#56 Mindfulness and The Lighter Path with Cody Packer

Cody Mathieson Packer is a proud person who stutters from New Zealand. He started making films in his parents backyard at the age of 13, which was the time he discovered the magic of filmmaking and storytelling. Since then he studied film directing at the New Zealand Broadcasting School and Columbia College Chicago. He now lives in Los Angeles, California where he works as a commercial and film director full time. Cody is a passionate advocate involved in the National Stuttering Association Stuttering Association for the Stuttering Association for the Young and global stuttering communities.  His videos include "First Day" and most recently "Stuttering" Young Kiwis Share Their Stories."   Timestamps: 0:00-5:40: Opening remarks, keeping life "light" 5:40-10:00: Reflecting on a recent podcast, shift from having to do "hard things" to "easy things" and being okay with that. 10:00-20:03: Making the first film in NZ, acting, advice to "make it", trying to be not perfect 20:03-27:36: Behind the Scenes of the film, being a kid during the film and allowing actors to be vulnerable 27:36-40:00: Beginning a "mindfulness journey", participating in breathwork   40:00-52:00: rewiring the program, living in the moment, living through moments where people don't think you have a stutter 52:00-54:19: Closing remarks      LINKS: https://www.codymathiesonpacker.com/ https://www.stuttering.co.nz/educational-film https://www.schneiderspeech.com/blog/best-stuttering-videos   HOST Uri Schneider, M.A. CCC -SLP is co-founder and leader at Schneider Speech; creator and host of Transcending Stuttering; and faculty at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine.   LEARN MORE: https://www.schneiderspeech.com/tsa