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For episode homepage, resources, free download and links, visit: https://kristenmanieri.com/2020/08/11/transforming-conversations-about-race-with-amanda-kemp/   Description It’s understandable that we approach conversations about racism with a degree of trepidation. But this week’s guest wants us to be less afraid about talking about race. Drawing on her academic study, teaching experience, and life lessons, Dr. Amanda Kemp created Racial Justice from the H.E.A.R.T., a system that builds skill and increases capacity so that we can transform how we talk about racism.   Guest Bio Dr. Amanda Kemp is the author of Stop Being Afraid! 5 Steps to Transform your Conversations about Racism, and Say the Wrong Thing, a collection of personal essays about racial justice and compassion. With a doctorate in race and performance from Northwestern University, she taught college students at Cornell University, Dickinson College, and Franklin and Marshall College. She’s now a Visiting Scholar at Franklin & Marshall and has helped over 25,000 people have open-hearted conversations and practice compassion to cultivate racial justice and authentic community. In her work as a racial justice coach and mindfulness mentor, Dr. Kemp blends activism and spirituality. Drawing on her academic study of race, her teaching experience, and life lessons in an interracial blended family, Dr. Kemp created Racial Justice from the H.E.A.R.T., a system that that builds skill and capacity of compassionate change makers, facilitators, and coaches worldwide.   Mentioned in this Episode   Guest’s website: dramandakemp.com   Free Webinars How White Women Can Talk with Women of Color about Racism Fail Forward: 5 Mistakes Racial Justice Trainers Make and How to Avoid Them   Connect with the 60 Mindful Minutes podcast   Web: https://kristenmanieri.com Email: Kristen@kristenmanieri.com   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/60MindfulMinutes Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kristenmanieri_/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/kristenmanieri/  

For episode homepage, resources, free download and links, visit: https://kristenmanieri.com/2020/08/04/how-to-wander-with-intention-with-erika-owen/   Description Have you ever been walking home from work and unexpectedly took a different path just to curiously explore your neighborhood? Or have you been on a vacation and walked around a new city with no destination in mind? Then chances are, you’re a flaneur and you didn’t even know it! This week I welcome Erika Owen, the author of The Art of Flaneuring: How to Wander with Intention and Discover a Better Life.   Guest Bio Erika Owen is a Brooklyn-based travel writer, author, and self-proclaimed Iceland Enthusiast. She is the author of "The Art of Flaneuring: How to Wander With Intention and Discover a Better Life," "Lawbreaking Ladies: 50 Tales of Daring, Defiant, and Dangerous Women from History," and was a contributor to "Fodor's Essential Iceland" guidebook. Her work has previously been published in Travel + Leisure, Departures, and Vogue. You can also find her work online at GQ, Martha Stewart Living, Bon Appétit, Epicurious, and more. When she isn't writing or planning her next trip, you can find her wandering Brooklyn and soaking up the scenes.   Mentioned in this Episode   Guest’s website: http://www.erikaraeowen.com/   The Art of Flaneuring: How to Wander with Intention and Discover a Better Life: https://www.amazon.com/Art-Flaneuring-Wander-Intention-Discover/dp/1982133511/   Connect with the 60 Mindful Minutes podcast   Web: https://kristenmanieri.com Email: Kristen@kristenmanieri.com   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/60MindfulMinutes Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kristenmanieri_/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/kristenmanieri/    

For episode homepage, resources, free download and links, visit: https://kristenmanieri.com/2020/07/28/how-to-make-a-difference-in-the-world-with-colin-beavan/   Description How many of us feel the need to make a difference in the world but have no idea how and where to start? In his book, How to Be Alive: A Guide to the Kind of Happiness That Helps the World, Colin Beavan shines a light on one path and it starts with this modification: instead of wondering how we can save the world, why don’t we simply become a person who tries?    Guest Bio Colin Beavan, PhD is a life and career coach who helps people and organizations live and operate with meaning and purpose. Also a writer, thought leader and social activist, Colin is the author, most recently, of How to Be Alive: A Guide To The Kind of Happiness That Helps The World. He attracted international attention for his year-long lifestyle-redesign project and the wildly popular book, No Impact Man, and the Sundance-selected documentary film that it inspired. He has appeared on Nightline, Good Morning America, The Colbert Report, The Montel Williams Show, and NPR, and his story has been featured in news outlets from Time magazine to the New York Times. A sought-after speaker by wide-ranging audiences, he also consults with individuals and organizations on living and operating in ways that marry prosperity with the promotion of peace, happiness, justice, right action and good will. The author of four books, Colin's writing has also appeared in Esquire, the Atlantic, and the New York Times. He ran for the US House of Representatives in New York’s 8th Congressional District in 2012, is the founder of the No Impact Project, a board member of Transportation Alternatives, an advisory council member of 350.org, a guest professor at Sarah Lawrence College and a senior dharma teacher in the Kwan Um School of Zen. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.    Mentioned in this Episode   Guest’s website: https://colinbeavan.com/   How to Be Alive: A Guide to the Kind of Happiness That Helps the World: https://www.amazon.com/How-Be-Alive-Guide-Happiness/dp/0062236717   Connect with the 60 Mindful Minutes podcast   Web: https://kristenmanieri.com Email: Kristen@kristenmanieri.com   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/60MindfulMinutes Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kristenmanieri_/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/kristenmanieri/

For episode homepage, resources, free download and links, visit: https://kristenmanieri.com/2020/07/21/how-to-give-a-good-apology-with-molly-howes/   Description We all mess up, we drop the ball, say the wrong thing and hurt someone’s feelings. But how many of us know how to effectively apologize and make amends? In her new book, A Good Apology: Four Steps to Make Things Right, writer and therapist Molly Howes offers a thoughtful examination and a blueprint for how to make things right when we’ve done wrong.     Guest Bio Molly Howes is a writer of nonfiction and memoir who has spent many years as a clinical psychologist in the Boston area. Her writing received a Notable Listing in Best American Essays 2015 and has reached finalist rounds in national contests. In 2014, she completed the intensive, yearlong Memoir Incubator Program at Grub Street writers’ center. Her new book, A Good Apology will be released in July 2020 by Grand Central Publishing.   Mentioned in this Episode   Guest’s website: https://mollyhowes.com/   A Good Apology Four Steps to Make Things Right: https://mollyhowes.com/a-good-apology-four-steps-to-make-things-right/   Connect with the 60 Mindful Minutes podcast   Web: https://kristenmanieri.com Email: Kristen@kristenmanieri.com   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/60MindfulMinutes Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kristenmanieri_/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/kristenmanieri/  

For episode homepage, resources, free download and links, visit: https://kristenmanieri.com/2020/07/14/our-beauty-contracts-with-jeanette-johnson/   Description When we are unconscious to it, our belonging can be very conditional in this culture. Our unchallenged beauty contracts impact how we treat ourselves and others. As the founder of J's Everyday Fashion, one of the internet’s first-ever budget fashion blogs, Jeanette Johnson’s life was steeped in beauty. But as you’ll hear, her experiences set her on a journey to not only begin to question our unspoken beauty contracts, but to challenge the entire idea that we get our value from how we look.   Guest Bio Jeanette Johnson is the founder of one of the first-ever budget fashion blogs, J's Everyday Fashion. She is the author of two books, regularly speaks at conferences, and is on the board of directors of Samaritan Village, a residential recovery home for women survivors of sex trafficking. She is also the co-founder of Wall Crawl, a one-of-a-kind photo studio concept in downtown Orlando, as well as EDEN & IVY, a socially conscious clothing line that employs women survivors of trafficking in Nepal, coming to HSN this summer. She is a native of Kansas, and a graduate of the University of Kansas. She lives in Orlando with her husband.   Mentioned in this Episode   Guest’s website: https://www.thebeautycontract.com/ J’s Everyday Fashion: https://jseverydayfashion.com/home   Connect with the 60 Mindful Minutes podcast   Web: https://kristenmanieri.com Email: Kristen@kristenmanieri.com   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/60MindfulMinutes Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kristenmanieri_/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/kristenmanieri/

For episode homepage, resources, free download and links, visit: https://kristenmanieri.com/2020/07/07/lean-in-with-love-with-stephanie-vanzytveld/   Description Stephanie VanZytveld is the author of I Am Gold Dust (And You Are Too): Mindfulness and Authenticity in the Workplace. This week on 60 Mindful Minutes, we tackle all sorts of topics, including racial injustice, mindfulness at work, authenticity and how we can get comfortable with being uncomfortable.   Guest Bio Stephanie VanZytveld, MHA, is a leadership and strategy consultant with broad healthcare experience. She leverages emotional intelligence, design thinking, and data storytelling to guide internal and external clients to arrive at innovative, elegant solutions. Ms. VanZytveld graduated with high distinction from the University of Michigan with departmental honors in Women’s Studies, and earned a Masters in Healthcare Administration from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Mentioned in this Episode   Guest’s website: https://www.iamgolddust.com/ I Am Gold Dust (And You Are Too): Mindfulness and Authenticity in the Workplace: https://www.amazon.com/Gold-Dust-You-Are-Too/dp/1641375744   Connect with the 60 Mindful Minutes podcast   Web: https://kristenmanieri.com Email: Kristen@kristenmanieri.com   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/60MindfulMinutes Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kristenmanieri_/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/kristenmanieri/

For episode homepage, resources, free download and links, visit: https://kristenmanieri.com/2020/06/30/the-genius-of-anxiety-with-karla-mclaren/. We'll be hosting a special author Q&A with Karla McLaren on Thursday, August 13th 2020. Details here: https://kristenmanieri.com/author-qa-karla-mclaren/.  Description In her new book, Embracing Anxiety: How to Access the Genius of This Vital Emotion, award-winning author, social science researcher and empathy pioneer Karla McLaren, M.Ed. aims to have us see that anxiety is not a problem. In fact, it’s an essential source of foresight, intuition and energy. Emotions are a crucial and vital part of everything we do. And if we do not understand emotions, we are not in the drivers’ seat of our lives.    Guest Bio Karla McLaren, M.Ed. is an award-winning author, social science researcher, and empathy pioneer. Her lifelong work focuses on her grand unified theory of emotions, which revalues even the most “negative” emotions and opens startling new pathways into self-awareness, effective communication, and healthy empathy.   Mentioned in this Episode Guest’s website: https://karlamclaren.com/ Embracing Anxiety: How to Access the Genius of This Vital Emotion: https://www.amazon.com/Karla-McLaren/dp/1683644417/   Connect with the 60 Mindful Minutes podcast   Web: https://kristenmanieri.com  Email: Kristen@kristenmanieri.com    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/60MindfulMinutes Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kristenmanieri_/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/kristenmanieri/

For episode homepage, resources, free download and links, visit: https://kristenmanieri.com/2020/06/23/the-power-of-ritual-with-casper-ter-kuile/   Description This week we're joined by Casper ter Kuile, author of The Power of Ritual: Turning Everyday Activities into Soulful Practices. While they share some of the same DNA, rituals are distinct from habits. To put it simply, repetition without intention and attention is a habit. But when you bring your presence and heart to an activity, that’s a ritual, and rituals give life more meaning and purpose.   Guest Bio Casper ter Kuile, a Harvard Divinity School fellow and cohost of the popular Harry Potter and the Sacred Text podcast, recently published his book, The Power of Ritual: Turning Everyday Activities into Soulful Practices. Casper is also the co-founder of startup Sacred Design Lab—a research and design consultancy working to create a culture of belonging and becoming—and he is the co-author of “How We Gather.” His work has been featured in the New York Times, Vice, The Atlantic, and the Washington Post. Casper holds a Masters of Divinity and Public Policy from Harvard University.   Mentioned in this Episode The Power of Ritual: Turning Everyday Activities into Soulful Practices by Casper ter Kuile: https://www.amazon.com/Power-Ritual-Everyday-Activities-Practices/dp/0062881817   Casper ter Kuile: https://www.caspertk.com/   Connect with the 60 Mindful Minutes podcast   Web: https://kristenmanieri.com  Email: Kristen@kristenmanieri.com    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/60MindfulMinutes Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kristenmanieri_/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/kristenmanieri/

For episode homepage, resources, free download and links, visit: https://kristenmanieri.com/2020/06/16/a-mindful-life-with-aria-campbell-danesh-and-seth-j-gillihan/   Description Written from friend to friend, A Mindful Year offers a series of contemplations on living every day life. In their book and in this podcast episode, Aria and Seth invite us to make space for mindful reflection to reconnect with what is most important to us, and to come home to ourselves to do the inner contemplative work of considering how we live.   Guest Bio Dr. Aria Campbell-Danesh, DClinPsy, is a doctor in clinical psychology and an expert in the fields of behavior change and long-term health (dr-aria.com). A mindfulness specialist and creator of the F.I.T. Method, he works internationally with clients on their mindset, exercise, and nutrition. He is co-author of A Mindful Year (Blackstone Publishing) and is regularly featured in popular lifestyle publications such as Men’s Health, Women’s Health and Marie Claire. Dr. Aria is a chartered psychologist with the British Psychological Society and Senior Associate Member of the Royal Society of Medicine.   Seth J. Gillihan, PhD, is a licensed psychologist and host of the weekly Think Act Be podcast. He is author of The CBT Deck for Anxiety, Rumination, & Worry, Retrain Your Brain, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Made Simple, and co-author with Dr. Aria Campbell-Danesh of A Mindful Year: 365 Ways to Find Connection and the Sacred in Everyday Life. Dr. Gillihan teaches online courses in mindfulness-centered cognitive behavioral therapy, and provides resources for managing stress, anxiety, and other conditions on the Think Act Be website.   Mentioned in this Episode A Mindful Year: 365 Ways to Find Connection and the Sacred in Everyday Life: https://www.amazon.com/Mindful-Year-Connection-Sacred-Everyday/dp/1982501839 Aria Campbell-Danesh: https://www.dr-aria.com/ Seth J. Gillihan PhD: http://sethgillihan.com/   Connect with the 60 Mindful Minutes podcast   Web: https://kristenmanieri.com  Email: Kristen@kristenmanieri.com    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/60MindfulMinutes Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kristenmanieri_/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/kristenmanieri/  

For episode homepage, resources, free download and links, visit: https://kristenmanieri.com/2020/06/09/chemistryofcalm/   Description Anxiety and stress can overshadow all the joy and well-being in our lives. But it doesn’t have to be this way. In this episode, Henry Emmons, MD, author of The Chemistry of Calm, shares his holistic approach to creating more emotional resilience.   Guest Bio Henry Emmons, MD, is an integrative psychiatrist who weaves together mind-body and natural therapies, mindfulness teachings, and other holistic approaches to mental health problems like depression and anxiety. He is the author of four books, including The Chemistry of Calm: A Powerful, Drug-Free Plan to Quiet Your Fears and Overcome Your Anxiety.     Mentioned in this Episode   The Chemistry of Calm: A Powerful, Drug-Free Plan to Quiet Your Fears and Overcome Your Anxiety https://www.amazon.com/Chemistry-Calm-Powerful-Drug-Free-Overcome/dp/1439129061 Guest’s website: https://www.partnersinresilience.com/   Connect with the 60 Mindful Minutes podcast   Web: https://kristenmanieri.com  Email: Kristen@kristenmanieri.com    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/60MindfulMinutes Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kristenmanieri_/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/kristenmanieri/