Men Talking Mindfulness

Have you ever heard this?  "Mindfulness conflicts with my religious beliefs" or "Meditation is Buddhist" or "Christians don't meditate."  Well, Will and I are interviewing Dr. Clark Chilson, from the University of Pittsburgh about this.  Listen to learn more! Who is Dr. Chilson, well... Before joining the faculty at Pitt in 2006, Clark Chilson lived in England for three years and in Japan for over thirteen years. In Japan he studied cultural anthropology, did fieldwork at a Zen temple and among secretive Buddhists, and for five years was the associate editor of Asian Folklore Studies and the Japanese Journal of Religious Studies. He also supplemented his income in Japan by doing jobs as diverse as interpreting for an F1 racecar driver, working on a documentary for the Japanese Broadcasting Company (NHK), and translating medical texts.   Let's do this!   01:00 Mindfulness and Religion with Dr. Clark Chilson 04:00 Introducing Dr. Clark Chilson 06:00 Jon leads Opening Grounding Practice (~3.5 min) 10:00 Mindfulness Moments now available on the Podcast! 10:30 How Will and Clark met 13:00 Clark did not like Will 16:30 How Dr. Chilson got his start 19:30 Is meditation religious? 21:30 Defining religion and meditation 27:30 Context and purpose is everything 30:00 Buddhism is a religion? 37:30 Spiritual but not religious? Religious but not spiritual? 40:00 Can a person partake in a spiritual experience outside their religion? 43:00 The history of meditation and the potential dangers of modern practice 47:30 Community is hard, but necessary and ultimately beneficial 54:00 Micro-dose your Meditation 55:00 Company-endorsed Mindfulness 1:03:30 Will leads Closing Grounding Practice (~3.5 min) Opening and closing Music: Malecon by Soyb & Amine Maxwell https://soundcloud.com/soybmusic   https://soundcloud.com/aminemaxwell Creative Commons —   Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/al-malecon Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/xbWzYbtMgIEHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

A little taste of tomorrow's upcoming episode!  Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

It can be a crazy world and a crazy life - we can find peace, love, and joy in the chaos - and even share that with others!  This meditation is designed to help find that peace, love, and joy - and then share it! Background music provided by Music of Wisdom, https://www.musicofwisdom.comHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Dr. Uma Naidoo has been described as the world’s first “triple threat” in the food and medicine space: a Harvard trained psychiatrist, Professional Chef graduating with her culinary schools’ most coveted award, and a trained Nutrition Specialist. Her nexus of interests have found their niche in Nutritional Psychiatry.   Dr. Naidoo founded and directs the first hospital-based Nutritional Psychiatry Service in the United States. She is the Director of Nutritional and Lifestyle Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) & Director of Nutritional Psychiatry at MGH Academy while serving on the faculty at Harvard Medical School.  She was considered Harvard’s Mood-Food expert and has been featured in the Wall Street Journal.  Dr. Naidoo is also the national best selling author of This Is Your Brain On Food.   In her book, she shows the cutting-edge science explaining the ways in which food contributes to our mental health and how a sound diet can help treat and prevent a wide range of psychological and cognitive health issues, from ADHD to anxiety, depression, OCD, and others.   Follow Dr. Naidoo on Instagram here: @drumanaidoo Learn more about her, her book, and her online class here:  https://umanaidoomd.com 01:00 This is Your Brain on Food with Guest Dr. Uma Naidoo  03:00 Introducing Dr. Uma Naidoo  04:30 Will leads Opening Grounding Practice (~3 minutes)  07:00 Dr. Naidoo’s journey to Nutritional Psychology  11:00 The Neuroscience of the Mind/Gut Connection  15:00 The Western Diet is S.A.D.  17:00 What is a microbiome and why you should care  21:30 Diet as a solution to illness and disease  25:00 Caffeine - Friend or Foe?  26:30 Calculating Alcohol Consumption, or why you needed math class  29:00 Hang-xiety = Hangover + Anxiety  32:00 Proactive vs Reactive ways to deal with Anxiety  35:00 When sugar isn’t sugar  37:00 Processed foods are depressing in so many ways  39:30 Food Fog is Real  42:30 Micronutrients as medicine  45:30 Omega-3s are super brain fuel  50:00 One thing you can do today  52:00 Add a little spice to your life  56:30 Jon leads Closing Grounding Practice (~2 minutes)   Opening and closing Music: Malecon by Soyb & Amine Maxwell https://soundcloud.com/soybmusic https://soundcloud.com/aminemaxwell Creative Commons —   Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/al-malecon Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/xbWzYbtMgIEHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Wow... just wow!  We were so honored to be joined by Dr. Uma Naidoo, author of This is Your Brain on Food, An Indispensable Guide to the Surprising Foods That Fight Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, OCD, ADHD, and More.  Here's a quick preview of the show that's available NOW on our YouTube channel right here: https://youtu.be/owRX8_1eKRs And will be available here tomorrow, in podcast form.   Please give it a listen or watch it... and please share it far and wide!  We appreciate YOU!Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Will leads a powerful meditation of peace and “listening” to the stillness!Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Join Will and Jon along with special guest host, Dr. Seth Hickerson, as they unpack the science behind mindfulness and meditation.     What's actually happening when we meditate?   Why does meditation do that?  How?  What are the benefits and much more!    01:00 The Science of Mindfulness with Guest Host Seth Hickerson 04:30 Jon leads Opening Grounding Practice (~5 minutes) 11:00 RIP Thich Naht Hanh 12:00 East vs West - The Mindfulness Difference 20:00 Meditation: The Mysticism and The Science 21:00 Your Brain on Meditation 34:00 Your Emotions on Meditation 50:00 Your Body on Breath 55:00 Practice becomes Reality 1:05:00 Seth leads the Closing Grounding Practice (~1 minute) Opening and closing Music: Malecon by Soyb & Amine Maxwell https://soundcloud.com/soybmusic https://soundcloud.com/aminemaxwell Creative Commons —   Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/al-malecon Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/xbWzYbtMgIEHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Jon and Will (along with a surprise guest host!) have always discussed the science of mindfulness - in parts and pieces throughout the show.  Today, we unpack it all - why and how your body, mind, and nervous system respond to mindfulness.  The show is up on YouTube now and will be out here on podcast form tomorrow (1 Feb 2022).Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

A relaxing and peaceful meditation focusing on our breath and leading to a visualization that allows for letting go of thoughts and anxieties!  Enjoy!Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Join Will and Jon as they interview Mindful CEO and author Bryan Welch - Discussing Abundance on this planet and a "verdant and prosperous future for humanity and all the living things that share our planet!"   Bryan has led high-growth entrepreneurial enterprises in a variety of fields including software, SAS, manufacturing, insurance, household goods and financial products. He specializes in running impact-driven businesses with strong commitments to social and environmental responsibility.    He has grown companies through organic expansion, acquisitions, mergers and multiple rounds of investment funding.   He currently serves as CEO the media and training company, Mindful Communications, including the groundbreaking LifeXT corporate training program, Mindful Magazine and Mindful.org.   During his 19-year tenure at Ogden Publications it was transformed from a declining publisher of two rural-lifestyle magazines to a dynamic, growing B Corporation with 9 media brands and numerous websites and ancillary businesses.    Bryan has been a featured speaker at many major events, including the American Magazine Conference; Outdoor Retailer; the B Corporations Champion's Retreat; Conscious Capitalism's CEO Summit; the Green Business Conference; and Sustainable Brands.   He has served on the boards of several corporations, the International Center for Ethics in Business, Magazine Publishers of America, the Social Venture Network and the Kansas Land Trust, among other nonprofits.   He is a longtime meditator and advocate for mindfulness practices. He has extensive training in meditation and meditation instruction.   His award-winning book, "Beautiful & Abundant: Building the World We Want," was published in 2011.  He and his wife, Carolyn, raise organic, grass-fed cattle, sheep and goats on a small ranch near Lawrence, Kansas.   He can be reached at bryan@mindful.org   01:00 Welcome and a quote from our guest  03:30 Introducing Bryan Welch  04:30 Will leads Opening Grounding Practice  09:00 Bryan tells his story and how he came to mindfulness  18:00 “Population Growth is a Ponzi Scheme”  25:00 How to have an abundance mindset in a finite world  30:00 Queries from Quakers - more than one side  33:00 Why Abundant, Beautiful, Contagious, and Fair?  39:00 Conscious Capitalism   48:30 Then vs Now: 10 years later  53:30 Mindful Communications (mindful.org)  and Mother Earth News (motherearthnews.com)  56:30 Bryan’s personal practices  1:02:00 Bryan leads Closing Grounding Practice   Opening and closing Music: Malecon by Soyb & Amine Maxwell https://soundcloud.com/soybmusic https://soundcloud.com/aminemaxwell Creative Commons —   Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/al-malecon Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/xbWzYbtMgIEHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.