Mindset Is Art

By CJ Ledy

CJ Ledy is a mindset coach, best selling author, and keynote speaker who mixes science, stories, and inspiration to enhance your four pillars (health, wealth, love, and fulfillment).
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August 19, 2025What is the Purpose of Life?
What if the purpose of life isn’t a mission to accomplish, but a dance to experience?
In this episode, CJ Ledy challenges the pressure we put on ourselves to “figure it all out” and offers a reframe: life as art, rhythm, and connection.
You’ll also get a simple 3-day practice to shift from measuring accomplishments to measuring presence.
Resources:
Book: Tune Your Mind (CLICK FOR AMAZON LINK)
AudioBook: Tune Your Mind - Finding Follow Through and Fulfillment in the Dawn of Distraction and Disruption
Website: CJLedy.com
Instagram: Mindset Is Art
Speech: LIVIN Festival Keynote (Mental Health Awareness)
Free Giveaways:
Tune Your Mind Worksheets
2025 Goal Tracking Document for Goal Check-ins
Is Your Mind in Tune? State of Mind Sound Check
FREE E-Book GIVEAWAY if you complete the State of Mind Sound Check!
Send us a text
...more
6min
May 08, 2025Meditation Masterclass (Level 8 of 8 - Bringing it all Together)
MindBody Mastery: Bringing It All Together (MindBody Response Technique)
You’ve built the tools. You’ve trained the mind. Now it’s time to use it—on demand.
In Level 8, CJ wraps up the MindBody Response Technique with a powerful integration session—bringing together breath, muscle relaxation, emotional priming, alpha states, and heart rate regulation into a unified practice you can use anywhere, anytime.
Key Points:
The Complete System: This final level guides you through a rapid-fire version of the full technique—showing how each element fits together into a single, fluid ritual that can shift your state in just a few minutes.
Real-World Application: Whether it’s a high-stakes meeting, a workout, a moment of anxiety, or the start of your day—CJ walks you through how to apply this technique in real time to stay calm, focused, and effective under pressure.
Training for Life: This isn’t just meditation anymore. It’s a performance tool. You’ve trained your nervous system to become a trusted ally—not a runaway system of stress.
Fast, Actionable Steps:
Use the breath to enter the moment
Relax your body to quiet the noise
Drop into alpha to regain control
Regulate your heart to find rhythm
Activate empowering emotions to lead with intention
Mastery Through Repetition: Like any skill, this becomes automatic with use. CJ encourages you to return to the practice regularly—not just to feel better, but to live better.
🔥 You now have a system to reset your mind and body—on demand, in any situation. The training is done. Now, it's time to live it.
All music and voice guidance composed and created by CJ for deep flow and full integration.
This is the end of the 8-level series—but just the beginning of what’s possible.

Resources:
Book: Tune Your Mind (CLICK FOR AMAZON LINK)
AudioBook: Tune Your Mind - Finding Follow Through and Fulfillment in the Dawn of Distraction and Disruption
Website: CJLedy.com
Instagram: Mindset Is Art
Speech: LIVIN Festival Keynote (Mental Health Awareness)
Free Giveaways:
Tune Your Mind Worksheets
2025 Goal Tracking Document for Goal Check-ins
Is Your Mind in Tune? State of Mind Sound Check
FREE E-Book GIVEAWAY if you complete the State of Mind Sound Check!
Send us a text
...more
22min
May 05, 2025Meditation Masterclass (Level 7 of 8 - Heart Rate Regulation)
If your heart could set the tempo of your life… would you want it rushed, or intentional?
In Level 7 of the MindBody Response Technique, CJ introduces the art and science of heart rate regulation—a powerful practice used by elite performers to stay composed, focused, and emotionally steady in any situation.
Key Points:
The Heart-Brain Connection: Your heart rhythm directly influences your brain state and emotional experience. CJ explains how training your heart rate can improve decision-making, reduce anxiety, and create inner coherence.
How to Regulate Your Heart Rate: This level includes breath pacing, visualization, and body awareness techniques to guide your heart into a slower, more consistent rhythm—calming your nervous system and sharpening your mental state.
Coherence Over Chaos: When your heart rhythm becomes erratic, your stress response intensifies. But when your heart enters a coherent rhythm, your body and brain enter optimal performance. This is where flow begins.
Using It in Real Life: From public speaking to hard conversations to athletic performance, CJ teaches how to carry this skill into real-world pressure—so your external world doesn’t dictate your internal world.
Tying It All Together: Level 7 builds on everything before it—breath, calm, intention, muscle relaxation, alpha states, and mental programming. Now, the engine behind those states—your heartbeat—is brought under conscious influence.
💓 When you learn to lead with a calm heart, your thoughts follow. Your body listens. Your actions become deliberate.
This guided session is paired with CJ’s original sound design, timed to help you feel and follow a steady internal rhythm.
Level 8 coming soon — the final step.

Resources:
Book: Tune Your Mind (CLICK FOR AMAZON LINK)
AudioBook: Tune Your Mind - Finding Follow Through and Fulfillment in the Dawn of Distraction and Disruption
Website: CJLedy.com
Instagram: Mindset Is Art
Speech: LIVIN Festival Keynote (Mental Health Awareness)
Free Giveaways:
Tune Your Mind Worksheets
2025 Goal Tracking Document for Goal Check-ins
Is Your Mind in Tune? State of Mind Sound Check
FREE E-Book GIVEAWAY if you complete the State of Mind Sound Check!
Send us a text
...more
17min
May 02, 2025Meditation Masterclass (Level 6 of 8 - Calm Mind, Empowered Spirit)
Once your mind is quiet... what do you choose to plant?
In Level 6 of the MindBody Response Technique, CJ takes you deeper into the alpha state and teaches you how to intentionally embed empowering thoughts, beliefs, and visions into your calmest mental space. This is where mindset becomes muscle memory.
Key Points:
Why Alpha is Prime for Programming: When you’re in the alpha state, your conscious defenses are lowered, and your subconscious is more receptive. That’s the sweet spot for rewiring limiting beliefs and planting empowering ones.
From Passive to Intentional: This level isn’t just about feeling calm—it’s about building something inside that calm. CJ walks you through creating vivid internal imagery, repeating powerful affirmations, and emotionally charging your vision for the future.
Anchoring Empowerment: By linking strong thoughts to the relaxed alpha state, you begin to anchor confidence, clarity, and purpose into your nervous system—so they become default responses rather than occasional wins.
The Power of Repetition: Reprogramming happens through consistency. CJ explains how returning to this practice allows your new identity to take root—transforming the way you think, act, and lead your life.
Stacking the Levels: With breath (Level 1), emotional intention (Level 2), muscle relaxation (Level 3), embodied empowerment (Level 4), and alpha awareness (Level 5) all in place, Level 6 marks the point where your inner work begins to create visible change in your outer life.
🌱 Stillness is the soil. Belief is the seed. Repetition is the sun. This is how you grow into who you choose to become.
Original music and guided experience by CJ to help you settle deep and rise strong.
Stay tuned for Level 7.
Resources:
Book: Tune Your Mind (CLICK FOR AMAZON LINK)
AudioBook: Tune Your Mind - Finding Follow Through and Fulfillment in the Dawn of Distraction and Disruption
Website: CJLedy.com
Instagram: Mindset Is Art
Speech: LIVIN Festival Keynote (Mental Health Awareness)
Free Giveaways:
Tune Your Mind Worksheets
2025 Goal Tracking Document for Goal Check-ins
Is Your Mind in Tune? State of Mind Sound Check
FREE E-Book GIVEAWAY if you complete the State of Mind Sound Check!
Send us a text
...more
15min
April 29, 2025Meditation Masterclass (Level 5 of 8 - Reaching a Mental Alpha State)
What if you could tap into the brain’s most creative and focused state—on command?
In Level 5 of the MindBody Response Technique, CJ introduces a new layer of mental training: learning to shift your brainwaves into the alpha state—a calm yet alert zone where focus, intuition, and creative insight thrive.
Key Points:
What is the Alpha State? It’s the brainwave frequency between wakefulness and sleep—often called the “flow state.” Alpha is where you’re calm but awake, clear but not overthinking. It’s the optimal zone for decision-making, creativity, and performance under pressure.
How to Enter Alpha: CJ teaches practical techniques—layered on top of the relaxation and breathwork from previous levels—that naturally ease the brain out of high-alert beta mode and into the alpha zone.
Why It Matters: High-performers, elite athletes, and special forces use alpha training to increase mental clarity, sharpen reaction time, and reduce emotional reactivity in high-stakes moments.
Tuning the Mind: In this level, you’ll learn how to tune your internal frequency like a radio—dropping out of noise and into clarity. This is where external chaos begins to feel irrelevant, and your inner voice becomes stronger.
Full Integration: Level 5 unites physical stillness (Levels 1–4) with mental spaciousness. The deeper you go, the more aligned your actions become with intention rather than impulse.
🧠 Alpha is not just a brainwave—it’s a mindset. And once you learn how to access it, you’ll begin to move through life with a whole new level of control and creativity.
Original music and sound design by CJ to support alpha-state immersion.
More to come soon—Level 6 is next.

Resources:
Book: Tune Your Mind (CLICK FOR AMAZON LINK)
AudioBook: Tune Your Mind - Finding Follow Through and Fulfillment in the Dawn of Distraction and Disruption
Website: CJLedy.com
Instagram: Mindset Is Art
Speech: LIVIN Festival Keynote (Mental Health Awareness)
Free Giveaways:
Tune Your Mind Worksheets
2025 Goal Tracking Document for Goal Check-ins
Is Your Mind in Tune? State of Mind Sound Check
FREE E-Book GIVEAWAY if you complete the State of Mind Sound Check!
Send us a text
...more
19min
April 26, 2025Meditation Masterclass (Level 4 of 8 - Aligning Body and Mind)
What happens when your body is fully relaxed… and your mind steps into power?
In Level 4 of the MindBody Response Technique, CJ brings together the physical stillness cultivated through deep muscle relaxation and introduces a process for creating a fully embodied empowered state—a practice used by high performers to feel calm, focused, and ready.
Key Points:
Relaxed but Powerful: CJ guides you through a deep body scan to achieve full physical relaxation, then shifts into mental activation—teaching you how to intentionally generate feelings like confidence, courage, clarity, or joy from within a calm state.
The Science of Empowerment: Research shows that when the body is relaxed, the subconscious mind becomes more open to influence. This is where true mindset shifts can take root—deep, lasting, and transformational.
Anchoring Positivity to the Body: You’ll learn how to “anchor” positive emotions to specific body sensations—creating a mental shortcut to access strength and peace even in high-stress situations.
State on Demand: This level helps you develop the ability to call on empowered states at will, rather than waiting for motivation or external circumstances to align.
Building on the Foundation: Level 4 unites breath (Level 1), emotional intention (Level 2), and muscle relaxation (Level 3) into a synergistic mind-body experience. This is where the inner work starts to feel real in your body.
⚡ This practice isn’t just about relaxing—it’s about rising. Calm is your foundation. Power is your next step.
All music produced by CJ to match the flow and depth of this level.
Resources:
Book: Tune Your Mind (CLICK FOR AMAZON LINK)
AudioBook: Tune Your Mind - Finding Follow Through and Fulfillment in the Dawn of Distraction and Disruption
Website: CJLedy.com
Instagram: Mindset Is Art
Speech: LIVIN Festival Keynote (Mental Health Awareness)
Free Giveaways:
Tune Your Mind Worksheets
2025 Goal Tracking Document for Goal Check-ins
Is Your Mind in Tune? State of Mind Sound Check
FREE E-Book GIVEAWAY if you complete the State of Mind Sound Check!
Send us a text
...more
20min
April 23, 2025Meditation Masterclass (Level 3 of 8 - Deep Muscle Relaxation)
Where do you carry stress in your body—and when was the last time you let it go?
In this episode, CJ guides you through Level 3 of the MindBody Response Technique, introducing a powerful practice of deep muscle relaxation and full-body awareness. Using a step-by-step body scan, this session teaches you to locate and release physical tension, helping you reset your nervous system from the inside out.
Key Points:
The Power of the Body Scan: Learn how to systematically move your awareness from head to toe, identifying where tension hides and gently releasing it. This is more than relaxation—it’s training your body to listen and let go.
Muscle Memory & Stress: CJ explains how the body stores emotional stress physically, often without us realizing. This practice brings unconscious tension into the light so you can consciously release it.
Letting Go On Command: With enough practice, you’ll gain the ability to drop into a relaxed state on demand—whether you're preparing for a performance, recovering from a hard day, or calming down in a stressful moment.
Mind-Body Synergy: This level strengthens the mind-body connection by reinforcing that the body follows where the mind leads—and the mind quiets when the body softens.
Smooth Progression: Level 3 builds directly on breathwork and emotional intention from Levels 1 & 2, creating a well-rounded state of calm, clarity, and embodied presence.
🧘‍♂️ By the end of this session, you’ll feel lighter—not because life changed, but because your body finally exhaled.
Custom sound design by CJ supports the experience, guiding each phase of the scan for maximum release and presence.

Resources:
Book: Tune Your Mind (CLICK FOR AMAZON LINK)
AudioBook: Tune Your Mind - Finding Follow Through and Fulfillment in the Dawn of Distraction and Disruption
Website: CJLedy.com
Instagram: Mindset Is Art
Speech: LIVIN Festival Keynote (Mental Health Awareness)
Free Giveaways:
Tune Your Mind Worksheets
2025 Goal Tracking Document for Goal Check-ins
Is Your Mind in Tune? State of Mind Sound Check
FREE E-Book GIVEAWAY if you complete the State of Mind Sound Check!
Send us a text
...more
20min
April 20, 2025Meditation Masterclass (Level 2 of 8 - Breathing into Positivity)
How often do you intentionally choose your emotional state before the day chooses it for you?
In this episode, CJ guides you into Level 2 of the MindBody Response Technique—where breath becomes the bridge between body and mind, and where your inhale becomes a tool for emotional empowerment.
Key Points:
Deep Breathing as Foundation: CJ walks listeners through controlled, rhythmic breathing to anchor the nervous system and prepare the mind for intentional influence.
Positive State Activation: Once the body is calm, it's time to build. Using visualization and self-directed emotion, CJ helps listeners practice shifting into elevated states—such as peace, joy, gratitude, or confidence.
Why It Works: Neuroscience shows that the brain doesn’t know the difference between a real experience and a vividly imagined one. When you intentionally generate a feeling, you train your body to access it more easily in real life.
A Habit Worth Repeating: CJ emphasizes the importance of repetition. This isn’t a one-time trick—it’s a life tool. With enough practice, you’ll be able to shift your emotional state in real time, in real situations.
The Next Step: Level 2 builds on the foundation of Level 1, but now adds intention, emotion, and mental clarity to the mix.
🌬️ This level is about more than stress reduction—it's about learning to create the way you want to feel.
Original music by CJ accompanies the experience, helping you tap into a powerful and intentional headspace.

Resources:
Book: Tune Your Mind (CLICK FOR AMAZON LINK)
AudioBook: Tune Your Mind - Finding Follow Through and Fulfillment in the Dawn of Distraction and Disruption
Website: CJLedy.com
Instagram: Mindset Is Art
Speech: LIVIN Festival Keynote (Mental Health Awareness)
Free Giveaways:
Tune Your Mind Worksheets
2025 Goal Tracking Document for Goal Check-ins
Is Your Mind in Tune? State of Mind Sound Check
FREE E-Book GIVEAWAY if you complete the State of Mind Sound Check!
Send us a text
...more
16min
April 18, 2025Meditation Masterclass (Level 1 of 8 - Deep Calm Through Deep Breath)
What if you could train your body to stay calm under pressure—like Navy SEALs do?
In this episode, I reintroduce Level 1 of my signature meditation method: the MindBody Response Technique—an eight-level system designed to help you lower stress, improve clarity, and take confident action in any situation.
Key Points:
The Four Pillars of Practice: The technique is broken into four categories that guide you into a deep meditative state:
Breathwork
Deep muscle relaxation
Shifting the brain into an alpha wave state
Heart rhythm control
Progression-Based System: Each level has a measurable goal that must be met before moving on to the next. Whether you're brand new or experienced in meditation, this system adapts to your level and challenges you to grow.
From Stress to Confidence: The technique is not just about calm—it's about building inner confidence, taking consistent action, and performing better under pressure.
Original Soundtrack: All the music in this masterclass was created by CJ himself—crafted to guide the meditative experience with intention and flow.
🧠 This is the foundation for all eight levels to come—so whether it’s your first time meditating or you're looking to deepen your practice, this series is made to meet you where you are.
Stay tuned for the next levels over the coming weeks!

Resources:
Book: Tune Your Mind (CLICK FOR AMAZON LINK)
AudioBook: Tune Your Mind - Finding Follow Through and Fulfillment in the Dawn of Distraction and Disruption
Website: CJLedy.com
Instagram: Mindset Is Art
Speech: LIVIN Festival Keynote (Mental Health Awareness)
Free Giveaways:
Tune Your Mind Worksheets
2025 Goal Tracking Document for Goal Check-ins
Is Your Mind in Tune? State of Mind Sound Check
FREE E-Book GIVEAWAY if you complete the State of Mind Sound Check!
Send us a text
...more
15min
March 05, 2025Reset Your Mindset While You SLEEP: Night & Morning Rituals that Work
Your mindset isn’t just shaped by what you do during the day—it’s also deeply influenced by how you sleep.
In this episode, we dive into the science of sleep and why your nighttime and morning routines matter more than you think.
Learn powerful techniques to rewire your brain, enhance creativity, and start each day with clarity and purpose.
Plus, discover simple but effective habits to optimize your mindset while you rest.
Resources:
Book: Tune Your Mind **(CLICK FOR AMAZON LINK)**
AudioBook: Tune Your Mind - Finding Follow Through and Fulfillment in the Dawn of Distraction and Disruption
Website: CJLedy.com
Instagram: Mindset Is Art
Free Giveaway:
Is Your Mind in Tune? State of Mind Sound Check
FREE E-Book GIVEAWAY if you complete the State of Mind Sound Check!
Send us a text
...more
10min

FAQs about Mindset Is Art:

How many episodes does Mindset Is Art have?

The podcast currently has 134 episodes available.