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Laurie Cameron and I continue our conversation about mindfulness at home, schools and in our lives. Laurie talks about how deep personal losses led her to seek ways to alleviate suffering and build resilience.

Laurie incorporates mindfulness for schools and corporations. She firmly believes in the wellness that self awareness and self compassion can bring into our lives. Laurie talks about Joseph Campbell's description of above the line and below the line and we explore this metaphor and how to live more above the line by practicing meditation.

The Mindful Day: Practical Ways to Find Focus, Calm, and Joy from Morning to Evening  "Laurie Cameron’s beautiful guide offers fresh suggestions for developing an aware and mindful way of being in the world — exploring science-established approaches as well as informal ways to create a meaningful and connected life at work, at home, and in loving relationships.  -Daniel J. Siegel M.D. Clinical Professor, UCLA School of Medicine; New York Times bestselling author of Mindsight, The New Science of Personal Transformation

Ranked #2 on Washington Post bestseller list November 10, 2019

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Laurie Cameron learned how to breathe in the most unusual place. Her colleague, who was an engineer from Vietnam introduced her to mindfulness at work. She was then introduced to the work of Thich Naht Han who became her teacher.

Listen as we talk about how her mindfulness practice found its way into her corporate life, eventually transforming her coaching business into a mindfulness based training for schools and corporations.

Laurie firmly believes in the wellness that mindfulness and self compassion can bring into our lives.

Ranked #2 on Washington Post bestseller list November 10, 2019

Bonus episode for October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Want to know a simple way to decrease your anxiety around getting mammograms and other tests and procedures? Listen to this episode for some great lifestyle tips for prevention and staying well and some great tips on how to stay calm through exams and procedures! 

Dr. Saksena also shares with us her story of grit and her 18 year journey to becoming the physician she is today.

Mansi Saksena, MD, researched the role of music during breast biopsies to reduce patient anxiety. She is a board certified a Breast Radiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston and an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School. She has published numerous peer reviewed scientific papers and authored six book chapters in addition to making numerous scientific presentations at national and international meetings. She lives in NH with her husband, daughters and the naughtiest labradoodle in the world.

Need something for stressful moments throughout your day? I guide you through the three steps to shift your attention so that you can check in with your mind and body to figure out what you need to keep moving and refocus. You can then do these same three steps throughout your day, anytime, anywhere. 

Take a step back, take a breath and reset, so you can choose how you want to react. This exercise helps us to train our brain to direct our thoughts, behaviors, and action in a way that our future selves won't regret.

Laura Denardis is the author of The Internet in Everything: Freedom and Security in a World with No Off Switch, Yale University Press.

We discuss what this means for our everyday lives and she gives us practical and simple tips to to protect ourselves.

The Internet of Things or IoT refers to all the physical devices in the world that are connected to the Internet, collecting data every second of every day.

Laura E. DeNardis is Professor and Interim Dean of the School of Communication at American University in Washington, DC. where she also serves as Faculty Director of the Internet Governance Lab. She authored six books and numerous articles on the political implications of Internet technical architecture and governance.

Dr. DeNardis is currently an Adjunct Senior Research Scholar in the Faculty of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University and an affiliated fellow at the Information Society Project at Yale Law School.

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Meditation On the Go

Quick stress relief anytime anywhere.

Welcome to the meditation portion of Rx Chill Pill, the podcast that strengthens your resilient mind every time you listen.  I'm Dr. Juna Bobby. a physician and mom specializing in mind body medicine. Find out more about online courses for stress management, procrastination and mindset coaching for students, parents and professionals at Mind Body space.com. 

To find all of these meditations in one place, go to https://www.junabobbymd.com/podcastmeditations . Today I'm starting a series on meditations to go for busy people who don’t want to meditate. These are super short meditations that you can take with you to do anytime, anywhere to elicit your relaxation response, the opposite of your stress response.

Find a quiet, comfortable place where you can sit for just a few minutes.

Social Dilemma, the Netflix documentary on social media, is on everyone's minds. If you haven't watched it yet it's a must see. 

It's alarming and frightening in so many ways but it ends on a note of hope.

I like the advice at the end, from the very people who wrote the code. They're simple actionable steps anyone can do to keep our devices from ruling our and our children's lives, 

ABC NEWS: "Tristan Harris, a former Google executive who plays a leading role in the film, said he hopes “The Social Dilemma" can wake up society the way Ralph Nader's book “Unsafe At Any Speed" spurred the introduction of seat-belt laws and Al Gore's award-winning 2006 documentary “An Inconvenient Truth" sharpened focus on the climate changes caused by human-generated greenhouse gases.

“What I am really hoping is this film will be the first time we have a shared truth, a shared reality about the breakdown of our shared reality," Harris told The Associated Press in an interview.""

Do you feel overwhelmed? Cluttered? In your head? 

You're in the right place. In this short action meditation, you will learn the three steps you can do anywhere, anytime, to get out of your mind and get back to living with more clarity.

Whether you're a student with too many deadlines, or a human with too much on their plate, listen to this short, take action meditation with everyday neuroscience translated for you to use in your daily life.

Listen to this inspiring episode with your kids and college students! 

Tiffany Yau just finished her first Tedx Youth talk! —>> TEDxYouth@Berwyn

She talks about never giving up and always trying, in many instances, over and over again. Tiffany is a self-professed introvert, who is an extrovert when it comes to social causes and empowering youth. She talks about the moment she took a chance, spoke up, and how it changed her career trajectory while still in college.

Tiffany Yau founded FulPhil to help youth realize their entrepreneurship dreams. Her organization guides and educates their students on social entrepreneurship to impact their community, all the way from idea to launch. Some of her student success stories include an entrepreneur as young as 12! Some of her students are entrepreneurs who are able to help support their families. 

A body scan is one of the most accessible ways to meditate and to elicit our Relaxation Response.

This gentle, guided meditation brings our attention to internal sensations, shifting the attention to our sensory nerves. Checking in with our bodies and simply noticing the sensory feedback to our brains relaxes us.  In essence, this simple process allows us to break the chain of everyday thinking, worrying, regret, and to-do lists, sending us into a state of deep relaxation. PC Johnny Clow 

Find a quiet, safe place, and do not operate a moving vehicle while using.