The Mindful FIRE Podcast

“I found that work was an ability for me to bring out my spiritual teachings and share my values with other people.” Welcome to the Mindful FIRE Podcast, where we explore living mindfully on the path to financial independence and beyond. I’m your host Adam Coelho and I’m glad you’re here.  Today we talk to my friend, Colm Dolan who was one of the first people I met when joining Google back in 2010. Colm is a former Googler and founder of Publift - an adtech business that helps online publishers build sustainable revenue streams. He is an ad ops veteran and sports fanatic with a passion for self-improvement and creating better life situations for all. I’m excited to share this episode with Colm where we explore his entrepreneurial and mindfulness journey both of which started after he and I had dinner together in Sydney, Australia 7 years ago. After that dinner he quit his job and set out on his own path. His mindfulness practice developed alongside his business and provided incredible support to him and all of the people that his business touches.  In this episode Colm and I dive into: Colm’s thoughts on how entrepreneurship is a spiritual path in it’s own right How there is so much learning and growth that come from building a business and dealing with the challenges that come along with it. Why Colm has found it essential to build structure in the your day How Colm thinks about his metal diet to keep a healthy mind by avoiding news and social media Why Colm says it’s important to find a few minutes of mindfulness throughout the day to reset and flush out the “mental build up” that comes from living and working in the modern world.  How to discover what your values are and how you can check in with yourself from time to time to see if you are actually living in alignment with those values  PS: Introducing the… 🔥 FIRE Starter Group Coaching Program Connect with your big vision for the next chapter of your life and start living it in 10 weeks or less using envisioning and the power of your mind. Interested? Let's chat.​ 🔥 WHO I'm creating this for: I'm creating this for YOU if you are feeling stuck & frustrated after saving and investing for years to create "financial freedom" only to find yourself: Unclear or unsure about what you want Overwhelmed by all the options created by financial freedom Not sure how to move forward to start living the next chapter of your life 🔥 WHAT we’ll do together over 10 weeks: In this small group coaching program, you will: Finally answer “What do I actually want?” Come up with a BIG vision for your next chapter of life Learn what envisioning is and the brain science that makes it work Learn how to use your mind to start living your new vision right away 🔥 Sound interesting? If you’re ready to start living the life you’ve saved for all these years, grab one of the few remaining spots for a no-pressure curiosity call with me to learn more.

In this 18 minute guided meditation, Adam Coelho leads us through the practice of visualizing how we’d like to show up in our lives. I generally consider this an affirmations practice, one in which I’m affirming the belief or way of being I’d like to cultivate in my life. It’s also a great meditation to try if you enjoyed the last episode of the podcast with Frazer Kirkman on Brain Programming.  This session begins with a simple mindfulness of breath practice, simply resting in awareness of the sensations of breathing in the body. No where we need to go, nothing we need to do, simply observing this in breath and this out breath, as it is, right now.  After settling the mind on the breath, I invite you to bring to mind a belief or way of being you’d like to embody as you show up in your life. Then I guide you as you practice visualizing yourself embodying that belief in the past, present and future. You’ll practice seeing how you’ve lived that belief in the past, how you’re living it in the present and how you will live it in the future.  This is an incredibly powerful practice and one that I do most days. This practice had a profound impact on me during one of the most difficult times in my life. The more we practice visualizing ourselves living out these beliefs, including providing evidence to our mind’s of times we’ve lived them in the past, the more we orient our minds to living them out in the future.  I hope you enjoy this practice and would love to hear what you think! Please share your feedback with me in the comments below.  Please share this with your friends and write us a 5 Star review on Apple Podcasts! Full show notes available mindfulfire.org. PS: Introducing the… 🔥 FIRE Starter Group Coaching Program Connect with your big vision for the next chapter of your life and start living it in 10 weeks or less using envisioning and the power of your mind. Interested? Let's chat.​ 🔥 WHO I'm creating this for: I'm creating this for YOU if you are feeling stuck & frustrated after saving and investing for years to create "financial freedom" only to find yourself: Unclear or unsure about what you want Overwhelmed by all the options created by financial freedom Not sure how to move forward to start living the next chapter of your life 🔥 WHAT we’ll do together over 10 weeks: In this small group coaching program, you will: Finally answer “What do I actually want?” Come up with a BIG vision for your next chapter of life Learn what envisioning is and the brain science that makes it work Learn how to use your mind to start living your new vision right away 🔥 Sound interesting? If you’re ready to start living the life you’ve saved for all these years, grab one of the few remaining spots for a no-pressure curiosity call with me to learn more.

Welcome to the Mindful FIRE Podcast, where we explore living mindfully on the path to financial independence and beyond. I’m your host Adam Coelho and I’m glad you’re here.  Today we talk to my friend, Frazer Kirkman, a very interesting character who I met teaching meditation at work. Frazer is now a software engineer but has an incredibly interesting story which includes him traveling the world teaching mindfulness and positive thinking for 10 years while living an incredibly minimalist lifestyle.    In this episode Frazer and I dive into: What “brain programming” is and why it’s so powerful How we can use mindfulness to become aware of our current “programming”  How we can choose a different “program” for our minds that will take our lives in a different direction How “brain programming” can be applied to any area of our life How Frazer traveled the world for 10 years teaching mindfulness and positive thinking How Frazer lived on less than 10k per year Frazer’s thoughts on the positives and negatives of being a minimalist Frazer’s thoughts on the Financial Independence Retire Early movement  How Frazer builds community in his life and has a ton of fun while spending almost no money His thoughts on what it means to be and have enough How we can be more intentionally loving to our partners and people we care about Frazer’s top advice for people starting out with meditation and mindfulness Frazer’s top advice for people pursuinPS: Introducing the… 🔥 FIRE Starter Group Coaching Program Connect with your big vision for the next chapter of your life and start living it in 10 weeks or less using envisioning and the power of your mind. Interested? Let's chat.​ 🔥 WHO I'm creating this for: I'm creating this for YOU if you are feeling stuck & frustrated after saving and investing for years to create "financial freedom" only to find yourself: Unclear or unsure about what you want Overwhelmed by all the options created by financial freedom Not sure how to move forward to start living the next chapter of your life 🔥 WHAT we’ll do together over 10 weeks: In this small group coaching program, you will: Finally answer “What do I actually want?” Come up with a BIG vision for your next chapter of life Learn what envisioning is and the brain science that makes it work Learn how to use your mind to start living your new vision right away 🔥 Sound interesting? If you’re ready to start living the life you’ve saved for all these years, grab one of the few remaining spots for a no-pressure curiosity call with me to learn more.

Welcome to the Mindful FIRE Podcast, where we explore living mindfully on the path to financial independence and beyond.    In this 20 minute guided meditation, Adam Coelho leads us through the practice of Open Awareness. This practice is a bit different than what we’ve practiced in past weeks but I think you’ll really enjoy it.    As you may know, meditation is not something mystical or magical, it’s simply mental training. It’s literally exercise for your brain, specifically the mental muscles of attention and meta-attention.    Attention, everyone understands, as simply directing your focus to a particular object, for example the breath. Meta-attention however is “the attention of attention” or the ability to know your attention has wandered.    Both the mindfulness practice I posted a few weeks ago and this practice train the mental muscles of attention and meta-attention, but do so in different ways, much like different exercises at the gym can strengthen certain muscles in your body.  This practice begins with focusing our mind on the breath. From there we expand out until we’re resting in an open, choiceless awareness. In this open awareness, we’re practicing simply observing our experience as it comes, stays for a moment and then moves along. We notice the breath, sounds, sensations in the body, and thoughts in the mind as they come and go.  I find this practice very helpful, especially when I want to be creative or would like to open my mind to new possibilities. That’s not exactly the point of the practice but I find it to be a nice side effect. The point is, as with most mindfulness practices, to develop awareness of what’s happening right now with an attitude of openness, curiosity and kindness.  I hope you enjoy this practice and would love to hear what you think on Facebook or LinkedIn (#mindfulFIRE) Please share this with your friends and write us a 5 Star review on Apple Podcasts! PS: Introducing the… 🔥 FIRE Starter Group Coaching Program Connect with your big vision for the next chapter of your life and start living it in 10 weeks or less using envisioning and the power of your mind. Interested? Let's chat.​ 🔥 WHO I'm creating this for: I'm creating this for YOU if you are feeling stuck & frustrated after saving and investing for years to create "financial freedom" only to find yourself: Unclear or unsure about what you want Overwhelmed by all the options created by financial freedom Not sure how to move forward to start living the next chapter of your life 🔥 WHAT we’ll do together over 10 weeks: In this small group coaching program, you will: Finally answer “What do I actually want?” Come up with a BIG vision for your next chapter of life Learn what envisioning is and the brain science that makes it work Learn how to use your mind to start living your new vision right away 🔥 Sound interesting? If you’re ready to start living the life you’ve saved for all these years, grab one of the few remaining spots for a no-pressure curiosity call with me to learn more.

Welcome to the Mindful FIRE Podcast, where we explore living mindfully on the path to financial independence and beyond. I’m your host Adam Coelho and I’m glad you’re here.  In this episode, I’m again joined by my friend Morgan Bricca for Part 2 of our conversation. Today we explore the idea of “Craftsmanship”, which I think of pursuing and getting better at something for its own sake. For Morgan, her primary focus for craftsmanship is painting beautiful murals that make an impact but she has also applied craftsmanship to her blog, podcast and now a book she wrote and will release in the near future. In this episode we focus on craftsmanship as it relates to podcasting, since I’m new to the game and learning so much with every episode (BTW, thanks for being here!). In today’s episode you’ll also learn quite a bit about me including things that even some of my close friends don’t know. That’s because Morgan turns the tables on me and starts asking me questions that make me reflect on some of the limiting beliefs I have about money, self-improvement and what it means to be and have enough. I’ve got to be honest, things get pretty real but I learned a ton about myself. If you haven’t yet listened to Episode 6, I recommend checking it out to learn more about how Morgan applies the principles of financial independence and mindfulness in her life to live a life filled with alignment and purpose.  As a reminder, Morgan Bricca is a mural artist, meditator, blogger, author and podcaster in the San Francisco Bay Area. She discovered Financial Independence early on in life and immediately applied the principles in her life, which allowed her to reclaim her time and ultimately leave a job that was unfulfilling to pursue being a professional mural artist. Now, Morgan enjoys life on her terms and has built a mural painting business that allows her to work part-time while earning six figures and making an impact in the community.  In today’s episode Morgan and I dive into: PS: Introducing the… 🔥 FIRE Starter Group Coaching Program Connect with your big vision for the next chapter of your life and start living it in 10 weeks or less using envisioning and the power of your mind. Interested? Let's chat.​ 🔥 WHO I'm creating this for: I'm creating this for YOU if you are feeling stuck & frustrated after saving and investing for years to create "financial freedom" only to find yourself: Unclear or unsure about what you want Overwhelmed by all the options created by financial freedom Not sure how to move forward to start living the next chapter of your life 🔥 WHAT we’ll do together over 10 weeks: In this small group coaching program, you will: Finally answer “What do I actually want?” Come up with a BIG vision for your next chapter of life Learn what envisioning is and the brain science that makes it work Learn how to use your mind to start living your new vision right away 🔥 Sound interesting? If you’re ready to start living the life you’ve saved for all these years, grab one of the few remaining spots for a no-pressure curiosity call with me to learn more.

Join Adam Coelho for a 20 minute guided meditation in which we practice a Tibetan practice called Tonglen in which we imagine ourselves transforming suffering into love and kindness and sending that love and kindness out into the world. During this practice we begin by calming the mind and then transition to the Tonglen practice in which we imagine ourselves breathing in suffering, transforming it into love and kindness and sending it back out into the world. We close by practicing embodying hopefulness and sending that out to those that need it most right now. I hope you find this guided practice to be supportive. As a reminder, I will be releasing a new guided meditation practice every other week, alternating with a new podcast episode (Hit the Subscribe button!). Since this podcast is all about developing mindfulness and living the life that is ours to live, here and now, I share these practices with you in hopes you use them and grow in your own self awareness and self compassion. I love taking requests when I lead meditations. Please share your feedback and requests for what you’d like me to focus on in the guided meditation by commenting at MindfulFIRE.org. Please share this with your friends and write us a 5 Star review on Apple Podcasts!PS: Introducing the… 🔥 FIRE Starter Group Coaching Program Connect with your big vision for the next chapter of your life and start living it in 10 weeks or less using envisioning and the power of your mind. Interested? Let's chat.​ 🔥 WHO I'm creating this for: I'm creating this for YOU if you are feeling stuck & frustrated after saving and investing for years to create "financial freedom" only to find yourself: Unclear or unsure about what you want Overwhelmed by all the options created by financial freedom Not sure how to move forward to start living the next chapter of your life 🔥 WHAT we’ll do together over 10 weeks: In this small group coaching program, you will: Finally answer “What do I actually want?” Come up with a BIG vision for your next chapter of life Learn what envisioning is and the brain science that makes it work Learn how to use your mind to start living your new vision right away 🔥 Sound interesting? If you’re ready to start living the life you’ve saved for all these years, grab one of the few remaining spots for a no-pressure curiosity call with me to learn more.

Welcome to the Mindful FIRE Podcast, where we explore living mindfully on the path to financial independence and beyond. I’m your host Adam Coelho and I’m glad you’re here. Today I’m joined by my friend, Morgan Bricca, a mural artist, meditator, blogger, author and podcaster in the San Francisco Bay Area. Morgan discovered Financial Independence early on in life and immediately applied the principles in her life, which allowed her to reclaim her time and ultimately leave a job that was unfulfilling to pursue being a professional mural artist. Now, Morgan enjoys life on her terms and has built a mural painting business that allows her to work part-time while earning six figures and making an impact in the community. Morgan and I had such a great conversation in which we covered too much for just one episode. So I broke it into two parts. In this episode I bring you part 1 of my conversation with Morgan. In it, we explore how Morgan applies the principles of financial independence and mindfulness in her life to live a life filled with alignment and purpose. In 2 weeks, I’ll share part 2 of our conversation in which we explore the idea of Craftsmanship.  In both episodes, Morgan turns the tables on me and things get pretty real. I share some of my biggest dreams and some of the limiting beliefs that have held me back from reaching my goals in the past. In today’s episode Morgan and I dive into:How reading “Your Money or Your Life” by Vicki Robin changed how Morgan thinks about money and lifeHow implementing what she learned in that book set her on the path towards financial independence and allowed her to leave her unfulfilling job in IT to pursue mural paintingHow I met Morgan and how that meeting influenced my path towards my dream of designing and building my own houseHow Morgan’s desire to be of service and make an impact directs her entire lifeHow Morgan has reinvented herself as a blogger, podcaster and artist to explore her passion for mural art from many anglesWhy she believes that donating money to charity is the best way to clean up your own finances and what she learned from giving away 10% of her profits early in her careerThe dangers of focusing so much on the future and reaching financial independence that we miss the lives that are ours to live right nowThe power and choice we can all gain now by being on the path to financial independence Morgan’s advice on fPS: Introducing the… 🔥 FIRE Starter Group Coaching Program Connect with your big vision for the next chapter of your life and start living it in 10 weeks or less using envisioning and the power of your mind. Interested? Let's chat.​ 🔥 WHO I'm creating this for: I'm creating this for YOU if you are feeling stuck & frustrated after saving and investing for years to create "financial freedom" only to find yourself: Unclear or unsure about what you want Overwhelmed by all the options created by financial freedom Not sure how to move forward to start living the next chapter of your life 🔥 WHAT we’ll do together over 10 weeks: In this small group coaching program, you will: Finally answer “What do I actually want?” Come up with a BIG vision for your next chapter of life Learn what envisioning is and the brain science that makes it work Learn how to use your mind to start living your new vision right away 🔥 Sound interesting? If you’re ready to start living the life you’ve saved for all these years, grab one of the few remaining spots for a no-pressure curiosity call with me to learn more.

Join Adam Coelho for a 20 minute guided meditation practice focusing on developing mindfulness and compassion, both for yourself and others. These are challenging times and we can all use a break and a reset I hope you find this guided practice to be supportive.   I will be releasing a new guided meditation practice every other week, alternating with a new podcast episode (Hit the Subscribe button!). Since this podcast is all about developing mindfulness and living the life that is ours to live, here and now, I share these practices with you in hopes you use them and grow in your own self awareness and self compassion as I am as well. I love taking requests when I lead meditations. Please share your feedback and requests for what you’d like me to focus on in the guided meditation.  Please share this with your friends and write us a 5 Star review on Apple Podcasts!PS: Introducing the… 🔥 FIRE Starter Group Coaching Program Connect with your big vision for the next chapter of your life and start living it in 10 weeks or less using envisioning and the power of your mind. Interested? Let's chat.​ 🔥 WHO I'm creating this for: I'm creating this for YOU if you are feeling stuck & frustrated after saving and investing for years to create "financial freedom" only to find yourself: Unclear or unsure about what you want Overwhelmed by all the options created by financial freedom Not sure how to move forward to start living the next chapter of your life 🔥 WHAT we’ll do together over 10 weeks: In this small group coaching program, you will: Finally answer “What do I actually want?” Come up with a BIG vision for your next chapter of life Learn what envisioning is and the brain science that makes it work Learn how to use your mind to start living your new vision right away 🔥 Sound interesting? If you’re ready to start living the life you’ve saved for all these years, grab one of the few remaining spots for a no-pressure curiosity call with me to learn more.

Welcome to the Mindful FIRE Podcast, where we explore living mindfully on the path to financial independence and beyond. I’m your host Adam Coelho and I’m glad you’re here.  On today’s episode I’m joined by my friend Laurie Stephens, the Executive Director of Hood River Education Foundation a non profit helping students in Hood River, Oregon. We had a great conversation exploring how they made it happen and how they went about designing their life both before and after retiring early including what career to pursue, where to retire to and what to do with all their free time once they made it happen.  Today’s episode is Part 2 of  our conversation and in it we explore how Laurie and her husband Doug retired at the age of 40 and what they’ve been up to since. In this episode you’ll learn: How Laurie reinvented herself over and over, pursing new types of work The great thing about living in a small town How Laurie is at a crossroads in her life and how she is thinking through what's next How having kids impacted Laurie and Doug’s journey to FI How they avoided the trap of lifestyle inflation and still do Why it's so important to reflect on what you want and why you want it How we can be open and ready to receive opportunities in our life Why self awareness is the foundational for both mindfulness and financial independence Today’s Mindful FIRE Final Four: What Laurie most grateful for Laurie’s top advice for people just getting started on the path to Financial Independence Laurie’s top advice for those approaching financial independence Laurie’s thoughts on how mindfulness factors into financial independence and designing a life that you love And so much more. I hope you enjoy my wonderful conversation with my friend Laurie Stephens.  PS: Introducing the… 🔥 FIRE Starter Group Coaching Program Connect with your big vision for the next chapter of your life and start living it in 10 weeks or less using envisioning and the power of your mind. Interested? Let's chat.​ 🔥 WHO I'm creating this for: I'm creating this for YOU if you are feeling stuck & frustrated after saving and investing for years to create "financial freedom" only to find yourself: Unclear or unsure about what you want Overwhelmed by all the options created by financial freedom Not sure how to move forward to start living the next chapter of your life 🔥 WHAT we’ll do together over 10 weeks: In this small group coaching program, you will: Finally answer “What do I actually want?” Come up with a BIG vision for your next chapter of life Learn what envisioning is and the brain science that makes it work Learn how to use your mind to start living your new vision right away 🔥 Sound interesting? If you’re ready to start living the life you’ve saved for all these years, grab one of the few remaining spots for a no-pressure curiosity call with me to learn more.

Welcome to the Mindful FIRE Podcast, where we explore living mindfully on the path to financial independence and beyond. I’m your host Adam Coelho and I’m glad you’re here.  On today’s episode I’m joined by my friend Laurie Stephens, the Executive Director of Hood River Education Foundation a non profit helping students in Hood River, Oregon. Today’s episode is Part 1 of conversation and in it we explore how Laurie and her husband Doug retired at the age of 40 and what they’ve been up to since. Part 2 of our conversation will be released next week so be sure to subscribe to our email list and on your favorite podcast player.  We had a great conversation exploring how they made it happen and how they went about designing their life both before and after retiring early including what career to pursue, where to retire to and what to do with all their free time once they made it happen.  In this episode you’ll learn: How Laurie and her husband Doug retired at 40 years old Her husband always knew that he wanted to have a life filled with play and used that desire to be intentional about his career path so he could make money and then retire to a life of play How Doug brought Laurie into this vision and helped her build confidence that retiring early was actually possible How the book “Your Money or Your Life” by Vicki Robin changed the way Laurie thought about life and money How Doug took  What they’ve been up to in the 20 years since they retired How Laurie has thought about pursuing her passions through several post-career careers How Laurie and Doug chose where they wanted to retire to How knowing you can always get another job is incrPS: Introducing the… 🔥 FIRE Starter Group Coaching Program Connect with your big vision for the next chapter of your life and start living it in 10 weeks or less using envisioning and the power of your mind. Interested? Let's chat.​ 🔥 WHO I'm creating this for: I'm creating this for YOU if you are feeling stuck & frustrated after saving and investing for years to create "financial freedom" only to find yourself: Unclear or unsure about what you want Overwhelmed by all the options created by financial freedom Not sure how to move forward to start living the next chapter of your life 🔥 WHAT we’ll do together over 10 weeks: In this small group coaching program, you will: Finally answer “What do I actually want?” Come up with a BIG vision for your next chapter of life Learn what envisioning is and the brain science that makes it work Learn how to use your mind to start living your new vision right away 🔥 Sound interesting? If you’re ready to start living the life you’ve saved for all these years, grab one of the few remaining spots for a no-pressure curiosity call with me to learn more.