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  • 413 Perfect Pain Disclosed by Author Parham Parastaran
    Parham Parastaran is an Iranian-American entrepreneur and author with a passion for discussing mental health issues in the business community. After fleeing Iran as a child during the midst of the Iranian revolution, Parham became the epitome of the American Dream. He built the multi-million-dollar business Car-X Tire & Auto, a franchise of tire and auto repair shops that quickly grew from a single store in Champaign, Illinois to 16 locations. Although he enjoyed success as an entrepreneur, he had a secret: He suffered from severe depression and addiction. A rock-bottom moment led to him signing himself up for psychoanalysis, which started a journey that opened up the darkest doors within himself and found him revisiting a childhood of trauma. Over 15 years after that first psychoanalysis session, he chronicles his powerful story in the new memoir, Perfect Pain.
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    Website: www.perfectpain.com
    Book: Perfect Pain by Parham Parastaran
    Most Influential Person
    Bruce Lee
    Effect on Emotions
    I think mindfulness keeps my emotions at a steadier rate. My psychiatrist would call it self-regulation of my self-esteem. I think it keeps my emotions on more of an even keel.
    Thoughts on Breathing
    I do actually practice breathing. It's another way that I try to think of it in terms of finding the present and it humbles me. The reason it humbles me, it reminds me that I am a human in a living body and I can feel my organs. It humbles me and reduces me to something smaller. That always is a healthy exercise for me. 
    Suggested Resources
    Book: Perfect Pain by Parham Parastaran
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    33 min
  • 412 From Future Board to Reality; Sarah Centrella
    Sarah Centrella is known as the premier vision board expert and her new upcoming book, 'Future Boards', will share her expertise with the world. As a master life coach, she’s worked with professional athletes in the NBA and NFL, WAGS and thousands of people from around the world, helping them manifest their dreams. She regularly leads workshops for clients such as: Pinterest, Nike, BMW, Xerox, Quaker Oats, Thrive Global, NBA Wives Association and many others. Sarah has been featured by The Wall Street Journal, ABC NEWS, The New York Times, Good Morning America and many others.
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    Website: www.sarahcentrella.com
    Book: Future Boards: How To Create A Vision Board To Get Exactly The Life You Want by Sarah Centrella (To be released in July 2019)
    Virtual Book Tour: https://www.sarahcentrella.com/my-books
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahcentrella/
    Twitter: https://twitter.com/sarahcentrella
    Most Influential Person
    Oprah
    Effect on Emotions
    Mindfulness allows you to control your emotions Like, imagine that. Oh my god, I don't have to be on a roller coaster anymore. That's amazing. I control how I perceive things. I don't have to have anxiety anymore, I control that.
    Thoughts on Breathing
    That's a good one. Breathing is something that I need to be better at quite honestly. It's something that I'm consciously getting better at. I practice hot yoga and that's a great place for me to remember to breathe.
    I also am a big proponent of what I call 'power mottos'. Some mottos that give you power in a moment, especially when you're feeling weak or powerless. I combine those with deep breaths. Fifteen or twenty seconds of doing that and you're going to feel like a new human. It is such a powerful tool.
    Suggested Resources
    Book: Hustle Believe Receive: An 8-Step Plan to Changing Your Life and Living Your Dream by Sarah Centrella
    Book: Future Boards: How To Create A Vision Board To Get Exactly The Life You Want by Sarah Centrella (To be released in July 2019)
    App: Done (A daily reminder)
    Free Gift
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    45 min
  • 411 Release Judgment and Past Conditioning To Be Fulfilled; Phoebe Mroczek
    Phoebe Mroczek is a podcaster, marketing strategist and explorer who helps online entrepreneurs create a profitable business that is a reflection of who they are and what they want most. She is the host of the Unbecoming Podcast, a show that helps entrepreneurs release judgment, expectations and past conditioning to redefine their metrics of success and live a fun, free and fulfilling life. Over the past few years, she’s built an online marketing business that helped established entrepreneurs refine their paid ad and launch strategies, created a podcast she co-hosted with 900K+ downloads and organized various in-person events, masterminds, and online communities. Phoebe believes that while what we do in the world is important, we’re meant to do so much more in life than just work. As a curious traveler and recovering perfectionist, she’s traveled to more than 60 countries on 6 continents, been cage diving with great white sharks, camped in the Serengeti and motorbiked across Europe.
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    Website: www.phoebemroczek.com
    Website: www.unbecomingpodcast.com
    Instagram: www.instagram/phoebemroczek
    Podcast: Unbecoming Podcast www.unbecomingpodcast.com
    Most Influential Person
    My Dad
    Effect on Emotions
    Mindfulness has allowed me to be the emotional human that I am. I tended to suppress that a lot growing up. Mindfulness allows me to have this confidence and comfort knowing that my emotions are valid and that they're directing me in the right way always.
    Thoughts on Breathing
    Whenever I do a breathing meditation, I'm constantly just trying to stay grounded and to stay in this place. So when I'm breathing, it's just a reminder of being really alive.
    I talk about being an advocate for really living, so when you are breathing, you're living. That's something I'm great at. In moments when I don't feel like I'm good at anything and I'm having a breakdown, I remember that I'm great at breathing. That helps me.
    Suggested Resources
    Book: The Untethered Soul by Michael A. Singer
    App: Insight Timer www.InsightTimer.com
    Free Gift
    Do you want to become more calm, relaxed, peaceful, and content? If so, you can learn how by downloading this free 'Waves of Content' Meditation by Bruce Langford. Unlock the secrets of calm by downloading the meditation here at MindfulnessMode.com/wavesofcontent
    37 min
  • 410 Master of Mindfulness; Daniel Gutierrez
    Daniel Gutierrez is a consultant, author, and motivational speaker. He was once a high-powered executive who graced the covers of Latin Business, Cypen and Color Magazines, but then Daniel realized that there was more to success than a 7-figure earning potential. Daniel mastered his outer game, but his intuition told him that to feel fulfilled, he must also master his inner game. Because of this, at the height of his career, Daniel left it all behind and dedicated the next chapter of his life to becoming a Master of Mindfulness. During the past 10 years, Daniel has led nearly 30 quests to the heights of the Machu Picchu, the depths of the Amazon and the top of the Himalayas. Now, Daniel has been featured in the documentary Luminous World Views as one of eighteen world-renowned thought leaders and has even appeared as a special guest at Carnegie Hall.
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    Website: www.danielgutierrez.com
    Book: Radical Mindfulness: Understanding How Being Present In Life Delivers Results by Daniel Gutierrez
    Most Influential Person
    My mother
    Effect on Emotions
    Regarding emotions, mindfulness has been a great staple for me because it allows me, like right now, I'm bringing myself back into the present moment. It's okay to feel that, I would say okay to go there, not okay to stay.
    Thoughts on Breathing
    Breathing is important for me because I think it's important when you're in relation with other humans that before you act, you breathe just, that's it.
    Just breathe and what it does, it takes the charge out of the situation that you're in. It gets you to clear a little bit, to think better. So breathing has definitely been a way for me to manage my life and relationships in a lot better way.
    Suggested Resources
    Book: Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
    Book: Radical Mindfulness: Understanding How Being Present In Life Delivers Results by Daniel Gutierrez
    App: Bowls
    Mindfulness Training
    Join Mindfulness Coach and author, Keith Macpherson in an immersive learning environment as you explore the five key principles to mindfulness practice. Adapted from his best selling book, Making Sense of Mindfulness, Keith takes you through all five principles of mindfulness practice with videos, guided audio exercises and a workbook to assist you with bringing more balance, focus, and meaning into your life.  http://www.MindfulnessMode.com/msom
    36 min
  • 409 Relationship Do You Want One Coauthor; Simone Milasas
    Simone Milasas is an international speaker, podcaster, and author of the books: Relationship, Do You Want One?, Joy of Business, and Getting Out of Debt Joyfully. She is an acclaimed business and life mentor and travels the world facilitating seminars with Access Consciousness. Simone revels in the joy of future opportunity and knows that the prospect of possibility resides in every choice you make. You can find Simone every week on her podcast, The Art & Industry of Business.
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    Website: www.RelationshipAreYouSureYouWantOne.com
    Website: www.simonemilasas.com
    Podcast: The Art & Industry of Business & Living https://www.simonemilasas.com/podcasts/
    FB: www.facebook.com/AccessSimoneMilasas
    IG: https://www.instagram.com/simonemilasas/
    Most Influential Person
    Brendon Watt, my co-author and the man I was in a relationship with for 8 years.
    Effect on Emotions
    I would say I've learned not to buy into my emotions so much and to actually be more present with what it is I would like to choose for my life and my reality.
    Thoughts on Breathing
    I don't think I would exist if I didn't breathe.
    Suggested Resources
    Book: Being You Changing The World by Dain Heer
    App: Who Does This Belong To? https://www.accessconsciousness.com/en/shop-catalog/apps/who-does-this-belong-to-app/  Every time you have a thought, feeling or emotion show up, you ask, who does this belong to?
    Free Gift
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    33 min
  • 408 Be A Mindful Eater With Fresh Food Alchemist, Julie Ward
    Julie Ward is a Fresh Food Alchemist. She is passionate about teaching people the importance of being mindful of their food and how to develop a divine relationship with the process of eating. Julie has researched food and plants and has been an educator for the past 25 years. She is fascinated with the spirituality, gratitude and vibration of food. She holds a certificate in Plant–Based Nutrition from eCornell, is a certified ACE Health Coach, has a Masters in Public Policy from USC (The University of Southern California), and a B.S. in Mathematics from Spelman College. She is also an herbalist student at East West School of Planetary Herbology.
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    Website: www.FreshFoodAlchemy.com
    Podcast: www.FreshFoodAlchemy.com/podcast
    Download a Free Gift – The Nutrient-Dense Vegetable List: www.FreshFoodAlchemy.com/podcast
    30 Minute Free Consultation with Julie
    5-Day Plant-Based Challenge: www.FreshFoodAlchemy.com/podcast
    Most Influential Person
    A gentleman who first taught me transcendental meditation years ago.
    Effect on Emotions
    Mindfulness helps me a ton with my emotions. The one thing you understand about emotions is that it passes. When you're mindful of it, you don't necessarily have to act on that emotion. You can just kind of be like, okay, there's that thing that I'm feeling. Let's breathe through it and it will pass. Then I'll see if I still want to act on it from a place of clarity and presence.
    Thoughts on Breathing
    Breathing is constant. It totally changes my perspective. I breathe all the time. I don't know if you noticed when you ask me a question, I'll take a deep breath. It really helps with centering my thoughts and just kind of keeping everything grounded.
    Suggested Resources
    Book: The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times by Pema Chodron
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    Free Gift
    Get the Awaken With Focus 12-Minute Guided Meditation by Bruce Langford.Be alert and focused after waking. Feel invigorated, fresh and dynamic. Let your vibrancy feed those around you. Be the energetic person you desire to be. Click here: www.MindfulnessMode.com/AwakenWithFocus
    35 min
  • 407 Employee To Entrepreneur and Collective Campus CEO, Steve Glaveski
    Steve Glaveski is CEO and Co-Founder of Collective Campus, a corporate innovation and startup accelerator based in Melbourne, Australia with clients across the world. He is the author of the current Wiley book, Employee to Entrepreneur, which is available in bookstores around the world, and previously self-published two books, including an Amazon bestseller. Steve co-founded Lemonade Stand – a children's entrepreneurship program, hosts the Apple Podcast charting Future Squared, is a founding investor in Konkrete, a blockchain-enabled share registry and is a contributor to Harvard Business Review. When he's not working, he can be found in the gym, at a heavy metal concert, hiking in the mountains whilst listening to the Joe Rogan Experience, riding his motorbike (or skateboard), reading a book, or doing an occasional bit of what barely qualifies as stand-up comedy!
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    Website: www.steveglaveski.com
    Website: www.EmployeeToEntrepreneur.io
    Podcast: Future Squared https://www.steveglaveski.com/podcast
    Book: Employment To Entrepreneur: How To Earn Your Freedom and Do Work That Matters by Steve Glaveski
    Twitter: @SteveGlaveski https://twitter.com/steveglaveski
    Instagram: www.Instagram.com/theSteveGlaveski
    Most Influential Person
    Eckhart Tolle, Author of The Power of Now
    Effect on Emotions
    Mindfulness has made me less irritable and less reactive. Definitely that wasn't the case previously. Throughout much of my twenties, I was the type of person who would respond with an involuntary reaction rather than with voluntary reason. That manifested itself in relationships with girlfriends and family. I would be more inclined to snap rather than to have a conversation.
    Nowadays, mindfulness is like a muscle, the more you train it the more it becomes second nature. Now if something negative happens, I take it as an opportunity to get better. I will say, great, this happened, let's respond in a positive way and let's find a solution. That's been huge for me because it's so easy to go through life in a reactive state.
    Thoughts on Breathing
    Oh yes, breathing. Yesterday I was hosting a podcast, and even though I am 311 episodes in, I always get a little bit of anxiety before a podcast episode. So before this particular episode, I went for a twenty minute walk and then I just sat in a quiet meeting room at our office and I just breathed for five minutes, deep breathing, focusing on the breath. That just brought me right back down.
    Suggested Resources
    Book: The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
    Book: Employment To Entrepreneur: How To Earn Your Freedom and Do Work That Matters by Steve Glaveski
    App: Brain.fm (binaural beats)
    Guided Meditation
    Get the ‘Release Your Overwhelm' Guided Meditation for only $4.99. Bruce Langford helps you abandon your inner blocks, surrender your stress, become more focused, and increase concentration. Download this full-length 30 minute guided meditation by Bruce Langford.www.MindfulnessMode.com/release
    35 min
  • 406 Love The Skin You're In With Bare Author Susan Hyatt
    Susan Hyatt is a Master Certified Life and Weight Loss coach and author who specializes in helping women stop dieting and love the skin they’re in. Susan has coached over 1000 women. Susan is the author of Create Your Own Luck and the new book Bare: A 7-Week Program to Transform Your Body, Get More Energy, Feel Amazing, and Become the Bravest, Most Unstoppable Version of You. Her work has been featured in Cosmopolitan, Woman’s World, O: The Oprah Magazine, and The Huffington Post.
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    Website: www.shyatt.com
    Website: www.LetsGetBare.com
    Podcast: The Bare Podcast www.shyatt.com/podcast
    Book: Bare: A 7-Week Program to Transform Your Body, Get More Energy, Feel Amazing, and Become the Bravest, Most Unstoppable Version of You by Susan Hyatt
    Most Influential Person
    Dr. Martha Beck, author of Finding Your Own North Star
    Effect on Emotions
    Mindfulness helped me recognize what emotions I was actually feeling and what was creating that emotional state; my thoughts.
    Mindfulness has also taught me how to stay present with myself and create more good feelings.
    Thoughts on Breathing
    Breathing is so core. I find myself, periodically through the day, taking time to take deep breaths because it brings everything back to center for me.
    I'm an athlete and breathing is key, in terms of cycling and running. The human breath is really everything.
    Suggested Resources
    Book: Finding Your Own North Star by Martha Beck
    Book: The Artist's Way: An Artist's Path To Higher Creativity by Julia Cameron
    Bare: A 7-Week Program to Transform Your Body, Get More Energy, Feel Amazing, and Become the Bravest, Most Unstoppable Version of You by Susan Hyatt
    App: Mindful
    Event
    Consider attending Podfest in Orlando, Florida March 7-9, 2019. Meet hundreds of podcasters, get featured in media, and learn how to start or how to optimize a podcast. www.Podfestexpo.com
    37 min
  • 405 An End To Upside Down Thinking; Mark Gober
    Mark Gober is an author whose worldview was turned upside down in late 2016 when he was exposed to world-changing science. After researching extensively, he wrote An End to Upside Down Thinking to introduce the general public to these cutting-edge ideas – all in an effort to encourage a much-needed global shift in scientific and existential thinking. Mark is a senior member of Sherpa Technology Group, a firm that advises businesses on mergers & acquisitions and strategy. He previously worked as an investment banking analyst in New York. Mark has been quoted for his opinions on business and technology matters in Bloomberg Businessweek and elsewhere, and he has authored internationally published business articles. He graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University, where he was captain of the tennis team.
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    Website: MarkGober.com
    Twitter: @MarkGoberAuthor
    Podcast: Coming Soon Details at: https://markgober.com/podcast/
    Book: An End To Upside Down Thinking: Dispelling The Myth That Brain Produces Consciousness and the Implications For Everyday Life by Mark Gober
    Most Influential Person
    Dr. Dean Radin www.deanradin.com
    Dr. David Hawkins  www.spiritualteachers.org/david-hawkins
    Effect on Emotions
    I probably am a bit more easy going than I used to be, because I view now this life has just being almost like a temporary stop of consciousness.
    So if that's true, I think I still take things seriously, but there is this fall back of understanding. There's a much bigger picture going on beyond whatever small problems I have on a daily basis.
    So I think it's really helped me rethink things that might have stressed me out or caused anxiety.
    Thoughts on Breathing
    I'm much more open now to the effects of breathing, especially after seeing things like holotropic breath work, which is basically a way of inducing a psychedelic state. I haven't experienced it, but it's often talked about.
    Also, the Wim Hoff method (www.WimHofMethod.com), that's something where, I think, everyone who does it experiences an altered state of consciousness by over-oxygenating the brain, effectively.
    You breath heavily in and then you let the breath go, so you end up netting in more oxygen than you're letting out. And when you do that for a long time and then hold your breath, like he suggests, it's almost like a state of euphoria just from breathing.
    Suggested Resources
    Book: Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender by David R. Hawkins
    Book: An End To Upside Down Thinking: Dispelling The Myth That Brain Produces Consciousness and the Implications For Everyday Life by Mark Gober
    App: Headspace
    Free Gift
    Join Mindfulness Coach and author, Keith Macpherson in an immersive learning environment as you explore the five key principles to mindfulness practice. Adapted from his best selling book, Making Sense of Mindfulness, Keith takes you through all five principles of mindfulness practice with videos, guided audio exercises and a workbook to assist you with bringing more balance, focus, and meaning into your life. $100.00 off for a limited time. www.MindfulnessMode.com/msom
    39 min
  • 404 Reveal Mindfulness Behind Death's Door With Dr. Sebastian Sepulveda
    Dr. Sebastian Sepulveda, MD, is a physician in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. He has nearly 30 years’ experience as a doctor and former associate professor of medicine. He is a full-time hospitalist, specializing in internal medicine and nephrology, and works with end of life care patients at Lowell General Hospital. He is the author of the book, At Death’s Door: End of Life Stories From The Bedside which was made into a TV series called Death's Door. Dr. Sepulveda has recently been working on a documentary on the same topic.
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    Book: At Death's Door: End of Life Stories From The Bedside by Sebastian Sepulveda
    Television Show – At Death's Door Television Drama: http://www.atdeathsdoor.com/film-tv/
    Most Influential Person
    My wife. She is very realistic and grounded. She helps me put my life in perspective as I think that all of us tend to lose sight a bit of our center. She has done a good job.
    Effect on Emotions
    I think without mindfulness, I couldn't do the job. I think you gotta know who you are, know what you are doing and keep in touch with reality. I think those things are part of mindfulness.
    If there is a chance to transfer some of that mindfulness to the patients and relatives, it will be precious and I try to do that too.
    Thoughts on Breathing
    I don't focus on breathing, not at all. For some reason, I don't need relaxation techniques or anything like that. I just work and it works for me. Right. My breathing is just on automatic pilot.
    Suggested Resources
    Book: At Death's Door: End of Life Stories From The Bedside by Sebastian Sepulveda
    Book: Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters Most in the End by Atul Gawande
    App: n/a
    Free Gift
    Get the brand new Awaken With Focus 12-Minute Guided Meditation by Bruce Langford Be alert and focused after waking. Feel invigorated, fresh and dynamic. Let your vibrancy feed those around you. Be the energetic person you desire to be. Click here: www.MindfulnessMode.com/AwakenWithFocus
    40 min

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