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Pay Attention

by Dr. Steve Stunder

This podcast is a new spin on mindfulness. We all need to pay better attention to what’s right in front of us in life. What are we going to accomplish today? Who is important to us today? What do they need from us today? Pay attention gets you to see how to focus on the here and now. Your host, Dr. Steve Stunder, will be your guide in developing ways to understand how to see the world through real world examples of how we can pay attention to our lives.

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Episodes

  1. Do a bad job first

    This episode focuses on growth, experience, and doing better. Did I do a bad job? What can I do to do better? What will I learn from this experience? Start with yourself and learn what you can do to grow.

  2. Ok is ok

    This episode focuses on how we feel each day - and how it is ok to feel .. ok. We have to work to give ourselves grace, and create a space where we can share when we do not feel our best - and that is ok.

  3. When you lose

    This episode focuses on how we can learn from experience, and how when we "lose," we need to see how we can learn. "Winning" is not always the best outcome - learning is.

  4. Not right now

    This episode focuses on learning how to prioritize needs and recognizing when we have accomplished all we can in a given day. Sometimes we don’t always have to say “yes” or “no.” We can say “not right now.” Check out myrror-social.com to make content suggestions and support content creators.

  5. Always show up

    This episode focuses on how we show up for others. Words are good - actions are better. Giving people time and opportunity allows others to learn and grow - and showing up for people displays that we care about what they feel and need. Check out myrror-social.com to make content suggestions and...

  6. Normalize rooting for others

    This episode focuses on pointing our energy towards the success of other people, and providing perspective on how if other people are successful, it is good for all of us

  7. Win today

    This episode focuses on learning how to take the victories we have on a given day, be present in what we are doing, and learning how not to borrow stress from tomorrow to be sure we can duplicate the success of today

  8. Just keep swimming

    This episode focuses on when unexpected things happen in our life, how do we just keep swimming? How do we create opportunities for ourselves to learn, grow, and evolve - so that when the unexpected occurs, we are better equipped to work through it.

  9. Falling Forward

    Episode 50 focuses on building, resilience, and how we can take the experiences that we have had in life and use them to do better. How do we build resilience through failure and use these experiences to teach us how to do better next time.

  10. When you don’t have it

    This episode focuses on recognizing when you don’t have the capacity to operate at your optimal functioning, level, and how to recognize that sometimes we need to redefine progress, and that it is OK when we don’t have the capacity to accomplish all the things we would like to accomplish

  11. Why am I doing this?

    This episode focuses on, ensuring that we continue to be mindful of things like our physical health, and relationships with other people, and our professional success. Why am I doing this? Because this is the kind of person that I want to be.

  12. These are the facts

    This episode focuses on seeking factual information, and not just assuming. Often times we carry information that is not necessarily true, and we pass judgment based on what we assume about someone or something. Seeking facts provide comfort and reduces stress by allowing people to understand the...

  13. Don’t let the other shoe drop

    This episode focuses on taking control of your side of any situation. The importance of living positively while acknowledging negativity will allow you to appreciate happiness and not deprive yourself of those feelings waiting for something bad to happen. By not waiting for the other shoe to…

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  14. What is the universe telling us?

    This episode focuses on listening to the signs that come to us in the feedback we received from others and the experiences that we have. It’s possible that when the universe share something with us, it may not always be what we want to hear - but these experiences are preparing us for the…

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  15. Earn, Practice, and Require

    This episode focuses on three areas of your life that you must earn, practice, and require of others, and most importantly… Yourself.

  16. Focus on what works

    This episode focuses on using your skills to be successful in certain areas of your life and apply them to improving other areas by identifying what works and your strengths

  17. You can’t change people

    This episode focuses on acceptance of others and how focusing change on yourself allows you to truly accept the way other people think and feel well not invalidating the way in which people conduct themselves

  18. Do you need to change?

    This episode focuses on asking yourself. If you need to change, what is the motivation behind the change, and recognizing that any kind of change that is going to stick requires some level of discomfort

  19. When you fall behind

    This episode focuses on what you need to do when you may fall behind a little bit in life. How do you strategize and execute to accomplish your goals?

  20. How are you feeling?

    This episode focuses on ways in which you can improve areas of your life related to your physical and mental health – asking the question “how are you feeling?”

  21. Be afraid of things that are real

    This episode focuses on making sure the things that we worry about are real, and what are the steps to organizing our fears - and how do we let things go.

  22. Don’t just say stuff … do stuff

    This episode focuses on the importance of actions over words, and how being reliable is one of the most important traits that a person can exhibit to others. Do, don’t just say.

  23. Mental real estate

    This episode focuses on how much of our mind is consumed with worry based on our interaction with others. How do we do this less often?

  24. It’s not weird … it’s ok

    This episode focuses on our private feelings and how it is always OK to feel how you feel. It is more about actions and the people that we surround ourselves with to help us navigate our thoughts and the outside world.

  25. Feel your feelings

    Season two kicks off with learning to feel your feelings, and learning to allow others to feel their feelings. We want to learn how to allow feelings to breathe and live so that we can create safe environments for others to feel as though they can share. Feel what you need to feel and learn to...

  26. Appreciate the journey

    This episode focuses on appreciating the journey of life and creating opportunities for us to learn from experience so that we take what we know and apply it to future situations

  27. You are a good parent

    This episode focuses on the understanding that you were a good parent and you love your children, you wanna give them what is best for them, work hard for them, make memories with them, and provide them with the opportunities that they need to be the most successful

  28. Be proud of yourself

    This episode focuses on taking pride in what you do. Acknowledging your accomplishments allows you to empower others to learn from what you have done and helps you gain experience to continue to do good things, keeping in mind your a big picture

  29. “Maybe it’s me”

    This episode explores taking responsibility for your actions and contributing to the solution of negative situations in your life as opposed to assuming that everyone else is the problem. By listening to those important people in your life, you can address negativity and realize that you make...

  30. Be curious … not judgemental

    This episode focuses on checking in with other people and using curiosity not to judge others, but to ensure that we are getting people what they need, giving them the benefit of the doubt, and figuring out how to support them

  31. Trust yourself and build instincts

    This episode focuses on trusting yourself and your decision making. By having experiences, both positive and negative, you build your instincts and develop good decision making skills.

  32. Do the next right thing

    This episode focuses on not dwelling in the past, and taking the experiences we have had to do a better job of learning from our mistakes to do better

  33. Check in with yourself

    This episode focuses on checking in on your physical, mental, and emotional health to ensure you are working towards being the best version of yourself

  34. When you are tired

    This episode focuses on the importance of being good to your body in your mind and finding the time to rest and recuperate

  35. Be patient and learn from experience

    This episode focuses on the idea of not rushing into certain situations, surrounding yourself with good people, and learning from experience to make good decisions

  36. Do better

    Don’t do perfect … just do better. Learn. Grow. Do better.

  37. It’s not about how you look… It’s about how you feel

    This episode focuses on feeling your best, and not concerning yourself so much with how you look. If you do the work to fill your best, what you look like takes care of itself. What are the things that you can do on a daily basis to make sure your body and your mind feel their absolute best?

  38. Be who you are

    This episode helps us see how you be true to ourselves and create an understanding how we can be comfortable with who are

  39. When you are sorry

    This episode explores what needs to take place to take responsibility for our actions and apologize appropriately to others

  40. Find your people

    This week’s episode focuses on finding the people that will truly help you in times of need and fostering the relationships that are most important to us

  41. Be happy where you are

    This episode explores our level of happiness in our present, and how the idea of balance is critical to maintain your mental health

  42. You set the tone

    This episode creates a path to understanding how you have control over how you interact with others, receive information, and react to our feelings related to those interactions

  43. You can have it all… just not all at the same time

    This episode explores the importance of setting priorities and understanding that there are aspects of our lives that could be moving in a positive direction while we work on others

  44. Do it right the first time

    This episode explores doing things right the first time, learning from our mistakes, and trying to reduce stress by putting the maximum amount of effort into all that we do the first time around

  45. Make today a good day

    This episode will help you set manageable goals and positivity to tackle every day! Make it a good day!

  46. Self care is not selfish

    This episode makes us realize that we need to define time to care for ourselves do we can be the best version of us so we can be at our best for everyone who needs us

  47. When it hurts

    This episode discusses how we as people take ownership over our path out of situations that hurt us and how we learn to ask for the support of other people and develop solutions

  48. Just own it

    This week we learn to own our decisions, actions, and who we are in order to recognize how to be willing to change the things about ourselves that can lead to a better place

  49. Walk around the hole in the road

    This episode teaches us how to walk around the metaphorical hole in the road to find support and make better decisions

  50. Why are we so hard on ourselves?

    This episode has a look within to understand why we set the expectations we do, and how we can motivate ourselves to set reasonable goals

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

This podcast is a new spin on mindfulness. We all need to pay better attention to what’s right in front of us in life. What are we going to accomplish today? Who is important to us today? What do they need from us today? Pay attention gets you to see how to focus on the here and now. Your host, Dr. Steve Stunder, will be your guide in developing ways to understand how to see the world through real world examples of how we can pay attention to our lives.

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This podcast is a new spin on mindfulness. We all need to pay better attention to what’s right in front of us in life. What are we going to accomplish today? Who is important to us today? What do they need from us today? Pay attention gets you to see how to focus on the here and now. Your host, Dr....

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