163: Emily Fletcher - How To Stress Less & Accomplish More

"Meditation is not going to change your life, it is going to change the way you are handling and interacting with your life." Episode Summary: Emily Fletcher, Broadway star to creator of the Ziva meditation technique and author of Stress Less, Accomplish More, talks about the danger of not managing our stress and the tremendous benefits of meditating just 15 minutes a day. Listen to this episode and learn how to not only change your life but change how you handle and interact with life!    In This Episode You Will Learn: Different methods to help you manage your stress. The 3 categories of meditation and how to implement them in your life. How to deal with incessant thoughts that pop up in meditation. What a 'successful meditation' looks like. The 6 benefits of meditation that will change how you handle and interact with life.   Some Questions I Ask: What gave you the courage to make that leap from Broadway? Was there fear of going into the unknown? What do you mean when you say meditation and what is the real essence of meditation? What is a person supposed to do with their minds when they sit down to meditate? How do we deal with feelings that may come up as we meditate? Are there any specific, tangible ways that you have found helpful to deal with the stresses of life?