Podcasts about peace begins with me

Practicing peace is an intentional choice. It is not something we wait for once circumstances improve. It is something we practice in our breath, our bodies, and our awareness, even while uncertainty and grief remain present. This conversation offers a reminder that peace begins with you. Peace is not denial or bypassing.  It is the practice of staying present with what is real while remaining regulated.   PEARLS OF WISDOM Peace begins with you. When the world feels overwhelming, we often notice it first in our bodies. Uncertainty often prompts us to feel urgency, vigilance, and reactivity. Nervous system regulation is a skill for sustainable medicine and a sustainable life. Small, consistent embodied practices can interrupt spinning and reactivity. Peace practiced internally ripples outward into our families, workplaces, and communities. Reflection Questions: What does your body need in order to feel even a little more settled today? What is within your control right now, even if it is very small? If peace doesn't resonate, which word feels most supportive in this season: peace, kindness, love, connection, or something else? Many of the practices shared in this episode are ones we return to again and again in coaching, yoga, and retreats because they work. Whether it is the "Peace Begins With Me" finger-tapping mantra, grounding through the feet, restorative yoga, sound healing, or mindful time in nature, these tools support us in staying connected to ourselves when the world feels heavy. Community also offers peace.  Group coaching and retreats offer a chance to practice these tools in community.  Coaching provides space to explore how to integrate peace, agency, and presence into daily life and clinical work.  Yoga and mindfulness practices offer a direct, embodied pathway to nervous system regulation. Retreats weave all of this AND nature into one. They allow space to slow down, reconnect, and remember what it feels like to be held and supported. Learn more about individual and group coaching with Dr. Jessie Mahoney here: www.jessiemahoneymd.com/physician-coaching Explore year-round coaching, yoga, mindfulness, sound healing, and lifestyle medicine retreats for women physicians at Nicasio Creek Farm. www.jessiemahoneymd.com/retreat-nicasio-creek-farm Join Ni-Cheng and Jessie in July 2026 for the Connect in Nature Mindfulness Retreats. www.jessiemahoneymd.com/retreat-connect-in-nature *Nothing shared in the Healing Medicine Podcast is medical advice.  

Gaea Star Crystal Radio Hour #653 is an hour of improvised visionary acoustic music played by The Gaea Star Band with Mariam Massaro on vocals, Native flute, dulcimer, harmonica, ukulele, Celtic harp, shruti box, acoustic guitar and mandolin, Bob Sherwood on piano and Craig Harris on congas and Native drum. Recorded live at Singing Brook Studio in Worthington, Massachusetts in early January of 2026, today's show begins with the compelling drive of “Drams Made Manifest”, an earthy rocker steered by Mariam's powerful lyric and chiming dulcimer before yielding to the gentle, melancholic “Swirling Eddies”, a pretty acoustic guitar ballad that gathers intensity with Craig's driving congas and Bob's focused, composed piano. “Medicine Of The Forest” is a somber, prayerful raga underpinned by Mariam's droning shruti box to which the ensemble adds more composed, thematic piano in Bob's Prokofiev mode and the deep thrum on Craig's Native drum as well as a soaring, inspiring vocal from Mariam. Mariam picks up her airy ukulele for the skipping, prayerful “Windy, Windy”, a shifting, darkening piece with tight playing from the group and “Peace Begins With Me” is a mystical, evocative song built on Mariam's chiming mandolin and Craig's deep heartbeat with a granitic, intense piano figure from Bob. Mariam wields her Native flute with long, arching phrases for the sparse, minimalist “Great Awakening”, an intense, cathedral-like song that unwinds mysteriously until yielding to the tight, swinging blues “Memories” a fine workout with Mariam carrying on a compelling harmonica and vocal performance, winding around Bob's Ray Charles-inspired 12-bar. Today's last song is the memorable “The Force Within”, a fine, burnished requiem with a soaring, mysterious lyric from Mariam and a strange, beautiful, repeating piano motif from Bob. Learn more about Mariam here: http://www.mariammassaro.com

7 Are you in need of some grounding and re-centering!? You are not alone!!!On this self-love Monday, Kendle takes us through two sequences of layering the mantra 'Peace Begins With Me' with intentional breathing and touch. These versatile techniques are excellent for any moment when you could use a little extra something out in public, in the office, or when you are wanting to be intentional with the energy you are putting out into the world. We also talk about:How Kendle discovered this mantraAdditional ways to use this mantraSweaty HandsResources: How to Meditate with a Mantra: A Simple Technique You Can Use Anywhere by Gabby Bernstein Find the full episode transcription hereSuicide Prevention Lifeline: call 988 to be connected with a trained professional Crisis Text Line: text HOME to 741741 to connect with a crisis counselorFollow us on:  TikTok: @nooffenseandinstagram:@nooffenseand_podcast @kelly.haze @amustardshowerEmail: nooffenseand@gmail.comSend us your feedback hereSubscribe to our email list here We acknowledge we are operating on the occupied land of the Ute, Arapahoe, and Cheyenne peoples colonized as Denver - we pay our respects to those past, present, and future. We also acknowledge this statement is not enough and are committed to giving a portion of our proceeds to the people whose land we occupy and are in the process of getting a true land reverence. Support the show

Joan Steffend has spent almost thirty years in the media, first as a national Emmy-winning news anchor and reporter at an NBC affiliate in Minneapolis-St Paul, and then as a top-rated national host on HGTV’s Decorating Cents (with White House Christmas, Rose Parade, & Dream Home specials). She has appeared on Oprah, Live with Regis and Kelly, and The Today Show. Today, she is a published author. Her first book And She Sparkled was published in 2010 and her latest, Peace In Peace Out, came out in Fall 2012. She is also co-founder of the non-profit organization, Peace Begins With Me (a small BIG peace project).In this episode, Joan shares her gift for lifting people up by encouraging you to remember your own brilliance and consciously use it to shift the world. Learn the importance of remembering and embracing your authenticity so you can live a life of service and peace.“To me, part of being peaceful is being who you are and not apologizing for it. Not feeling like you have to apologize for it and make excuses for it.” - Joan Steffend Timestamps:02:53 — Joan take us back to her experiences as a TV host anchor06:30 — Why she decided to change her career and shift to a different path08:15 — What 'living a life of service' means to her17:44 — How she learned to listen to her inner voice24:10 — Her response to negative thoughts when it starts to kick in28:45 — How her journey to 'seeking peace' became 'finding peace'30:00 — Joan describes her day as a speaker41:30 — Joan's tips to embrace authenticity and stay true to yourself50:15 — Things Joan does every day to enhance her well-being57:55 — Joan's take on well-being: “Being who you are without apology, without harm to anybody else and to actually lift the world as best you can from where you are.”Key Takeaways“Everything you do in life starts in small things.”- Joan Steffend“Be still in nature. Start listening to what your mind is telling you.”- Joan Steffend“I think our lives quite often are about remembering who we are not remembering who you are told you are. Being who you are and sharing who you are.”- Joan Steffend“Being who you are without apology, without harm to anybody else and to actually lift the world as best you can from where you are.”- Joan SteffendConnect with Joan Steffend:joansteffend.comLinkedInFacebookTwitterYoutubeConnect with Alex MorrallThe Twin Cities Wellness Collective™Youtube -The Twin Cities Wellness CollectiveLinkedinBook a Chat with Alex Morrall

Ted Kuntz (www.peacebeginswithme.ca) wrote Peace Begins With Me about lessons he learned and gifts he was given during the thirty-two years of his son Joshua's life, and in his internal search for meaning since Joshua's premature death from vaccine-induced injuries that originally caused his regression into Autism. Ted talks about feeding the positive or the negative wolf, both of whom live in each of us. I would like you to meet Ted with me when he visits us on Lost Arts Radio. What he teaches is powerful, and will help and inspire not just parents of autistic kids, but all of us, even if we don't consciously know about the two wolves. Ted also wrote another book, Dare to Question, which dares to look at the damages done by vaccines, especially to children (www.daretoquestionvaccination.com). I have read a lot of books on the truth about vaccines, including some great ones, and I would say this one is on the list of highly recommended reading on the subject. Ted's home-base is Vancouver, B.C. But he also conducts workshops in different locations, on the life lessons he has learned from his time with Joshua and afterwards, that have helped parents of autistic kids and others dealing with all of life's challenges, to find beauty and meaning to replace the Hells they need a way to transform. Join me, your host Richard Sacks, every week for fascinating discussions, amazing guests and useful information that you will not want to miss. If you want to support our work, please use the Donate button on our website, www.lostartsradio.com, and tell others about the show.

Do you have those days where you feel you're behind before you've even started? Something in the morning happens that upsets you for the entire day. What can you do to get your day back on track? Alternatively, how can you elevate your state for an important encounter in a competition, presentation or interaction? In this episode, you will learn three powerful strategies that you can use to change your physiology and psychology in two minutes or less. Bonus Links: Amy Cuddy TED talk on body language: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks-_Mh1QhMc My How-to on affirmations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCEkv5KA53A&t=2s "Peace Begins With Me" Anchor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiLWO9jOTao

Peace Begins With Me - it really does. Here is the fourth session for our Online Meditation Challenge. Enjoy the benefits.