Mindfulness Mode

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August 01, 2024Muse For Meditation; Ariel Garten
Ariel Garten is a neuroscientist, innovator, and entrepreneur who empowers individuals with the Muse for meditation. Ariel is the co-creator of Muse, a brain-sensing headband designed to enhance meditation and mindfulness practices. Dedicated to empowering individuals to conquer mental barriers, Ariel helps people foster healthy, happy lives, and unlock their full potential.
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Website: www.ChooseMuse.com (Use discount code ‘MindfulnessMode' for 15% off)
Most Influential Person
Michael Apollo (Michael is the Founder and President of Mindful Gateway Consulting and a leader in the field of mindfulness)
Effect On Emotions
Mindfulness helps me deal with my emotions very effectively. The first thing that comes to mind is a stubbornness that would come up in conflict with my husband.
The stubbornness would come up in two parts. I would need to be right and he would need to be right. That would create attention and a stubbornness sensation.
Thoughts On Breathing
Some people may not be aware of the relationship between breathing and their HRV, which is heart rate variability.
We know we want it to be high, but what does that mean? This phenomenon is called asinalsodal arrhythmia.
As you breathe in, your heart rate increases, and as you breathe out, your heart rate decreases. This happens because as you breathe in, your heart rate is increasing and increasing, and the compensatory mechanisms in your body at that point say oh no, our heart rate is going up; we need to make sure that we're managing our blood pressure.
We dilate our blood vessels to keep our blood pressure constant as our heart rate increases with the in-breath. Then, your vagus nerve kicks in to bring in your parasympathetic nervous system to try to calm your body down, and your heart rate decreases with your out-breath.
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July 29, 2024The Net Effect; Femi (Oluwafemi) Badejo
Oluwafemi Badejo, also known as Femi Badejo, is a project manager with The Net Effect. He is a seasoned project and product manager, business analyst, and consultant with extensive hands-on and theoretical experience in architecture, engineering, project management, and Agile and Scrum methodologies. Femi excels in providing technical support, developing new products, and enhancing processes for optimal solutions. His strong management skills and keen decision-making ability are complemented by his proficiency in data synthesis.
A PMP Scrum Master Certified professional, Femi utilizes Agile project management to champion projects, teams, and team members. Since April 2023, he has been working at The Net Effect, a company dedicated to transforming construction businesses through strategic technology adoption. Femi's expertise helps construction companies navigate the complexities of technology integration, ensuring efficiency and profitability. His contributions are instrumental in saving industry colleagues significant time and money through effective technology and process evaluation.
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LinkedIn: Femi Badejo
Website: The Net Effect
Most Influential Person
My Dad
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July 25, 2024Remote Virtual Workspaces; Brett Martin
Brett Martin creates remote virtual workspaces through his initiative, Kumospace.com, a virtual office and video chat platform. Brett is a seasoned entrepreneur dedicated to staying grounded through meditation. As an entrepreneur, angel investor, pragmatist, and optimist, Brett has spent much of his career in the startup trenches. He now focuses on supporting other entrepreneurs as Managing Partner of Charge Ventures, a NYC-based pre-seed/seed stage venture fund. Charge invests $200-500k at the earliest stages and helps founders grow from 0 to 1.
Brett also spreads the startup gospel as an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School, teaching product strategy and entrepreneurial finance. He has co-founded Switch and Sonar and began his career on Wall Street. In his spare time, Brett has written for Harvard Business Review, launched Vice, founded a rock band, and sailed thousands of miles on a 30-foot sailboat.

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LinkedIn: Brett Martin
Website: Kumospace.com
Most Influential Person
My fiance
Suggested Resources
Book: Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing and Nathaniel Philbrick
App: New AI apps
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July 22, 2024AI-Driven Creativity; Matt Panousis
Matt Panousis is a master at AI-driven creativity. He is the Chief Operating Officer at Monsters Aliens Robots Zombies (MARZ), an innovative AI technology startup and VFX studio dedicated to revolutionizing Hollywood's visual effects industry. With a robust background as a lawyer and entrepreneur, Matt has a proven track record in co-founding and scaling successful B2B technology startups.
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Website: marzvfx.com
Most Influential Person
My Dad and Grandfather
Effect On Emotions
The emotions are primarily driven by the meanings and consequences that you apply to the event. A concrete example is when you drive by somebody who cuts you off, but then you pass their car, and you realize that there are three kids screaming in the back. Are you mad anymore, or do you feel bad for the guy? It's not the guy cutting you off that pissed you off, it's the Guy cutting you off plus the concept that he cut you off intentionally, and he did it to screw you over.
That causes a feeling of anger. Whereas when you see a guy struggling on his own with three kids in the back, that's terrifying for anybody. Then you have a totally different emotion.
Mindfulness creates that space between you and your thoughts. You can at least try to gauge whether the thoughts I'm applying to this are realistic. If I don't know, I should at least withhold an opinion.

Thoughts On Breathing
I don't do as many of the techniques formally. I guess you do it by virtue of a cold plunge, in which case you have to breathe. We don't breathe deeply the way that we probably used to.
If you practice the Wim Hof breathing techniques, you know about holding your breath. By round three, you're holding your breath for three minutes, and your cells are oxygenated. It certainly feels good and definitely makes you feel energized.
Bullying Story
Like most things in life, the feeling associated with an event is actually not the event itself. It's the meanings and consequences that you place on the event. So, all your thought processes and practicing meditation and mindfulness allow you to see or at least create a space between you and your thoughts.
So many times the thoughts that you are applying to that situation are biased.
Obviously, anything with bullying sucks, and it's awful. I think people probably make it worse on themselves because they feel as though it's the event that's causing the feeling.
There is a thought in between, and practicing mindfulness allows you to see that thought and, maybe, not change it, but at least examine whether or not it's realistic.
Suggested Resources
Book: n/a
App: Calm
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July 18, 2024Exclusive Artist Connections; Pepe Del Rio
Pepe Del Rio is the innovative mind behind Sesh, an app that allows fans to have exclusive artist connections. Sesh offers fans a chance to be part of their favorite artist's projects, providing unique experiences, intimate interactions, and a passionate community where every fan is a VIP. To Pepe, mindfulness is a blend of various elements, including exercise, a structured schedule, and focus. He begins his day early with exercise and meticulously organizes his week to maintain a balanced mindset.
Despite the chaotic nature of the music industry, Pepe finds peace in structure and uses music as a vital part of his daily routine. As a former musician, he understands the deep connection between music and passion, which fuels his work with Sesh, helping artists manage their communities and fostering deeper fan engagement.
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Website: www.joinsesh.app
LinkedIn: Pepe Del Rio
Most Influential Person
My Father
Effect On Emotions
Mindfulness is helping me a lot. I tend to be quite reserved, finding it difficult to express my feelings even with those I love. It often feels like I have a protective barrier preventing me from showing my emotions to avoid getting hurt.
However, mindfulness is encouraging me to push past this comfort zone. It’s important to connect with and share your feelings with those who care about you and whom you care about. This practice is helping me open up more and build deeper connections.
Thoughts On Breathing
I'm getting into breathing techniques. Our head of marketing, one of my employees, is very dedicated to these practices and has been encouraging me to focus more on my breathing.
She believes my life is chaotic and insists I need to take 15 to 20 minutes a day to meditate and control my breathing. She says it will help regulate how I think, process things, and approach my day. I started a week ago, and so far, it’s going well.
Bullying Story
I'm the eldest of eight siblings, and I'm particularly close to one brother who is just a year younger than me. We went to school together, attended the same parties, and shared many friends.
I remember a time when some bigger kids were bullying him. It was a tough situation because I had to decide whether to confront the cool kids or not, knowing they might start bullying me too.
I chose to stand up to them, and fortunately, they understood me, and the bullying stopped. I've seen close friends go through traumatic experiences during those years, typically between ages 13 and 15, when kids can be especially mean.
One of my best friends, who was bullied at school, is now one of the strongest people I know, both mentally and professionally. His resilience was forged through those tough times.
Suggested Resources
Book: The Power of the Mind by James Haik
App: Loop App
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July 15, 2024True II Soul; Keda Edwards Pierre
Keda Edwards Pierre founded True II Soul, a sanctuary dedicated to the healing and advocacy of BPOC & Indigenous women and gender-diverse survivors. She is a passionate advocate for transformative healing and support for survivors of sexual trauma. As a survivor of ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences), intimate partner violence, and racial trauma, Keda uses her personal experiences of being othered and retraumatized by systems claiming to help. Keda was inspired to create discreet, trustworthy, and inclusive spaces for recovery. True II Soul challenges stigmas around sexual trauma and fosters authenticity, creativity, and community. After a 27-year career with the Toronto Police Service, Keda now focuses on revolutionizing perceptions of survivors and eradicating gender-based violence. She identifies as a renaissance woman, living her mission of personal and professional lifelong healing and development.[bio]
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Website: TrueIISoul.com
Most Influential Person
My Mom
Effect On Emotions
I recognize emotions as Messengers. The entire spectrum of emotions always serves us. One of our challenges, I feel, is that we hold on to them, and of course, they become dense, sit in our tissues, and create illness of one sort or another.
So, mindfulness has allowed me to understand the role of emotions and that they're all quite sacred.

Thoughts On Breathing
Breathwork is an incredible tool, and if that's all one has, it does incredible things for our bodies—not only emotionally but physiologically. If you hold the right nostril down and just breathe in and release through the mouth, the parasympathetic system is responsive to that.

It can help calm, bring things down, and lower anxiety. So whether we're outside or we're in a room, if we're able to use our breathing, it does wonders for us, from mindfulness, for the presence of mind and body
Bullying Story
I was a school liaison officer in Scarborough and worked with my partner. We had a ball. We handled all the elementary schools in 42 division, which was over 70 schools that we split between each other.
We worked as a team in the high schools and elementary schools, and we were dedicated to creating human-to-human relationships.
The kids would see us and call us by our first names and recognize that the stigma doesn't define the institution.
Suggested Resources
Book: The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
Book: Bodhi In The Brain: Yinnergy Meditation: A Technological Path to Enlightenment by Morgan O. Smith
App: Awake
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July 11, 2024Comedian Turned Meditator; Morgan O. Smith
Morgan O. Smith is a former stand-up comedian turned meditator. He spent 14 years in the comedy scene, including nine years hosting his own TV show. During the last two years of his comedy career, Morgan discovered light and sound machines, which introduced him to deeper states of meditation. This transformative experience led him to leave show business to focus on meditation and raising his children. Over time, Morgan achieved profound meditative states, including Turia and Tiritita, which inspired him to delve deeper into mindfulness.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Morgan began working with autistic children and offered online meditation sessions, reaching over 1,000 students to help alleviate their stress and anxiety. Alongside his partner Cada Edwards Pierre, he co-developed an innovative app named Psycle. The app utilizes AR, XR technologies, and Brainwave Entrainment to guide users into meditative states, aiming to enhance creativity, mindfulness, and overall well-being. Morgan's book, “Bodhi In The Brain,” further explores his meditation program and its benefits.
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Most Influential Person
Ram Dass
Effect On Emotions
I still experience my emotions and express them, but when I'm expressing them, I'm doing it from a witness standpoint, so I get to watch myself go through it, and when I'm going through it, it's not as bad as I thought it was.
Thoughts On Breathing
People can look into pranayama, the art of breathing, and Hinduism and yoga as traditions. My favorite breathing technique is two breaths of fire.
They breathe in and out really quickly through the nostrils, which can put you into a certain state. One of my other favorites is alternate nostril breathing, which involves switching from nostril to nostril. This really bounces out the two hemispheres of the brain.
What Is Kemor?
We were inspired to create Kemor, which is myself and my partner, Keda Edwards Pierre. We got together and created this development app about these five-dimensional beings, which we call Mukshas. This name comes from the word moksha, which means liberation.
They become meditation guides. We bring people into these realms, and they meditate using binaural beats. We are using AR and XR technologies. AI and brainwave entrainment will come along in the future.
Suggested Resources
Book: Bodhi In The Brain: Yinnergy Meditation: A Technological Path to Enlightenment by Morgan O. Smith
App: www.sens.ai
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July 08, 2024A Sea Of Climate Solutions; Dr. Deborah Brosnan
Dr. Deborah Brosnan’s talk, A Sea of Climate Solutions, was presented at the Collision conference in Toronto in June 2024. She is a globally recognized marine scientist, environmental entrepreneur, and climate-risk expert. Dr. Brosnan leads Deborah Brosnan & Associates, a firm that merges risk, cutting-edge science, and practical decision-making to sustain ecosystems, businesses, communities, and governments. With a special focus on Small Island Developing States, she has worked in the Caribbean for over 25 years. She collaborates with John Paul DeJoria on OceanShot, a large-scale coral reef restoration project. Dr. Brosnan holds an adjunct professorship at Virginia Tech and has been affiliated with prestigious institutions like Stanford and the Smithsonian. She frequently appears on major media and has been a featured speaker at international forums.
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Most Influential Person
Jacques Cousteau
Effect On Emotions
Mindfulness helps me be aware of my emotions and feel my emotions.
Somebody said to me once, feel the feel and then take the wheel. And mindfulness is when you take the wheel.
Thoughts On Breathing
Breathing is the first thing I stop when I get stressed out. Being aware of your breath and breathing and watching the changes that occur in your body when you take control of your breathing is absolutely the best.
Bullying Story
In my career as a marine biologist, I was fortunate to have supportive men, fellow students, and professors, especially during my education.
However, I did experience bullying, which is still prevalent, particularly online. When I was younger, I wasn't aware of mindfulness, so my initial reaction was to respond immediately.
Now, I've learned to step back and take a deep breath first. Mindfulness helps me recognize the energy directed at me and understand it often has nothing to do with me personally.
By pausing and being mindful, I protect my integrity and defuse the situation, as the bully usually has their own issues.
Mindfulness helps prevent a hasty response to bullying, and I try to apply this in my life. I'm not always perfect, but I strive to be better.
Suggested Resources
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July 04, 2024Mindful Marketing Strategies; Roger Choudhury
Roger Choudhury is an entrepreneur who has used mindful marketing strategies throughout his adult life. Turning 47 today, he has been an entrepreneur since the age of 19. Roger made his first million by 21 through direct marketing, working with various industries such as energy deregulation and credit card companies. He founded the Business Financial Network during the pandemic, a media company collaborating with publicly traded entities and retirement homes.
Additionally, Roger has experience as a cannabis consultant and master grower. Despite personal challenges, including two divorces, Roger is now happily married with three children. His holistic approach integrates mindfulness in both life and business, underscoring the importance of being present and purpose-driven.
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Linktree: linktr.ee/BusinessFinancialNetwork
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Most Influential Person
My mom
Effect On Emotions
My mom is Hindu, and my father is Muslim. We meditate regularly. Eastern civilization is very spiritually advanced compared to Western civilization, and this is well documented.
The whole yoga revolution, for instance, began when a bunch of East Indian practitioners brought their knowledge here.
I strongly suggest that people not only take time out of their day but also make an effort to spend time with their breath, meditate, drown out the noise, and learn to be comfortable with their self-talk. Self-talk is a crucial aspect of this practice.
There's your foreground and background conversation, and the conversation you're having with yourself is essentially the conversation you're having with the universe.
Thoughts On Breathing
Buteyko is a Russian scientist who developed a breathing method. You can find more about it online; it's been really helpful for me.
Additionally, there are various frequency breath training techniques involving specific durations for holding, inhaling, and exhaling.
Bullying Story
Growing up, my father passed away, leaving my mom to run our restaurant on Bloor and Lansdowne. She was a great cook, but not a businessperson.
I spent my early years in Regent Park until age 10, then moved to Jane and Finch. My mom hoped for less racism, but we faced new challenges.
In Regent Park, I dealt with rockers and skinheads, and in Jane and Finch, it was a mix of Mexicans, Jamaicans, and other ethnicities. I encountered racism, being called names like “Paki” and “curry eater.”
I didn’t engage aggressively; instead, I’d ask, “Why are you doing this?” However, in Jane and Finch, I sometimes had to fight back for my belongings.
I believe facing adversity is essential for growth. My kids, aged 15, 17, and 19, have never been in a fight, which I find hard to relate to.
When I was younger, making plans involved uncertainty, unlike today's instant communication.
My son shows me how his classmates share their locations with him, thinking it’s an achievement.
While each generation faces different challenges, I believe that experiencing breakdowns can lead to breakthroughs. Building mental toughness is crucial, and while inclusivity is important, it should not compromise genuine personal growth.
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July 01, 2024Elevating Indigenous Entrepreneurs; Geena Jackson
Geena Jackson is dedicated to elevating indigenous entrepreneurs. She is the Creator and Executive Producer of Bear's Lair TV and the Founder & President of Sparkly Frog Clan Productions Inc. A proud member of theshíshálh (Sechelt) Nation on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia, Geena (Tsetasiya – Traditional Sechelt name) is an entrepreneur, keynote speaker, and a champion for Indigenous business and procurement. With over 30 years in broadcast and media communications, Geena has been a fervent advocate for Indigenous voices, rights, and business development. Her experience spans roles with the Squamish Nation, supporting over 750 Indigenous entrepreneurs and organizations. Geena also dedicates her efforts to initiatives like the Golden Eagles Rising Society, Right to Play, and Live Different, which aim to create positive, life-changing impacts in Indigenous communities.
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Website: GeenaJackson.com
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Most Influential Person
My 94 year-old grandma
Effect On Emotions
As a 54-year-old woman going through menopause, I often experience a roller coaster of emotions.
To manage this, I turn to mindfulness practices like hiking and immersing myself in nature.
Breathing in fresh air and stepping away from my computer boosts my productivity and helps me feel more grounded.
Plus, spending quality time with my family is incredibly important to me.

Thoughts On Breathing
It's interesting because I recently read about the Wim Hof Method, which involves cold plunging and learning proper breathing techniques. I realized I'm not a natural breather—I'm quite uptight in that aspect.
Even when I try to sleep, I often catch myself tensing up. I got checked for sleep apnea, but it turns out I'm just so tense because I'm always thinking about what I need to do next, rather than being mindful of the present.
To help myself relax before bed, I have a routine: I go through the alphabet and think of three words for each letter. By the time I reach E, I'm usually fast asleep. It's a simple exercise, but it really helps me wind down.
Bullying Story
As I reflect on bullying and mindfulness, I've learned that success often attracts negativity, and I've faced attempts to bring me down to a “normal” level.
To manage this, I avoid reading negative social media comments, with my team promptly removing harmful posts.
Growing up poor in an abusive household with a single mom, I've become reactive and emotional, so I practice mindfulness to pause and breathe before responding.
I aim to prevent the cycle of poverty in Indigenous communities by promoting education, self-confidence, and economic sovereignty. We deserve ownership in projects, not just token participation, to truly uplift our people.
Suggested Resources
Book: Who Not How: The Formula to Achieve Bigger Goals Through Accelerating Teamwork by Dan Sullivan
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