E45 - Strengthening Relationships Through Mindfulness with Rob Giltner

Rob Giltner was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. Early in life, he valued all types of relationships and the well-being of people. That value influenced him to pursue a masters degree in the psychotherapy field with an influence in systemic therapy. After graduating from Louisville Seminary, he worked a year in a substance abuse facility working with their intensive outpatient program before moving to private practice. In 2019, he moved practices to The Louisville Mindfulness Center, where his role can be therapist, educator, or coach. He uses these roles to create change, healing or growth. Using evidence-based practices, he uses strategic ways to incorporate the clients strengths along with therapeutic interventions. In this long-form edition of Elevate, Tyler and Rob’s discussion focused on mindfully valuing relationships to create stability in business and life. They went in-depth on building relationships through emotional intelligence, particularly mind mapping techniques to understand the perspective of others, mindsight, managing empathy and other research from renowned clinicians John Gottman and Dan Siegel. Rob also shared the proven benefits of mindfulness and how he’s helped people become the best versions of themselves in his practice. Other mindfulness topics included how Rob creates a retainer to separate work life from home life, positive and negative trances, implementing fun, competition, being present, observing your mind, visualizing your future self and much more! This is episode is filled with numerous evidence-based nuggets of wisdom that Elevate Nation can apply in their personal and professional relationships. Music: Energetic Run (hooksounds.com)