This loving-kindness practice focuses on tapping into our inner sense of compassion and expanding that feeling to encompass everyone, including those with which we may feel ill will. 

It was originally used as part of a global meditation group coming together to connect over protecting our planet and each other through love.

You can listen to the meditation by itself anytime for free on the Insight Timer App or Website: http://insig.ht/gm_99673

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The concept of "simply begin again" comes from mindful meditation practice. It's an important part of learning to apply less judgment to ourselves. In practice, it applies when your attention wanders, but in life, it can be an effective way to keep going when you fall off track.

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Orion from Illuminating Hearts is back. In this episode we discuss mindfulness and how it can relate to recovery and emotional wellness.

Orion is a healer on many levels. He and his partner, Astara, run Illuminating Hearts. He is involved in various men's' healing groups in Omaha and soon will be starting his own tentatively named Man.tra.

We discuss the repression of emotions and other ways in which men need to relearn how we process things in order to live healthy, fulfilled lives.

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Orion will be back next week talking about mindfulness in recovery.

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A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to attend a beta-test of a hypnotherapy workshop here in Omaha. In this episode, I share some of the takeaways from that workshop.

There are upcoming versions of this workshop. You can find details at: https://www.mesmerisehypnosis.com/

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Who are you? 

I don't mean the collection of things you identify as. The traits and experiences you tell others to describe yourself. Who is actually in there making those decisions and telling those stories?

An interesting concept is that the voice in your head-- that internal monologue most of us have constantly rambling on-- is not you. It's a part of you... but it's not you.

We'll discuss this for the whole episode with some concepts about how to conceptualize this AND why it is helpful for your mental wellness.

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Read Solve for Happy for yourself: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30354426-solve-for-happy

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We all have addictions. Small habit loops that suck us into social media or watching videos for longer than we expected. Did you know these little things could be having a massive effect on your motivation and overall sense of wellbeing?

This episode talks mostly about recognizing some of these small addictions that most of us have. It's also about a practical way to reset those behaviors to a healthy level.

The term "Dopamine Fast" is a bit misleading, but that's what the internet is calling it. The idea is that "fasting" or cutting out some behaviors completely for a short period of time can help reset the systems those behaviors are effecting in the brain.

Here's a great, in-depth article on the subject if you want to do some further reading:

https://medium.com/swlh/dopamine-fasting-2-0-the-hot-silicon-valley-trend-7c4dc3ba2213

Depression can dig someone deeper and deeper into a pit of despair and deprive you of your energy, hope, and drive. The tricky part of depression is that it attacks the very things that would help you get better.

We haven't had a new episode in about a month. That is because I've been dealing with a particularly deep and extended bout of depression. This episode talks about what I learned from this one and the coping mechanisms I've learned over the years to climb out of the pit. Even if it has to be one grasp at a time.

Helpful article on coping:  https://www.helpguide.org/articles/depression/coping-with-depression.htm

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This is just a quick update to let you know that we'll be taking a short break from daily episodes to enjoy the holiday with family. When we come back, the episodes will either be daily again OR be a few times a week with more time spent on each episode (but still about the same length).

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