Mindfulness Monday

In this episode of Mindfulness Monday, Ora Nadrich shares a conversation with Kevin Vallely about how adventure can be a tool for transformation and living an unconventional life.

Kevin Vallely juggles his life as a registered architect, leadership mentor, author, keynote speaker and father, while also becoming an internationally recognized explorer. 

Their new book is Wild Success: 7 Key Lessons Business Leaders Can Learn from Extreme Adventures (McGraw Hill, March 10, 2020). 

Learn more at www.morewildsuccess.com.

In this episode of Mindfulness Monday, Ora Nadrich and Chad Ford discuss "Dangerous Love" and how to transform fear into power.

Chad Ford is a professor of Intercultural Peacebuilding at BYU-Hawaii. He has worked as conflict mediator, facilitator and consultant for governments, NGOs and corporations around the world. He previously was a senior editor/writer at ESPN. His new book, Dangerous Love: Transforming Fear and Conflict at Home, at Work, and in the World (BK Publishers, June 23, 2020) is a personal exploration of how we transform fear and conflict. 

Learn more at dangerouslovebook.com.

In this episode of Mindfulness Monday, Ora Nadrich discusses self-care and spirituality with Dr. Ro. 

Dr. Ro has been a leading nutrition coach for over 2 decades and was named one of the nation’s top 5 nutritionists by More Magazine and Shop Smart (The quick & easy guide from Consumer Reports). She penned a health column “America’s Nutrition Coach,” for the National Newspaper Publishers Association, distributed to 200 African American newspapers nationwide. Dr. Ro has served as the resident nutritionist and blogger for iVillage.com, the leading health source for women and families online, and joins First Lady Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey on the Ebony Power 100 List of the Most Influential African Americans in the U.S. (2010 and 2011). She is the Dr. Oz Show Nutrition Coach who helped over a half-million Americans lose more than 5 million pounds and served on the Medical Advisory Board for the Dr. Oz Show for 7 seasons. She recently joined the Advisory Board at Family Circle Magazine and is columnist to Ebony Magazine’s “Get Fit” and “Health and Wellness” columns.

Dr. Ro also served as nutrition coach to the Meredith Vieira Show and has held the same post on The View, helping Sherri Shepherd lose weight for her infamous on-camera swimsuit reveal. She contributed to “Anderson Live,” Anderson Cooper’s Daytime Talk Show where she helped obese teenagers and families lose weight to gain their lives back. Dr. Ro has contributed to national news outlets such as NBC’s Today Show, The CBS Early Show, Good Morning America, CNN, HLN, and to National Public Radio, where she also had a weekly segment. She served as lead nutrition coach, to TV-One’s Makeover Manor where she also hosted Livin’ Healthy with Dr. Ro and was the Medical Correspondent to BET News and host of Heart and Soul, the network’s first ever national health magazine show for women of Color. As the go-to nutrition coach to real people and celebrities nationwide, Dr. Ro has been featured in O Magazine, Quick & Simple, Self, Ebony, Essence, Family Circle, The Dallas Morning News, Memphis Commercial Appeal and numerous national publications. Her recent book, Lose Your Final 15, has been the cover story in Woman’s World Magazine and her first book Dr. Ro’s Ten Secrets To Livin’ Healthy was recommended by USA Today and New York Daily News as a “must-have” to slim down.

Lear more: everythingro.com

Mindfulness Monday is hosted by author Ora Nadrich, founder and president of The Institute For Transformational Thinking. Ora interviews best selling authors, and thought leaders in the areas of Mindfulness, meditation, yoga, health, addiction, education, business and leadership. Listeners will not only get the expertise each guest brings to the conversation, but also personal stories as to how these experts got to the top of their fields.   

ABOUT Johnnie Calloway 

Johnnie Calloway, has written three books, Dragons to Butterflies, The Bridge and Taming the Dragon. Johnnie hosts the podcast Morph Into A New You, where he focuses on the power of and the importance of thought management. Johnnie is a Certified Thought Coach and Thought Coach trainer.  He has over thirty years of Twelve Step Recovery and over thirty years of A Course in Miracles training. Using the spiritual principals of these two powerful pathways he has learned to navigate through his adversities; living with substance abuse disorder, PTSD, Bipolar Disorder, Clinical Depression and being an abused child, to living with a reasonable peace of mind. Johnnie has now devoted his life to helping others navigate the turbulent waters of mental health and find their own peace of mind by teaching them to manage their own thoughts. https://iftt.podia.com/addictive-pers... 

ABOUT Jason Holzer 

Jason a certified teacher and thought coach, accomplished basketball coach and Elite Skills trainer, Amazon Best Selling author and transformational storyteller/speaker.    His dedication to positively impacting the lives of those around him inspired the hashtag #ACT2IMPACT which serves as a reminder that we all can make a difference. He is a Missouri State alum with a Master’s in Sports Management, who is dedicated to being a loving husband and father. He strives to help others overcome the lasting effects of losing a loved one to suicide. He currently on the board for the USSI (United Suicide Survivors International) alongside world-renowned entrepreneur and innovator in social change and suicide prevention, Dr. Sally Spencer Thomas. Along with others around the world. They are raising awareness that suicide doesn’t stop life from getting worse, it eliminates it from ever getting better. https://iftt.podia.com/ptg

In this episode of Mindfulness Monday, Ora Nadrich has an illuminating conversation with Luthern Williams.

Luthern Williams, a visionary educational leader, is the Head of School at New Roads School in Santa Monica, California. He holds a BA from the University of Pennsylvania and an Ed.M. in School Leadership from Harvard University. Previously, Luthern was the Assistant Head of School for Program and Middle School Director at New Roads School. Luthern has over twenty-five years of experience as an administrator and English teacher in independent schools in New York City, Boston, and Los Angeles. He served as the Director of College Preparation and College Admissions at College Launch, an educational consulting company; the Director of Studies at the Oakwood School in North Hollywood, California; the Upper School Director at Beaver Country Day School in Boston, Massachusetts; and the Director of Diversity at the Winsor School in Boston, Massachusetts. Throughout his career, he has drawn on his extensive knowledge of education to align schools’ programs with their missions and to build educational models where all children thrive; learn love, respect, empathy, and compassion; and develop the tools to create a world based on the inherent dignity and worth of each individual. To prepare teachers to educate for this “New World,” Luthern has contributed to the design, redesign, and development of one of the premier teacher induction and professional development programs for independent schools in the nation as well as created professional development processes in many independent schools. In addition, Luthern has trained teachers to devise strategies and assessments for students with various learning styles as well as culturally sensitive teaching methods and curricula. He has done talks, interviews, presentations and workshops on the local, state, national, and international level. He has consulted nationally on education, and he has written articles in this field. In addition, he has served as Board Chair and Board member on nonprofit boards. Luthern is deeply committed to democratizing meaningful access to high quality education for socio-economically disadvantaged students and developing schools, built on wellbeing, that are catalysts for societal transformation.

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In this episode of Mindfulness Monday, Ora Nadrich has a discussion with Dr. Michael Baran about The Subtle Acts of Exclusion.

DR. MICHAEL BARAN is a social scientist, senior partner and digital solutions lead at inQUEST Consulting. He has taught at Harvard University and worked as a principal researcher at the American Institutes for Research. Their new book, Subtle Acts of Exclusion: How to Understand, Identify and Stop Microaggressions (BK, March 10, 2020), offers a pathway to a more inclusive, respectful society. 

Learn more at subtleactsofexclusion.com

In this episode of Mindfulness Monday, Ora Nadrich shares an illuminating conversation with Carolyn Coleridge, LCSW.

Carolyn Coleridge, LCSW is a Columbia University trained psychotherapist, energy healer and practicing intuitive. She has been licensed in NY, NJ and CA as a psychotherapist. She volunteered for six years at UCLA as an energy healer working with the Complementary Alternative Medicine team for the Pediatric Pain Clinic under a Pediatrician.  She has appeared on CNN and also Chrisley Knows Best.  She has worked in mental health for 25 years teaching, spiritual wisdom Mindfulness and energy awareness in a major HMO.  She has written three books, Honor Your Spirit, How to work with the Universe, and Soul Wisdom, Inspirations for Living a Spiritual Life. She is a spiritual wisdom teacher at the Den Meditation Center in Los Angeles, Ca. and has a spiritual healing, reading and counseling practice in Los Angeles. 

www.intuitivesoulhealing.com    

Instagram  intuitive_Soulutions  

Facebook group How to work with the Universe.

In this episode of Mindfulness Monday, Ora Nadrich has a discussion with Howard J. Ross about how we can transcend, overcome and become aware of the everyday bias we subconsciously emit, and repeat in our daily lives.

Howard J. Ross is a lifelong social justice advocate and a principle in Udarta Consulting. He was previously the founding partner of Cook Ross, Inc. He’s considered one of the world’s seminal thought leaders on identifying and addressing unconscious bias. He authored the bestseller, Everyday Bias: Identifying and Navigating Unconscious Judgments in Our Daily Lives , also Reinventing Diversity: Transforming Organizational Community to Strengthen People, Purpose, and Performance and, Our Search for Belonging: How the Need for Connection Is Tearing Our Culture Apart, describes how to bridge the divide in our increasingly polarized society. Learn more at howardjross.com.

In this episode of Mindfulness Monday, Ora Nadrich has a conversation about uncovering happiness, Mindful living and the power of NOW with Elisha Goldstein, PhD.

Elisha Goldstein, PhD is founder of The Mindful Living Collective - the central online mindful space to find the teachings, practices and tribe to up-level your mind, your life and business. He is also the co-founder of The Center for Mindful Living in Los Angeles and creator of the 6-month online coaching program, A Course in Mindful Living. His books include Uncovering Happiness and The Now Effect, A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook (2nd edition) and MBSR Everyday.  In an increasingly fragmented society, he is working to bring people together so they may motivate and inspire one another in far-reaching ways.

In this latest episode of Mindfulness Monday, Ora Nadrich has a discussion about Mindfulness and today's times with Seane Corn.

SEANE CORN is an internationally acclaimed yoga teacher and public speaker known for her social activism, impassioned style of teaching, and raw, honest and inspired self-expression. Over her 25-year teaching career, Seane has created many instructional DVDs, including her groundbreaking series The Yoga of Awakening with Sounds True. Featured on over 40 magazine covers and countless media outlets, Seane has chosen to use her platform to bring awareness to global issues including social justice, sex trafficking, HIV/AIDS awareness, generational poverty, and animal rights. In 2005, she was named “National Yoga Ambassador” for YouthAIDS, and in 2013 received both the Global Green International Environmental Leadership Award and the Humanitarian Award by the Smithsonian Institute. Since 2007, she has been training leaders of activism through her co-founded organization Off the Mat, Into the World®. Seane also co-founded the Global Seva Challenge, which has raised over $3.5 million by activating communities of yoga and wellness in fund and awareness raising efforts. Her first book Revolution of the Soul was published in Fall 2019.