Nothing But Now ~ Mindful Living with Dr. Mariangela Maguire

Mother of three, activiities coordinator for seniors, t-shirt entrepreneur, and podcaster, Sherrell Wallace joins me to talk about faith, life, parenthood, and living inside out by faith.

In this episode I discuss the concepts of integrity and wholeness--bringing our entire self, our authentic self to each moment. What gets in our way and what are the pathways we can travel to reach integrity and wholeness?

In this episode I explore the inevitability of interpersonal conflicts and the mindfulness practices that help us address conflict with clarity and integrity.

Odette Jackson was born and raised in Rock Island, IL. She has been married to William Jackson for nearly 53 years and they have two sons and six grandchildren. She worked for the US Air Force for 19 years and the US Army for 11 years and retired in 2007 with 30 years of distinguished service. After retiring she worked at the social service agency, KCCDD. She is of Baptist faith and loves The Lord. She has volunteered with several organizations to include SGAAA, Habitat for Humanity Knox County, Knox Prairie Community Kitchen, secretary at Bethesda Missionary Baptist Church and is a Senior Usher at Second Baptist Church, Rock Island where she is a member. She has also mentored a young man for 12 years. 

Odette will be talking about family history and the importance of her faith, the experience of being a military wife as well as her civilian career, and her extensive work as a community volunteer. 

The focus of this episode is the concept of equanimity--the capacity for steadiness in the face of the challenges of everyday life.

Mr. Jones is the Athletics Director and Assistant Principal at Apple Valley High School in Apple Valley, Minnesota. Mr. Jones will share his response to George Floyd's murder and his perception of how the black body is viewed in our society. He'll also discuss equity in K-12 education and share his personal journey which incluces survivor's guilt, the challenges of economic independence, the importance of self reflection, and the legacy of his father former Chicago Alderman Virgil Jones.

 

In this episode I explore how we can bring mindfulness into our planning for the future without slipping into mindless worry, fretting, and fearful thinking.

 

Mindfulness means bringing our awareness to the present moment without judgment. I believe that mindfulness practices remain relevant even during a pandemic and during citizen protests against racism. Specifically, I believe that practicing mindfulness allows those of us with deeply embedded racist beliefs bring those beliefs to conscious awareness so that we can do the necessary work of challenging them and replacing them with the truth.

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In this episode, Professor Craig Gingrich-Philbrook and I discuss the relationship between mindfulness and the creative process. Dr. Gingrich-Philbrook, teacher, performnace artist, and mentor is a faculty member in the Performance Studies program in the Department of Communication Studies at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.