Last 8% Morning
288 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsYou aspire to be courageous in your career and in your life. You are at your happiest when you are fully challenged, living an adventure, not driven by fear. But you struggle - and sometimes avoid - the difficult situations you face in your life. At the Last 8% Morning, we understand this challenge and have spent years developing skills to help you use your most difficult situations as opportunities to transform so you can live more courageously, with less regret, and have the impact you want to have in the world.The Last 8% Morning podcast gives you the insights and skills to manage your emotions so you can face and and not avoid your most difficult situations. In the Last 8% Morning, Dr. JP Pawliw-Fry, co-founder of the Institute for Health and Human Potential and NY Times best-selling author of Performing Under Pressure, personally guides you through a morning routine which integrates Movement (walking) + Mindfulness + Mental training exercises. Designed over the last 24 years working with Olympic athletes, NFL and NBA teams, Navy Seals and individuals in organizations around the world, we are now making this resource available to you in this form. Let’s walk! #mindfulness #emotionalintelligence #meditation #movement #fitness #health #eq #peopleskills #work from home #covidstress
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LISTENERS' FAVOURITES: Maybe Good, Maybe Bad, Who Knows
August 20, 2020 04:00 - 18 minutes - 12.9 MBWith season one concluded, we take a look back at listeners' favourite episodes. Today, our episode is Maybe Good, Maybe Bad, Who Knows. In today's episode, are you struggling to make sense of a difficult situation? Are you finding yourself stuck or becoming reactive? In today's session, JP recalls an old teaching he learned in a monastery thirty years ago - a teaching that brings clarity to the challenging moments we face. If you're new to the Last 8% Morning, over the course of 15 minutes...
LISTENERS' FAVOURITES: Building an Identity Statement
August 17, 2020 04:00 - 11 minutes - 8.12 MBWith season one concluded, we take a look back at listeners' favourite episodes. Today, our episode is Building an Identity Statement. To be our best when we face Last 8% situations requires a transformation, requires us to change if we are going to meet these challenges. But change is never easy. We cannot just will ourselves to change our behavior. We need to anchor it in a deeper core belief about who we are. Why? Because it very difficult to do things that are out of alignment with how w...
LISTENERS' FAVOURITES: Building an Identity Statement
August 17, 2020 04:00 - 11 minutes - 8.12 MBWith season one concluded, we take a look back at listeners' favourite episodes. Today, our episode is Building an Identity Statement. To be our best when we face Last 8% situations requires a transformation, requires us to change if we are going to meet these challenges. But change is never easy. We cannot just will ourselves to change our behavior. We need to anchor it in a deeper core belief about who we are. Why? Because it very difficult to do things that are out of alignment with how w...
LISTENERS' FAVOURITES: Building Tenderness For Our Self, Part of The ETA Emotional Intelligence Strategy
August 13, 2020 04:00 - 18 minutes - 12.6 MBWith season one concluded, we take a look back at listeners' favourite episodes. Today, our episode is Building Tenderness For Our Self: Part of The ETA Emotional Intelligence Strategy. In this podcast, do you sometimes get down on yourself? Can you be your own worst enemy? Well, you are not alone. In today’s session, we describe one of the ‘T’s’ in our ETA tool: tenderness. Tenderness, or loving kindness, is a very powerful and transformative practice that we have used with Olympic athletes...
LISTENERS' FAVOURITES: Why Movement Matters
August 10, 2020 04:00 - 20 minutes - 14.4 MBWith season one concluded, we take a look back at listeners' favourite episodes. Today, our episode is Why Movement Matters. In this podcast, JP uses the B.I.G. structure and explore the idea of the day: Movement. He describes new research on what scientists call 'hope molecules' or myokines, and how they impact our brains in three fascinating ways, which we can leverage to take on Last 8% situations. If you're new to the Last 8% Morning, over the course of 15 minutes we integrate movement...
Season One Finale: Key Insights from Last 8% Morning
August 04, 2020 18:00 - 21 minutes - 14.7 MBIn this final episode of Season One, we look back at some of the key learnings and insights that came out of the season. We want to thank you for being on the journey with us! If you're new to the Last 8% Morning, over the course of 15 minutes we integrate movement, mindfulness, and mental training exercises. Why? So we can build the skills necessary to be our best in our more difficult moments, what we call the Last 8%. What are these skills? These are skills of emotional intelligence. Why?...
Season One Finale: Key Insights from Last 8% Morning
August 04, 2020 18:00 - 21 minutes - 14.7 MBIn this final episode of Season One, we look back at some of the key learnings and insights that came out of the season. We want to thank you for being on the journey with us! If you're new to the Last 8% Morning, over the course of 15 minutes we integrate movement, mindfulness, and mental training exercises. Why? So we can build the skills necessary to be our best in our more difficult moments, what we call the Last 8%. What are these skills? These are skills of emotional intelligence. Why?...
Building Bridges: Part Three of Emotional Connection Week
July 31, 2020 13:00 - 19 minutes - 13.5 MBIn today’s session, we outline a powerful tool to help you build Emotional Connection. Based on our training programs at IHHP, the tool Building Bridges is foundational to help you connect with people at work or at home in a more powerful way. Let's walk! If you're new to the Last 8% Morning, over the course of 15 minutes we integrate movement, mindfulness, and mental training exercises. Why? So we can build the skills necessary to be our best in our more difficult moments, what we call the...
The Roseto Effect and How We Show Up: Part Two of Emotional Connection Week
July 29, 2020 04:00 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MBIn today’s session, we describe the effects of connection to our health and explore some ideas about how we can show up so that we can build more emotional connections in our relationships. The Roseto Effect describes a fascinating study about the impacts of connection on our health. Let's walk! If you're new to the Last 8% Morning, over the course of 15 minutes we integrate movement, mindfulness, and mental training exercises. Why? So we can build the skills necessary to be our best in ou...
Be Bonobos, Not Chimps: Part One of Emotional Connection Week
July 27, 2020 04:00 - 19 minutes - 13.6 MBYou want to be happy. You want to be effective. But you face tough decisions, difficult conversations, challenging relationships - and you struggle with them, mainly because of strong emotions. So this week – the whole week - we are going to focus on one of the most important parts of a plan to help you deal with these challenges and be effective and happy, one that is often overlooked: Emotional Connection. Let’s walk! If you're new to the Last 8% Morning, over the course of 15 minutes we...
Part Three of Emotional Management Week: The Advanced ETA Tool
July 24, 2020 04:00 - 23 minutes - 16.1 MBIn today's session, the culmination of Emotional Management Week, we deliver our most extensive tool to manage emotions: Advanced ETA. This brings many of the foundational ideas found throughout the podcast together and can help you manage your most challenging situations or relationships you face. Note: while our SOSS tool, which we described last episode, is something that can help us in the moment when we feel a strong impulse, ETA is something that can help us when we feel strong emotio...
Part Three of Emotional Management Week: The Advanced ETA Tool
July 24, 2020 04:00 - 23 minutes - 16.1 MBIn today's session, the culmination of Emotional Management Week, we deliver our most extensive tool to manage emotions: Advanced ETA. This brings many of the foundational ideas found throughout the podcast together and can help you manage your most challenging situations or relationships you face. Note: while our SOSS tool, which we described last episode, is something that can help us in the moment when we feel a strong impulse, ETA is something that can help us when we feel strong emotio...
Part Two of Emotional Management Week: Advanced EI Tool SOSS
July 22, 2020 04:00 - 19 minutes - 13.7 MBIn today’s episode, we continue to build our skills and tools to manage emotions. Specifically, we are going to expand and add to the SOS tool that we delivered in an earlier episode, so that you can be your best in your most challenging moments. If you're new to the Last 8% Morning, over the course of 15 minutes we integrate movement, mindfulness, and mental training exercises. Why? So we can build the skills necessary to be our best in our more difficult moments, what we call the Last 8%....
Emotional Management Week: Part One
July 20, 2020 04:00 - 22 minutes - 15.5 MBDo you sometimes find that you get overwhelmed with strong emotions? Unable to think straight? Engulfed by the situation and not sure what to do next? Well, you are not alone. Many people feel this way. This is the start of Emotional Management Week where will explore what Emotional Management is, why it is important and how we can increase it. If you're new to the Last 8% Morning, over the course of 15 minutes we integrate movement, mindfulness, and mental training exercises. Why? So we ca...
EI Week: Self-Awareness. Part 3: If Your Life Ended Now, What Would You Regret?
July 17, 2020 04:00 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MBIn today’s session, we ask some of the big questions of self-awareness such as: what is your aspiration in life? What do you long for? What would you regret if your story ended now? These are important questions because we, as Last 8%ers, will not let fear or what other people think of us get in the way of living our best life. "People grow a lot when they are faced with their own mortality. I learnt never to underestimate someone’s capacity for growth. Some changes were phenomenal. Each ...
EI Week: Part Two of How You Build Self-Awareness
July 17, 2020 04:00 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MBIn today’s session, we ask some of the big questions such as: what is your aspiration in life? What do you long for? What would you regret if your story ended now? These are important questions because we as Last 8%ers will not let fear or what other people think of us get in the way of living our best life. "People grow a lot when they are faced with their own mortality. I learnt never to underestimate someone’s capacity for growth. Some changes were phenomenal. Each experienced a varie...
EI Week Self-Awareness: If Your Life Ended Now, What Would You Regret?
July 17, 2020 04:00 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MBIn today’s session, we ask some of the big questions of self-awareness such as: what is your aspiration in life? What do you long for? What would you regret if your story ended now? These are important questions because we, as Last 8%ers, will not let fear or what other people think of us get in the way of living our best life. "People grow a lot when they are faced with their own mortality. I learnt never to underestimate someone’s capacity for growth. Some changes were phenomenal. Each ...
EI Week: Self-Awareness. Part 2: How To Build Self-Awareness
July 15, 2020 04:00 - 19 minutes - 13.2 MBHow do we build self-awareness? Well, it won’t happen on its own. It requires hard work and an honest look at yourself – and it might not always be so comfortable. But if you stick with it, you will get the benefits of self-awareness becoming a super-power of yours. Let's walk! If you're new to the Last 8% Morning, over the course of 15 minutes we integrate movement, mindfulness, and mental training exercises. Why? So we can build the skills necessary to be our best in our more difficult m...
EI Week Self-Awareness: How To Build Self-Awareness
July 15, 2020 04:00 - 19 minutes - 13.2 MBHow do we build self-awareness? Well, it won’t happen on its own. It requires hard work and an honest look at yourself – and it might not always be so comfortable. But if you stick with it, you will get the benefits of self-awareness becoming a super-power of yours. Let's walk! If you're new to the Last 8% Morning, over the course of 15 minutes we integrate movement, mindfulness, and mental training exercises. Why? So we can build the skills necessary to be our best in our more difficult m...
EI Week: How You Build Self-Awareness
July 15, 2020 04:00 - 19 minutes - 13.2 MBHow do we build self-awareness? Well, it won’t happen on its own. It requires hard work and an honest look at yourself – and it might not always be so comfortable. But if you stick with it, you will get the benefits of self-awareness becoming a super-power of yours. Let's walk! If you're new to the Last 8% Morning, over the course of 15 minutes we integrate movement, mindfulness, and mental training exercises. Why? So we can build the skills necessary to be our best in our more difficult m...
How You Build Self-Awareness
July 15, 2020 04:00 - 19 minutes - 13.2 MBHow do we build self-awareness? Well, it won’t happen on its own. It requires hard work and an honest look at yourself – and it might not always be so comfortable. But if you stick with it, you will get the benefits of self-awareness becoming a super-power of yours. Let's walk! If you're new to the Last 8% Morning, over the course of 15 minutes we integrate movement, mindfulness, and mental training exercises. Why? So we can build the skills necessary to be our best in our more difficult m...
EI Week Self-Awareness: What is Self-Awareness and Why Does it Matter?
July 13, 2020 04:00 - 16 minutes - 11.6 MBHow self-aware are you? If you are like most people, you think you are pretty self-aware, but, according to the best research we have, you probably are not. This is Emotional Intelligence Week: Self-awareness Part One, where we will explore self-awareness so it can become one of our super powers. Today, we start with: what is self-awareness and why does it matter? If you're new to the Last 8% Morning, over the course of 15 minutes we integrate movement, mindfulness, and mental training exer...
Emotional Intelligence Week: What is Self-Awareness and Why Does it Matter?
July 13, 2020 04:00 - 16 minutes - 11.6 MBHow self-aware are you? If you are like most people, you think you are pretty self-aware, but, according to the best research we have, you probably are not. This is Emotional Intelligence Week: Self-awareness Part One, where we will explore self-awareness so it can become one of our super powers. Today, we start with: what is self-awareness and why does it matter? If you're new to the Last 8% Morning, over the course of 15 minutes we integrate movement, mindfulness, and mental training exer...
EI Week: Self-Awareness. Part 1: What is Self-Awareness and Why Does it Matter?
July 13, 2020 04:00 - 16 minutes - 11.6 MBHow self-aware are you? If you are like most people, you think you are pretty self-aware, but, according to the best research we have, you probably are not. This is Emotional Intelligence Week: Self-awareness Part One, where we will explore self-awareness so it can become one of our super powers. Today, we start with: what is self-awareness and why does it matter? If you're new to the Last 8% Morning, over the course of 15 minutes we integrate movement, mindfulness, and mental training exer...
Building Tenderness or Loving Kindness
July 10, 2020 04:00 - 17 minutes - 11.7 MBWould you say you are overly hard on yourself? Do you hear that Voice in your Head, that internal critic to the point where it starts to eat away at your confidence? Where it gets in the way of that best version of yourself showing up? In today’s session, we take you through a session of lovingkindness or having tenderness for ourselves. Let’s walk! If you're new to the Last 8% Morning, over the course of 15 minutes we integrate movement, mindfulness, and mental training exercises. Why? So...
Strengthening Identity to Build Empathy
July 08, 2020 04:00 - 15 minutes - 10.9 MBDo you sometimes find that when under pressure, you get so wrapped up in your stuff, that you stop tuning into others? Or, maybe, you aren’t really aware of it until someone else points it out? In today’s session, we strengthen our identity statement to build empathy so that we can stay open to others when we are under pressure. Let’s walk. An identity statement answers the question: who are we, when we are at our best? It puts into words, in concrete terms, how we are when we are at ou...
How Can We Increase The Quality of Our Sleep?
July 06, 2020 04:00 - 16 minutes - 11.6 MBIn today’s episode, we look at how we increase the quality of our sleep. Given the clear benefits of sleep on our cognitive function, we investigate the small tips and tricks we can make use of to increase the quantity and quality of our sleep, and our overall enjoyment of life. Here are a few of our techniques: 1. Control the conditions: we sleep better in the cold and in the dark, so do you what you can to provide the space to enable these conditions. 2. Exercise: exercising during the ...
Sleep as Exercise...for the Brain
July 03, 2020 04:00 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MBDo you get enough sleep? Do you get high quality sleep? How is it affecting your performance and happiness each day? In this episode, the first of a two part series on sleep, we look at how sleep should be viewed as exercise for our brain with many benefits that help us be our best in our most challenging moments. Let’s walk! If you're new to the Last 8% Morning, over the course of 15 minutes we integrate movement, mindfulness, and mental training exercises. Why? So we can build the skills...
How to Use the Last 8% Morning Podcast
July 01, 2020 04:00 - 15 minutes - 10.7 MBAre you wondering how best to use this podcast? Are you curious about some of its benefits? Today, JP takes you through what he has learned from listeners about how they use it and what they get out it! If you're new to the Last 8% Morning, over the course of 15 minutes we integrate movement, mindfulness, and mental training exercises. Why? So we can build the skills necessary to be our best in our more difficult moments, what we call the Last 8%. What are these skills? These are skills of ...
When You’ve Lost Your Job or Experienced a Major Setback: Part Two
June 29, 2020 04:00 - 17 minutes - 12.3 MBHave you lost your job or hit a setback? Are you having trouble taking some action? Today, in our second of two episodes, we focus on helping you craft a plan that includes: creating a structure, finding meaning and identity, and being resilient. If you're new to the Last 8% Morning, over the course of 15 minutes we integrate movement, mindfulness, and mental training exercises. Why? So we can build the skills necessary to be our best in our more difficult moments, what we call the Last 8%...
When You’ve Lost Your Job or Experienced a Major Setback: Part One
June 26, 2020 04:00 - 15 minutes - 10.9 MBHave you lost your job and are feeling overwhelmed? Are you finding that the first stages of grief are descending on you? Are you not sure where to start? On this next part of your journey, know you are not alone. Today in the first of two episodes, we focus on helping you sort out a plan to manage all the different parts of job loss to help you begin to craft a plan to deal with it. Let's walk! If you're new to the Last 8% Morning, over the course of 15 minutes we integrate movement, mind...
When You’ve Lost Your Job or Experienced a Major Setback: Part One
June 26, 2020 04:00 - 15 minutes - 10.9 MBHave you lost your job and are feeling overwhelmed? Are you finding that the first stages of grief are descending on you? Are you not sure where to start? On this next part of your journey, know you are not alone. Today in the first of two episodes, we focus on helping you sort out a plan to manage all the different parts of job loss to help you begin to craft a plan to deal with it. Let's walk! If you're new to the Last 8% Morning, over the course of 15 minutes we integrate movement, mind...
Anchoring Ourselves with Our Identity Statement
June 24, 2020 04:00 - 16 minutes - 11.1 MBTime to focus again on our identity statements, which help anchor us to our core values and form our thoughts and actions. We ask ourselves: what does it mean to be qualities in that statement? In this episode, JP speaks about the identity statements we can use to see ourselves at our best. If you're new to the Last 8% Morning, over the course of 15 minutes we integrate movement, mindfulness, and mental training exercises. Why? So we can build the skills necessary to be our best in our mor...
Building Our Mindfulness Practice
June 22, 2020 04:00 - 16 minutes - 11.4 MBFeeling stressed by current events? It is not surprising given everything that is going on. Know you are not alone. This is not an easy time. But also know you have a choice in how you respond. In this episode, JP takes you through a walking mindfulness session to help focus you and bring energy and awareness to your day. Enjoy! If you're new to the Last 8% Morning, over the course of 15 minutes we integrate movement, mindfulness, and mental training exercises. Why? So we can build the skil...
Building Our Mindfulness Practice
June 22, 2020 04:00 - 16 minutes - 11.4 MBFeeling stressed by current events? It is not surprising given everything that is going on. Know you are not alone. This is not an easy time. But also know you have a choice in how you respond. In this episode, JP takes you through a walking mindfulness session to help focus you and bring energy and awareness to your day. Enjoy! If you're new to the Last 8% Morning, over the course of 15 minutes we integrate movement, mindfulness, and mental training exercises. Why? So we can build the skil...
The Key Ingredients To Tune into Others: Part Three of Empathy Week
June 19, 2020 04:00 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MBHow do we grow empathy? What are the key ingredients that helps us tune into others in any interaction? This is Empathy Week, where we are exploring the skill of empathy so it can become one of our super powers. Colin Powell “The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help them or concluded that you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow “If we could re...
What Gets in the Way of Empathy: Part Two of Empathy Week
June 17, 2020 04:00 - 19 minutes - 13.1 MBWhat gets in the way of empathy? Why, in spite of our best intentions, do we sometimes miss the mark and miss critical information in an interaction? This is Empathy Week, where we explore the critical skill of empathy and how it can become one of our super powers. Let’s walk! “I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it.” Maya Angelou If you're new to the Last 8% Morning, over the course of 15 minutes we integrate movement, mindfulness, and mental training...
What We Get Wrong About Empathy: Part One of Empathy Week
June 15, 2020 04:00 - 19 minutes - 13.4 MBAre we born with a certain amount of empathy? Does empathy make us soft? Unable to make tough calls? Do women have more empathy than men? This is Empathy Week, where we will explore the quality of empathy and see if we can make it one of our superpowers, both at work and at home. “I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it.” Maya Angelou If you're new to the Last 8% Morning, over the course of 15 minutes we integrate movement, mindfulness, and mental traini...
What We Get Wrong About Empathy: Part One of Empathy Week
June 15, 2020 04:00 - 19 minutes - 13.4 MBAre we born with a certain amount of empathy? Does empathy make us soft? Unable to make tough calls? Do women have more empathy than men? This is Empathy Week, where we will explore the quality of empathy and see if we can make it one of our superpowers, both at work and at home. “I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it.” Maya Angelou If you're new to the Last 8% Morning, over the course of 15 minutes we integrate movement, mindfulness, and mental traini...
BONUS EPISODE: 20-Minute Sitting Meditation
June 13, 2020 04:00 - 19 minutes - 13.6 MBNew Bonus Episode up! In a 20 minute session, JP guides you through sitting #meditation. Get grounded and focused, and start the weekend off in a #mindful place! We'd love to hear from you: here's a link to our listener survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CDVG53J. If you liked today’s session, review us on Apple podcasts! Each Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. on the Last 8% Project Facebook group, JP and his business partner Bill Benjamin go live to discuss resources and answer questions from the...
BONUS EPISODE: 20-Minute Sitting Meditation
June 13, 2020 04:00 - 19 minutes - 13.6 MBNew Bonus Episode up! In a 20 minute session, JP guides you through sitting #meditation. Get grounded and focused, and start the weekend off in a #mindful place! We'd love to hear from you: here's a link to our listener survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CDVG53J. If you liked today’s session, review us on Apple podcasts! Each Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. on the Last 8% Project Facebook group, JP and his business partner Bill Benjamin go live to discuss resources and answer questions from the...
Taking Action: What the World Needs Each of Us to Do, Part Three of Finding Our Voice Week
June 12, 2020 04:00 - 25 minutes - 17.7 MBIn today’s session, our third in the series, we discuss how to take action in two ways: by having difficult conversations and by engaging in the difficult actions.This is Finding Our Voice Week, where we are reflecting and pausing on the international story that is the response to the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis by police, and the long history of systemic racial oppression. This is a great article that details the "75 Things White People Can Do For Racial Justice." What Concre...
Having Tough Conversations with Others...and Ourselves
June 10, 2020 04:00 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MBIn today's session, we talk about why some of us to become reactive and defensive in the face of tough conversations around race, shutting down our emotional intelligence and mindfulness skills, and what it means to to have tough conversations with ourselves - especially the conversations where we become defensive, reactive or avoidant. We recommend Robin DiAngelo's book, White Fragility, which informs much of this podcast, and Ibram X Kendi's book, How to Be Anti-Racist. We’re going to ...
Why Defensiveness Stops The Conversation: Part Two of Finding Our Voice Week
June 10, 2020 04:00 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MBIn today's session, we talk about why some of us become reactive and defensive in the face of tough conversations around race, shutting down our emotional intelligence and mindfulness skills, and what it means to have tough conversations with ourselves - especially the conversations where we become defensive, reactive or avoidant. We recommend Robin DiAngelo's book, White Fragility, which informs much of this podcast, and Ibram X Kendi's book, How to Be Anti-Racist. We’re going to do som...
Why Defensiveness Stops The Conversation: Finding Our Voice Week Part 2
June 10, 2020 04:00 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MBIn today's session, we talk about why some of us to become reactive and defensive in the face of tough conversations around race, shutting down our emotional intelligence and mindfulness skills, and what it means to to have tough conversations with ourselves - especially the conversations where we become defensive, reactive or avoidant. We recommend Robin DiAngelo's book, White Fragility, which informs much of this podcast, and Ibram X Kendi's book, How to Be Anti-Racist. We’re going to ...
Why Defensiveness Stops The Conversation: Part Two of Finding Our Voice Week
June 10, 2020 04:00 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MBIn today's session, we talk about why some of us become reactive and defensive in the face of tough conversations around race, shutting down our emotional intelligence and mindfulness skills, and what it means to have tough conversations with ourselves - especially the conversations where we become defensive, reactive or avoidant. We recommend Robin DiAngelo's book, White Fragility, which informs much of this podcast, and Ibram X Kendi's book, How to Be Anti-Racist. We’re going to do som...
Breaking Ourselves Open: Facing the World As It Is
June 08, 2020 04:00 - 16 minutes - 11.5 MBWe’re going to do something different this week. In Finding Our Voice Week, we will use these three podcasts to reflect and pause on our response to the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis by police, and the long history of systemic racial oppression. It may seem strange for a morning routine to venture into what follows but know: our mission is founded on the belief that we are all capable of personal transformation. Indeed it is only by facing the difficult that we can transform, and it...
Breaking Ourselves Open, Facing the World As It Is: Part One of Finding Our Voice Week
June 08, 2020 04:00 - 16 minutes - 11.5 MBWe’re going to do something different this week. In Finding Our Voice Week, we will use these three podcasts to reflect and pause on our response to the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis by police, and the long history of systemic racial oppression. It may seem strange for a morning routine to venture into what follows but know: our mission is founded on the belief that we are all capable of personal transformation. Indeed it is only by facing the difficult that we can transform, and it...
Breaking Ourselves Open, Facing the World As It Is: Finding Our Voice Week Part 1
June 08, 2020 04:00 - 16 minutes - 11.5 MBWe’re going to do something different this week. In Finding Our Voice Week, we will use these three podcasts to reflect and pause on our response to the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis by police, and the long history of systemic racial oppression. It may seem strange for a morning routine to venture into what follows but know: our mission is founded on the belief that we are all capable of personal transformation. Indeed it is only by facing the difficult that we can transform, and it...
The Power of A Bigger Perspective: Performing Under Pressure Week Part Three
June 05, 2020 04:00 - 14 minutes - 9.83 MBTo perform under pressure, sometimes we need to be out of the moment. Say what now? Yes, there are times we must take ourselves out of the moment and see it from a bigger perspective, to take the long view. When we cannot see this greater perspective, we can become stuck, and unable to see the moment for what is really is. With this broadened perspective shift, we walk into our big moments ‘looser’, less tight, realizing that this is not our one and only opportunity to be successful. And whe...