“Instead of asking “How’s life treating you?”, ask yourself – “how’re you treating life”?

Bryan E. Robinson is a licensed psychotherapist and author of two novels and 40 nonfiction books. He applies his experiences to crafting insightful nonfiction self-help books and psychological thrillers. His multi-award winning southern noir murder mystery, Limestone Gumption, won the New Apple Book Medal for best psychological suspense, the Silver IPPY Award for outstanding mystery of the year, the Bronze Foreword Review INDIEFAB Book Award for best mystery, and the 2015 USA Regional Excellence Book Award for best fiction in the Southeast.

His most recent release is Daily Writing Resilience: 365 Meditations and Inspirations for Writers (Llewellyn Worldwide, 2018). He has written for Psychology Today, First for Women, and Natural Health, and his blogs and columns for writers appear in Southern Writer’s Magazine. He is a consulting editor for The Big Thrill, the online magazine for International Thriller Writers. His long-selling book, Chained to the Desk, is now in its 3^rd Edition (New York University Press, 1998, 2007, 2014). His books have been translated into thirteen languages, and he has appeared on every major television network: 20/20, Good Morning America, ABC’s World News Tonight, NBC Nightly News, NBC Universal, The CBS Early Show, CNBC’s The Big Idea. He hosted the PBS documentary, Overdoing It: How to Slow Down and Take Care of Yourself.

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Book Mentioned:

• Man’s Search for Meaning

People Mentioned:

• Alanis Morissette
• Victor Frankl
• Richard Schwartz
• Gabor Mate

Show Notes:

• Could you please share about your love for hiking?
• When you speak of doing nothing, in the area of doing nothing, do you think we can watch TV? Can we read books or just nothing?
• Difference between old Bryan and the newer version of Bryan?
• Do you have any formal meditation practice?
• I would like us to explore more on the work addiction and workaholism aspect. So when you found yourself addicted to work, what did it give you? What did you feel emotionally?
• Relationship with spouse
• I want to ask you about more on addiction. So there is always a source. There’s always a cause that goes back to childhood for any addiction. Would do you mind talking about more on the causes of your work addiction?
• I think in 2018, you wrote a blog, the five reasons relationships fail. If you remember, could you elaborate on some of the reasons why relationships fail? One of the reasons it’s work addiction.So in general, why relationships fail? If you could shed some light?
• I want to go back to the topic of addiction. So when you found yourself addicted, what measures or what actions did you take to break through this pattern?
• When you work with addicted people in your psychotherapy practice, what common symptoms have you observed in them?
• Could you please describe about the Internal Family Systems(IFS) therapy?
• What do you mean by thanking those internal pars in IFS therapy?
• Letting go of the parts that don’t serve us
• How did you help Alanis Morissette in her recovery?
• Difference between addiction and workaholism?
• What books have inspired you the most?
• And, much more

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Hunter Clarke-Fields is a mindfulness mentor, host of the Mindful Mama podcast, creator of the Mindful Parenting course, and author of the book, Raising Good Humans. She helps parents bring more calm into their daily lives and cooperation in their families. Hunter has over twenty years of experience in meditation and yoga practices and has taught mindfulness to thousands worldwide. She is the mother of two active daughters, who challenge her everyday to hone her craft!

In this episode, Hunter discusses about parenting, her own childhood and upbringing, relationship with her dad, how to show empathy with children, on raising good humans, and much much more.. She also mentions how she is inspired by Buddhist monk Thick Nhat Hanh and Dr. Wayne Dyer. Without further ado, please enjoy this wide ranging conservation.

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Hunter’s new book: Raising Good Humans: A Mindful Guide to Breaking the Cycle of Reactive Parenting and Raising Kind, Confident Kids

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Book Mentioned:

• Raising Good Humans: A Mindful Guide to Breaking the Cycle of Reactive Parenting and Raising Kind, Confident Kids
• The Power of Intention
• Change Your Thoughts – Change Your Life: Living the Wisdom of the Tao
• Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life
• Peace of Mind: Becoming Fully Present

People Mentioned:

• Wayne Dyer
• Jack Kornfield
• Thick Nhat Hanh

Other links: Blue Cliff Monastery

Show Notes:

• If I were to ask your daughters, how would they describe what does mama do?
• When you say mindful mentor or mindful parenting, what do you mean by that?
• I want to ask you about your own childhood. What was your relationship like with your dad specifically?
• Do you remember any memorable conversation with your dad that may have had the positive impact in your life?
• What is your current meditation practice?
• Are you watching any specific movie or documentary on Netflix?
• You mentioned about plum village. Do you follow any specific teacher?
• Do you remember any specific book or books from Thick Nhat Hanh that you enjoy reading or had made the most impact on you?
• How did you get introduced into the mindfulness world at the age of 17?
• Talking about what was going on when you were 17 – you mentioned that you were desperate, you were not feeling good. What happened?
• I have some research that if a woman doesn’t have a good relationship with her dad, she might treat her partner, romantic partner, not in a good way unless she has done some therapeutic work. How has that sort of relationship showed up with your spouse?
• What do you mean by grounding relationship with your husband?
• How do you distribute your parenting responsibilities with their partner? And I’m sure a lot of listeners would want to know that when we have children, how do we talk about dividing or distributing child responsibilities – who should do this, who should do that? And what kind of a conversation we should have with a partner?
• With children comes a lot of responsibilities and sometimes parents forget to focus on themselves. Right? So how should couples focus on themselves and still work on their romantic relationship?
• How do you define happiness for you and for your life?
• You are an artist you enjoy painting, and this topic has come up many times. So I’m curious to ask you, could you expand more on your artistic view of life and your painting as a painter? How do you see life and what kind of painting do you do now?
• I want to ask you about empathy. Children live in a very different world. And how does someone practice empathy with them or how do you practice good communication, empathy with your own children?
• What is your sleep routine?
• In the preparation of this conversation, I found your Huffington post, which you wrote back in 2017 or 2018, and it is about expansion and contraction. So I’ve read that article and I understand that, but could you briefly describe about expansion and contraction to our listeners?
• What is your relationship with Wayne Dyer?
• And, much more

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“There is enough for everyone’s need, but not enough for everyone’s greed“

– Gandhi

Della Duncan is a Renegade Economist based in San Francisco. She teaches workshops and retreats about alternative economics around the world, supports individuals working to better align their values with their work as a Right Livelihood Coach, and offers consulting to organizations, businesses, and local governments contributing to equitable and sustainable economic systems change.

Della is also the host of the Upstream Podcast challenging traditional economic thinking through documentaries and interviews, a Senior Fellow of Social and Economic Equity at the International Inequalities Institute in the London School of Economics, the Course Development Manager of Fritjof Capra’s Capra Course on the Systems View of Life, a Gross National Happiness Master Trainer, a member of the 36×36 project (36 femxle change makers rethinking global economic frameworks), the Community Leader of Ingleside Community Power (a community-owned solar-power neighborhood cooperative), and a founding member of the Doughnut Economics California Coalition (DECC).

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Book Mentioned:

• Abolish Silicon Valley: How to Liberate Technology from Capitalism
• Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We’re in without Going Crazy

People Mentioned:

• Tho Ha Vinh
• Wendy Liu
• Gabrielle Roth
• Ram Dass
• Joanna Macy
• Miriam MacGillis

Resources:

• Cultivating Right Livelihood
• 5Rhythms Dance
• INTERVIEW WITH DELLA DUNCAN ON CULTIVATING RIGHT LIVELIHOOD

Show Notes:

• What did you learn from book abolishing Silicon valley?
• What do you mean by improving Silicon Valley?
• Could you speak to your relationship with money perhaps now are in your earlier years?
• How should someone find more moments of happiness?
• What are your spiritual practices on a regular basis?
• 5Rhythms dance movement practice
• Connection with London School of Economics
• People who are making more money and who are at the top of the economic ladder, they would say that they have worked so hard to come to this position to make more money and people who are not making money, they may not have good qualification or something like that. So how do we handle that?
• What do you consider yourself as a Buddhist or a bodhisattva?
• Eight fold noble path
• Why is it that you are more attracted to a right livelihood in this eight fold noble path?
• How do we use her right livelihood concept to reduce suffering and harm in the world?
• How do you define suffering from Buddhism perspective?
• To reduce the pain and suffering, you suggest to you mindfulness. Are there specific concrete practices?
• Could you share any memorable story from your own suffering in the past, if anything that comes to your mind?
• Where do you see this Buddhist economics going in the next 10, 15 years to alleviate, suffering and improve the systems?
• Spiritual ecology
• Under the umbrella of Buddhism, we have Zen Buddhism, we have Tibetan Buddhism. So what kind of of Buddhism are you talking about in this conversation?
• The world needs more deep generalist. Could you describe that in brief?
• Do you have frameworks or rules to practice deep generalist? How do we cultivate more of this deep generalist?
• You also work in the areas of sexual violence, prevention and intervention.
• How do you use mindfulness into preventing sexual violence?
• And, much more

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“It is one thing to awaken. It is another thing to remain awake.“

– Raj

Raj Sisodia was born in India and spent parts of his childhood in Barbados, California and Canada. He was educated as an electrical engineer from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS, Pilani). He pursued an MBA in Marketing from the Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies in Mumbai after which he earned a Ph.D. in Marketing and Business Policy from Columbia University.

Until 1998, he was the Director of Executive Programs and Associate Professor of Marketing at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. From 1985 to 1988, he was Assistant Professor of Marketing at Boston University.

He also spent 15 years at Bentley University as Trustee Professor of Marketing, Department Chair and founder/director of the Center for Marketing Technology. Raj is a trustee of Conscious Capitalism Inc. and a member of the board of directors of The Container Store. He has consulted with and taught executive programs for numerous companies, including AT&T, Nokia, LG, DPDHL, POSCO, Kraft Foods, Whole Foods Market, Tata, Siemens, Sprint, Volvo, IBM, Walmart, Rabobank, McDonalds and Southern California Edison.

Raj is an American citizen residing in Boston, Massachusetts. Raj has published ten books and over 100 academic articles. His work has been featured in the Wall Street journal, The New York Times, Fortune, Financial Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe,CNBC and many other media outlets.

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Book Mentioned:

• The Healing Organization: Awakening the Conscience of Business to Help Save the World 
• Conscious Capitalism Field Guide: Tools for Transforming Your Organization 

People Mentioned:

• Michael Gelb
• John Mackey
• Jag Sheth

Show Notes:

• Could you tell us the meaning of your first name to our listeners?
• Could you share one of your memorable childhood moments?
• You lived abroad between the age of 7 and 12 and then moved back to India, how was the culture shock for you and how did you adapt to the changing environments?
• Did you have a good relationship with your father?
• Blend of Feminine and Masculine energy
• You mentioned that your dad wanted to you to be something else. What was that?
• How do you find the balance between loving and striving to have more in your own personal life and personal relationships?
• What are the concrete practices you have in an everyday life to cultivate more of healthy masculinity and be more self aware and awakened?
• You went for a shamanic experience, you also went to a silent retreat in upstate New York. And then you also went to a spiritual journey in the Himalayas. When was it? Could you double click on all of these experiences and share with us?
• what does healing mean to now?
• When you were going through the spiritual awakening and multiple dimensions of healing, what was your inner voice at that time? What were you telling yourself? Any self-talk that you remember?
• What do you do in the first 60 to 90 minutes of your waking up in the morning?
• Writing process
• Could you give us a small concrete example of mind mapping that you have used recently in your writing?
• Not everybody can have access to you and Michael Gelb. So could you tell us some resources on mind mapping that we can go and learn more about it?
• You have coauthored a lot of your books with other amazing writers? So are there some principles, rules, structure, frameworks to write a book with another human being?
• What did Michael tell you to just trust your instincts?
• What do you mean by words coming from soul versus words coming from the consciousness?
• Why Jag Sheth is your mentor and what qualities does he have that you seek him as your mentor?
• what is the specific impact you want to leave on this world?
• And, much more

The Nishant Garg Show:

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“If you want to change the world, start with yourself“

“Don’t believe everything you think”

“A life unexamined is not worth living”

“There’s nothing to fear, but fear itself. And when you get on the other side of fear, you realize there’s less and less to be afraid of”

Ora Nadrich is the founder and president of the Institute for Transformational Thinking and author of Live True: A Mindfulness Guide to Authenticity, named in the 100 Best Mindfulness Books of All Time by Book Authority. She is a certified life coach and Mindfulness teacher, specializing in transformational thinking, self-discovery and mentoring new coaches as they develop their careers.

Ora’s rare combination of insight, intuition, compassion and charisma has made her one of the most effective and sought-after coaches in Los Angeles. Her work has been featured in Women’s Health Magazine, Reader’s Digest, Conscious Lifestyle Magazine, Fast Company, Success Magazine, Spirituality & Health, Elevated Existence, NBC News, LA Yoga Magazine, Yahoo! Health, and many more.

From a very early age, Ora has been a seeker of knowledge, with a particular interest in discovering how our thoughts work. Her lifelong journey towards this inner awareness, along with her distinctive combination of intuition and compassion that allows her to open up avenues of trust and connection, eventually led to her becoming a life coach and developing her simple yet effective questioning method, designed to uncover both the pitfalls and potential our thoughts have in determining our destiny. Her unique method, which has guided her clients to unlock the strength and promise within, allowing them to deal with the fears and other obstacles that have held them back, has thus been successful in helping thousands of people realize their desires and reach their goals.

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Book Mentioned:

• Live True: A Mindfulness Guide to Authenticity
• Says WHO

Resources:

• Thought Coach Certification training
• Says who method

People Mentioned:

• Marianne Williamson
• Katherine Woodward Thomas
• Mallika Chopra
• Carl Jung
• Mahatma Gandhi
• Socrates
• Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
• Byron Katie
• Deepak Chopra

Show Notes:

• What do you drink in the morning? Do you drink tea or coffee?
• Can you elaborate more on Dream Work? How can we practice in our lives?
• When you retrieve a dream on a regular basis or at times in your life, what does it do to you personally? How do you feel after that?
• How have you been able to cultivate this calm state of being?
• What advice would you give to somebody who wants to live a calm and relaxed state of being and live a more calm life on a frequent basis?
• Life Gazing practice
• Do you have a specific time in your daily life to stop and pause and just do nothing?
• Mindfulness in motion
• What is your relationship with mother nature?
• How did you influence your husband Jeff to meditate?
• Transitioning from work life to home life
• How has your relationship with your husband transformed through mindfulness practices?
• At what point in your life you got introduced to mindfulness and meditation?
• Whenever any trauma comes to you in your life in many ways, what questions do you usually ask it?
• We all face obstacles and negative thoughts in our lives, but that doesn’t mean we have to let them keep us from achieving our goals and dreams
• Transformation thinking – WHO method
• Can you give us an example on changing negative thinking to positive thinking?
• Challenging your thoughts
• Live True Journaling process
• Do you have any favorite quote or philosophy that you live your life by?
• and much more

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“Our parents bring us into the world, but in the end, we are responsible for what we become.“

–Khalil Gibran

Maureen Healy is an award-winning author, sought-after speaker and expert in children’s emotional health. She writes a popular blog for Psychology Today, which has reached millions worldwide. Maureen’s most recent book, The Emotionally Healthy Child (preface from Dalai Lama), won the Nautilus Book Award, Book Excellence and Forward Indie in 2019. With 15+ years of experience, Maureen has guided 1000’s of parents and their children, worked with educators globally, taught in the classroom, and given keynote talks throughout North America, Europe and Asia.

She’s also appeared across all media outlets such as: ABC’s “Midday Live” in San Francisco, New York Times and Forbes, PBS’s “This Emotional Life” series, and Scholastic magazine, as examples. Maureen’s educational credentials include a BA and MBA from Clark University in Worcester, MA and a PhD program in Child Clinical Psychology at Fielding Graduate University in Santa Barbara, CA. Additionally, Maureen has studied with happiness teachers globally, which has bolstered her joy immensely. She says, “Life is never boring,” especially as she continues to learn from every experience she has and person she meets.

In 2007, Maureen lived at the Base of the Himalayas teaching kindergarten to Tibetan refugee children and studying with His Holiness the Dalai Lama in his temple with many others.

Maureen’s new book: The Emotionally Healthy Child

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Book Mentioned:

• Growing Happy Kids
• A Course in Miracles
• Bible
• The Energetic Keys to Indigo Kids: Your Guide to Raising and Resonating With the New Children 
• The Emotionally Healthy Child

People Mentioned:

• Kahlil Gibran
• Gabor Mate
• Tal Ben-Shahar
• Dalai Lama
• John O’Donohue

Resources that helped me in the preparation

• 8 Things You Can Do When You’re Parenting An Intense Child
• 7 vital lessons for teaching kids how to manage their emotions

Show Notes:

• Could you tell us a story about a monk and monkeys?
• Did you get a chance to talk to that monk how he developed that inner confidence, clarity, calm  and peace?
• Why did you go to Tibet and what was your motivation?
• What was the reason of their happiness in Tibet?
• Who introduced you to the practice of Buddhism?
• Did your parents talk about resilience, happiness, and all these practices when you were growing up?
• Tell us the differences or anything that comes to your mind between Buddhism and Christianity?
• Do you have any concrete Buddhism practice in your everyday life?
• Could you describe in brief what chakras are?
• You have a doctor degree in child clinical psychology – why did you study this? Was there anything connected to your childhood that you wanted to uncover? Why did you do that?
• You mentioned about child development and I am a huge fan of Dr. Gabor Mate. What are your thoughts on parenting to develop a resilient and emotionally healthy child?
• What if a child is intense and rebellious and not listening to their parents?
• What was your relationship with your parents?
• Is there a basic difference between emotional child and emotionally healthy child? And the reason I’m asking you because while growing up I was an emotional child, I wasn’t emotionally healthy child. I didn’t know how to process my emotions because nobody was talking about it around me. So what is the difference between emotional child and an emotionally healthy child?
• A lot of families will have parent child relationship issues. So how should parent develop the awareness that they need help?
• What does mindfulness for children look like? Do we have different sort of practices for children or mindfulness is the same for adults and children?
• What are your personal mindfulness practices?
• Every frustration and every unpleasant emotion has a trigger. What is your trigger behind your frustration when you drive car?
• You were a wild child. Could you share one of your memorable childhood challenges?
• You have touched upon  Happiness many a times in our conversation – you also studied with the Dalai Lama. Could you share with us what is the foundation of happiness or happy life in a human being existence?
• You also have a studied with many other happiness teachers globally, such as Tal Ben Shahar and many others. So what common denominator do you see among those happiness teachers who are spreading happiness and love through the world?
• Do you rely on your intuition more or intellect or how do you find the balance?
• I would love to ask you about some of the books that he might have gifted the most besides your own books.
• I heard that you love children jokes. Do you have any joke to share with us?
• and much more

The Nishant Garg Show:

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“When we truly take care of ourselves and become fully present, we bring a quality of grace into every interaction.”

“Recognize that life itself is an incredible gift.  It is a miracle that any of us are here.  Sit with that for a moment.  All of life is at any one moment on the fragile brink of non-existence.  Behold the wonderment in the moment”

-Terri Lonowski

Terri Lonowski earned a M.Ed. in Educational Psychology from the University of Nebraska and has made significant professional contributions throughout her career. These include serving as Chair of the American Counseling Association Foundation (philanthropic branch of the American Counseling Association with membership of over 40,000) and holding a gubernatorial appointment to the Nebraska State Workforce Investment Board.

As an expert consultant on US Department of Labor special projects, Terri has been at the leading edge of innovation, evolving nationwide workforce initiatives. She had the distinct privilege and honor of participating in two events held at The White House, showcasing innovative projects which embraced empathy and Design Thinking (a change management methodology).

She created Soulful Listening™ by incorporating Active Listening and Empathy elements, then added missing pieces, to address communication disconnect in the workplace and in personal relationships. Terri is a practitioner of Soulful Listening™, a Master Facilitator, and highly sought-after national and international speaker.

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Book Mentioned:

• The Prophet

People Mentioned:

• Kahlil Gibran

Resources that helped me in the preparation

• Terri Lonowski: Emotional Intelligence: What It Is, Why It Is So Essential, And How We Can Increase It
• Creating Deeper Relationships With Soulful Listening; Terri Lonowski
• Guiding questions like:
  • How might I be of service and what’s my next best step?
  • Where am I stuck and how might I get unstuck?
  • Who might I turn to for trusted and valued feedback?

Show Notes:

• Who is Jacob Lonowsky and why do you consider him wise?
• How did Jacob learn to cultivate this wisdom, emotional intelligence, and listening to the inner voice? Was it something you cultivated into him or did he just learn from other places?
• While growing up, did you suggest Jacob some of the books or resources to learn from? Could you explain on that please?
• What are the ways to practice and cultivate the relationship of emotional intelligence between a parent and a child?
• What do you mean by moving body? Do you go to the gym?
• Could you elaborate on your meditation practice? What does it look like on an everyday basis?
• How do you process gratitude when it may not flow naturally? And how do you reflect back?
• In soulful listening, you mentioned that first element is self care, second element is being in the present moment. And what are the other elements?
• Could you give us a concrete example of practicing empathy? If we are having a conversation dialogue with another person, how can we reflect back to another person that they have been heard? And what they’re telling us is being understood by us? So what is that conversation look like in terms of templates or anything that you might want to share with us?
• What is the difference between sympathy and empathy?
• Where do you think people struggle the most in out of these five elements of soulful listening?
• You participated in two events at the white house under the Obama administration. Could you share more on that project and what was it like to be in the white house?
• Can you tell us some of the resources about empathy, how we can learn more about empathy and cultivate more of it in our daily lives?
• Meditation is one of the practices to self-regulate our emotions. So, Terry, do you recommend any other practice to work on our emotions?
• How do you adjust your life when you move from one place to another place?
• When you take a particular place to live – do you have certain rules and parameters to feel a sense of belonging? What does it look like to pick a place?
• What do you mean by behold the wonderment in the moment?
• How do you personally deal with loneliness if ever you get lonely?
• Why do you recommend the book The prophet by Kahlil Gibran?
• What does it mean to have an heart opening essence?
• and much more

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