The elements of cooking require you to tap into all of your senses and summon a keen sense of awareness (don't burn the meatloaf!).  We were thrilled to have a conversation with Julie Ohana who is the founder of Culinary Art Therapy.  She talks to us about her passion of bringing together her social work background with her love of cooking.  We dive into what Culinary Art Therapy was and how she was at the forefront of this new form of therapy.  We talk to her about the therapeutic effects of cooking, her memories of having family meals as a child, and how she is passing along this tradition to her family.  She shares a very cool culinary art therapy meditation at the end that is sure to bring a smile to your face! 

Culinary Art Therapy Website

In this meditation, Coby leads us through some traditional yoga style breathing techniques to relax us throughout our whole body. 

Lori's passion is engaging her students through neuroscience in education, integrating Mind Brain Teaching and learning principles and strategies into her courses at Marian. Lori has conducted workshops throughout the United States and Dubai on Mind Brain Teaching and Learning creating two webinars and a series of articles for “Inside the School,” an online publication originating from Madison Wisconsin. Lori’s articles are published in Edutopia,  Brain Bulletin and Mind Body Spirit international magazine. She recently was published in the Brain Research Journal for math and sciences for her work in the fifth grade classrooms this year during a faculty in residence position with Washington Township Schools.   Lori graduated with a BS in Special Education from Butler University, an MS in counseling education from Indiana University and earned her Ph.D. in philosophy with an emphasis in early adolescence/ thought formation from Indiana University and AIHT. Lori's website is at www.revelationsineducation.com.  Lori has written a book entitled, "How May I Serve You, Revelations in Education" published in March of 2012. She has currently published a second book, entitled, “Unwritten, The Story of a Living System”, co-authoring with educator Mr. Michael McKnight.  

Lori's Desautels Website

How Many I Serve You Facebook Page

Today’s episode we bring you Martha Mason.  She  is the Director at Depauls Education and Counseling Center that is a part of  the College of Education in Chicago.  She is a Doctor of Education and a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor.  She is bringing mindfulness to children and teenagers to equip them with the skills to be able to cope with the good times and bad that life may bring them.  We’re excited for what this interview has in store.

Depaul's Education and Counseling Center

Martha's LinkedIN

Learning to Breathe class

David Da Silva leads us in this simple, yet effective meditation that has us connect with where we are and listening to the experience of the present moment. 

Lara is a Psychotherapist with the Chicago Mindful Psycotherapy Group.  She received her psychology degree in mindfulness based transpersonal psychology, which she will explain to us what that means on the show,  from the Buddhist based university, Naropa University.  She talks about the amazing experience she had at Naropa with their experiential style learning and how that made her fit for her career as a psychotherapist.  

Laura's Bio

Chicago Mindful Psycotherapy Group

Darrell leads us in a centering meditation.  A good technique that you can use at any moment, for any chosen length of time.  Darrell has such a soothing voice that he shares with us in this calming meditation. 

Soul Gym

Darrell's Twitter

Over the past 35 years, Jai Luster has been teaching classes and workshops alike to help both children and adults reach a great sense of, “personal satisfaction” . Joy Luster co-authored and edited the instructional manuals for the Calm Classroom programs. She trains teachers and supports schools in the implementation of the Calm Classroom program.

Calm Classroom Website\

Calm Classroom Facebook

Calm Classroom Twitter

In this meditation, Nick's dad, Mike Zolfo leads us in a loving kindness meditation.  

The passion that you can hear in Grace's voice is only amplified by how genuine of a person she is.  That made for one incredible interview.  We talked to Grace about how some circumstances lead her to find mindfulness and the powerful impact it could have on her mental health.  She takes us through the impacts that mindfulness can have on children as well as adults, and the different experiences each of those groups have in their mindfulness practices.  We get into how she came to found her current company, Power to Be, and what that name means to her. She caps it all off with a very powerful meditation about finding joy in the impermanence of life.

Power to Be website

Eckhart Tolle

Thich Nhat Hanh