Podcasts about sit with me

Today, Michael speaks with Oneika Mays. Oneika is a meditation teacher, yoga practitioner, and writer whose work centers on mindfulness, loving kindness, and compassionate living. After leaving a successful career in retail leadership following profound personal loss and transformation, she spent more than a decade bringing meditation and healing practices into spaces often overlooked—working with individuals and communities who have felt judged, forgotten, or alone, leading her to working on Rikers Island with incarcerated individuals. Her book, Sit With Me: A No-BS Journey to Mindfulness and Meditation, explores grief, self-compassion, unconditional friendliness, and the courage it takes to truly face yourself. Conversation Highlights Include: -How profound loss, career upheaval, and a canceled wedding became the catalyst for a completely different way of living. -Choosing discomfort and transformation over staying trapped in a life that no longer felt aligned or authentic. -A deeply honest reflection on grief, and learning to hold sadness and joy at the same time without denying either experience. -Why asking better questions creates expansion, self-awareness, and curiosity instead of emotional shutdown and certainty. -An invitation to "sit with yourself" by meeting discomfort, shame, fear, and uncertainty with tenderness instead of avoidance. -How real freedom often begins in the moments we stop running from difficult emotions and allow ourselves to fully feel them. -A powerful conversation about loving people you may never agree with, like, or understand, while still recognizing their humanity. -What more than a decade of teaching meditation inside Rikers Island revealed about judgment, compassion, trauma, and human connection. -An honest look at prison systems, accountability, restorative healing, and why true transformation requires support beyond punishment. Next, Michael closes the episode with a guided meditation on introspection, remembering your True nature, awakening to Divine Presence, and living from expanded awareness.

Ethan welcomes yoga/mindfulness teacher Oneika Mays— the author of the great new book Sit With Me— for a fascinating conversation on her personal path through mindfulness, yoga, and wellness practices. The conversation also focuses on Oneika's crucial and transformative work bringing these practices into the prison-industrial complex as she became the first full time mindfulness coach at Rikers Island Correctional Facility and her newly released book, which centers on these experiences. Ethan and Oneika discuss the meaning of metta and restorative practices in an unjust hell realm solely focused on punishment. Weaving serious conversation with playfulness, they also discuss their love for the spiritual music of Stevie Wonder, and they ponder whether The Cure could qualify as "Goth Bodhicitta." Oneika Mays is a yoga and meditation teacher and storyteller who leads with joy, passion, and wisdom. With deep roots and knowledge in Buddhist and yogic teachings, Oneika delivers practical application and authentic connection through her teaching. Oneika has been practicing yoga for more than 20 years, and teaching yoga and meditation for more than a decade. She has used her knowledge to support social justice nonprofits and historically excluded communities. She served as the Mindfulness Coach at Rikers Island Correctional Facility for 4 years, and volunteered there for over a decade total. She teaches at Yoga International, Embodied Philosophy, New York Insight and leads retreats at Kripalu. Oneika's literary debut, Sit With Me: A No-BS Journey to Mindfulness and Meditation(HarperOne, March 2026) explores metta practice as a tool for personal and collective liberation. Connect with her at www.oneikamays.com. Oneika's substack is here. Last year, with your subscriptions, we were able to release more episodes than any previous year. This was only possible with your support. Please consider becoming a free or paid subscriber here. More cool resources: Check out our sponsor platform, A Mindful World! A new free video course from Ethan on Metta (lovingkindness) meditation is now available at this link. Sign up for Ethans May 2nd Windhorse Meditation workshop at this link. Paid subscribers to The Road Home will receive occasional extras like guided meditations, extra podcast episodes and more! The Thursday Meditation Group happens each week at 8am ET on Thursdays, and guided audio meditations are released monthly. Another bonus podcast for paid subscribers discussed the obstacle of resistance to meditation practice, and Ethan also offered instruction in Metta meditation toward yourself. These are all available to paid subscribers. You can also subscribe to The Road Home podcast wherever you get your pods (Apple, Ethan's Website, etc). You can now order personally signed copies of Ethan's books at his website.

Feeling invisible can quietly erode our sense of worth, but being seen is often where healing begins. Oneika Mays is a meditation teacher who's helped people from yoga studios to Rikers Island find compassion and resilience through mindfulness. She discusses how mindfulness and meditation can help us manage stress, build self-worth, and create healing spaces for those who feel forgotten. Oneika is the author of Sit With Me , A No BS Journey to Mindfulness and Meditation.

This week's guest lives at the intersection of real life and deep inner work. Meet Oneika Mays, a meditation teacher, yoga instructor, and the author of Sit With Me, A No BS Journey to Mindfulness and Meditation. It is a book that honestly says what so much of wellness culture quietly ignores.Meditation isn't for the calm. It's for the messy. It's a your-life-cracked open, and now what? kind of book. For nearly 15 years, Oneika has been teaching mindfulness and loving kindness. From yoga studios and hospitals to spaces, most teachers have never entered, like Rikers Island Correctional Facility. She's helped people who'd been told they didn't deserve care, discover something radical, they could be kind to themselves.Her work centers around accessibility, compassion, and real world practice, not perfection. And her book is part memoir, part guidebook, all about showing up exactly as you are. Not more zen, not calmer, just you. And her passion for this work comes from her own experience. When her own life shattered through personal tragedy, mindfulness and yoga became part of her survival.So unpack love and kindness with us. The no BS of meditation and why these practices are for everybody, not just for the peaceful ones. It's time for you to sit with Oneika Mays. MORE FROM ONEIKA MAYSVisit oneikamays.com to find about her book, events and offerings. Follow @oneikamays Visit seekingcentercommunity.com for more with Robyn + Karen and many of the guides on Seeking Center: The Podcast. You'll get access to live weekly sessions, intuitive guidance, daily inspiration, and a space to share your journey with like-minded people who just get it. You can also follow Seeking Center on Instagram @theseekingcenter.

What if the very thing people told you was “too much” about you was actually your greatest gift?In this soulful conversation, Wendy talks with Oneika Mays — meditation teacher, storyteller, and author — about what it really means to bet on yourself in midlife. Oneika shares how she moved from 20 years as a bookseller to teaching mindfulness (including groundbreaking work at Rikers Island), and how grief ultimately gave her the permission to pursue her lifelong dream of writing.At 54, Oneika is stepping fully into a creative life — with a debut book on the way and a TV pilot already winning awards. Her story is a powerful reminder that reinvention is not one bold leap, but a series of brave choices to trust yourself again and again.If you've ever been told you're “too much,” this episode is for you.What you'll hear in this episode

En este episodio de Despertando Podcast, Jimena Luna, guía de meditación y creadora de Sit With Me in Wonderland, te acompaña en una reflexión para alinearte con tu propósito de vida. Hoy, crea un espacio para encontrar claridad, gratitud y enfoque en lo que realmente importa. En este episodio hablamos de:Reflexión para conectar con tu propósito y esencia.Guía para reconocer tu valor.Ejercicios de respiración y mindfulness para claridad.---Si quieres conocer más de Despertando Podcast síguenos en nuestras redes sociales:

New research has found that Australian school students are bullied at higher rates than other comparable English-speaking countries. In fact, around one in six students surveyed said they'd been made fun of by others while one in ten said nasty rumours had been spread about them. So how do we help? For more, the founder of 'You Can't Sit With Me' Sophie Sparks joins.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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That title sounds sort of space shuttle inspired, but what we're ACTUALLY talking about is a pivot on purpose here on Sit With Me. This episode discusses explicit relationship training, and how to get more of that in the lives of the young people in your care. 

We are so glad you’re here for the “Sit With Me” message. Have you felt distracted? Unable to focus? Come here a message on how to avoid distractions and focus...

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Interview with Solihull Radio talking about Shamanic dreaming, Sit With Me, Meditation, Zen monk living and lots more!

What a week it’s been in Bravo! From the #RHOBH showdown in Italy over Denise and Brandi to the #RHONY trip to Mexico, we’re going to MENTION IT ALL. Diana Espir from the You Can’t Sit With Me podcast joins Mandy (4:22) to discuss the breaking of the 4th wall, if they believe the rumor between Brandi and Denise, and Diana’s thoughts on her hopes for #SummerHouse and #PumpRules. Then Chadwick Cline joins Mandy (39:35) to share his thoughts on this week’s Housewives, why he stans Sutton, how Sonja’s reselling items from Wish at a markup, and how Ramona’s a hypocrite for being upset with Leah. Plus, a chat with Mandy’s Dad Ilya and his soon-to-be wife Joyce (1:28:32) including how they met (1:38:46)! Check out Diana Espir’s podcast You Can’t Sit With Me: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/you-cant-sit-with-me/id1258020108 Follow Chadwick Cline on twitter: https://twitter.com/ohchadwick Follow “Is This Real Life?” on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itrl_podcast

Discussing Corona panic, sea scout huts and Sit With Me!

Hannah is joined by a gorgeous and hilarious gal from across the pond, Diana Espir! She’s an instagram influencer, self-care guru, and host of the hit pop culture podcast “You Can’t Sit With ME”! They chat about Bravo, astrology, dating, Jojo Siwa and so much more! Listen now, rate, review, and make sure to check out You Can’t Sit With ME for the episode Hannah guested on and more amazing content!

Amanda and guest Diana Espir, from the podcast “You Can’t Sit With Me” go deep into Celebrity gossip this week – we take this shit V seriously. Aside from discovering we have a mutual love of Hailey Bieber and Kourtney Kardashian’s aesthetic, we discuss our confusion about new Hollywood couple, Pete Davidson and Kaia Gerber, how Kylie sold 51% of her company to Coty Cosmetics (& why we think she did), Kim K’s newly covered up look, some tea on the new and old VPR cast and really just listen because Diana has an awesome British accent.  This episode was brought to you by: Woosh Beauty is for women who like makeup, but knows that makeup isn't life. So they made easy makeup that looks good. Get 30% off your entire order by heading to WooshBeauty.com and using promo code "NOTSKINNY" during checkout. The Not Skinny But Not Fat Podcast is produced by The Podglomerate.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Scripture: John 12, 19, 20, Things aren't always exactly as we think. How do we trust Him when those expectations are different than ours?

WELCOME to season 2 of Let's Talk TV with Charis! New theme song, new attitude! I am so excited to have Diana Espir on the podcast again! We talk all about Nashville CMT, why Scientology is so fascinating, and our love for a show that said farewell yesterday! You can listen to Diana on her podcasts, You Can't Sit With Me and Fashionably Latte, on Apple podcasts and anywhere podcasts are played! http://youcantsitwithme.com Watch the latest episode of Fashionably Latte here - https://youtu.be/IWt61pQqUU8

“You Can’t Sit With Me” host, Hollywire presenter and snack aficionado Diana Espir is BACK to talk about the first part of the #PumpRules reunion, Lisa’s disappointing attitude, TomTom & the wine fridge, LaLa and her man, Scheana’s jetset expectations, Jax’s monologue, Sandoval’s flask, Ariana’s choice of words, Schwartz’s pompadour, Kristen’s reactions, Brittany’s resilience, Katie’s observations and Andy’s probing questions. Oh yeah, and Rob & Patrick being total creeps.   Get more Diana! She’s  the host and producer of You Can’t Sit With ME https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/you-cant-sit-with-me/id1258020108?mt=2   https://twitter.com/dianaespir https://www.instagram.com/dianaespir/

This week I am extremely lucky to welcome Diana Espir, host of the You Can't Sit With Me podcast! We reviewed Erika Jayne's book, "Pretty Mess". Listen to find out what we thought about it, and be sure and subscribe to Diana's podcast too! (https://letstalk.tv/youcantsitwithme-itunes)

The hilarious Diana Espir returns to talk the #PumpRules finale, progress parties, Jax’s mojo, Robbery, douchery, Patrick’s piggishness, & myopic struggles, Diana’s abiding love for Stassi and ever-increasing love for Katie, Scheana’s hard-hat, and anything but water.   Get more Diana! She’s  the host and producer of You Can’t Sit With ME https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/you-cant-sit-with-me/id1258020108?mt=2 https://twitter.com/dianaespir https://www.instagram.com/dianaespir/

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Diana Espir is a host and producer for Hollywire and the host of You Can’t Sit With ME podcast.