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- Insight - Be Clear About Your Relationships
When most of us think about work, we think about the documents, the contracts, the processes, our to do list, careers, the money we want to make, and the next rung in the ladder we aspire to.
This week's Insight is to think more intentionally about your relationships at work and at home.
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3 min - Manage Holiday Relationships with the Relationship Triangle
Not to be confused with a love triangle, use this simple but powerful relationship triangle to plot your relationships. Then use your new clarity to develop a strategy for managing yourself in those relationships.
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Proactively manage relationship access to more fully enjoy your holidays.
Give yourself a mindful hug and reset your intentions when stress or anxiety creep in.
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15 min - Insight - Confront Stress
In the right circumstances, stress is useful. However, chronic stress can be detrimental to your health and even shorten your lifespan.
This week, we follow up our discussion with special guest, Karen Richard, to invite you to take a step to tame your stress.
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3 min - Invitation - Love Anyway
It’s easy to love people who are nice to us. It’s a lot harder to love or even like people who treat us badly. This week, our invitation focuses on how you can be more loving toward people you don’t like and why it matters.
Key Topics Discussed
- Ways to feel softer toward people you don’t like
- Why it helps to accept people as they are
- How acceptance can free you to feel more at ease and fully present in your own life
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Connect with Mindful in 5
Operate from your peaceful path with a year of 5-day 5-minute meditations in the Mindful in 5 book or journal. Or pick it up from most major outlets.
Download your complimentary sample chapters from the Mindful in 5 book.
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YouTube: @mindfulin5The information shared in this podcast is for general informational purposes only. It is not intended to provide medical or other advice. Please consult a qualified professional in the respective field if needed.
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The information shared in this podcast is for general informational purposes only. It is not intended to provide medical or other advice. Please consult a qualified professional in the respective field if needed.
...3 min - Overcoming Stress & Anxiety with Karen Richard
Stress and anxiety are unavoidable in modern life—but they don’t have to get you down!
Whether it’s the bigger issues like political unrest and global pandemics or everyday challenges like work deadlines, finances, and relationships, it’s common to feel overwhelmed. But with effective stress management, you can break the hold stress and anxiety have on your life. You can be more productive and happier. You can improve your quality of life and sense of well-being.
Karen Richard joins Spiwe Jefferson on this episode of Mindful in 5 to discuss how we can tame stress and anxiety in our personal and professional lives. Karen is the senior vice president and chief human resources officer at Anderson Corporation. She was named one of the Top 100 HR professionals at the 2022 OnCon Icon Awards.
This is a conversation with practical nuggets of wisdom on how to perceive stress and how to deal with its negative effects. Listen in.
Key Topics Discussed
- The duality of stress – Is all stress bad?
- How have the last few years looked in terms of dealing with stress?
- The impact of stress in the work environment
- How remote work brought us together
- The five categories of stress
- What happens when we’re anxious or stressed?
- Is your phone a source of induced stress?
- How to manage stress
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Learn more about this week's guest Karen Richard
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42 min - Insight - Be Worthy
Related to our conversations with Dorothy-Inez Breazell (aka., the Queen of Shine), our one thought for the week is to encourage you to feel worthy. Listen in to this short thought and accept the challenge in this week’s invitation. The goal is to help you find your peaceful path so you can operate from a place of greater joy, clarity, and personal power.
Key Topics Discussed
- Confronting imposter syndrome
- How to harness negative thoughts of self-denigration
- Why a company's brand identity should begin from within to accelerate its value proposition
Links and Resources
Connect with Mindful in 5
Operate from your peaceful path with a year of 5-day 5-minute meditations in the Mindful in 5 book or journal. Or pick it up from most major outlets.
Download your complimentary sample chapters from the Mindful in 5 book.
Rate on Goodreads or Amazon.
Join Us
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify or Amazon.
Team Classic, download your proven 5-Step How-to Checklist
Team God Lovers, download your proven 5-Step How-to Checklist here
LinkedIn: Mindful in 5 Group
Facebook: @mindfulin5
Instagram: @mindfulin5
YouTube: @mindfulin5The information shared in this podcast is for general informational purposes only. It is not intended to provide medical or other advice. Please consult a qualified professional in the respective field if needed.
More Links and Resources- Download Mindful in 5 Sample Chapters
- Pick up your Mindful in 5 Book and Journal from Amazon
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- Website: https://www.spiwejefferson.com/
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3 min - Build Confidence Through Self-Care with Dorothy-Inez
“The most important relationship in your life is the relationship you have with yourself. Because no matter what happens, you will always be with yourself.”
— Diane Von FurstenbergMaking intentional efforts to take care of yourself is essential for your emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual health. Treating yourself with patience, kindness, and compassion can energize, empower, and leave you more confident.
Understand that you are brilliant work in progress—and you need to make room for yourself out of your busy life for that brilliance to shine brighter! Self-care creates space for you to focus on the things that make you unique. It allows you to recover or discover your worth—ultimately feeding your self-confidence.
Dorothy-Inez joins us again on Mindful in 5 to discuss how self-care and confidence are intertwined. This is a conversation about stopping to reflect on your well-being and being gentle with yourself as a priority.
Listen in to learn why and how to practice self-love as part of unlocking your most confident and authentic self.
Key Topics Discussed
- How do confidence and self-care intersect
- Why should you take time off your busy life to practice self-care?
- What does self-care mean? How do you practically infuse it into your everyday life regardless of your situation?
- What kind of self-care really matters?
- What steps can we take to build our confidence from the inside-out?
- Can you build confidence without the self-care component?
Links and Resources
Connect with Dorothy-Inez
- Website: https://dorothyinez.com/
- Instagram: @dorothyinez
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dorothyinezcc
- Email: [email protected]
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/dorothyinez1
More Links and Resources- Download Mindful in 5 Sample Chapters
- Pick up your Mindful in 5 Book and Journal from Amazon
- Join the Discussion on LinkedIn
- Join the Mindful Ninjas: Subscribe to the newsletter
- Website: https://www.spiwejefferson.com/
- Get a Custom Signed Book and Journal
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- Rate Us: Goodreads and ...
18 min - Insight of the Week Kickoff
When you are busy juggling home and family and all the things in between, it’s daunting to think of having to learn one more thing. Not only that, but you may think of mindfulness meditation as this separate thing you have to do and learn and you are already taxed to the max with all the other stuff you might be worried you’re not doing well.
Key Topics Discussed
- The goal of the Mindful in 5 insight for the week
- How to integrate it quickly and easily into your life
- The benefits of taking these bite-size steps to help you feel lighter, softer, and more energized about your work and life
Links and Resources
Connect with Mindful in 5
Operate from your peaceful path with a year of 5-day 5-minute meditations in the Mindful in 5 book or journal. Or pick it up from most major outlets.
Download your complimentary sample chapters from the Mindful in 5 book.
Rate on Goodreads or Amazon.
Join Us
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify or Amazon.
Team Classic, download your proven 5-Step How-to Checklist
Team God Lovers, download your proven 5-Step How-to Checklist here
LinkedIn: Mindful in 5 Group
Facebook: @mindfulin5
Instagram: @mindfulin5
YouTube: @mindfulin5The information shared in this podcast is for general informational purposes only. It is not intended to provide medical or other advice. Please consult a qualified professional in the respective field if needed.
More Links and Resources- Download Mindful in 5 Sample Chapters
- Pick up your Mindful in 5 Book and Journal from Amazon
- Join the Discussion on LinkedIn
- Join the Mindful Ninjas: Subscribe to the newsletter
- Website: https://www.spiwejefferson.com/
- Get a Custom Signed Book and Journal
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4 min - Cultivating Self-Confidence From the Inside Out with Dorothy-Inez
"People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within."
– Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Confidence is key to success in any aspect of our lives, from building better relationships to making strides in our careers. But it's easy to feel lost when it comes to mustering self-confidence—as if there is a disconnect between wanting and actually feeling/being confident. So what's the secret to authentic confidence?
According to Dorothy-Inez, my guest in this episode of Mindful in 5, an important part of building confidence is understanding that "Life is happening FOR you, not TO you." You can change your mindset. You can change your path. You can change your life. It's all within your control. It's all within you. You just have to believe in yourself and take courageous action.
Dorothy-Inez Breazell (aka., the Queen of Shine) is a confidence coach, international best-selling author, teacher, speaker, and mentor who's dedicated her life to helping women show up and shine from within. She joins me to discuss how we can cultivate confidence for a happier, more fulfilling, and more successful life.
Listen in to this candid and empowering conversation on how you can overcome the obstacles that stand between you and your most confident self. In confidence you can feel more clear, joyful, and abundant as you operate from your peaceful path.
Key Topics Discussed
- Dorothy-Inez's backstory and her path to confidence
- The most significant barrier to confidence and how to overcome it for a more fulfilling life
- How you are your own worst enemy, but you can also be your own best friend
- The idea behind the "Christ Confidence Code" and how it can help you 'shine your light'
- Stepping into your authentic Self – You're here on purpose for a purpose
- Why a company's brand identity should begin from within to accelerate its value proposition
Links and Resources
Connect with Dorothy-Inez
- Website: https://dorothyinez.com/
- Instagram: @dorothyinez
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dorothyinezcc
- Email: [email protected]
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/dorothyinez1
More Links and Resources- Download Mindful in 5 Sample Chapters
- Pick up your Mindful in 5 Book and Journal from Amazon
- Join the Discussion on LinkedIn
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- Website: https://www.spiwejefferson.com/
- Get a Custom Signed Book and Journal
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27 min - Season 3 Launch!
Working professionals are more stressed than ever. According to a LinkedIn survey, around 1 in 2 workers struggle with stress in the workplace—mainly from workload (70%), shaky confidence (64%), and lacking a sense of purpose (64%).
With work occupying many of our waking hours, we need to develop healthy coping mechanisms to reduce the impact of workplace stress and improve our quality of life.
One way to find peace in your work or personal life is by practicing mindfulness meditation. This brings our wandering minds to the present moment—away from the anxieties of the future and stresses of the past. Mindfulness meditation gives us the tools to be calmer, less stressed, and more compassionate with ourselves.
But where do you start? And how can you find time out of your already hectic work schedule to practice mindfulness meditation? This is where Season 3 of the Mindful in 5 Podcast comes in.
As host Renèe Aikens (Executive Producer of ChristLight Productions) elaborates, season 3 of the Mindful in 5 podcast will focus on supporting busy professionals with mindfulness strategies to help them navigate workplace stress and maintain a healthy work-life balance.
Subscribe and journey with us to explore how the upcoming episodes can help you get on and operate from your peaceful path.
Mindful in 5: Season 3 – What is Coming?
- Finding healthy ways of coping with everyday stressors as a busy professional
- The science behind mindfulness meditation and how to practically incorporate the strategies into your everyday life.
- Optimism and how it promotes success and a growth mindset, featuring Brent.
- How to build confidence from the inside out, featuring Dorothy-Inez.
- Leveraging empathy at work.
- Introducing…The Mindful in 5 Invitation of the Week – A new show format designed to invite a mindful thought to nudge you into doing a mindful thing over the following week. And more…
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About Mindful in 5 Podcast
From the publisher's feed
You pour yourself into your work, but your mind rarely slows down.
Mindful in 5 is your simple path to a calmer mind, steadier emotions, and a more meaningful life, starting with just 5 minutes…
a day.
Each short episode gives purpose‑driven professionals clear, science‑backed tools to trade overwhelm for focus, anxiety for confidence, and reactivity for grace. Whether you’re an innovative entrepreneur, a compassionate leader, or a rising high‑potential, you’ll learn how to stay connected to your why while you navigate the pressures of modern work and life.
In these short episodes, you’ll practice practical meditations and mindset shifts that help you:
- unlock creativity,
- cultivate emotional intelligence,
- strengthen relationships, and
- lead with grounded presence.
Over time, you’ll experience more joy, resilience, and inner strength—so you can show up softer, yet stronger, in every room you enter.
Follow and rate Mindful in 5 to make it your daily dose of calm and clarity, and deepen your practice with a year’s supply of 5‑day, 5‑minute meditations in the Mindful in 5 book series, available at SpiweJefferson.com, or wherever you enjoy buying books, including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Apple Books.