Mindfulness Mode

Coloring to relieve stress and get focused. That's our topic today

and I'm happy to have Zephan Blaxberg back on the show. Zeph was a guest

on episode 4 when he talked about his life journey and a trauma that

changed the course of his life. He has a terrific podcast called The

Year of Purpose and he's just recently published a coloring book called

GreatFull: Mandala Coloring Book and Journal.

Zephan

is a man of action and has published two books in the past year besides

continuing his iTunes #1 Podcast, The Year of Purpose and traveling as a

travel hacker on more than 25 flights over the past 16 months.

Zephan's other book is called "Life Re-Scripted: Find Your Purpose and Design Your Dream Life Before The Curtains Close".Guest:Zephan BlaxburgFeatured in Mindfulness Mode Episode 004 Zephan Blaxberg: From Youth Trauma to Video Master Entrepreneur

Instagram: ZephanMosesQuotes:Coloring takes us back to our childhood roots. Zephan BlaxbergI love journaling in the morning each and every day. Zephan BlaxbergNo one had combined the idea of journaling with the stress relieving features of adult coloring. Zephan BlaxbergColor, doodle and journal all in one place with my new book, GreatFull. Zephan BlaxbergIf

you look at the traumas we've gone through, typically we have to take

ourselves back to our roots and back to our inner child and have that

conversation with our younger self. Zephan BlaxbergBooks:GreatFull: Mandala Coloring Book and Journal

Life Re-Scripted: Find Your Purpose and Design Your Dream Life Before The Curtains Close

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Jay Wong is a Podcaster, brand strategist and trainer. His Podcast, The Inner Changemaker, is his platform to share his knowledge and interview such guests as Bob Proctor, Nathan Chan and Tucker Max, to name a few. He loves to help others get their inner message out to the world in their own unique way. Not only is Jay a super high energy guy, but he thoroughly understands the concept of mindfulness and truly rocks at living in the moment.Contact InfoYoutube: JayWongTVWebsite: TheInnerChangeMaker.com

Podcast: The Inner ChangemakerMost Influential PersonJuVon LangfordEffect on EmotionsIt has allowed me to get in tune, get in touch, with my emotions and you start realizing what you are reacting to. You are able to almost observe how you are feeling. If you get really in tune with it, you get this focus and you are allowed to see what triggers something in you. For me, it gives me that space of asking, " Why does this trigger something inside me?". It's just a good indication for me to actually find the root of a lot of these issues, but I would say, you get more in touchwith all the different emotions, good and bad, on the scale.Thoughts on BreathingBreathing is everything. Breathing is one of those tactics that people think is nothing when they say it, even though it's something so vital, obviously, for all of us. When things are going crazy, when you are being overwhelmed and you don't know what to do, the thing is, you do know what to do! You just can't get there. So the way to get there is just by stopping everything. Just pausing, and by breathing. When you are done doing you first breath, to do your second breath. That's almost like how you can build momentum in a sticky situation, by breathing. I think it has a lot of tremendous impacts from meditation to mindfulness.Suggested ResourcesBook: The Intention Experiment by Lynn MctaggartApp: Winstreak

Dennis Langlais is an inspiration to thousands. Since he was five

years old he wanted to build teams, be a speaker and motivate people. At

the age of 16 he became a professional Free Style BMX Bike Rider,

travelling the world to compete. In 1991 he started his first business

called Perfection on Wheels, successfully presenting over 7000

live shows. He is now well known as host of The Five Minute Bark

Podcast where he continues to inspire listeners across the world.Contact InfoWebsite: codiedog.com

Youtube: Five Minute BarkTwitter: @DennisLanglaisFacebook: Dennis LanglaisMost Influential PersonTony RobbinsEffect on EmotionsIt's

a good way to recheck where you're at because, we live in this massive

world and when we get in a situation where we're down and out or not

focused, we then put ourselves in a small little box, right now I'm

visualizing it as this 8 by 8 square box that we stick ourselves in, and

we forget that the whole world is out there.Thoughts on BreathingBreathing

is just... you're tensed up, I don't know if people know about, cancer

happens and disease happens more from tenseness, stress. It's a drug you

should be taking every day. You should breath as much as you can, you

hear a lot about it these days, drinking water and breathing. I remind

myself because I have friends who are stressed out to no end about their

businesses and themselves and I see them not breathing and I see them

not focusing on breath and it reminds me to do it.Suggested ResourcesBook: The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace WattlesApp: The Cody Dog Inspirational Tools for Success PlatformAdvice for Newbie

You've

got a thousand things you've got to get done, you've got to take one

little thing and get it done one little thing, and get it done. Just

chip away one little piece at a time because if you keep looking at the

big picture, you're just never going to get anything done. It's

something I always struggle with. I have to reconnect myself to get one

little thing done, today I'm just going to get these three automated

emails done. Today I'm just going to get these podcasts done. So you got

to chip away at these things in little pieces. You're going to get

distracted constantly about the big picture, but the big picture is much

more important.Free BonusDownload your

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years old he wanted to build teams, be a speaker and motivate people. At

the age of 16 he became a professional Free Style BMX Bike Rider,

travelling the world to compete. In 1991 he started his first business

called Perfection on Wheels, successfully presenting over 7000

live shows. He is now well known as host of The Five Minute Bark

Podcast where he continues to inspire listeners across the world.

Contact Info

• Website: codiedog.com
  

Youtube: Five Minute Bark

Twitter: @DennisLanglais

Facebook: Dennis Langlais

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• Tony Robbins

Effect on Emotions

• It's
  

a good way to recheck where you're at because, we live in this massive

world and when we get in a situation where we're down and out or not

focused, we then put ourselves in a small little box, right now I'm

visualizing it as this 8 by 8 square box that we stick ourselves in, and

we forget that the whole world is out there.Thoughts on Breathing

• Breathing
  

is just... you're tensed up, I don't know if people know about, cancer

happens and disease happens more from tenseness, stress. It's a drug you

should be taking every day. You should breath as much as you can, you

hear a lot about it these days, drinking water and breathing. I remind

myself because I have friends who are stressed out to no end about their

businesses and themselves and I see them not breathing and I see them

not focusing on breath and it reminds me to do it.Suggested Resources

• Book: The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace Wattles
• App: The Cody Dog Inspirational Tools for Success Platform

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got a thousand things you've got to get done, you've got to take one

little thing and get it done one little thing, and get it done. Just

chip away one little piece at a time because if you keep looking at the

big picture, you're just never going to get anything done. It's

something I always struggle with. I have to reconnect myself to get one

little thing done, today I'm just going to get these three automated

emails done. Today I'm just going to get these podcasts done. So you got

to chip away at these things in little pieces. You're going to get

distracted constantly about the big picture, but the big picture is much

more important.

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You’re listening to Mindfulness Weekends with Bruce Langford. Today

I’m talking about confidence. I think confidence is like a tide going in

and out, in and out. This is how I used to feel anyway. Some days

pumped up, ready to go, feeling like the world was mine, other days, a

lot more on the opposite side. More like, a little discouragement

creeping in, a little frustration. You get the picture.

As

human beings, that voice in our head can do surprising things to our

emotions. In the last few years, I realize that more and more, and now

I’m ready for it. I’m in charge.

As I sat down just

now, I had a confidence flash. What I mean is, I thought of the word

confidence and a precise moment in time popped into my head. It was a

few years ago. I was in real estate. Not much was selling because the

interest rates at the time were high. I can tell you; I went through

some discouraging days in that profession. But I stuck with it, for

awhile anyway and I did my thing. One day a woman called the office, and

it was my turn to the take the call. She was calling about a specific

home. She’d noticed the ‘for sale’ sign went on the lawn, so she phoned

in right away. I chatted with her and made an appointment to show the

house on the following Saturday. After the call, I did my research. I

set up a time to show her the home, which was modest side split in a

pleasant area of town, not far from the west end subdivision of

Westmount, which was a highly desired area at the time. I also found two

other homes to show her, which in my opinion were quite comparable.

The

day came, and I realized I had some nervous excitement happening. I

wasn’t familiar with the term mindfulness back, then, I don’t even know

if it was used much, but I did know I wanted to be calm and collected

when I showed the properties. I remember sitting in my car when I

arrived at the office and deciding to take five minutes or so to close

my eyes, take some quiet breaths and think about good things. Thinking

back, I likely visualized this woman, buying the house, but after this

number of years, I’m not totally sure whether I was into visualizing or

not. I know I listened to a lot of sales training talks on cassette

tapes, and I learned a lot of strategies that I didn’t know till later,

would be considered mindfulness.

Anyway, I showed the

lady the houses, and the one she had originally called me about was the

third one. She was a quiet woman, with brown hair, kind of softly

flowing around her face. She explained to me that she had inherited some

money and had decided she loved this area, and it was in her price

range. She had seen a number of houses with an agent in another company,

but, she told me, she really didn’t feel comfortable with that

particular agent.

She walked around the home, casually

looking around in the various rooms. She said, I just like to get the

feel of the place. She’d go to the center of a room, give herself a

little shake, close her eyes and smile a bit. It was like she was

absorbing the vibes of the house. She told me, “This feels right. I want

to buy it. Can you fill out the papers for me?”

We

talked about an offer price and right then and there, I completed the

paperwork; she signed, and off she went with a big smile on her face.

“I’m so happy she said.” And you’re just the right kind of real estate agent for me. Not too pushy. You get me,” she explained.

I

had no idea a sale could be this easy. I felt an immediate rush of

confidence, joy, and satisfaction. She drove away, I gathered up my

papers and picked up my briefcase. I was so ecstatic; I felt light on my

feet as I walked down the driveway. Seeing that no cars were coming, I

started to run across the street to my car.

Right now I

can taste that exact moment in my mind. Suddenly, I was jolted into

reality. My briefcase went flying and landed on the pavement. I was

still holding the handle; it had broken off the case, and I was s

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think I've mentioned it quite a bit, but the anger is gone. I still get

angry, I mean, everybody get angry, but I used to... I'm sure my blood

pressure would go through the roof. It was like the coyote off of the

road runner series. I would be just a burst of frustration and stuff.

And now, I think of it more of a gradual increase or a frustration. It's

a big difference.Thoughts on BreathingThat's

actually how I focus on my meditation. I focus on the breathing in and

the breathing out. If I stray off, which happens every few seconds, I

refocus on the breathing so it is important and I'd listen to that

breath so I don't always use ocean sounds as I'm meditating but I do

always focus on the breathing.Suggested ResourcesBook: The Primal Blueprint by Mark SissonApp: Brain WaveAdvice for Newbie

I

would like those people to not worry about being perfect at it. Even if

you can just do two minutes a day and just start and increase it, and

that's what I did. I started very short on the meditation but it was

pretty easy for me to come up to a longer time. I could go longer than

eight minutes but I usually find that that is the point where I can

continue to focus and I don't want to go and do something else. The

other thing that I would recommend is they not only focus on meditation.

It's not only that time, It's how they're treating their whole life.

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Podcast: Conscious MillionaireMost Influential PersonCarol YencarEffect on EmotionsMuch more equanimous from meditation, from focusing on being conscious and mindful, I react so much less and reflect much more and I'm also much more frequently in a state of just acceptance of who I am and the moment that I'm in which makes for a much smoother ride through life.Thoughts on Breathing

It's very much part of my mindfulness practice because the meditation I do is Vipassana meditation. I've lived at a Buddhist monastery for seven weeks at a closed retreat and focused just on learning to meditate. There were days where we just did 12 hours of meditation in silence. People would go, Oh, that's horrible, you definitely encounter yourself but I loved it and the whole meditation that I do is focusing on the breath and realizing that's the real life force. The difference between a human that's alive and a human that's dead is whether they're breathing.Suggested ResourcesBook: Practicing Peace by Pema ChodronBook: The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching by Thich Nhat HanhApp: No AppAdvice for Newbie

Well, I'm going to recommend another book. Thich Nhat Hanh, I love Thich Nhat Hanh and there is a book, it's fifty seven pages long, it's red, I think I have it memorized. I've read it so many times and given it to so many people, and it's his explanation of the Heart Sutra. The Heart Sutra's about a page and a half long, but he really explains in such a beautiful way about how everything is interconnected and to me, that's the heart of mindfulness. It is realizing that who we are and everything around us is all interconnected and that we are on this journey together.

This week’s weather has been hot and sticky, just the kind of weather

you’d expect in a dripping wet rain forest with the heat turned up.

This

hot weather has me thinking about the farm work we did in the summers.

Going back to when I was twelve, at home on the farm. Any day that

looked warm and sunny was usually a hay day.

My dad would say,

‘sure hope the hay won’t be too green to bale’. That meant he hoped the

hay would be dry enough. Once it was cut, it needed to dry in the hot

sun for a day or two. Then he’d put it into windrows.

The wind

rower would pull behind the tractor and would grab the hay and spin it

into a nice even, fluffy pile of hay in the form of a long row, like a

never ending fluffy snake. A day or two later, when the hay ‘wasn’t too

green’ 3 or 4 of us would go out with the baler and hay wagon and bale

the hay. The 3 or 4 would be me, my dad, my brother Max, and maybe one

of my other brothers too.

The smell of the hay is still as clear

in my nostrils as it was then. Something dry and crispy about the smell,

like wafts of weedy dryness with the sweet mixture of clover and

alphalpha.

I would usually be pegged to drive the tractor. This

was a job I did not enjoy because it forced me to stare at the row of

hay and keep the front right wheel of the tractor exactly to the left of

the row of hay as I drove. Even straying one way by a few inches would

mean the baler would miss a little bit of hay, and there’d be a yell

from the hay wagon. That would be my dad’s voice, booming over the roar

of the tractor and the clanging, repetitive sound of the baler,

repeatedly banging out 50 pound rectangular bales of hay.

Now that

I think back, I realize I had to be totally mindful, forcing myself to

keep my brain on one thing for an extended period of time. Ummmm. Maybe

that’s why I’m good at meditating today.

Once I got into the swing

of driving the tractor, I usually didn’t mind it so much. After all, as

long as I kept the wheel of the tractor exactly where it was supposed

to be, I was free. I was free to think of anything else I wanted. I

could sing a song in my head. I could imagine where I’d be in ten years

from now. I could think about the book I read last night, under the

covers with a flashlight till 2:33 in the morning. I was free. Wow, what

a feeling.

Woops, keep that wheel in the right place. Oh, there

goes a field mouse, frantically racing out from under the windrow.

Looking back at the wagon, I’d make sure Max and my dad were keeping up

with the bales, repeatedly spitting out of the baler, onto the hay

wagon.

Looking ahead at the field, I’d realize I’d better get

ready for the end of the row. That was the most stressful part. I was

supposed to know where to go. Right, left. Which new row to choose? I

wanted to do it right. I didn’t want to get yelled at; that’s for sure. I

was supposed to still gather as much hay as I could in the headlands

and then turn down the row my dad wanted me to. I’d stare at him; try to

read his body language. Maybe he’ll give me a clue, I thought, so I

don’t feel stupid. Hmmmmm. How am I supposed to know, I’d wonder?

Eventually,

the hay wagon would be piled high, like a rectangular tower of solid

bricks. My dad and brothers were always proud of how high they could

build the load and still keep it solidly on the wagon. The wagon only

had a rack on the back, the sides and front had no racks or supports, so

the way the load was built, was what kept it together. One by one,

every bale was put in its place, each one was important to holding it

all in place.

Focusing on that one thing was my lesson. I had to

learn to ignore the hot sun, the ear-shattering clanging of the baler,

the obnoxious, burning hot diesel fumes pouring out of the tractor, the

sharp, angry yells from my dad. I was practicing mindfulness even then,

even before I knew what the word meant.

How do you practice mindfulness in your day?

Send me an email, bruce@m

Pokemon Go is a terrible game, according to some critics. Others say

it has great features and can bring out the best in people. Does Pokemon

Go have an aspect of mindfulness? Can it help us live in the moment and

move our anxieties to the back burner? Recently, I attended a Gaming

Event with my son called ConBravo which was billed as The Celebration Of Everything Geek. It was for gamers, movie, TV and Cosplay enthusiasts and others too.

Dylan

Mead was one of those passionate gamers and Cosplayers. In case you

didn't know, Cosplay means dressing up like a character from a game,

movie or even as a character you've created. Dylan loves Pokemon Go and

was even dressed as a Gym Leader from the original world of Pokemon.

Today I interview Dylan about the Mindfulness of Pokemon Go. We talk

about how the game works, the general concept and challenges and what

people like and don't like about it. When you stop to think about it, a

game like Pokemon Go can be a positive mindful experience for people

everywhere. Hope you enjoy the show.Contact InfoCompany: NintendoWebsite: Download Pokemon Go from the App Store on your device.Most Influential PersonPokemon

Go has influenced many people. Some say it's in good ways, others would

say the opposite. How has Pokemon Go affected your life?Effect on EmotionsHelps

many people become more focused and grounded. If you are playing

Pokemon Go with awareness of the moment and a sense of mindfulness, you

will probably become more mindful of your emotions. Making good choices

as to how to react to your emotions can help us feel more balanced and

in control.Thoughts on BreathingPokemon

Gyms and Gym Leaders are an important part of Pokemon. Do you think of

deep, healthy breathing when you think of a gym or when you decide to go

to the gym? Considering your breathing habits can be a positive way to

improve your health.Suggested ResourcesBook: 21 Ways To Practice Mindfulness With Your Child Every Day For 7 Minutes by Bruce LangfordApp: Pokemon Go is available for download on IOS or Android.Advice for Newbie

BE

CAREFUL when you play Pokemon Go. Be mindful of your surroundings and

be mindful of other people. Be safe and respectful while you play.

Pokemon Go can be lots of fun and it can even help you live in the

moment and enjoy time with family and friends. As in other aspects of

life, remember to live mindfully and not be judgmental about others. Put

yourself into the shoes of the other person and be a great role model.Thank You Bonus:

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Laura Coe is an entrepreneur, author, and certified life coach

working to help you find fulfillment one day at a time through daily

emotional workout routines, emotional nutrition, and other tools and

insights. She co-founded Litholink Corporation, a healthcare company

serving over 350,000 patients per month nationally. When it sold to a

Fortune 500 company, she left corporate America to pursue lifelong

passions. Now she helps break down monumental life-changing philosophy

and ancient wisdom in a way that everyone can apply to their own lives.

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Pema Chodron (Author of Start Where You Are and Don’t Bite The Hook)Effect on Emotions

It’s been the most important piece because it allows me to have the

awareness and then to recognize that to be human is to have emotions and

to not judge those emotions. Just to allow them to have a life force of

their own. I think the mindfulness practices, the ancient ideas that

have been around for thousands of years, they really have figured this

out.Thoughts on Breathing

I teach pranayama to my coaching clients sometimes. We breathe at

the top of our chest. When I learned from my yoga teacher that our lungs

are actually around our whole rib cage, and in your back. Breathing is

one of the most incredible experiences. To take a deep breath, all the

way from the base of your belly, all the way through your chest, into

your back. It can get rid of so much emotional stress, it’s amazing.Suggested Resources

Book: Emotional Obesity: A Philosophical Guide to Lighten Your Life by Laura Coe Book: Start Where You Are by Pema ChodronApp: HeadspaceApp: 10%HappierAdvice for Newbie

The most important thing I can say is, let go of these

ideas that you find on the internet that you have to go to India on a

mountaintop or check yourself into some kind of month long program. Just

start with anything. There’s a new app out there called 10%Happier.

Just start with something. Take 3 minutes to meditate. Just closing your

eyes can be enough for you. My real advice is to just do anything,

because anything is better than nothing.

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