Archived Episodes
Catch and Release
What's the place in your life--your heart, your mind, you body where you experience an emptiness that you cannot seem to fill? Or is there an experience you're chasing, or a particular set of feelings you're t...
Playing with Matches
It might be anger. It might be shame. It might be fear. What's the feeling that for you is like a match being struck? It arises so quickly and with such intensity that the idea of pausing long enough to b...
New Dawn
As I enter the next decade of my life I am awake to the opportunity, present in each moment. Who do I want to be in relationship to myself, others, and the world? How can mindfulness practices support me in this jo...
What am I to-doing?
I make a list every day, well almost every day. I sometimes add items I've already done just so I can cross them off. Is my identity, my sense of having a self dependent on what I get done each day? It so...
Helping clients & changing the way law is practiced
Attorney Erin Johnson Turner saw the the pain her clients experienced when they sought her help in divorce actions. She and her partner had a great idea--assign each client a life coach and reimagine what it means ...
Encore: 2020 Hindsight
What are we able to see now, that we couldn't see in this last year?
Encore: Back to the Basics of Mindful Living
Each day seems to bring more worries, more anxiety, more fear. In this episode, we'll focus on the basics of mindfulness as a way of reminding ourselves that mindfulness is needed more now than ever.
The Case Against Mindfulness with Guest Host Mariangela Maguire
That's right. There are those who have significant concerns about the mindfulness movement. In the spirit of mindfulness, of being aware of what we believe, let's talk about those concerns. Watch live on Fa...
2020 Hindsight
What are we able to see now, that we couldn't see in this last year?
Mindful Politics
No matter the outcome, many of us will experience intense, even overwhelming, emotions in the wake of the election. One of the greatest challenges we face in such a situation is to express loving kindness toward th...
Whose voice is it?
Most of us hear a continuous stream of self-talk during the course of our day. Sometimes it's the voice of the dictator tearing us down or the wild child begging for a cookie. When is it the voice of our authentic ...
Storm on the horizon. Dealing with worry, fear, and anxiety as the 2020 election draws n...
Recently a viewer asked me to do a show about practicing mindfulness during this particularly stressful election season. That's a big job so I asked my friend, Craig Gingrich-Philbrook, Ph. D. to join me. I hope yo...
A mindful day
Let's talk about adding mindfulness to each part of the day--from the time you wake up in the morning until you go to sleep each night.
Interview with Toriano Sanzone
Toriano Sanzone is a master dog trainer and CEO of Wolfkeeper University in Chicago.
Back to the Basics of Mindful Living
Each day seems to bring more worries, more anxiety, more fear. In this episode, we'll focus on the basics of mindfulness as a way of reminding ourselves that mindfulness is needed more now than ever.
Wholeness and integrity: the obstacles and pathways
In this episode I discuss the concepts of integrity and wholeness--bringing our entire self, our authentic self to each moment. What gets in our way and what are the pathways we can travel to reach integrity and wh...
Mindfulness and the Creative Process
In this episode, Professor Craig Gingrich-Philbrook and I discuss the relationship between mindfulness and the creative process. Dr. Gingrich-Philbrook, teacher, performnace artist, and mentor is a faculty mem...
What's your story?
All of us are telling the story of our lives--who we are and how we came to be who we are. In this episode, we examine ways that our stories can become the source of fearful and negative thinking and identify strat...
When can I be happy?
Does it seem as if you are always waiting for something or someone to change so that you can be happy? Let's talk about the habits of mind that are the real obstacle to your happiness.