MindBodySpace

By Dr. Juna BobbyParenting Kids & Family

MindBodySpace episodes

July 09, 2020 Meditation Lab for K-12 Schools: Simple Tools to Relax the Body and Settle the Mind
Jennifer Monness, a longtime yoga and meditation teacher, was inspired to bring mindfulness into schools when she witnessed, first hand, the extreme stress experienced by high school students. She founded The Meditation Lab and was able to convince schools to integrate her program into the school day.
Listen for her best practices for working with kids of all ages, tips on financing a school program, and why mindfulness can be such a powerful tool during this time of unprecedented uncertainty.
A special treat at the end of the podcast is an interview with three of Meditation Lab students!
Throughout her 25 years of teaching, Jennifer gained first-hand experience of the powerful impact the mindfulness practice can have on building inner resilience to navigate physical, mental, and emotional stress.
As a parent to middle school, high school, and college-age children, Jennifer understands the overwhelming pressure students feel to achieve in their lives. Mindfulness is a powerful way to relax and ease the stress of an overscheduled life.
"A consistent meditation practice can play a key role in overall mental health and well-being. By increasing one’s capacity to focus attention and manage challenging emotions, meditation helps the practitioner navigate work demands and personal challenges with a greater overall sense of ease.” Jennifer Monness
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1 hr 3 min
July 05, 2020 Using the Power of a Privileged Education to Break the Cycle of Poverty and Addiction with Dr. Rebecca Good
As founding Dean of Relay Graduate School of Education in Connecticut, Dr. Rebecca Good is an award-winning educator and an inspirational leader.
She shares with us her story of resilience, being the first person in her family to graduate from high school and, most recently, earned her Doctor of Education EdD degree in Global Education from the University of Southern California.
Rebecca tells me her story and how she processes stress, even as a young child, understanding the natural ability to pay attention to our senses, to be in the moment, to be, what we now know is mindfulness.
Listen for a surprising implicit bias unfold in real-time and see if you get sucked into it too.
Dr. Good will be leading a workshop at the annual Educator Summit co-hosted by her school, RELAY Graduate School of Education and Character Lab - Angela Duckworth, author of ‘GRIT: The POWER of PASSION and PERSEVERANCE.’
“. . . persuasive and fascinating . .”— Malcolm Gladwell, New York Times bestselling author of The Tipping Point, Outliers, and Blink
MENTIONED IN OUR CONVERSATION:
Inappropriate affect: I mention this in this podcast. Read more about it in this blog post: CLICK HERE
“It is important to acknowledge that many trauma survivors have a genuinely great sense of humor, which is both miraculous and, at times, life-saving.”
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/healing-trauma-s-wounds/201509/why-clients-smile-when-talking-about-trauma-part-1
Some of our favorite books we escaped with during a tumultuous childhood:
https://www.beverlycleary.com/
https://www.scholastic.com/annmartin/bsc/index.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Valley_High
Sweet Valley High is a series of young adult novels attributed to American author Francine Pascal, who presided over a team of ghostwriters to produce the series
Go Ask Alice by “Anonymous” Simon Schuster
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in Guatemala Second Edition, Kindle Edition by Rigoberta Menchú (Author), Elisabeth Burgos-Debray (Editor), Ann Wright (Translator)
57 min
June 28, 2020 Part 3 of 6 Stress Relief Down to the Cellular Level: Relax Your Muscles
Part 3 of 6. Practice each part for 7 days before moving on. Focus this week is a calm heart. Practice at least once a day. You can use this for muscle relaxation or just to get some peace and to train your brain how to get calm on demand.
This is a powerful mind-body training in the category of self-hypnosis. Use this for stress, to relax, to sleep, to get calm, and to elicit the Relaxation Response, a powerful, natural, innate response that will heal your mind and body down to the cellular level.
There are 6 parts and it is meant to be practiced one part per week. Commit to it and practice it to master the skill. By the end of the 6-week practice, you will have memorized it and you can have it with you as a technique to quickly bring on the Relaxation Response in any situation.
You can also listen to this on Insight Timer App Here: Juna Bobby MD
PC@YURIY KOVALEV Adapted from U. Wisconsin-Madison SOM. READ BEFORE USING: ALL RELAXATION AND MEDITATION EXERCISES ARE GENERALLY SAFE, HOWEVER CHECK WITH YOUR PHYSICIAN AND BE AWARE THAT IT IS NEVER A SUBSTITUTE FOR PROPER MEDICAL CARE. IN ADDITION, CERTAIN PSYCHIATRIC CONDITIONS, E.G. PSYCHOSIS, MAY BE A CONTRAINDICATION TO THESE EXERCISES. PLEASE CHECK WITH YOUR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER.practice with beautiful music from Chris Collins. Last 3 weeks we focused on the sensations of heaviness, warmth, and a calm heart. This week we turn our attention to the breath. Relieve conditions exacerbated by stress including back tension and muscle tightness. Self-generate a feeling of warmth, heaviness, and calm. (Central to Peripheral Nervous System Loop) to induce the relaxation response at the cellular level. Subscribe to know when Part 5 releases!
13 min
June 25, 2020 Technology Fostering Human Connection: 'From Corporate Management Consulting Executive to Women's Leadership Coach and Cofounder of the Daily Haloha App Amy Giddon
Amy Giddon had two career transformations. After many years as a corporate management consulting executive, she wanted to find more meaningful work. She decided to switch tracks to mentor young women for leadership in male dominated fields by becoming a workshop leader at Columbia University.
In 2016, she was struck by a public art exhibit "Subway Therapy, a communal art project in which strap-hangers wrote messages on colorful Post-it notes, offered a chance for emotional catharsis at one of the city’s main subway stations. The brainchild of artist Matthew “Levee” Chavez" This beautiful wall inspired Amy to create the Daily Haloha App.
Please listen to the end of the podcast to hear Amy read the many touching reflections she received from the users of the Daily Haloha App on their experience during Covid-19 isolation.
https://www.instagram.com/dailyhaloha/
https://consciouscompanymedia.com/social-entrepreneurship/the-wisdom-of-women-amy-giddon-co-founder-ceo-of-daily-haloha/
31 min
June 21, 2020 Part 2 of 6: Stress Relief Down to the Cellular Level: Relax Your Muscles
This is Part 2 of the relaxation practice. Last week we focused on the sensation of heaviness and this week we will focus on warmth. Relieve conditions exacerbated by stress including back tension, muscle tightness and stress. Self-generate a feeling of heaviness (Central to Peripheral Nervous System Loop) to induce relaxation at the cellular level.
Subscribe! Part 3 releases in 1 week.
This self hypnosis practice is a relaxation technique which accesses our innate ability to relax our muscles, our bodies, and our minds. It is a powerful tool to stay well. The mechanism is brought on by our brain's ability to feel warmth and heaviness through self-suggestion. This in turn signals our nervous system that we are relaxed and safe. It has been used to elicit the Relaxation Response, the opposite of the stress response for tension, headaches, muscle aches, and any stress-related conditions.
There are 6 parts and it is meant to be practiced one part per week. Commit to it and practice it to master the skill.
By the end of the 6-week practice, you will have memorized it and you can have it with you as a technique to quickly bring on the Relaxation Response in any situation.
You can also listen to this on Insight Timer App Here: Juna Bobby MD
PC@YURIY KOVALEV
Adapted from Dr. Schultz & U. Wisconsin-Madison SOM.
READ BEFORE USING: ALL RELAXATION AND MEDITATION EXERCISES ARE GENERALLY SAFE, HOWEVER CHECK WITH YOUR PHYSICIAN AND BE AWARE THAT IT IS NEVER A SUBSTITUTE FOR PROPER MEDICAL CARE. IN ADDITION, CERTAIN PSYCHIATRIC CONDITIONS, E.G. PSYCHOSIS, MAY BE A CONTRAINDICATION TO THESE EXERCISES. PLEASE CHECK WITH YOUR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER.
11 min
June 18, 2020 Part 1 of 6 Stress Relief Down to the Cellular Level: Relax Your Muscles
This self hypnosis practice is a relaxation technique which accesses our innate ability to relax our muscles, our bodies, and our minds. It is a powerful tool to stay well. The mechanism is brought on by our brain's ability to feel warmth and heaviness through self-suggestion. This in turn signals our nervous system that we are relaxed and safe. It has been used to elicit the Relaxation Response, the opposite of the stress response for tension, headaches, muscle aches, and any stress-related conditions.
There are 6 parts and it is meant to be practiced one part per week. Commit to it and practice it to master the skill.
By the end of the 6-week practice, you will have memorized it and you can have it with you as a technique to quickly bring on the Relaxation Response in any situation.
You can also listen to this on Insight Timer App Here: Juna Bobby MD
PC@YURIY KOVALEV
Adapted from U. Wisconsin-Madison SOM.
READ BEFORE USING: ALL RELAXATION AND MEDITATION EXERCISES ARE GENERALLY SAFE, HOWEVER CHECK WITH YOUR PHYSICIAN AND BE AWARE THAT IT IS NEVER A SUBSTITUTE FOR PROPER MEDICAL CARE. IN ADDITION, CERTAIN PSYCHIATRIC CONDITIONS, E.G. PSYCHOSIS, MAY BE A CONTRAINDICATION TO THESE EXERCISES. PLEASE CHECK WITH YOUR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER.
13 min
June 11, 2020 Shifting the Lens on the Black Female Experience and Women of Color to Drive Social Change with Photographer Delphine Diallo
Fine art photographer, collage artist and commercial photographer, Delphine Diallo wants to shift the conversation from race to human oneness. Brooklyn based artist born and raised in Paris to a French mother and Senagalese father, Delphine has always felt the duality of growing up biracial. We discuss her childhood, home schooled art education, the discipline of sports, her mentors and the painful but rewarding transformation from corporate art director to artist.
Delphine was named one of twenty six emerging photographers by the ICP, among the emerging stars of photography by Smithsonian and one of 30 emerging photographers by Photo District News.
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Delphine's work has been featured in Essence, Teen Vogue, Vogue Portugal, National Geographic, New York Times.
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1 hr 28 min
June 07, 2020 Just Like Me Relaxation Response
This meditation cultivates compassion for better relationships. Who couldn't use a bit more of that? This is adapted from a meditation I experienced at the Omega Institute when I took the Search Inside Yourself Course with Chade Meng Tan and Mirabai Bush.
As with all meditations, please find a safe, comfortable spot. DO NOT DRIVE or operate moving vehicles while listening. This is a very relaxing listen with calming background music.

15 min
June 06, 2020 Listening Meditation Desiderata Poem by Max Ehrmann
Desiderata means wishes or desires. This meditation on the Poem by Max Ehrmann has been a source of comfort and wise guidance to me for decades, since I found it at the age of 17. I recorded it in the hopes that it will help the listener feel grounded, find acceptance and inspiration in the ups and downs of everyday life. There's a brief story about how I found it then the reading of the poem to relaxing background music.
7 min
May 24, 2020 Legal Resilience In Case of Emergency (I.C.E.) with Alessandra Long Esq.
Are you ready with legal and financial matters In Case of Emergency? We all dread thinking of the worst things that can happen but my guest, Alessandra M. Messineo Long, Esq. teaches us how to make it simple for ourselves and make it easier for our loved ones. We discuss how to be resilient in stressful times by using this time in quarantine to get our basic legal documents in order. It’s much simpler than we think and we can take simple actions steps to be ready in case of emergencies. It's so essential, whether it’s due to a global pandemic such as Covid-19 or something else, we all need to think about how to prepare our legal papers for inevitable illness and death.
We talk about the basics of what college age kids need to have and how to have a light hearted approach to talking about serious life skill topics with our teens so that they can be resilient and feel like they have some control should emergencies occur.
While the challenges of COVID-19 make meeting in person undesirable, there are ways to work together remotely. Having your estate documents in place provides peace of mind in knowing your affairs are in order to protect you and your loved ones.
DOWNLOAD a free copy of Rx Chill Pill printable PDF I.C.E. (In Case of Emergency) Booklet & Alessandra’s 4 page Estate Planner
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45 min