Today in episode 80 of the Present Show we talk to Nancy Siegle mindful teacher of teachers, or kids and students.

Nancy is a recognized presenter, trainer and instructor specialized in Educational Leadership, yoga and mindfulness.

Find more about Nancy here https://nancysiegelconsulting.com/

In the show we discuss more in particular about:

1. Is anger allowed?

2. What to do with kids how to calm them down?

3. Children wellbeing and future of education

4. How to start teaching mindfulness?

5. Mindfulness and learning

6. Mindfulness and skepticism

Mindful minute of today offered by Nancy is Layers of Sound

And you can watch from here the episode on our YouTube Channel https://youtu.be/-xVBUd-wPiY

We skipped a couple of episodes, sorry for that episode 77 was a special version live streamed on youtube you can watch and listen to it from here https://youtu.be/tM9-hQKUn-k while episode 78 was recorded in a way that the whole speech broke apart due to connection troubles so that the short cut version on Youtube is still the best we could get hear it from here https://youtu.be/4nsKCKI3u1k .

Concerning today’s show we talk to Geetha Rao, Transformation lead@IBM and mindfulness practitioner for quite a while.

We touch some points like:

- what's mindfulness for her

- the beauty of looking inside ourselves and benefits

- how to talk to others about mindfulness

- what's the "harm" caused by attempting to practice

and Geetha leads us also in “A firing breath” mindful practice enjoy!

And for watching it get here https://youtu.be/IJISLZVQOks

today we talk to Martina Richly, mindfulness student and IBMer about her journey into mindfulness and how the practice helped her to gain back her focus abilities.

We also talk about:

1. Mindfulness VS meditation

2. Mindfulness and stress

3. How to overcome distractions during meditation

4. Taking back focus and benefits of mindfulness practice

And Martina is also leading a Breath and Temperature mindful minute.

Enjoy and if you wanna see us in a video check out here https://youtu.be/FmXXqAfEluc

This time we are interviewing Chris Dancy touted as “the Most Connected Human on Earth,” talking to us about his journey into mindfulness and into connection with people and devices.

We discussed:

1. What it means to be the most connected human and why

2. What's mindful cyborg

3. How should be the relationship between humans and devices 4. How to survive the notification jungle

4. Is technology bringing us away from people of are there other ways to bring people back into the picture?

For more about Chris check out his website https://www.chrisdancy.com

Today we talk to Manoj Balachandran, manager @IBM and Mindfulness@IBM leader, is sharing in our show his experience with mindfulness, how he discovered it in the corporate world and applied to his leadership style.

We talk also about the non judgmental aspect of the mindfulness practice and how to deal with our own constant attitude to judge everything.

Pat is also sharing a very cool story.

So enjoy the show and thanks for watching and sharing.

You can also enjoy it in video from our YouTube channel here https://youtu.be/7fJRC1XfTbU

During this episode we brought in Scott Crabtree, Chief Happiness Officer at Happy Brain Science.

Scott shared with us a wealth of science, wisdom and knowledge around the topic of Happiness and Mindfulness.

His years of experience around this topic resonate throughout this episode and his tips and tricks are golden nuggets we can all implement in our lives.

We talk about happiness and in particular:

1. how to define happiness

2. how to measure happiness

3. how to become happier

4. what's the relationship between mindfulness and happiness

5. has acceptance anything to do with happiness

6. how to start to be happier?

Scott also shared with us a mindful minute.

Enjoy the conversation and check here if you want to watch it https://youtu.be/KGF6JE9li9o

Thanks share and enjoy!

You can find more about Scott at this websites:

https://www.happybrainscience.com

Today we speak to Patrice Berlinski (Mindfulness Consultant, Educator & Life Coach at Presence to Pupils, Inc.)

We cover the following topics:

1. Patrice and her mindfulness journey

2. The benefits of mindfulness to kids and to adults

3. Importance of having mindful families and how kids can bring mindfulness at home

4. What’s right time to start talking about mindfulness to your kids

5. What’s the consequence of mindfulness in the office environment

You can watch parts of the conversation here http://ibm.biz/thepresentshow

Thanks share and enjoy!

You can find more about Patrice in her websites:

https://www.vibewell.com

https://www.facebook.com/presence2pupils

https://www.facebook.com/patrice.berlinski

Today we talk to Jade Ku Sonkin (Director, Corporate Omni Media for L'ORÉAL USA)

She's leading a mindfulness program in her corporate and she's sharing in the video the benefits of the programs and all what comes along when people start practicing mindfulness.

In detail we talk about:

1. the importance of connect breath and body and what role the breath is playing in it

2. how to overcome emotional stressful moments

3. how to talk about mindfulness to people that don't like this buzzword

4. wash dishes as you are taking care of a baby, that will make it a mindful activity

Check also the mindful minute proposed by Jade.

You can watch parts of the conversation here http://ibm.biz/thepresentshow

Thanks share and enjoy!

This week in The Present Show we talk to Breanna Robinson author of the Children's Book "Be Gone, Fear".

You can find more about Bre at this link www.breannarobinson.com

In this episode we talk about:

1. What's fear.

2. Why we are scared.

3. How to teach children to overcome their fears

4. What's the role mindfulness (and the present) plays to overcome our fears

Find also here the "Don't worry practice" shared by Bre in a mindful minute.

You can watch us into our YouTube channel http://ibm.biz/thepresentshow

Today Lele is interviewing MindfulPat about his latest experience teaching and practicing mindfulness in the IBM Cloud Fast Start 2019 that engaged him in New Orleans and Madrid between Jan and Feb.

In this episode we cover:

1. What's the Fast start and the activities

2. What was the reaction of the participants

3. What were the main push back to mindfulness

4. What to do to start practicing

5. What's coming up in #thepresentshow

More information about IBM Cloud Fast Start 2019 https://www.ibm.com/partnerworld/cloud/fast-start

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