How Mindfulness Saved Me From Myself

I’m back! With another solo episode and I have to admit, these are TOUGH for me. But that tells me a couple things - a) I need to keep doing them and b) it’s from the challenges that we grow, but I digress. This week's episode is all about my personal journey of mindfulness and how it’s saved me from myself..and I hope it can be just as helpful for you!

After growing up with an ADHD diagnosis and being prescribed Adderall for years, my monkey brain no longer felt the feelings which led me to ‘quit’ cold turkey. Once I did this I knew I needed to find something that was going to allow (and teach) me how to focus but not distract. This led me to yoga which then led to several different forms of meditation, and now, everyday mindfulness.

There is so much more to mindfulness than you may be aware and oftentimes it’s much more simple than we make it out to be. We explore several avenues of mindfulness in this episode including:

• Meditation (and helpful meditation apps!)
• Breathwork
• Emotions as vibrations
• Being mindful through everyday tasks
• And so much more!

Mindfulness doesn’t take away anxiety, stress, overwhelm and fear or make any of the world's problems any less there BUT it gives us the skills to cope with them and makes them more manageable and that is the key!

ACTION STEP: When you’re done listening to this episode, set a timer, and focus on your breath for two minutes. That’s it! Easy, right?

RESOURCES:

• 10 Percent Happier by Dan Harris
• Mindfulness for Beginners or Wherever You Go There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn
• The Headspace Guide to Meditation and Mindfulness by Andy Puddicombe
• The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Anxiety by John Forsyth 
• The Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook by Bob Stahl
• Headspace App
• Calm App