143 - Self-Sufficiency, Circadian Rhythms, and Other Brilliant Little Things

from Mindful Mavens · host anja brannstrom

“Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Mainteance” by Robert Persig https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9780063342330 “Always trust your gut. Your brain can be fooled, your heart is an idiot sometimes, but your gut doesn't know how to lie.” Heart Math Institute - https://www.heartmath.org/ Thich Nhat Hahn - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%ADch_Nh%E1%BA%A5t_H%E1%BA%A1nh Podcst: “The Wild” with Chris Morgan https://open.spotify.com/episode/0WYQLzmoSxqDRce5s3V3BX?si=356c7376b09844ea “Encountering DragonFly; Notes on the Practice of Re-enchantment” by Brooke Williams https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9781943370290 “Roam: Wild animals and the Race to Repair Our Fractured World” by Hillary Rosner https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9781952338311 Podcast: LifeKit “How to Optimize Your Circadian Rhythms” https://open.spotify.com/episode/0LPw7OiuALg2w10L8N6owZ?si=4a39030a5b97471e Daily Camera Opinion piece by Milton Slater: “ How Do You Want to Live Our Last Five Years?” https://www.dailycamera.com/2025/12/17/aging-last-five-years-health-fitness-activity-boulder-opinion/ The Dairy Center for the Arts https://thedairy.org/ “Every Brilliant Thing” https://thedairy.org/series/betc-every-brilliant-thing/ On Broadway https://everybrilliantthing.com/ Life kit episode on light & dark https://open.spotify.com/episode/0LPw7OiuALg2w10L8N6owZ?si=2wmNyY2_Q0KBVZ_D0-DyTg Mindful Mavens is produced in partnership with MadeLife (our amazing recording space) and Facilitated Wellness (where Steph & Anja both treat clients), both located in Boulder, Colorado. For more information, check them out at http://madelife.com http://facwellness.com Find Mindful Mavens on Facebook and Instagram @‌mindful.mavens, email us at [email protected] or leave us a voice message at http://speakpipe.com/mindfulmavens , we’d LOVE to hear your voice! And if you’re in the market for any of the books we have mentioned, visit our affiliate link at https://bookshop.org/shop/mindfulmavens . For any purchase you make from our “Storefront” we get thrown a few shekels that help us keep this podcast going. Music: “Into The Forest” by LesFM

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Anja and Steph are Boulder-based wellness providers, Front Range Colorado celebrants, and curiosity-driven conversationalists. This week we meander through the challenges of single living, potential contributions (and some subsequent cautions) of AI, thoughts on circadian rhythms, in addition to a few books, podcasts, articles and shows that peaked our curiosity.

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