's needed most. Now is the time to start a movement where happiness is no longer the privilege of a few, but a right of all. Join us.happiness lives here™ welcome homelearn more about karuna or the karuna happiness foundation

After a few "bad trips" in South American ayahuasca retreats, Peter Conley realized he needed to learn how to integrate his shadow, to avoid falling further into mental dysfunction. His research and self-work efforts inspired the creation of Integration Station, a resource website for optimizing psychedelic experiences and clinical psychedelic therapy modalities. Video Version of Episode - https://youtu.be/En4i9beXrPEThis podcast is only a partial episode. Get the full show on Rokfin or Patreon! https://rokfin.com/post/45954 https://www.patreon.com/posts/53296951SHOW NOTES & LINKSPeter Conley's Integration Station (Website) - https://integration-station.com Music in this episode: It's Happenin' by QwillA - https://soundcloud.com/qwillabass/itshappening This episode originally posted at https://www.innerversepodcast.com/season-7/peter-conley-psychedelic-integration-stationSUPPORT INNERVERSEJoin Rokfin to get InnerVerse Plus+ and Exclusive Content - https://www.rokfin.com/innerverseSubscribe to InnerVerse on Patreon for Extended Episodes - https://www.patreon.com/innerverseJoin the InnerVerse Tribe on our Telegram Chat - https://t.me/innerversepodcastchatInnerVerse T-Shirts, Posters & Art Store - https://www.designbyhumans.com/shop/TripFlipArt/t-shirts/Support InnerVerse by Shopping at Secret Energy - https://store.secretenergy.com/?ref=chancegartonLeave a 5 Star Review for InnerVerse on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/innerverse-podcast/id1066918535?mt=2Make A Donation Through Paypal - https://paypal.me/chancegarton?locale.x=en_US See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The sense of self is one of the most powerful sources of human strength and angst.  This episode provides a framework for cultivating one's sense of self and purpose.  Concepts of dharma, as well as psychological and scientific constructs of self are discussed.  References: Think Like A Monk, Altered Traits, Navigating Organized Urology, Peak Performance, Man's Search for Meaning. 

Today’s episode is special, it’s a unique meditation deep dive that brings together the deep, research-driven insights from Daniel Goleman, best known for his work on Emotional Intelligence, as well as his book, Altered Traits. Daniel takes us into the science behind meditation and also asks a surprising question - what if popular wisdom and science about meditation were wrong? Goleman reveals powerful new truths about meditation, what it really is and isn't, and how only about 1% of the 6,000+ studies done on the topic are what might be considered "good science."We then turn it over to Sharon Salzberg, renowned meditation and loving-kindness teacher and founder of Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts. She travels the world teaching people how to become aware and cultivate loving-kindness in their lives and has been doing so for decades. Sharon also recently partnered with Dan Harris to bring her latest venture to life, 10% Happier, an exciting new app that builds on Dan’s book, 10% Happier.And finally, I’ll take the meditation reigns for our Act 3, guiding you through a special blended mindful body scan and loving-kindness meditation.I hope you enjoy this meditation deep-dive. And if you loved this episode, be sure to share it around, and listen to the full-length conversations with Daniel and Sharon, linked belowYou can find Daniel Goleman at: Website : https://www.danielgoleman.info/First Person Plural: EI & Beyond podcast : https://pod.link/1538498597You can find Sharon Salzberg at: Website : https://www.sharonsalzberg.com/Instagram : https://instagram.com/sharonsalzberg/Metta Hour podcast : https://pod.link/923019021If you LOVED this episode:You’ll also love the full-length conversations we had with Daniel Goleman (https://tinyurl.com/GLPgoleman) and Sharon Salzberg (https://tinyurl.com/GLPsaltzberg).Check out our offerings & partners: LinkedIn Learning: Enhance your skills with over 16K+ expert-led, online video tutorials. No matter your goal, LinkedIn Learning helps you learn the skills to make it happen. Try free for 1 month at LinkedInLearning.com/FREEMONTHAir Doctor: Professional quality, medical-grade UltraHEPA air filter that's 100X more effective than ordinary air purifiers. Go to airdoctorpro.com and use promo code GOODLIFE and you’ll receive a 35% discount.

William Green is a journalist and author, who has written for many leading publications in the US and Europe, including The New Yorker, Fortune, Forbes, Fast Company, Money, The Economist, and others. He has interviewed presidents and prime ministers, inventors, criminals, prize-winning authors, the CEOs of some of the world's largest companies, and countless billionaires. William's most recent book is "Richer, Wiser, Happier,” where he draws on interviews that he's conducted over twenty-five years with many of the world's greatest investors. He spent time with time with people like Sir John Templeton, Joel Greenblatt, Nick Sleep, Mohnish Pabrai, and Charlie Munger, and distilled for the readers what it is that we can take away from their disciplines, their mindsets, their habits, and day to day activities, that we can apply in other walks of life beyond financial management. What Is Covered:  - Why we can regard the world's greatest investors as practical philosophers - The connection between resilient wealth creation and emotional resilience - Why the idea of cloning other investor's practices is still subversive in today's world - Exercise, nutrition, meditation and sleep as the basics for making good decisions   Key Learnings and Takeaways:  - When you decide to clone someone's fundamental ideas and insights that work, you have to do it in a way that's aligned with your own temperament and skills  - In order to create resilient wealth, you don't need the optimal strategy, you need a strategy that's good enough, that's directionally correct - You don't want to wait until you're in the midst of a crisis to adopt habits such as quality nutrition, exercise, meditation and sleep; it's important to adopt these good habits before the crisis.  Links and Resources Mentioned in This Episode:  - “Richer, Wiser, Happier” by William Green http://www.williamgreenwrites.com/richer-wiser-happier/  - Connect with William Green on Twitter https://twitter.com/williamgreen72  - Connect with William Green on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-green-79809a19/  - “Power vs. Force” by David R. Hawkins https://www.amazon.com/Power-vs-Force-David-Hawkins-ebook/dp/B00EJBABS2  - “Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender” by David R. Hawkins https://www.amazon.com/Letting-Go-David-R-Hawkins-ebook/dp/B00EY818TQ/   - “Carefree Dignity” by Tsoknyi Rinpoche https://www.amazon.com/Carefree-Dignity-Discourses-Training-Nature/dp/9627341320  - “Open Heart, Open Mind” by Tsoknyi Rinpoche https://www.amazon.com/Open-Heart-Mind-Guide-Transformation/dp/1846043441/  - “Altered Traits” by Daniel Goleman https://www.amazon.com/Altered-Traits-Science-Reveals-Meditation/dp/0399184392/  - Colliding with the Unexpected with Gillian Tett on OutsideVoices https://outsidelens.com/colliding-with-the-unexpected-with-gillian-tett/  - Accidental CEO with David Novak on OutsideVoices https://outsidelens.com/accidental-ceo-with-david-novak/    Connect with OutsideVoices: - Follow us on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/outsidelens/  - Check us out on Twitter https://twitter.com/LensOutside 

In this episode we're talking about meditation and the lasting effects it can have on our minds and bodies. Joining us is Daniel Goleman, co-author of the book “Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body.” Daniel Goleman is a psychologist and science journalist known for his numerous books on emotional intelligence, including the bestselling book “Emotional Intelligence.” In the book “Altered Traits,” he and his co-author Richard Davidson waded through the thousands of studies that have been published on mindfulness, and identified what data we should pay attention to, and what we should ignore as hype. They also reveal the latest results from Davidson's own lab: data that point to what the future of mind-training methods should be.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In our second episode on mindfulness, we take another look at Altered Traits by Daniel Goleman & Richard Davidson to see what science can show us about the effects of mindfulness. The authors take a look at the history of what brain research can prove when it comes to the beneficial effects of practicing mindfulness. We explore some of the proven benefits such as:Lowering amygdala response. Reducing the intensity of pain. Preventing burn out. Lowering cortisol levels. Preventing emotional hijacking. Better executive function control. Paying attention. Organizing, planning, and prioritizing. Starting tasks and staying focused on them to completion. Understanding different points of view. Regulating emotions. Improving all types of attention & ignore distractions. Reducing personal melodrama. Increase in "flow" state where people perform at their best. Reduce "stickiness" of our thoughts, emotions, and impulses.

On today’s show we are reviewing “Yes to Life, in spite of everything “ by Viktor Frankl. Viktor Frankl is best known for hist book “man’s search for meaning “ which chronicles his discovery of the meaning of life during his 3 years in 5 different concentration camps during WW2. During that time he saw his parents killed and his pregnant wife. Somehow he managed to survive. The book Yes to Life was curated by Daniel Goleman who assembled a series of lectures given by Viktor Frankl in 1946, only a year after the end of the war, and before the publication of Frankl’s groundbreaking book. Daniel Goleman is a best selling author known for his own body of work including the books “Emotional Intelligence “, “Primal Leadership “ , “Focus”, and “Altered Traits” to name just a few. After the War, most people who survived the atrocities emigrated to start a new life rather than reintegrate in the community that allowed such horror to take place. Frankl on the other hand returned to his native Vienna where he became professor neurology and psychiatry at the University of Vienna. He would look into the eyes of colleagues who claimed ignorance of the Nazi machine, even when they were part of it. He developed a new body of work in understanding psychotherapy called logo therapy. He held visiting professorships at Harvard, Stanford, Southern Methodist and Duquesne universities. For four decades he made countless lecture tours all over the world. He received in total 29 honorary doctorates. He authored thirty-nine books which have been translated into 50 languages to date. The book “Yes to Life” brings forward some of Frankl’s clearest thinking in the immediate aftermath of the holocaust. In our social media infused, consumption driven, Netflix intoxicated world, we rarely slow down enough to ask existential questions. Frankl is clearly focused on answering the very fundamental question about the meaning of life. Since death is certain, does not life itself become meaningless? Does death not make all our beginnings seem pointless from the start, since nothing endures? Let’s ask the question the other way around. What if we were immortal? But if we were immortal we could postpone everything. It would never truly matter whether we did a particular thing right now or the next day or the day after or in a decade. There would be no reason to do something right now or experience something right now. There would be an infinite amount of time. The fact that we are mortal and our time is restricted and our possibilities are limited is what makes it meaningful to do something. Therefore our mortality form the background against which our act of being becomes a responsibility. We do not judge the life history of a particular by the number of pages in their life story, but by the richness of the content it contains. Every hour, every minute loads our existence with the weight of a terrible and yet beautiful responsibility. Any hour whose demands we do not fulfill, or fulfill halfheartedly, this hour is forfeited ,for all eternity. Life can only become more meaningful the more difficult it becomes. The athlete, the mountain climber who actively seeks more difficult tasks, creates difficulties for themselves. If life has meaning, then suffering must also have meaning. Our modern culture seems obsessed with having a happy life, a life free from stress with all the creature comforts. Compared with our great grandparents, most of us live like royalty, and yet how many are happy? Frankl makes the case with example after example that people created their own sense of meaning from within. They didn’t rely upon external circumstances to establish that sense of meaning. Their own agency created the meaning even under the most adverse conditions. Though written in 1946, these lectures stand as a timeless piece of work.

Rose Marie is one of the premier thought leaders in mortgage banking - an industry she has served for over 30 years. Along the way she has not only owned and operated her own mortgage brokerage, she has been responsible for growing residential mortgage banking franchises and overseeing mortgage production, operations, and servicing for national mortgage banks. Her success has come from earning and maintaining a strong relationship with her team and the community, and always putting the customer first. Rose Marie is someone who has experienced both the great and not-so-great in this business and believes in responding to each with grace. In this episode Steve and Rose Marie discuss:Building teams that make a difference in the community.Being true to yourself, your team, and honoring the people you serve.Developing a level of deep skill though hard work .Recognizing what value you bring to your company, and what work is an inspiring fit for you. Key Takeaways: Have an abundant mindset.Always be authentic about what you are doing with no return expectation or agenda.Have pure intentions of doing the right thing, honoring the people and the process, while having a detachment from the outcome. Advice to get into the business:Hire a coach.Become a student of learning.Increase your emotional intelligence.Be a student of the business. Give an hour a day to learning the business.Nothing creates a genuine service for people like caring for people. Learn how to market and cultivate leads.Develop, create, and build strong systems.  Mentioned:Books: Teach Your Mind to Change Your Brain by Sharon Begley  Altered Traits by Daniel GoldmanRichard Rohr: The Center for Action and Contemplation Connect with Rose Marie David:Website: HomeBridgeEmail: rosemarie.david@homebridge.com Connect with Steve and Jason:LinkedIn: Jason or SteveWebsite: Rewire, Inc.: Transformed Thinking Email: grow@rewireinc.com  Show notes by Podcastologist: Kristen Braun  Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it. 

Deze aflevering is Breathwork leraar Peter Vermeiren te gast. Je komt erachter wat Breathwork is en wat de voordelen van deze practice zijn. Ook hoor je wat de bijbehorende valkuilen zijn en hoe het zich verhoud tot verschillende vormen van meditatie. Thijs laat de kans niet glippen om ook nog even in de 20 jaar lange meditatie carrière van Peter te duiken en Peter verteld over die berg aan ervaring en de bijbehorende inzichten.Review onze podcast in een van deze apps! Itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1495589575?ct=ratethispodcast&mt=2&ls=1 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1495589575?ct=ratethispodcast&mt=2&ls=1 Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/aanwezig-1014951 Klik hier (https://mailchi.mp/b54502cc53a3/aanwezig) om een email te ontvangen bij een nieuwe aflevering. Feedback of een vraag over de podcast? Wil je dat we jouw vraag bespreken? Stuur een mail (aanwezigpodcast@gmail.com)!Of stuur ons een Facebook Messenger bericht (http://m.me/AanwezigPodcast).Intro en Outtro tune door Kabbalistic villageShownotesPeter Vemeiren (https://www.breathoffreedom.nl/about.html)Peter's Organization Breath of Freedom (https://www.breathoffreedom.nl/)Stanislav Grov (http://www.stangrof.com/)Altered Traits boek (https://www.bol.com/nl/f/altered-traits/9200000074437562/)Richard Davidson (https://centerhealthyminds.org/)Dalai Lama (https://www.dalailama.com/)Ram Dass (https://www.ramdass.org/)Rigpa Amsterdam (https://www.rigpa.nl/amsterdam)

Resources mentioned on the show:Altered Traits by Daniel Goleman and Richard DavidsonThe Latest Military Strategy: Mindfulness - The New York TimesKobe Bryant on Sleep and MeditationThe Inner Game of Tennis by Tim GallweyConnect OnlineWebsite: Billyhansen.netTwitter: @Billy_hansen6Instagram: Billyhansen6If you like the podcast, please consider giving it a review on Apple Podcasts. This helps the podcast reach new listeners. You can also share it on social media, or with those who you think might enjoy it. Thank you!

SHOW NOTES (www.mikejamesreid.com) Michael Simonsen is the founder CEO of real estate data and analytics firm, Altos Research. A true data geek, he founded Altos Research to commercialise modelling software he built for his personal need to track the value of his oversized Silicon Valley mortgage after the NASDAQ bubble burst of 2002.  Mike has since grown the company to be the nation’s premier vendor of real-time housing and rental market analytics. As the 2019-20 president of the Entrepreneur’s Organization (EO) in San Francisco, Mike leads and grows with thousands of the most forward-thinking entrepreneurs in the world. Mike’s first book, Hacking Happiness, is scheduled for publication in 2020. In this episode, Mike discusses how you can hack happiness by altering the brain’s neurochemistry. He talks about how you can unlock your superpower and live a happier life by being aware of how these chemicals can influence your state of mind. Mike also talks about the dichotomy of balancing family life and business, and why you should play to your strengths by identifying which of the four different entrepreneur archetypes represents you. Enjoy! Highlights: How you can unlock your superpower Alter egos and how they can be harnessed and used in business The principles of hacking happiness Different states that neurochemistry can create in the brain and how it can be optimised The four different entrepreneur archetypes The dichotomy of balancing family life and business Resources: Michael’s LinkedIn The Entrepreneurs Organization Stealing Fire by Steven Kotler & Jamie Wheal The Five Love Languages Becoming Supernatural by Joe DispenzaHackingHappiness.io Altered Traits by Daniel Goleman Click here if you’d like to be notified when new episodes of the Dichotomy Podcast are released. Before you go...If you liked this episode, click the

It is not an easy task to stand out amongst the many mindfulness apps – from Headspace to Calm (which is valued at $1 billion) – while creating a brand that does so in an authentic manner. But Founder and CEO Stephen Sokoler and his team at Journey Meditation did just that, and mainly through the use of imagery (cleverly branded by use of color) featuring members of their tribe, from staff to teachers, shown in everyday life poses rather than sitting with their eyes closed, meditating. The Journey LIVE meditation app is an experiment in community creation, which is at the heart of branding. Stephen shares with us how he crafted a brand around human connection and why a brand's meaningful foundation is essential for any successful launch. Now, close your eyes, take a breath, and hit that play button. Once you are done, and you realize that you'd like to meditate to an actual class, hit the app store and search for Journey LIVE to get on the path of finding your inner zen. ____Full Transcript: F Geyrhalter: Welcome to Hitting the Mark, a show known for the charismatic and wise founders and investors that provide us with behind the scenes insights into their intriguing brand stories. From companies as diverse as Liquid Death, Beyond Meat, and Parlor Skis. Today I invite you to take a breather and let your mind wander, away from the Donald Trump and Boris Johnson world on the outside, to start looking within, because here's a thing you don't see mixed very often: meditation and branding. I'm thrilled to welcome the founder and CEO of Journey Meditation to Hitting the Mark. Stephen Sokoler runs a company on a mission: to help all people live happier, healthier, less stressed lives. Founded in 2015, Journey is building the world's largest, most supportive meditation community both online and off. The company recently released a first of its kind mediation app, Journey LIVE, which offers users daily live-streamed group meditations led by experienced and diverse teachers along with a supportive and engaged community base. TechCrunch coined it the Peloton of meditation. Journey also operates corporate programs with organizations ranging from Facebook, Disney, and Nike, to charter schools, hospitals, and non-profits. Prior to Journey, Stephen was the co-founder and CEO of Altrum Honors, which helped organizations celebrate and inspire their employees. Stephen built Altrum into the global industry leader, and sold the company in 2014. I, myself, started using Stephen's new app, recently, just in case you're wondering why I sound so very calm today. Stephen, thank you for being here and welcome to the show. S Sokoler: Thanks for having me. Thanks for having me. Really a pleasure. F Geyrhalter: So, on my way in this morning, on my commute, I listened to another podcast you have been featured on, just to prep for this show, as any good host would do, and next thing I know, it's that the host of the podcast I listened to actually asked you lead them into a full-on meditation. So, here I am, in L.A. traffic, being asked to close my eyes and let my mind wander off. It was pretty funny. But, I survived, because I'm a smart guy who knows when to follow orders and when to refrain from it. So, Stephen, tell us a little bit about ... no pun intended ... your journey from running meditation programs at companies like WeWork and Spotify, to launching the app, and why you wanted to enter this seemingly-competitive digital landscape, with apps like Headspace and Calm, at this point in time. S Sokoler: Okay. Well, I'm glad that you didn't take my advice and close your eyes. I think, maybe, I should issue a warning beforehand, so that people know you don't need to close your eyes while driving. F Geyrhalter: Well, it's definitely a good thing for both of us, and for my listeners, because otherwise this would not happen right now. S Sokoler: Absolutely. Absolutely. So, to your question, we've worked with a really wide variety of organizations. Big Fortune 500 companies, law firms, start-ups, non-profits, and what we saw was there was real magic when people came together. Came together to meditate, to connect, to learn, to listen, and so we said, "How can we scale this?" And first, that meant opening new cities. So, we moved from New York to L.A., San Francisco, Miami, et cetera. We're now in 20 cities all over the world. But then we said, "How can we use technology?" And when we looked at all of the existing apps, you mentioned a few, but really all of the existing meditation apps, they were all exactly the same in two key ways. The first is they're all single player, so you're doing them by yourself. And the second is you're listening to a recording from some time in the past. Could be a year ago, could be five years ago. But, it's something that took place in the past. S Sokoler: And for thousands of years, meditation's been practiced in communities. It's something that we've done together, with teachers, with fellow meditators, with community members, and for the last five years, it's something we in the west have done by ourselves on our phone. And so, we thought there was a really interesting opportunity to bring meditation to people in the way that it had historically been practiced, but to leverage technology. And so, that's why we set out to build Journey LIVE, the first live group meditation app. You can ask a question, you can connect with the teacher, you can meditate with your friend, or your family, someone across the country, across the world. Just a much different, a much stickier experience. F Geyrhalter: I think it's a fascinating concept, because in the beginning it sounds like why would we need another meditation app, but it is, actually ... That is a huge pivot, and just a little bit about my background with meditation. So, back when I was studying at ArtCenter College of Design here in Pasadena, strangely enough for the times, they actually had a meditation class, and it's also strange for a design college. And, it was the very first time I meditated altogether, and it was such an amazing experience, because I actually felt that levitating sensation. Like, I actually truly believe that my entire body was off the ground for a few minutes, and I have not once felt it ever since. So, I tried plenty of other classes, and then a plethora of apps, and I don't know what it was that day, but I never got back to that state again. And it was absolutely sensational. Definitely one of the more memorable moments of my life. So, I am big believer in the power of mediation, of yoga, and breathing, just simply breathing, to get us through times of stress and anxiety, and to make life simply better. I'm actually not sure how I could do another key note speech in front of a large audience without using the simple power of breathing, to prepare myself in the hours and minutes before I hit the stage for that unusual rush of adrenaline. Now, back to meditation itself, and the actual app, one of the issues I personally have with a lot of mindfulness apps is that meditation, to me, is very personal. I could be meditating to an app together with my wife, which we do occasionally, including last night. And afterwards, she may tell me that she absolutely loved it or she may have even happily dozed off, and I had the exact opposite experience because it is very much about human connection. Does that instructor's voice, does his or her tonality, does the speed, does the style, speak to me or not, right? So, with Journey, you're really honing in, as you mentioned, on that idea of individuality. So, you've got various teachers with various backgrounds at various times throughout the day. How important is individuality for the Journey brand, and a brand that also has quite the opposite, which is community, at its core? S Sokoler: Well, you touched on a lot of really, really interesting things there. So, I want to go back to the beginning when you started ... when you first started meditating in college. Happy to hear that you didn't levitate while you were meditating in the car. There's a book called Altered Traits, and obviously the name is a play on the idea of altered states. And I think that meditation is often associated with things like the experience you had, or you meditate and you feel really blissed out, and everything is calm. Or you feel connected to something. And while that can happen, that doesn't necessarily need to happen. You know, and I think a comparison that can resonate with some people is the idea of runner's high. You run, and oftentimes you're running and you're thinking about things, work, family, et cetera, but then sometimes you reach this point and your mind just goes blank and you just have this really beautiful zen-type experience, like being in the zone. And while, again, that can happen, that's actually not the point of meditation. The point of meditation is to experience the mind to learn how to better work with this really fascinating thing that drives us. That drives our lives. And so, when you mentioned the individual experience that you have and your wife has. While experiencing the same class, you touched on a number of things. The teacher's voice, their style… All of those external things are very, very important. But the other thing that I would add to that is the internal experience. I might sit down, and you might sit down to meditate, and I might be agitated. Or my mind might be restless, or I might be sleepy, and you might have some totally different experience. So, I think that's one thing that's really interesting about meditation is we often associate it, like society views it as this way to calm down. This way to chill. This zen-type experience. It may be that. But it may not be. It may be very awakening. It may put you to sleep. It may make you agitated. And what's beautiful about it is the practice is one where you start to embrace the fullness of life. The whole human experience, because while we, of course, want to be happy, and happiness is very, very important, that isn't always the case. And so, how do we work with our mind? How do we work with our emotions, our thoughts, our feelings when we are triggered? Or when we are angry? Or when we are sleepy? And so, meditation can really help with that. And so, coming to your actual question, the part about the individuality, when we think of Journey, we think of Journey as a supportive, inclusive community. Both online and off, actually. You know, the offline part being everything we've done over the last four years, and the online part being Journey LIVE, which we just launched. And the idea there is that people are there for you, both the teacher and your community of meditators, with whatever the experience is that you're having. And that's why the interacting is really important. You don't get that with a lot of the other apps, where you might meditate and have some experience and not know what it means, or want to share it, or be confused, or be sad, or angry, or happy. Really, a whole range of emotions. And so, having the community allows you to have your individual experience while being a part of a group that can support you and hold you when needed. And share in your victories as well. F Geyrhalter: A lot of what you said was really meaningful to me, and talking about the idea of this array of teachers, who I heard you say in the same podcast, I believe, that I didn't doze off to, which was good, that they're all unscripted by the company. So, you actually don't tell teachers on the app what to say, how to say it, et cetera. But, all of them, because of that, bring their own personality into play, which is great, right? Because I feel there is a real connection if you do connect, but there's also real danger in there. When I, for instance, download the app and I try it out, because that's what people do, right? They give it a try. And the first person I have to chance to meditate with since this is not on-demand and you usually only have one or two session that you have access to at any given point of time, which is very different from all the other apps, right? I, literally, go into Journey and I have the quick fix right now with one person, and it always varies, and then there might be a 9:00 a.m. class or 10:00 a.m. class, so basically I usually have two people that I can choose from. What if that one person does not resonate with me, and I say, "Oh, Journey LIVE? That app is not for me." S Sokoler: Yeah. That is definitely a risk. That is one of the things that live can cut both ways. You touched on two things there. One is the teacher not resonating with you. The other is the fact that it's unscripted. So, even if the teacher may resonate with you, perhaps today they're talking about something that doesn't resonate. F Geyrhalter: Correct. Yeah. S Sokoler: Right? Perhaps you came in and wanted to meditate on one thing, and they offered you something else. Now, I'll tell you a couple things. So, for one, we were really fortunate. We pay our meditation teachers very, very well. Especially by industry standards. The second thing is we work really hard to make it a community, a teacher community, so the teachers can connect, and feel supported. And so, we were able to recruit some of the best, most interesting, experienced, skilled mediation teachers in the world and have them as part of our founding teacher community. So, we have these people who have done this type of work for many, many years. All right. So, that's the first thing. So, we've been very selective in who can represent the Journey brand. The second thing is giving them a basic framework to be able to work with it. So, not a script, not a ... this day you're going to talk about stress, and this day you're going to talk about balance, but really a framework to say simple approachable, secular, non-esoteric ... Keep it in a way where people ... You're meeting people where they are. Meet them where they are, so don't start speaking in overly scientific language, or overly spiritual. Certainly not religious. So, there's this really basic framework so that, hopefully, 99.9% of the time, if you go on there, and you happen to go on at noon and sit with Miriam, or 10:00 p.m. and sit with Hector, you find a teacher that you say, "Wow. That was great. That was a great experience. I really enjoyed that." The other thing that we have is we have teacher bios. We're now adding videos, so that you could see the teacher beforehand, so that you get a little bit more information, so you're not just going into the class blindly, but you say, "Ah. I see John has a background where he worked with executives." Or, "I see Cesar was a veteran." Or, "I see Amanda studied at UCLA in this particular style." And you can engage with them beforehand. So, it's not quite as much just picking and going from there. F Geyrhalter: Right. Right. No, absolutely. And I actually spent some time on Journey's Instagram the other day, and I read the beautiful Antoine de Saint-Exupery quote, and I think it’s Cheryl, one of your teachers. She posted it. And it says, "All that is essentially is invisible to the eye." Which, again, made me realize that meditation at its core is as far removed from branding as anything ever could. So, it must be difficult to, quote unquote, brand a business like yours. And one thing I noticed, and you just hinted at that when you talked about individualities of the teachers, of the bios, but I noticed an absolutely love ... and must give you tons of credit for this, you are actually only showing real people that are from your tribe, so may that be your instructors, teach members like yourself, or participants on your website, and in a manner that is just as authentic as it is professional, so you really pulled this off. And, in a way, I would it's actually branded. The way that you use the colors, and the way that you make this very much about the personalities within the app, which is such a huge differentiator to all the other brands out there. How did you go about the visual, but also the verbal, brand building for this meditation venture? S Sokoler: Yeah. That's a great question. I think all credit really goes to our head of marketing, Jen, who's just been such a dynamo when it comes to bringing the brand to life. We worked for four years prior ... or three and half years prior to Jen starting, and the mission was always really clear, right? Help people live happier, healthier, less-stressed lives. Build the supportive, inclusive community where people can connect. People can grow. But how do you show that, right? That's a real interesting branding challenging. I'm sure you can appreciate that. If you show people sitting with their eyes closed meditating, that's the same thing that everyone else is doing. And it's boring. And the truth is, that's not what we're about. We're not about sitting there and calming down, we're about waking you up to what life can be. It's about how do you savor the ordinary and extraordinary moments. How do you live a life filled with emotion, where you're walking down the street and you notice things, and you're talking to someone, and you're really listening, and you're really present. We've all had those experiences where we're sitting and eating food, and we take one bit, and it tastes so good, and then the next thing you know you look down, all the food is gone. You don't even remember eating it, because your mind was somewhere else and you just went through the motions. F Geyrhalter: Yeah. S Sokoler: How do we capture more of every day life, and so branding that becomes a challenge to say, "How do you show the vividness and beauty of every day life, and have people understand it's mediation?" Right? If you just show people, two people eating ice cream, that's great. But is it a Van Leeuwen ad, is it a Häagen-Dazs ad, or is it a Journey Mediation ad? You know? Who knows? So, I think our head of marketing really deserves all the credit of walking this really fine line of showing the vividness and excitement of life, but also tying it back to Journey, to meditation and to the idea of community. F Geyrhalter: I absolutely agree, and hat's off for that move, because once it is done, then you look at your website, and you just kind of take it in, it appears to be so easy. But it's not. It's not, to actually go deep into brand and to actually understand what the brand is about, which you so perfect explained right now, and then to visually walk that fine line. And just because we already talked about individuality. For a little now, we talked about community, I will ask you a brand question that my regular listeners I won't let any guest get away without answering, so if you did any prep at all, you might know that this is coming up, because I always do this. If you can sum up all the parts and pieces of the Journey brand in one single word, or a two word phrase, what would it be? And I'm so thrilled to hear your answer for that, because I ... especially with your app, it is all about ... Well, you tell us. S Sokoler: Yeah. I would say it's human connection. I think that's what the brand is about. I think that's the essence and the core of this, and it's connecting with others, but it's also connecting to yourself, right? People, again, often think of meditation as this thing to calm down, and it can help with that. But, my favorite definition of meditation ... And now that you mentioned you listened to the other podcast, now I have to think back what did I say there? I want to make sure I say something new and interesting here, but ... F Geyrhalter: It's okay. I hope there are more listeners than myself today. S Sokoler: Well, I don't think I said this, but my favorite definition of meditation is the Tibetan word gom, G-O-M, which means to become familiar, right? And it's a practice where you become more familiar with yourself, more familiar with your thoughts, and you habits, and your patters. And so, when you think about Journey and the brand, the one word, or I'll take your generous of having two words, it's human connection. It's connecting to yourself, and connecting to others. F Geyrhalter: That's wonderful. And I think your marketing did a great job of actually using that as that brand DNA that she then so successfully, with the team, kind of ran through the entire journey of the Journey brand. So, that's what mediation means to you. What does branding mean to you? Maybe outside of Journey, I know you've been a successful entrepreneur for a while. This is not your first rodeo. What does branding mean to you? S Sokoler: Yeah, I think, to me, branding is all about how we make a person feel, how we show up to serve our mission, how we live out our values through every touch point with both the customer and the internal team. I think when it comes to brand, it's very easy to look at things externally, you know the advertising, but I think it's also important to look at the internal stuff. How are you running your organization? Is the brand seen and felt, deeply felt, internally? So, for us, that's how I think of it. How we make someone feel, how we're serving the mission, and how we're really living out the values that are so important to us through every touch point. F Geyrhalter: Absolutely. I like that a lot. It works, really, for any company actually, and it should work that way for a lot more bigger brands. Talking about your clients, your customer, but also talking about data, because I know that at the heart, data is important to you. I know that there ... when you work with companies directly, like we work Nike and such, you actually have data comparisons where you talk about this is how people felt before this started, doing our mindfulness exercises, our meditations, and this is how your employees actually feel later on. Did you ever go against your early customer data, with that app, which I know you've got about 3000 people ... just these beta users, before you even officially launched. Did you ever go against the data and did a gutsy move solely based on instinct? So, for instance, your offering for your classes. Most are not on-demand. The app comes at a higher price point than most competitors. I feel it is a genius move, as it actually creates scarcity, and accountability. And accountability, I think, is really important. I would go back to your app because I know that I have to be there at six o'clock, or at eight o'clock, today, right? Because that's how my mind works. If it's always there, I just forget about it, because I can do it any time. But, I know because you're big into data, I wonder how much of some of these decisions was data and research driven, and how much came from just an educated gut instinct from you or your team, or maybe you have another example where you went by instinct, then created an important aspect of your brand that users now can't live without, even though they didn't know they wanted it in the first pace. S Sokoler: That's a great question, and I think the answer is Journey LIVE. That was a big instinctual move for us, so I had, and I'll say we had, this gut feeling that this made sense. But we had no data to support it. So, every other app was, and still is, a bunch of recordings and they're all audio, and they're recordings from two years ago, five years ago, et cetera. And now we're coming in and saying, we're going to do video. We're going to have a really diverse group of teachers, so instead of Headspace, which has one teacher, Calm, which has one teacher. They have some other stuff, actually, but there's one main teacher, who's wonderful. F Geyrhalter: Right. S Sokoler: We're going to have a community of teachers, and since we're committed to representation, over 50% of our teacher will be teachers of color. We want our teachers to serve, to look like the community we're serving. So, when it came to the actual idea, we said, okay, we're going to do video, right? That's different. Nobody's doing video. We're going to do live. Nobody's doing live. We're going to do group. We're going to have people be able to interact with the teacher. We're now adding on the ability for students to interact with each other in class. So, currently, students can interact with each other before class, and they can interact through the teacher during the class. Now we're adding ... F Geyrhalter: How can they do that? How can they do that? Sorry to interrupt, but that's an intriguing part of your app. How do student actually interact with teachers? S Sokoler: So, before the class starts, there's a waiting room. So, think of it similar to how you go to any class, whether a yoga class, a meditation class, a fitness class. So, before you go in, there's an initial prompt. So it says ... Well, actually, the first thing it says, it says you've entered the room. So it'll say, "John has entered the room." Or "Rebecca has entered the room." And other people see that and can wave and greet you, give you a little hand emoji to say, "Hi, I see you." Then there's a prompt, what's one thing you're grateful for today? So you might say, "The rain here in L.A." Or I might say, "Sunshine here in New York," or you might say your friend, your family, your baby, et cetera. Coffee is a nice popular one in the morning. And other people can acknowledge that. They can send you a little heart emoji. And then after that, people can chat. So people can say ... One person said, and this is on the heavier side, but somebody said, "I'm really grateful for this community, because I just lost my mother." That's obviously not the day to day experience, but people can then say, "I'm so sorry for your loss. I'm here for you." Or somebody could say, "I just got a promotion at work," and somebody else will piggyback on that and say, X, or Y, or Z. So, giving people the ability to communicate before class. And then, once class starts, people do not have the ability to message each other, but they have the ability to message the teacher. So, that's the part that we are changing. So, as of now, people can message the teacher to ask a question, or to make a comment, and the teacher, of course, sees who's in the class and can recognize them. Michael, three days in a row. Thanks for showing up. Keep up the great work. Jonathan, I know this is your first time. It's so nice to have you here. Things like that. And you could also speak to the comments, but now we're allowing students to see each other's comments. So, adding another layer where people can be social and connect. Yeah, so that's currently how students are able to connect, and then of course, off the platform we have the private Facebook community. The teachers also give out their email address, so that students can ask a question one-on-one, which you'd actually be surprised. People ask quite a few questions. But we said, "How can we make it a whole universe, a whole community, where people can interact with both students and teachers in whatever way speaks to them at that time?" F Geyrhalter: Huge brand differentiator, and I also believe that since a lot of that came after my question about how much of that was gut instinct, I think a lot of that seemed to have come from gut instinct, and now you're utilizing data to actually, most probably, make it better. But, it seems like a lot of it was just based on you feeling like this is something that the world needs again. Community in meditation. S Sokoler: Yeah. I think that it was a big bet by some of our early investors to say, "Hey, we believe in this. This makes sense to us. I could see how this is a better way of doing things." Because it wasn't necessarily obvious to all. My hope is that we're able to build Journey to the place where people look back and say, "Ah. It's so obvious. Of course that would work." The same way people look at Peloton now and they're like, "Makes perfect sense." But when John Foley, the CEO, was out raising money, nobody was interested. They said, "Oh, you can't compete with Soul Cycle for this reason. Nobody's going to buy an expensive bike. Nobody's going to do this," and he and his really capable team proved them wrong, and now it looks so obvious. F Geyrhalter: Right. S Sokoler: And I'm hoping that we can do the same. That people will look back and say, "Why would I listen to a recording from five years ago by myself when I can join a class and actually interact with people?" The same way people look at group fitness now. Instead of going to the gym and exercising by myself, I can do something with other people, with friends, with a live teacher. They see me. They can acknowledge me. Much more engaging. Much stickier. Just a better experience. F Geyrhalter: Right. And that idea that you can ask the teacher a question, I think that's really, really huge, because, like you said, someone just lost a loved one, and they feel the need ... they need someone to get through it, and maybe just a couple of words from not only the community, but also the teacher. A one-on-one, where you can just quickly chime in, I think that's really, really powerful. And, I am ... S Sokoler: And it doesn't have to be that heavy. F Geyrhalter: Of course. S Sokoler: It could be when's the best time that they can meditate, and I might say, "For me, I do it in the morning. It's really beautiful." And somebody else might say the evening. F Geyrhalter: Exactly. S Sokoler: Or somebody might just have a question, "Why aren't I levitating anymore? How do I get my levitation skills back?" People could ask really light questions just because meditation's one of those things that can be confusing. It's a thing that can be tricky. F Geyrhalter: And I will ask that question, because I need my levitation back. S Sokoler: Yeah. F Geyrhalter: So, I'm sure raising funds for this type of startup must have felt a little bit like a lot of female founders talk about how they have a really hard time trying to get investment for products that have more of a female audience, that cater to female needs. So, not only is it the entire problem of a female founder and all the cache that comes with that, right? But it's also catering to a very different target audience. I'm sure if you walk into an investor room and you say, "Look, we're talking about meditation. We're talking about an app. This is ... this needs to be about community," that 99% of those investors, it just goes right over their head, because they have not experienced that. Is that assumption correct? S Sokoler: Well, I think the assumption is correct that investors don't always relate to meditation, and they often think someone who's started a meditation company just wants to relax all day, and wear tie dye shirts, and all the other things that ... the stereotypes that go along with somebody who's meditating. They're so laid-back, they're not driven, et cetera. Now, fortunately for us, there are several meditation apps that have achieve tremendous success. Calm has just valued at a billion dollars. I mean, that's incredible. F Geyrhalter: Unbelievable. Yeah. S Sokoler: Headspace has had great ... It's unbelievable. Headspace has had great success, so when investors see that, they say, "Ah. Businesses can be built here." Now, I will go back to the original statement, or part of the question. I feel like female founders have ... The environment with which they're attempting to raise money is really challenging, and I think as a male founder, I have tremendous privilege, regardless of what type of product I'm actually pitching. So, I don't know if the comparison actually works. I have a lot of empathy for my colleagues and peers who are female founders, just because the environment is ... can be challenging to raise money from largely male investors. That being said, it's beautiful that the community is taking notice, and by this I mean the investor community, is starting to take notice, and take active steps to change that. But, I do think that even for me as a male with a meditation company, I still have significant unfair advantage over a female founder when having those meetings. Unfortunately, actually. F Geyrhalter: I absolutely agree. Absolutely agree, and fingers-crossed, it is changing right now. It seems like this is the time, it is the place, where all of this is shifting. I, for instance, have a really hard time getting female ... successful female founders on this show, which to me, make me believe that not only, sadly, it's a scarcity, but mainly they're just so darned busy, because everyone wants them, right? So I think things are changing, and it's for ... S Sokoler: I have a few great ones for you. So, after this I'll send over a couple names [crosstalk 00:33:29] F Geyrhalter: Oh, please do so. Please do so. Yeah, I started looking at my podcast with very critical eyes. It's like, "Oh, here's a white male founder. Oh, here's another white male founder." And, that's not the world out there. So, I want to make sure that I'm walking that walk, too. F Geyrhalter: We started going into a lot of different directions. One last big question for you that is always important for me to share with my audience. Your app has launched fairly recently. It's already very successful, but for Journey maybe as a brand, not necessarily Journey LIVE the app, but Journey, what was that one big breakthrough moment, or Journey LIVE, right? It depends on you. What was that one big breakthrough moment that propelled that startup into a brand? This may be anything from PR to getting first social proof to major investment coming in, scoring a particular teacher. What was that time when you just turned around to your girlfriend, you said ... or to whoever, and said, "You know what? This is it. It just happened."? S Sokoler: Well, I'll tell you the moment that it felt real to me. Which was when we did the photo shoot to launch the brand, the one that you mentioned. Those photos on the website. That was a time, to me, that I said, "Wow. Something is really happening here." And I think it was because I had, to be honest, I had some fear or trepidation, that I wasn't even really aware of, around going out to recruit the best teachers in the meditation space. I think I said to myself, "They're really busy. They have other things going on." But what started to happen is I started to talk to different teachers. I spoke to my longtime friend, the amazing meditation teacher Jackie Stewart, and I shared this and she said, "Wow, this is so exciting." Or I spoke to Cheryl Brause, who you mentioned before, and she said, "Wow, this is unbelievable. This is such an interesting idea." And I was having these conversations, I started to realize maybe we're on to something. There might be something here. And you mentioned my girlfriend. I have told my girlfriend this story. The time that it really happened, because this is actually right when we first started dating, was when we came together for this big photo shoot. So, we had our head of marketing there, of course, we had to photographers, lighting people, makeup, et cetera, but we had all of these amazing teachers, super diverse, from different backgrounds, different lineages, different walks of life. We had my partner in the business, David Nichtern, who's been teaching for, I want to say, 40 years but maybe he's ... maybe it's more, maybe it's less. But, around that time. I mean, almost as long as I've been alive. And everyone came together and it felt like the brand was really alive, and you could see the excitement in people's eyes. So, that was not the time that propelled us to startup success. Not that I'd say we have startup success. Not that that's how I would ... I think of it anyway. But, that was really a breakthrough moment for me, in seeing the brand really alive in such a beautiful and powerful way. F Geyrhalter: Literally coming to life, right? I mean, that's ... Yeah. S Sokoler: Yeah, literally. F Geyrhalter: That's fantastic. S Sokoler: And to take it one step further, it seemed to me like this is how meditation will be practiced in the 21st century. There's all these great studios, you could go to Mindful, which is a great studio here in New York, or you could go to Unplugged in L.A. It's nice for me to give shout outs to all these communities that have helped me, personally, so much. And could sit with people. And that's great, and there's a time and place for that. But, perhaps you don't have time. Or, perhaps you live in the middle of the country, or any other reason. Perhaps you don't have the economic means to be able to go and afford it. Having something like Journey LIVE, where you could sit every day with a great teacher and be able to connect, I think that's really, really powerful, and could be quite exciting for what this society and ... needs right now, in terms of coming together. F Geyrhalter: Indeed. Indeed. One last piece of brand advice. So, not self-care advice, which is what you usually get asked to do. But, brand advice for founders that are building their own companies right now that are listening. Anything that comes to mind where you say, "This is something that I learned, and I would love for people to take that to heart."? S Sokoler: To quote my friend, Simon Sinek, it starts with why. Getting really clear, upfront, about what it is that you are looking to do in this world? What is the mission? What is the vision? What are your values? What resonates with you, deeply? Making money is fine. That's important. A business has to survive. It has to thrive. It needs to make money, but what is it that at the end of the day is going to say, "This is what makes us unique. This is what's going to get somebody to come in and dedicate their time and their energy and their life to this mission, and this project." And to get investors to say, "Yes, I'm willing to put our dollar, or investor's money, to you." So, for me, it's all about how to find that mission vision and values upfront and then continuing to lift that. Continuing to make sure that that staying relevant and really keeping that top of mind. F Geyrhalter: Absolutely. That is exactly what it is really all about, because if you don't have that answer to that why, you can scratch everything else. As we build brands here with my consultancy, if I don't derive that why from my client in a really, really meaningful and deep enough manner, then everything else thereafter will just be so what type of branding. Like, it will be a so what type of product offering from a so what type of company. So, I totally, totally agree with you. Listeners who need to breathe deeper more often, and with an expert by their side, where can they learn more about Journey LIVE? S Sokoler: They can go to the website, which is JourneyMeditation.com, or they can go to the Apple App Store and download it. It's Journey LIVE. Everyone gets a free seven-day trial, so they could check it out. They can meditate live, they can listen to the recordings, they can connect with the community. So, go to the website, or go to the app store. JourneyMeditation.com or Journey LIVE in the app store, and yeah. We'd love to connect with you, and if you've heard ... If you're listening now and you come through, let us know. Let us know in the class. We'd love to hear it. So, it would be great to connect with all of you. F Geyrhalter: Excellent. Stephen, thank you so much for having been on Hitting the Mark. It actually did exactly that, and I'm exciting to catch a few classes in the upcoming days, and hopefully make it into a healthy habit for myself. S Sokoler: Thank you. I really enjoyed this. This was a pleasure. Thank you so much. F Geyrhalter: And thank you all for listening. Please give the show a rating, wherever you listen to it. It really helps this still young podcast to be discovered by other founders, creatives, and investors. While talking about online classes, and while talking about the big why, moving away from meditation for a few seconds, I'm actually thrilled to finally announce the brand strategy E-course I just launched. I distilled my full-day workshop, which I host one-on-one with my clients around the world that cost, usually, eight grand, into an online course at a fraction of the cost. So, if you need to define your company, your culture, and your story while drawing your audience into your offering, head on over to Resonaid.com That is A-I-D, as in aiding to resonate. Resonaid.com. I hope to see you there and to guide you to a strong and meaningful brand foundation. The Hitting the Mark theme music was written and produced by Happiness Won. I will see you next time, when we, once again, will be hitting the mark.

In this episode of the Maven Money Personal Finance Podcast… Andy is joined by internationally recognised father of the Life Planning movement, George Kinder.    Quick Preview of the Podcast:   Lessons learned in training over 3000 industry professionals Why a wandering mind is an unhappy mind The power of breath control George's famous three questions   Links:   The golden Civilisation & maps of Mindfulness   Altered Traits   Humans Under Management   Andy Hart   Leave a review!     Don't forget to check out the Maven Adviser website for more great content.   So sit back and enjoy unrivalled words of wisdom from Andy Hart - host of the UK’s premier personal finance show.   Is there a topic you’d like Andy to cover? We’d love to hear from you! Contact Andy Hart directly with any comments / feedback on team@mavenadviser.com. Alternatively you can reach out on Twitter @MavenAdviser.   

In today’s episode. Amy, Brandon, and Lee discuss the books that have had the biggest impact on their lives. Some are current, some are from the past, and some have been read multiple times. Amy’s 1. My Year with Eleanor by Noelle Hancock - https://amzn.to/2vqabE4 2. Educated by Tara Westover - https://amzn.to/2vqagrm 3. Wonder by RJ Palacio - https://amzn.to/2vmvJBL Brandon’s 1. How to Think & Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill - https://amzn.to/2vo4BlA 2. Chasing Excellence by Ben Bergeron - https://amzn.to/2vqsSaK 3. The Way of the SEAL by Mark Divine - https://amzn.to/2vmD1Fl Lee’s 1. The Ideal Team Player by Patrick Lencioni - https://amzn.to/2vxgxlr 2. Altered Traits by Daniel Goleman - https://amzn.to/2vxgAh7 3. Atomic Habits by James Clear - https://amzn.to/2vnrZzN

Rob Wilson and Brian MacKenzie from Art Of Breath stop by to share their wealth of knowledge about breath and breath-work. We also dive into exercise, endurance, mindset, and how they take a skilled based approach toward endurance training. So many take aways in this episode there's something for everyone. Check out Power Speed Endurance:Website | https://powerspeedendurance.com/artofbreath/YouTube | https://bit.ly/2BEMuviInstagram | https://bit.ly/2N7vZwlTwitter | https://twitter.com/PSEnduranceFacebook | https://bit.ly/2DKq9g1Connect with Rob Wilson:Instagram | https://bit.ly/2Gf6xQDConnect with Brian MacKenzie:Instagram| https://bit.ly/2N7vZwl Show Notes Rob Wilson’s last podcast | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj7Zubx1s18Primal Endurance by Mark Sisson | https://bit.ly/2Bcd7YkThe Oxygen Advantage by Patrick McKeown | https://bit.ly/2Ed0FJJJaws: The Story Of A Hidden Epidemic | https://amzn.to/2UZoudJWeston A Price | https://www.westonaprice.org/Pottenger Cats | https://bit.ly/2Gt8AFmAntifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder | https://amzn.to/1XUABbfDon Miguel Ruiz | http://www.miguelruiz.com/Altered Traits by Daniel Goleman | https://amzn.to/2j8ogmpThe Health and Human Performance Foundation | https://www.hhp-foundation.org/Connect with Kyle Kingsbury on:Twitter | https://bit.ly/2DrhtKnInstagram | https://bit.ly/2DxeDrkGet 10% off at Onnit by going to https://www.onnit.com/podcast/Connect with Onnit on:Twitter | https://twitter.com/Onnit        Instagram | https://bit.ly/2NUE7DWSubscribe to Human Optimization Hour  iTunes  | https://apple.co/2P0GEJuStitcher  | https://bit.ly/2DzUSypSpotify  | https://spoti.fi/2ybfVTY

Neuroscientist Richard Davidson is one of the central people who’s helped us begin to see inside our brains. His work has illuminated the rich interplay between things we saw as separate not that long ago: body, mind, spirit, emotion, behavior and genetics. He is applying what he’s learning about imparting qualities of character — like kindness and practical love — in lives and in classrooms. This live conversation was recorded at the Orange County Department of Education in Costa Mesa, California. Richard Davidson is the William James and Vilas Research Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He founded and directs the Center for Healthy Minds there. He is the co-author of The Emotional Life of Your Brain and Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body. He was inducted into the National Academy of Medicine in 2017. Find the transcript for this show at onbeing.org.

Emotional Intelligence involves self awareness, self control, relationship management and social awareness. Being emotionally intelligent can make you a better leader, parent, friend and partner. In this episode, interview, cross-posted from the podcast Psychologists Off The Clock, Dr. Diana Hill interviews Dr. Goleman, a pioneer in the field of positive psychology, about the neuroscience of emotions and why it is important to foster emotional intelligence in kids and leaders. Dr. Goleman also explores how meditation can result in permanent trait changes so that we are better able to regulate emotions and survive an “amygdala highjack.” Daniel Goleman, best known for his worldwide bestseller Emotional Intelligence, is most recently co-author (with Richard Davidson) of Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain and Body(Avery, 2017). A frequent speaker to businesses of all kinds and sizes, Goleman has worked with leaders around the globe, examining the way social and emotional competencies impact the bottom-line. Goleman’s articles in the Harvard Business Review are among the most frequently requested reprints of all time: his article there, “The Focused Leader”won the 2013 HBR McKinsey Award for best article of the year. Goleman has been ranked among the 25 most influential business leaders by several business publications including TIME and The Wall Street Journal. Apart from his writing on emotional intelligence, Goleman has written books on topics including self-deception, creativity, transparency, meditation, social and emotional learning, ecoliteracy and the ecological crisis. Diana Hill, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist practicing in Santa Barbara, California, and a co-host of the podcast Psychologists Off The Clock.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Emotional Intelligence involves self awareness, self control, relationship management and social awareness. Being emotionally intelligent can make you a better leader, parent, friend and partner. In this episode, interview, cross-posted from the podcast Psychologists Off The Clock, Dr. Diana Hill interviews Dr. Goleman, a pioneer in the field of positive psychology, about the neuroscience of emotions and why it is important to foster emotional intelligence in kids and leaders. Dr. Goleman also explores how meditation can result in permanent trait changes so that we are better able to regulate emotions and survive an “amygdala highjack.” Daniel Goleman, best known for his worldwide bestseller Emotional Intelligence, is most recently co-author (with Richard Davidson) of Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain and Body(Avery, 2017). A frequent speaker to businesses of all kinds and sizes, Goleman has worked with leaders around the globe, examining the way social and emotional competencies impact the bottom-line. Goleman's articles in the Harvard Business Review are among the most frequently requested reprints of all time: his article there, “The Focused Leader”won the 2013 HBR McKinsey Award for best article of the year. Goleman has been ranked among the 25 most influential business leaders by several business publications including TIME and The Wall Street Journal. Apart from his writing on emotional intelligence, Goleman has written books on topics including self-deception, creativity, transparency, meditation, social and emotional learning, ecoliteracy and the ecological crisis. Diana Hill, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist practicing in Santa Barbara, California, and a co-host of the podcast Psychologists Off The Clock.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/psychology

Emotional Intelligence involves self awareness, self control, relationship management and social awareness. Being emotionally intelligent can make you a better leader, parent, friend and partner. In this episode, interview, cross-posted from the podcast Psychologists Off The Clock, Dr. Diana Hill interviews Dr. Goleman, a pioneer in the field of positive psychology, about the neuroscience of emotions and why it is important to foster emotional intelligence in kids and leaders. Dr. Goleman also explores how meditation can result in permanent trait changes so that we are better able to regulate emotions and survive an “amygdala highjack.” Daniel Goleman, best known for his worldwide bestseller Emotional Intelligence, is most recently co-author (with Richard Davidson) of Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain and Body(Avery, 2017). A frequent speaker to businesses of all kinds and sizes, Goleman has worked with leaders around the globe, examining the way social and emotional competencies impact the bottom-line. Goleman’s articles in the Harvard Business Review are among the most frequently requested reprints of all time: his article there, “The Focused Leader”won the 2013 HBR McKinsey Award for best article of the year. Goleman has been ranked among the 25 most influential business leaders by several business publications including TIME and The Wall Street Journal. Apart from his writing on emotional intelligence, Goleman has written books on topics including self-deception, creativity, transparency, meditation, social and emotional learning, ecoliteracy and the ecological crisis. Diana Hill, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist practicing in Santa Barbara, California, and a co-host of the podcast Psychologists Off The Clock.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Emotional Intelligence involves self awareness, self control, relationship management and social awareness. Being emotionally intelligent can make you a better leader, parent, friend and partner. In this episode, interview, cross-posted from the podcast Psychologists Off The Clock, Dr. Diana Hill interviews Dr. Goleman, a pioneer in the field of positive psychology, about the neuroscience of emotions and why it is important to foster emotional intelligence in kids and leaders. Dr. Goleman also explores how meditation can result in permanent trait changes so that we are better able to regulate emotions and survive an “amygdala highjack.” Daniel Goleman, best known for his worldwide bestseller Emotional Intelligence, is most recently co-author (with Richard Davidson) of Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain and Body(Avery, 2017). A frequent speaker to businesses of all kinds and sizes, Goleman has worked with leaders around the globe, examining the way social and emotional competencies impact the bottom-line. Goleman’s articles in the Harvard Business Review are among the most frequently requested reprints of all time: his article there, “The Focused Leader”won the 2013 HBR McKinsey Award for best article of the year. Goleman has been ranked among the 25 most influential business leaders by several business publications including TIME and The Wall Street Journal. Apart from his writing on emotional intelligence, Goleman has written books on topics including self-deception, creativity, transparency, meditation, social and emotional learning, ecoliteracy and the ecological crisis. Diana Hill, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist practicing in Santa Barbara, California, and a co-host of the podcast Psychologists Off The Clock.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Return guest Vishen Lakhiani has grown the Mindvalley company significantly since his last visit and is only getting started. This time around he gives a free crash course on the foundations of this new age educational program and how they’re being used to achieve effective learning and happiness. The author of The Code of the Extraordinary Mind is back to share what the future of schooling will look like on this episode of Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu. Impact Theory is proudly sponsored by: Skillshare. Start learning on Skillshare today at skillshare.com/impact The Jordan Harbinger Show: visit www.jordanharbinger.com/subscribe to start enjoying the show today! ButcherBox. Use the discount code: “IMPACT” at butcherbox.com to get 20$ off and FREE BACON   SHOW NOTES: Vishen explains transformational educational and why it’s so important. [3:05] Vishen speaks on the mind and spirit pillar of the Mindvalley program. [7:42] Vishen and Tom discuss how thinkitation and meditation work hand in hand. [11:13] Vishen details the role body health plays as a pillar of the Mindvalley. [19:45] Vishen emphasizes the importance of relationships in life and as a pillar of the program. [21:05] Vishen talks about learning to make an impact within the program. [24:50] Vishen describes the meta-learning pillar of the Mindvalley program. [27:40] Vishen reveals the impact he wants to have on the world. [35:43] QUOTES: “But if you ask a human being to share with you the moments in life that they're most grateful for, all of those moments often deal with inner states. It's falling in love, it's carrying your first child in your arm. It's the joy of accomplishing your first big win. And all of these, all of these are states of happiness, states of joy, states of human connectivity.” [4:04] “When you get a clear vision of the business you want to create, of the lifestyle you want to create, you move towards that faster.” [19:03] “One of the biggest ways we transform is when we connect with others. And we have shared meanings when we support each other. When you share your vision of the world and I share mine or when we challenge each other's ideas, but it all comes by bringing people together.” [22:58] FOLLOW VISHEN LAKHIANI: WEBSITE - https://bit.ly/2nWmjGZ FACEBOOK - https://bit.ly/2OHLRJZ TWITTER - https://bit.ly/2okogAa INSTAGRAM - https://bit.ly/2PLEZI1 PEOPLE MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Ray Kurzweil - https://bit.ly/1hro1XM [5:04] Michael Singer - https://bit.ly/2yTHLnt [17:21] Ed Diener - https://bit.ly/2S6S2p6 [23:28] Lisa Nichols - https://bit.ly/29Q4cRC [26:41] BOOKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: The Code of the Extraordinary Mind - https://amzn.to/2rIcjV9 [2:06] Altered Traits - https://amzn.to/2j8ogmp [8:10] The Surrender Experiment - https://amzn.to/2xy9b3b [17:22] COMPANIES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Mindvalley - https://bit.ly/2OCb1tr [0:42] Mindvalley U - https://bit.ly/2PfK1Qa [0:53] Omvana - https://bit.ly/1Iidw4C [1:13] Dormio - https://bit.ly/2oQN0l7 [1:20] Mindvalley Quest - https://bit.ly/2R4KZMf [1:24] XPRIZE - https://bit.ly/2E8aOWy [1:50] STUDIES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Superbrain - https://bit.ly/2ypQxKs [28:16]

Richard Davidson neuroscientist and founder of the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin-Madison talks about meditative altered states and how they can become Altered Traits--

Do you have stress? Does meditation help lessen it? Or are you hoping it will? In this episode, I cover how and why meditation can help "reduce stress," citing the book "Altered Traits" by Daniel Goleman and Richard Davidson. Full notes at esthermpalmer.com/blog. Credits: written + recorded by esther m palmer. intro + outro music by hooksounds.com. photo by eric bandiero.

Do you have stress? Does meditation help lessen it? Or are you hoping it will? In this episode, I cover how and why meditation can help "reduce stress," citing the book "Altered Traits" by Daniel Goleman and Richard Davidson. Full notes at esthermpalmer.com/blog. Credits: written + recorded by esther m palmer. intro + outro music by hooksounds.com. photo by eric bandiero.

A central topic of this podcast is our capacity to change our minds. I don't mean superficially – "Oh, actually yeah let's go see that movie instead." I mean a more fundamental change, our faculty for shifting our very sense of self and perception of the world around us. This type of change is not just an ethereal alteration of mental processes, but an actual redesigning of neural architecture. Our capacity to create such fundamental changes is due to our brain's ability to redesign its structure, lay new synaptic connections, which is called neuroplasticity. [This episode was originally released as "The Neurobiology Of Altered Traits"] The guest for this episode of the podcast is here to tell us how we can change our brains to change our lives and why it works. Welcome to Adventures Through The Mind, world renown neuroplasticity expert, Dr Rick Hanson. Rick Hanson is a psychologist, Senior Fellow of the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, and New York Times best-selling author. His books are available in 26 languages and include Hardwiring Happiness, Buddha’s Brain, Just One Thing, and Mother Nurture. He’s been an invited speaker at NASA, Oxford, Stanford, Harvard, and other major universities, and taught in meditation centres worldwide. His work has been featured on the BBC, CBS, and NPR, and now he is here with us on Adventures Through The Mind. Episode breakdown below. *** See the show notes to this epsiode for links to Rick's work: http://bit.ly/ATTMind69   *** Support On Patreon! Http://www.patreon.com/jameswjesso Leave A One-Time PayPal Donation: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso   *** Episode Breakdown Neuroplasticity, emotional learning, and the sense of self How negativity bias influences perception, learning, and memory Positive Neuroplasticity; using principles of neuroplasticity to cultivate happiness and resilience "Positive" and "negative" emotions. The difference between healthy cultivating of goodness and unhealthy evasion of negativity. The potential dangers of mindfulness The implications of transcendental or psychedelic experiences for the brain, the sense of self, and the nature of reality itself.   *** Follow and subscribe! Twitter: https://twitter.com/jameswjesso Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jameswjesso Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jameswjesso/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AdventuresThroughTheMind?sub_confirmation=1   *** Support Us On Patreon! Http://www.patreon.com/jameswjesso Leave A One-Time PayPal Donation: https://www.paypal.me/JWJesso

Caroline Stokes is an executive headhunter, certified executive coach, and certified EQ2.0 trainer for global technology and entertainment leaders. Caroline is an expert on a number of topics, including emotional intelligence for recruiters in the age of AI, talent acquisition and development, executive coaching and headhunting, and workplace culture development.  She is the founder of FORWARD, the first executive search and first-quarter coaching firm to expedite the integration of all talent placements; and the host of the new podcast, The Emotionally Intelligent Recruiter, which interviews top leaders in the field to support evolving recruiters to adapt in critical collaborative and analytical environments.  Caroline has been called to speak or join panels about current talent technology trends at Pocket Gamer Connects Vancouver, VR Connects London and VR Connects San Francisco, plus a Fireside Chat at the BC Labour Market Report Conference.   Caroline is a contributor to Forbes, Venturebeat,  Undercover Recruiter, and Huffington Post. She has written over 70 human capital articles for Forbes, LinkedIn, Thrive Global, The Undercover Recruiter and Medium, and has been quoted in in Forbes, Fast Company, TechRepublic, Business News Daily, The Coaching Connector and Monster.       Listen as Caroline and I talk about:   Why experimenting is so important for you to find your purpose Stories from her enthusiasm for technology in the 1980's  Her Eureka moment working for Sony that brought her into purpose  How a 10 day Vipassana meditation course brought her into purpose  What is the "hidden market" and how to constantly remain well-positioned within it Why emotional intelligence is an essential part of leadership An emotional intelligence exercise she recommends Technological implications on the skills needed in the workplace  Imaginations on the future of artificial intelligence and emotional intelligence How a young, talented, ambitious, entreprenurially-minded person can position themselves to find a fulfilling purposeful environment in which they can learn and grow Wisdom from the phases of the 20's, 30's, 40's Why developing the learn it all mindset is so important in the time we are in The importance of having commitment to excellence in all things A $99 online course (unsponsored) that will dramatically sharpen and shape your purpose         --------------Resources Mentioned: ------------------------   How Great Leaders Inspire Action - Ted Talk - Simon Sinek   Altered Traits  - Daniel Goleman's book on emotional intelligence and the way meditation changes the brain   WHY Discovery Course - Simon Sinek's $99 course mentioned at the end of the interview             Join our purpose seeking podcast community at...   Facebook   Instagram   Facebook Group - Purpose Seekers   YouTube Channel       Help More Find Their Purpose by Donating to the Cause  

We are joined today by the internationally renowned psychologist, author and science journalist Daniel Goleman. For twelve years, he wrote for The New York Times, reporting on the brain and behavioural sciences. His 1995 book Emotional Intelligence was on The New York Times Best Seller list for a year-and-a-half as well as being a best-seller in many countries, and is in print worldwide in 40 languages. He's the author of many other books on a wide array of topics including self-deception, creativity, transparency, meditation, social and emotional learning, ecoliteracy and the ecological crisis and he recently collaborated with the Dalai Lama on the book ‘A Force for Good: The Dalai Lama's Vision for Humanity'. He's here to talk to us today about his latest book which he co-wrote with his long –time friend and collaborator Richard J Davidson entitled ‘Altered Traits: Science Reveals how Meditation changes your Mind, Brain and Body.

Daniel Goleman and Raghu Markus join Ram Dass to talk about the power of meditation that they were exposed to in the East and what Western science has begun to understand about consciousness and meditation practice.

December 04, 2017 Discussion on the book "Altered Traits," calls by Dr. Farid Holakouee

This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss A Kind of Freedom, Altered Traits, Spoils, and more books. This episode was sponsored by Uncle John's Bathroom Reader, ThirdLove, and PRH Audio. Find a list of the titles discussed on this episode in the shownotes.

In this episode we're talking about meditation and the lasting effects it can have on our minds and bodies. Joining us is Daniel Goleman, co-author of the book “Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body.” Daniel Goleman is a psychologist and science journalist known for his numerous books on emotional intelligence, including the bestselling book “Emotional Intelligence.”  In the book “Altered Traits,” he and his co-author Richard Davidson waded through the thousands of studies that have been published on mindfulness, and identified what data we should pay attention to, and what we should ignore as hype. They also reveal the latest results from Davidson's own lab: data that point to what the future of mind-training methods should be. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What an honour it was to podcast with Daniel.  His knowledge on the brain, Emotional Intelligence and Mindfulness is second to none and he is just as wonderful in person as we could have hoped. His latest book, The Science of Meditation (or Altered Traits, as it will be known in the US) is his latest book and we are proud to present our conversation Podcast with him.  This is the first episode on our new Podcast page and we would love your support and a 'follow' on the Podbean page. If you'd like to help create a happier and kinder world then please get involved with Action for Happiness. You can join thousands of others who are helping to spread a bit more happiness in their homes, workplaces, schools and local communities. Find out more at actionforhappiness.org. Join the movement. Be the change Enjoy the Podcast, Gui and Anh Time stamps: 6:46 Calming reactive emotions, gang culture and Mindfulness. 8:20 The different levels of Meditation. 11:50 The misconceptions of Mindfulness. 15:35 The Amygdala, what is it? 20:20 What is an Altered Trait and is it similar to 'waking up'? 22:55 Mc Mindfulness and technology. 24:53 The DEEP aspects of Mindfulness, the self is an illusion. 31:00 Is Mindfulness the foundation of Emotional Intelligence? 24:00 The concerns of social media. 37:36 What matters most in life? The Science of Meditation (UK) and Altered Traits (US) can be purchased via Daniels website where you find out about events and talks.  http://www.danielgoleman.info For the audiobook, go to https://morethansound.net/shop/altered-traits-science-reveals-meditation-mind-brain-body/

What an honour it was to podcast with Daniel.  His knowledge on the brain, Emotional Intelligence and Mindfulness is second to none and he is just as wonderful in person as we could have hoped. His latest book, The Science of Meditation (or Altered Traits, as it will be known in the US) is released world-wide today, 5th September and we are proud to present our conversation Podcast with him.  This is the first episode on our new Podcast page and we would love your support and a 'follow' on the Podbean page.  The Science of Meditation (UK) and Altered Traits (US) can be purcahsed via Daniels website where you find out about events and talks:http://www.danielgoleman.info For the audiobook, go to https://morethansound.net/shop/altered-traits-science-reveals-meditation-mind-brain-body/ Enjoy the Podcast, Gui and Anh - Actionforhapppiness.org Time stamps: 6:46 Calming reactive emotions, gang culture and Mindfulness. 8:20 The different levels of Meditation. 11:50 The misconceptions of Mindfulness. 15:35 The Amygdala, what is it? 20:20 What is an Altered Trait and is it similar to 'waking up'? 22:55 Mc Mindfulness and technology. 24:53 The DEEP aspects of Mindfulness, the self is an illusion. 31:00 Is Mindfulness the foundation of Emotional Intelligence? 24:00 The concerns of social media. 37:36 What matters most in life?      

For many of us, we believe that our past = our future. We often carry a subconscious belief that no matter what we do, things will always be just more of the same. Even as we grow older, there’s a tendency to replay just slightly different versions of the same year over and over again. But, as Robin Sharma said, we want to catch ourselves in the act of this craziness and, “don’t live the same year 75 times and call it a life.” So, how do we actually break the mold and change the course and direction of our lives if we want to? How do we change our experience of life as a whole, and live a life of more health, happiness, and fulfillment? Well, as you’ll discover today, it all intrinsically happens when you alter what’s happening inside of you, not outside of you. When you learn how to alter your traits, you learn how to live an altered reality. You may have lived your life as a victim for some time. You might have felt weak and incapable in a life with so many burdens and obstacles. But by altering your traits, you can (from the inside out) live life with more strength, power, and perseverance than you could’ve ever dreamed possible. That’s because it was the old you who was doing the dreaming, and not the upgraded version of yourself who’s ready and waiting dormant inside each and every cell in your body. Now the questions is: how to we actually develop altered traits? For that, I’d like to introduce you to world renowned psychologist and New York Times bestselling author Dr. Daniel Goleman. In this episode you'll discover: The difference between genetic traits and personality traits. How our environment can change our traits. How meditation can influence heart health. What emotional intelligence really means. Which capacity reigns supreme in IQ versus EQ. Whether or not your emotional intelligence can be changed. What it means to have cognitive control. What mirror neurons are and how they were accidentally discovered. How conventional psychology can fall short in helping people to be healthy and happy. Why meditation is like going to the gym for your brain. What it means to have wholesome traits of being. How having a sense of purpose influences your health and well-being. What mindfulness is. How multitasking affects our performance. The type of meditation that grows your level of compassion. The 3 kinds of empathy. How "olympic level meditators" have brains that are different from the average person. What an amygdala hijack is and why we need to better manage our amygdala today. How meditation influences brain aging. What some of the proven, valuable benefits of meditation are. Items mentioned in this episode include: Thrive Market Exclusive - 25% off your entire 1st order + free shipping! Organifi.com ⇐ Use the coupon code model for 20% off Stop Postponing Happiness - With Lisa Nichols - Episode 234 Daniel Goleman - “Social Intelligence” | Talks at Google Shawn Stevenson - “Sleep Smarter” | Talks at Google The Telomere Effect - With Dr. Elissa Epel - Episode 205 Altered Traits Book / Audiobook ⇐ Get the new book here! * Download The Transcript Thank you so much for checking out this episode of The Model Health Show. If you haven’t done so already, please take a minute and leave a quick rating and review of the show on Apple Podcasts by clicking on the link below. It will help us to keep delivering life-changing information for you every week! Click Here to Subscribe via Apple Podcasts Click Here to Subscribe via Stitcher Click here to Subscribe via Spotify Click here to Subscribe via Soundcloud