No Head Podcast

No Head Podcast

By Dorothy OokoReligion & Spirituality
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No Head Podcast episodes

  • Episode 19: Awakening during Covid-19
    How are the young adults coping with Covid-19? I am catching up with my niece, Iman aka Za’adi to the family. She shares about what has changed for her as a young adult but mostly how she is learning to be grateful for the small things and taking care of herself through meditation practice and working out…
    33 min
  • Episode 18: Of Social Skills and Compassion
    Today in our conversation with Lunar Odawa-Nguchu, a psychologist, a certified coach at Bloom Consulting Services and a doctoral student in clinical psychology at United States International University, we talk about compassion, social skills….and the importance of living in the present moment, letting go of the past and being flexible to change. And guess what you need to get by in life? Just breathe….
    32 min
  • Episode 17 - What's that Got to do with Emotional Intelligence
    Is it always about you? Do you create space for others? In my conversation
    with Lunar Odawa-Nguchu, a psychologist, a certified coach at Bloom Consulting Services and a doctoral student in clinical psychology, we talk about how mindfulness helps us understand ourselves, our own thoughts and feelings and what is important to us. It can help you develop self-awareness, which is the first component of emotional intelligence and is the basis for developing all of the other emotional intelligence skills.
    26 min
  • Episode 16 - Taking Care Of Your Well-being
    Are you taking care of your emotional and mental well-being? In our conversation with Lunar Odawa-Nguchu, a psychologist, a certified coach at Bloom Consulting Services and a doctoral student in clinical psychology, we talk about well-being, what impacts it and how we can take care of our mental being….
    32 min
  • Episode 15- Santiago De Compostela And Gratitude Meditation
    In this episode I wind up my 11 day of walking the Camino….and also end Season One. The Camino has been teaching me about celebrating the small things we have that we often take for granted. The joy of reaching Santiago de Compostela…brings me to a quiet place of gratitude meditation.
    20 min
  • FINAL - Episode 14 - Walking Meditation
    In this episode we talk about what to do when overcome with emotions? Walk as we are doing in the Camino… Walking can be used as a mindful exercise.  This walking when mindful can help us be aware of everything around us and the emotions inside.  When thoughts wander to concerns and worries, we just guide our mind back to the exercise of being aware of our surroundings as we walk…
    16 min
  • Episode 13- Racism And Us
    In this episode we talk about racism given George Floyd’s killing and the riots that have rocked the world… How do we deal with the rage and anger we feel at racism?  Instead of blocking the rage, how do we honour the outrage we feel? One way to notice experience in meditation is called “open awareness” meditation…where we are just present to whatever is arising and allowing whatever comes into our awareness to be there.
    22 min
  • Episode 12: Letting Go
    In this episode we talk about how we confuse what our mind is telling us with the reality. At such times we need to let go and let awareness come in so we are aware of the mind and what it is saying. Living in the present moment means becoming aware of the present moment. Without this present awareness, we easily become a victim of our mind. When we let go of expectations, what happens?
    18 min
  • Episode 11 - Finding Your Own Rhythm
    In this episode we experience walking the Camino as very personal and not really a group experience. Sometimes….we disengage from chattering and walk mindfully….. Sometimes you lead, sometimes you follow, sometimes you’re the one left behind as others forge on...but it’s not a competition, it's about finding your own rhythm. And that’s what we are learning from the Camino… to  focus on the journey... and not on how we rank in comparison to others — life is a journey. We are all on a journey, to find something, to become something, to learn and to create. If we can find our own rhythm…
    16 min
  • Episode 10 - Body Scan
    In this episode we practice “Body Scan” which helps us learn to reconnect with our body and helps us listen to our body and understand what it is saying to us. Our body is the “house” we live in….and understanding the signs it gives is so important for our well-being.  Emotions are communicated in the body and the best way to be aware of emotion is really by applying mindfulness to the body.
    20 min

About No Head Podcast

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”No Head" is about living life in the present moment, navigating life together & telling African stories. Dorothy Ooko, when not doing a full-time job in communications, facilitates a course at Google called Search Inside Yourself (SIY). The head is host to all our thoughts, our concerns, our biases, fears & insecurities that invariably get in the way of our being fully present to life. “No Head” is about awakening our real identity, our true authentic unadulterated uncontaminated identity -- that identity which is our true self. That identity which leaves our assumptions, our judgments, our biases behind and allows us to tune in more deeply into the present, to avoid getting lost in our thoughts about the past or the future and helps us stay in touch with our experiences as they unfold moment by moment. This is what mindfulness is all about…Make sure you subscribe to the podcast on Google Podcast, Apple Podcasts, Castbox, Stitcher and check the website www.nohead.space so you never miss an episode.