Toriano Sanzone is a master dog trainer and CEO of Wolfkeeper University in Chicago.

Each day seems to bring more worries, more anxiety, more fear. In this episode, we'll focus on the basics of mindfulness as a way of reminding ourselves that mindfulness is needed more now than ever.

Mindfulness practices help us see the stories we hold on to that keep us stuck in place.

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After our earlier conversation Cortney Hill and I decided to have a follow-up conversation, a difficult conversation about race. Cortney is a videographer and world traveller born and raised in Chicago. 

We hide in the shadows of the self we think others need us to be, expect us to be, want us to be. We hide our true self from others so much that we may lose track of that self altogether. In this episode I'll talk about why we do this and how the practices of mindfulness can return us to ourselves with a clarity and confidence that allows us to show that self to others.

We often lay claim to loving ourselves. Talk about self-care and soothing fill out social media timelines. But do we? Do we care about ourselves like that? Today we're talking about self-compassion. We have compassion for others but why not ourselves? Dr. Mariangela McGuire comes back to the show and we unpack why self-compassion is so difficult, yet necessary. 

DJ Menifee joined the Susquehanna University community as vice president for enrollment in May 2020. As a member of the senior leadership team, DJ oversees a team of 20 in the offices of admission and student financial services and serves as the university’s strategy and policy leader on all matters relating to student enrollment. Most recently he served as director of admission at Butler University, Indianapolis, where he led a 25-member team that managed applications for first-year, transfer, international recruitment and graduate programs. In alignment with the university’s strategic enrollment plan, DJ led successful collaborative teams with the goals of increasing out-of-state enrollment, attracting more diverse students as first-year and transfer students and enrolling three of the four largest classes in university history, in addition to strengthening collaborative relationships across the campus community. DJ currently serves as a board director for the National Association for College Admissions Counseling and has served on the executive boards for Indiana and Illinois Associations for College Admissions Counseling. Menifee earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration from Lees-McRae College, Banner Elk, North Carolina, in 2007, and his master’s degree in instructional design and technology from Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois, in 2013.

In this episode I interview educator, author, and consultant Dr. Diane Goodman about her work helping individuals and organizations create environments that allow all people to feel valued, be treated fairly, and able to work together productively.

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Have you ever had a day that you wished would never end--a day filled with contentment, happiness, and peace? Have you ever sought to hold onto those feelings with such resolve and tenacity that you choked the life out of your happiness? That's the grasping, wanthing mind at work and that's what we'll talk about on this episode of Nothing but Now.

Stillness is the antithesis of busyness. Our culture keeps us so busy we rarely take the time to be quiet. Mindfulness teaches us the power of silence. Surrender encourages quiet after letting go. When we are still we can see what is and accept it. Today let’s learn how to deal with silence and learn how it empowers our healing.