Mindfulness Mode

Paula Peralta is a celebrity hairstylist and a business and empowerment coach. According to some standards, she has done everything wrong to achieve success, yet Paula exudes joy and is experiencing more success than ever before. Paula loves to share how taking a step back from living life on everyone else’s terms was the best move she ever made. Paula helps her clients visualize how they can create a new life even with a blank slate. She believes it’s possible to make a career change at almost any stage in life.

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Company: Access Consciousness 

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Most Influential Person

Sarah Grandinetti, Access Consciousness facilitator , Bestfriend and Business Partner

Effect on Emotions

“It has got me out of being an effect of my emotions.”

Thoughts on Breathing

“Breathing is one of the greatest tools to connect with our bodies.”

“It gives us the opportunity to take a pause to expand out energetically and talk to our bodies about what it's aware of.”

Suggested Resources

Book: Being You, Changing the World by Dr. Dain Heer

App: Who Does It Belong To

Bullying Story

“Bullying is based on the insecurities of the person who is the bully. They only try to bring down people who they perceive as stronger than them.”

“I was raised around adults so I was very articulate and curious. I was very conversational with my teachers so I would get picked on as a teachers pet or that I talk too much.”

Debra Wanger is an actor, singer, and certified wellness coach, who has performed in theaters and cabarets across the U.S. Debra helps actors and creatives connect mind, body, and spirit through her holistic approach to acting. She's a sought-after public speaker and talent manager where she’s helped guide the careers of top Hollywood names including Donald Sutherland, Halle Berry, and Antonio Banderas. Debra draws wisdom from decades of working as an actor, talent manager, and lifestyle coach. Her book The Resilient Actor: How to Kick-Ass in the Business Without it Kicking Your Ass was an Amazon bestseller.

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Website: www.DebraWanger.com

Book: The Resilient Actor: How to Kick-Ass in the Business Without it Kicking Your Ass by Debra Wanger

Book: The Resilient Actor's Workbook and Planner by Debra Wanger

BONUS: Contact Debra through her website at mail at Debra Wanger dot com. Inquire about receiving a complimentary audiobook of The Resilient Actor

Most Influential Person

Emily Fletcher (who runs the Zeva School of Meditation – www.ZevaMeditation.com

Effect on Emotions

The biggest thing is with the presence and being able to take my brain back when the thoughts and the monkeys highjack my brain. Mindfulness is a way for me to calm myself, get centered, and reclaim my brain.

Thoughts on Breathing

Breathing is huge. That's where I tell people to start, actually. That's the least expensive and lowest impact way is to just breathe through your nose.

When our sympathetic nervous system takes over and we are feeling like there's a threat, we are not breathing well and we're panting or moving our chest just to reclaim breathing by taking slow deliberate breaths through our nose and telling our body it's safe, I'm in charge, I'm okay, no one's chasing us, we're safe. That is where it all begins.

Breathing is where it's at, baby!

Suggested Resources

Book: Any books by Rick Hanson www.RickHanson.net

Book: The Resilient Actor: How to Kick-Ass in the Business Without it Kicking Your Ass by Debra Wanger

Book: The Resilient Actor's Workbook and Planner by Debra Wanger

Book: Audio Version of The Resilient Actor is Available

App: www.Nucalm.com (It's a whole system)

App: www.ChooseMuse.com (A headband to help you meditate)

Bullying Story

When I was eleven years old I lost my first friend to suicide. She was twelve years old. I remember I had gone to one of my first funerals and it was the first time I had ever been in a Catholic church … I remember seeing this family completely destroyed. My mother made the choice for me to go back to school that day. …

There were some boys in my class who noticed that I was different (I was still wearing my funeral clothes). I told them that I'd been to a funeral and they started making fun of me.

They started saying horrible things which I now know in hindsight as my adult self is that they were trying to deal with an unimaginable situation. [They said things like] … she probably took one look at you and jumped out the window just looking at your face. They said horrible things and I was in such shock or so insecure that I just took it. I didn't fight back or say anything.

Now, I would tell the teacher, or I would stand up and say ‘you guys are being first-class jerks. I went through a horrible situation. How dare you make fun of someone who's in such a horrible situation?'

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Steve McChesney is a sales and marketing expert and as a result, has a keen awareness of mindfulness and being grounded. He’s created programs for Personal Development, Stress Release, Weight Loss, and To Stop Smoking. He attended a private film school in California, became a stunt man, and performed in over 350 movies and television shows. He has produced and directed various shows and has also performed live Comedy Hypnosis shows. Steve is known for the statement, “Learning is directly proportional to the amount of fun you are having!”

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Website: www.RearrangingChange.com

Book: Rearranging Change: How You Market To An Ever-Changing World by Steve McChesney

Most Influential Person

Tony Robbins

Zig Ziglar

Effect on Emotions

Mindfulness has caused me to also carry my emotions on my sleeve. I can cry easily, not just when I'm sad, but just when I'm overwhelmed, and with warm feelings and love. So I'm very emotional that way.

I have kind of corrected my anger. I don't fly off the handle like I used to in the early days, but I drank a lot back then. I've always been able to hold my emotions right there on my sleeve.

Thoughts on Breathing

I believe breathing is one of the most important things when it comes to mindfulness because that is life. Oxygen is life. One of the things you may not know about me is that I was also a stage hypnotist. One of the major things about hypnosis is the breathing.

If you're laying in bed and you can't get to sleep, if you'll just breathe and think about the breath you're taking, inhaling and exhaling. Put everything else out of your mind and just think about breathing. You can feel the life that's going into your body. I promise you, if you do that correctly, you're going to be asleep.

Suggested Resources

Book: Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Johnson

Book: The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous

Book: The Treasury of Quotes By Brian Tracy

App: n/a

Bullying Story

Twelve years ago my wife and I started a website called Bully-Free Kids dot com. My wife was a seventh grade language arts teacher. At the time, I was in the martial arts business. We both experienced and saw bullying at it's worst. She was in seventh grade, which is puberty. That's where a lot of bullying will happen.

I was a bully when I was a kid, one time only. I'll tell you the story. It's a lesson I've held and learned from my whole life … (tune into the podcast to hear Steve's story).

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Is anxiety and stress in your life right now? Do you feel overwhelmed and worried? Meditation can help eliminate those feelings and move you to a place of calm, focus, and happiness. Feel relaxed and present.

Today's episode is all about meditation and how it can improve your life.

Mani Vaya believes in meditation and has been meditating for 20 years, having started as a teenager because of the huge challenges he was facing in his life. Mani is a former Physicist and Electrical and Computer Engineer who went on to oversee the launches of huge cell phone products. Since that time, he has since become an entrepreneur with the ‘2000Books' Youtube channel and podcast where he interviews top business and self-help authors. Mani teaches meditation, mindset, and mental toughness strategies as part of his work at 2000books.com.

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Mani's Meditation Course: www.MindfulnessMode.com/meditate Get 80% off the price with coupon code: calm2020 Note: The above link is an affiliate link, meaning I, Bruce Langford will receive a commission if you decide to make a purchase through this link, at no cost to you.

Website: www.2000Books.com

Podcast: www.2000Books.com

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Mathieu Jang is hooked on helping people think outside the box, and especially if that box has anything to do with our educational system. He has helped people shove aside conventional ways of thinking, and taught them to build lives of freedom by increasing their income to 6, 7, and 8 figures. Mathieu, known simply as, ‘Jang’ is highly sought after as a marketing strategist and consultant. He co-founded one of the world’s most well-known affiliate marketing education platforms, called the Affiliate Institute.

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Most Influential Person

Kameron George – Business Partner, and First Mentor

Effect on Emotions

“I don't think it's affected my emotions, I think it helped me managed them a little better.”

“My natural mode was if I feel an emotion, and if it's anger, it's an immediate reaction. Now, If I just wait and observe it long enough, it just goes away.”

Thoughts on Breathing

“Breathe in for four, hold for four. Breathe out for four, hold for four.”

Suggested Resources

Book: Becoming Supernatural by Dr. Joe Dispenza

App: Muse, Calm

Bullying Story

“I was bullied and I witnessed a lot of it with other kids.”

“Mindfulness could've helped me cope and deal with it a little better.”

“The only reason I tried weed was to be accepted and not picked on.”

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Episode Transcript

Note: The following transcript is a draft transcript, and as such, may contain computer-generated mistranslations.

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Bring calm to your troubled mind. I'll talk about four topics, specifically Breathing, Mantras, Meditation, and Sleep.

Breathing - Make a time twice each day to breathe at least 30 deliberate, deep breaths. Do an inhale through the nose if possible and then pause and exhale as much as possible. Use a counting pattern like inhale for 6, pause for 2, and exhale for 4 counts. You can do breathing exercises while walking, stretching, or enjoying nature.

Mantras - Create a personal mantra that has deep meaning for you. Take some time with a notebook and jot down words that are important to you. You can get some ideas by searching online for mantras that work for other people. Settle on a mantra for yourself that feels good, isn't too long or too short, and then commit it to memory. Every time you feel some anxiety or self-bullying happening in your mind, quickly shift to your mantra. This will help you feel calmer and more relaxed.

Meditation – Find a place that is comfortable and sit on the floor on a mat or sit in a straight-backed chair. Focus on the flame of a candle if you wish and you may want to use some essential oil in a diffuser. If you're new to meditation, use a guided meditation or nature sounds. A timer can be helpful so you won't be wondering how much time has passed. The app, Insight Timer is an excellent tool to help with meditation. You can use it only as a timer, or for nature sounds or you can find many guided meditations on the app.

Sleep - Avoid your phone, device, or screens of any kind for two or three hours before bedtime. Also, don't expose yourself to the news in the three hours before bed. Set your phone to airplane mode, turn it off, or turn off wi-fi if you have your phone anywhere near you while sleeping. Also, it's recommended to turn off the wi-fi in your home during sleep time. Eating food just before bed can also affect your sleep. Some recommend a cold shower in the hour or two leading up to bedtime, especially if you've been having a tough time getting to sleep or sleeping soundly. Caffeine can disturb your sleep, so avoid coffee, tea, or chocolate in the afternoon or evening.

Let me know if these suggestions helped you to be calmer and if you have an added suggestion, please email me at [email protected]. I'll mention your suggestion on an upcoming episode.

Stay in the mode, Mindfulness Mode.

Kris Ward is the founder of “Win The Hour, Win The Day”, both a platform and Amazon best-selling book, that helps entrepreneurs escape the dreaded small business grind by mindfully setting up systems. After the loss of her husband, Kris returned full-time to the marketing agency she had founded years earlier. She was thrilled to see that her business had not only survived her absence but was still growing! Kris can help you not only survive but live a life with meaning. You will become grounded and deliberate by moving from overwhelm to efficiency.

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Company: Shadow Blast

Website: https://www.winthehourwintheday.com/

Book: Win The Hour, Win The Day by Kris Ward

Podcast:  Win the Hour, Win the Day Podcast

Most Influential Person

Her husband, he would always say “today we're making memories”

Effect on Emotions

“I'm so much more stable because before it was what's the next thing I want to do. I was trying to get so much done.”

Thoughts on Breathing

“Breathing is something that I have to constantly work at.”

Suggested Resources

Book: Win The Hour, Win The Day by Kris Ward

Book: The Vortex by Esther and Jerry Hicks

App: Brain FM

Creativity and Mindfulness

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How do mindfulness and creativity work together? One of our mindful tribe listeners has reached out to me and asked me to do a creativity meditation. And I wanted to talk about how creativity can help us during this pandemic, or really anytime. Many of you have lost jobs and you're not sure what's going to happen with your employment. Maybe you don't know if your job will still exist. After the quarantine, mindfulness can help you get in touch with your creative mind.

From there, you may realize how you can pivot. At this time, it may open up in your thought process exactly where you need to move to and at the same time, your creativity can help you become more mindful. So it can work both ways. And that can cause the light to come on in your mind.

Some of the best ideas and innovations have come to people during challenging times during strife. So the first thing is welcome new ideas and be open to being creative. Allow yourself to let your mind go where it wants to go. Allow your thoughts to go on a tour, to travel to wherever to it might take you. Don't try to predict it. Don't try to make this thing forced. Just let it happen.

Now a lot of us get so wrapped up in our lives or our jobs, our structures, that we push creativity away. We start to think we don't need creativity in our lives. And we just need our brain to be centered and focused on that same old thinking process.

Scientists have known for centuries that the creative process comes through forms of mindfulness. Now of course, it hasn't always been called Mindfulness.

The Art of Thought

In 1926, Graham Wallace wrote The Art Of Thought. And The Art Of Thought is a book that's all about training our minds in the creative process. Creativity requires freedom in our thinking. And there's a point where it also requires a certain amount of constraint. So I'll explain that. Let me guide you through the process of opening up to your creativity.

4 Stages of Creativity

1. There are actually four stages of the creative brain. And the first stage is allowing your brain to roam around freely, being open to new thoughts, being willing to use your imagination and let it happen. And if you're open, you'll start to gather information and that can be random information. It can see messy and disorganized and you might feel like it makes no sense at all. Just allow your mind to go where it wants to. Allow your mind to entertain thoughts that in the past, you probably would have pushed away.

2. The second stage of the creative brain is letting those thoughts incubate, let them brew while you sleep or while you exercise, or while you're taking long walks in nature. Do what you enjoy and let those thoughts go where they want. Don't allow your mind to be too stimulated at this point. If you're playing video games or watching TV, that isn't the best thing to be doing at this stage. Just do something that will allow your brain to process these thoughts. Maybe you enjoy cooking, or organizing, maybe baking bread is your thing. Just allow yourself the space to let those thoughts progress and move forward. Maybe you're painting, creating some kind of art, doodling, or maybe you're doing some kind of mindfulness coloring.

3. The third stage is when your ‘aha’ moment will come to you. This will be a moment of creative insight that suddenly pops into your brain. It might happen at the second just as you're waking up in the morning, or maybe just as you're falling asleep at night. Suddenly a thought will come into your mind and you'll realize it's actually a revelation.

Maybe you're writing some music or playing an instrument, and you have a sudden realization. Mindfulness will help you be open to this new idea, a sudden thought that comes forward from your subconscious.

4. The fourth stage is when everything comes together. This is called the verification stage. You identify your aha mom

David Nielson is a life-long corporate leader after spending 18 years in the corporate world and another 33 years consulting to organizations and coaching executives. He’s been a frequent speaker at Chief Executive Network, Management Resources Association, Training Directors Forum, and many other organizations. His book, The 9 Dimensions of Conscious Success: It's All About You, is a reflection of all that David learned on his life journey.

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Most Influential Person

John Jones, mentor of David and co-founder of University Associates in 1973

Effect on Emotions

“It made me more present with those whom I have relationships, it made me more conscious of how I am in the moment, and it has caused me to be better.”

“I'm a work in progress so it has caused me to be more effective when I might be hooked into a high level of emotional intensity.”

Thoughts on Breathing

“It is very important to me.

Suggested Resources

Book: Magic of Conflict by Thomas Crum

Book: The 9 Dimensions of Conscious Success by David Nielson

App: n/a

Bullying Story

“Bullying can exist anywhere. It is about the image of power or perceived power and the heart of it is insecurity.”

“There's a senior-level executive, a scientist at a large pharmaceutical firm and he is very smart. He used his intelligence as his tool for bullying.”

“As I was facilitating an agenda, I called out his behavior relative to the objective of what we are trying to achieve in the meeting. I attempted to remain very calm and not engage because the bullying was not directed to me. It helped calm him a little bit.”

“Mindfulness in the part of the recipient of bullying is to don't engage in the same way.”

Greg Schmaus is a Holistic Health Coach and Licensed Massage Therapist. His work focuses primarily on coaching clients with various physical, mental, and emotional challenges. With the use of nutrition, meditation, mindfulness, exercise, and lifestyle coaching, Greg has been a guide for countless clients on their healing journey. Greg's work was inspired by his own healing journey, overcoming obsessive-compulsive disorder using these holistic healing modalities.

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Website: www.ghsTraining.co

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghs_training/

Most Influential Person

Paul Chek www.ChekInstitute.com

Effect on Emotions

Mindfulness has allowed me to be more aware of my emotions and has allowed me to experience my emotions with less judgment.

Thoughts on Breathing

Breathing is our anchor to the present moment. You can't breathe in the past or the future so any time we connect with our breath, we connect with the present moment. Breathing also bridges the mind and the body, so when we connect with our breath, we create harmony between the mind and the body.

Suggested Resources

Book: Anything by Alan Watts, Osho, Thich Nhat Hanh

App: I don't use apps for mindfulness but I've heard www.Calm.com is good and also the Sam Harris app www.WakingUp.com

Bullying Story

When I was growing up I was very quiet. I never really spoke and when I was a child I was made fun of for being very quiet. At the time, I didn't really notice how much it affected me because I was a very good athlete so my mode of expressing myself was always through my physical body.

At the time I didn't really think all that much of it. Fast forward to my adult years and even up to this day, I notice any time that I want to express myself, speak in front of a group doing teaching or workshops or even doing podcasts, I notice that wounded child still coming up for me that was made fun of for never speaking.

When I look back at that experience and work with clients that have been bullied, it is understanding that whoever the bully is, is really ultimately a bully to themselves.

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