Latest Chrisgriffinlpc Podcast Episodes
The Thought
Mindful Matters w Chris Griffin, LPC & Burke Lewis - December 02, 2021 14:02 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsIn this (week late) Thanksgiving episode Chris continues to update listeners about his adventures in cancer treatment and tells a story about treatment. He also compares an MRI machine to the interior of an AT-AT from Star Wars. Also, a shout out to the tune Mantra - by Dave Grohl, Josh Homme ...
Windows of Tolerance
Mindful Matters w Chris Griffin, LPC & Burke Lewis - November 05, 2021 17:43 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWindows of Tolerance is a term coined by Dr. Dan Siegel to describe our abilities as humans to process strong emotions before we become overwhelmed. Chris and Burke discuss this topic in terms of both understanding and making practical use of that knowledge. For more on Dr. Siegel's work click...
Chris Has Cancer
Mindful Matters w Chris Griffin, LPC & Burke Lewis - October 22, 2021 14:35 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsSpoiler alert, Chris discusses his cancer diagnosis with Burke, and reveals how mindfulness has helped him cope with a life changing diagnosis.
Ball Headz Interview
Mindful Matters w Chris Griffin, LPC & Burke Lewis - August 05, 2021 15:38 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsIn this special interview episode Chris and Burke speak with Justin Mitchell and Wilton Carraway, Jr. of Ball Headz. Ball Headz is an organization dedicated to helping at-risk youth through athletics, mindfulness, mentorship and community service. Chris also announces the date of a charity gol...
Meditation
Mindful Matters w Chris Griffin, LPC & Burke Lewis - June 25, 2021 12:54 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsMeditation is one of the best ways to increase and maintain your health in an increasingly chaotic world. Chris and Burke do their best to simplify the basics of mediation and give listeners a path to beginning or enhancing their practice. PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL BE TAKING A BREAK FOR THE MON...
Identification
Mindful Matters w Chris Griffin, LPC & Burke Lewis - May 27, 2021 15:14 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsIdentification, it's not just a piece of plastic in your wallet. Humans identify with all manner of things, including their emotions, objects, and ideas. Chris and Burke explore what it means to have an identity and to identify with things outside of ourselves. The conversation spans from the...
Joy
Mindful Matters w Chris Griffin, LPC & Burke Lewis - May 12, 2021 17:44 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsChris and Burke take on the emotion of joy in this episode. Chris discusses how the term joy is used in psychological literature, as well as ways to use intentionality to find it. Burke gives the listener excellent, real life examples of what Chris is describing. Burke uses his personal exper...
Start Small
Mindful Matters w Chris Griffin, LPC & Burke Lewis - May 04, 2021 13:17 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsChris and Burke explore the topic of starting small when attempting change or accomplishing goals and tasks. The book that Chris mentions in the episode is Make Your Bed: Little Things Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World by Admiral William H. McRaven (US Navy Retired) The brain likes ...
Season 3 Welcome Back
Mindful Matters w Chris Griffin, LPC & Burke Lewis - April 16, 2021 16:30 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsIn the season three debut, Chris and Burke get the listeners caught up on events since the end of season two last April. The discussion centers around how the co-hosts have faired during the pandemic and the mindfulness practices that have helped in the year since the season two launch. And of...
Season Two Grand Finale
Mindful Matters w Chris Griffin, LPC & Burke Lewis - December 03, 2020 21:06 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsIn this last episode of season two we discuss the usefulness of acknowledging impermanence as part of mindfulness practice. Death can be seen as a motivator and a teacher rather than something to fear. It has been our pleasure recording these past eighteen episodes of the Mindful Matters podcas...
The Fourth Agreement
Mindful Matters w Chris Griffin, LPC & Burke Lewis - November 13, 2020 13:59 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWe conclude our podcast series on Don Miguel Ruiz’s book The Four Agreements by talking about the fourth and final agreement—always do your best. While this may seem to be a very straight forward agreement, it does have some subtle nuisances that we discuss. Spoiler alert … our best changes due ...
The Third Agreement
Mindful Matters w Chris Griffin, LPC & Burke Lewis - October 29, 2020 18:57 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsIn this podcast we move on to discuss the third agreement in the Toltec Mastery of Transformation from Don Miguel Ruiz’s book The Four Agreements—don’t make assumptions. Following this agreement helps to center us in the reality of the present moment, a key component of mindfulness. By not makin...
The Second Agreement
Mindful Matters w Chris Griffin, LPC & Burke Lewis - October 16, 2020 12:47 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWe continue with our Podcast series focusing on Don Miguel Ruiz’s book The Four Agreements and explore the second agreement—don’t take anything personally. In this episode we discuss how following this agreement helps us to create space, gain perspective and live more mindfully.
The First Agreement
Mindful Matters w Chris Griffin, LPC & Burke Lewis - October 01, 2020 16:03 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsAfter our many references to Don Miguel Ruiz’s book The Four Agreements over the last six months, we have decided to end this season of the Mindful Matters Podcast by devoting a podcast to each agreement. In this episode we discuss the first of the four agreements: to be impeccable with your ...
Mindful Tips and Tricks
Mindful Matters w Chris Griffin, LPC & Burke Lewis - September 18, 2020 13:32 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsOn this week’s podcast, recorded in February of 2020, we discuss different ideas that we use to help us come back to the awareness of the present moment. Waking up to what is happening around us now rather than letting ourselves drift away in thoughts of the past or future is the aim of mindfuln...
S2 Ep 12 Expectations vs. Serenity
Mindful Matters w Chris Griffin, LPC & Burke Lewis - September 04, 2020 11:55 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsIn this podcast, recorded back in 2019, we discuss the pitfalls created by expectations. We demonstrate through our personal experiences how our mindfulness practice is put to the test when we are attached to a particular outcome. To combat the expectations that we set on ourselves, others, or a...
Attitude of Gratitude
Mindful Matters w Chris Griffin, LPC & Burke Lewis - August 20, 2020 20:23 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThis episode, recorded back in November 2019, deals with gratitude and its power to transform your life. By focusing more on the positive aspects of our lives, no matter how small or seemingly insignificant, we can gain perspective in the moment and progress through some difficult obstacles. Thi...
S2 Ep10 Awareness
Mindful Matters w Chris Griffin, LPC & Burke Lewis - August 07, 2020 17:33 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsChris and Burke engage in a discussion about the concept of awareness and its context within the practice of mindfulness. Both use personal examples and offer hints and help for those beginning and cultivating a mindfulness practice.
2020 Bonus Episode #2 w/ Keren Prescott of Power UP- Manchester
Mindful Matters w Chris Griffin, LPC & Burke Lewis - July 24, 2020 15:30 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThis is the second episode of the 2020 Racial Equality and Justice Bonus Series featuring activist Keren Prescott of Power Up Manchester CT. Keren takes the mic to discuss how Power Up came into existence and how the group has organized to fight injustice, not just in the City of Manchester, bu...
S2 Ep8 Be A Man
Mindful Matters w Chris Griffin, LPC & Burke Lewis - July 17, 2020 15:19 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsChris and Burke discuss the #metoo movement. This recording was done before the recent events of the pandemic and racial upheaval in America. It is interesting to look at how the Black Lives Matter movement has taken shape much as the #metoo movement has. Chris uses the fictional TV show The...
S2 Ep6 Open Up and Be Vulnerable
Mindful Matters w Chris Griffin, LPC & Burke Lewis - June 26, 2020 15:30 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWe are releasing a podcast this week recorded back in the fall where we discuss the concept of vulnerability and openness. Chris references a Ted Talk by Brene Brown where she found that a key source of happiness was found in people’s ability to be open and vulnerable. We discuss how learning...
2020 Bonus Episode Juneteenth with Kelvin Young
Mindful Matters w Chris Griffin, LPC & Burke Lewis - June 19, 2020 15:30 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsHonor Juneteenth!! Listen to returning guest, Kelvin Young—sound healer, recovery coach, and local activist—as he shares his take on the current situation facing our society. He discusses the triggering of intergenerational trauma that has been sparked once again by the murder of Black lives ...
S2 Ep5 The Wisdom to Know the Difference
Mindful Matters w Chris Griffin, LPC & Burke Lewis - June 11, 2020 13:02 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsBurke recites the "Serenity Prayer" to kick off a discussion about "the wisdom to know the difference" between change and acceptance. Chris mentions author Tara Brach and her essential book Radical Acceptance. The episode also discusses recovery from substance abuse, and programs that have mov...
S2 Ep4 Self Compassion
Mindful Matters w Chris Griffin, LPC & Burke Lewis - May 28, 2020 15:30 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings“If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete” Jack Kornfield This week we explore the concept of self compassion. Developing self compassion is a large part of any mindfulness practice, in being more and more aware of our actions, thoughts, and words it is important to no...
S2 Ep3 Healthy Debate
Mindful Matters w Chris Griffin, LPC & Burke Lewis - May 14, 2020 15:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThe underlying theme of this week’s podcast is finding balance in life, specifically through our communication with others and ourselves. Learning to create the space with our mindfulness practice - space from our feelings, emotions, and behaviors, as well as space from our egos and our points o...
S2 Ep2 Pandemic Stillness
Mindful Matters w Chris Griffin, LPC & Burke Lewis - April 30, 2020 15:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThis podcast recorded from our homes while sheltering in place focuses on the benefits of developing a mindful practice at this point in time. We touch on how the pandemic is redirecting our focus in everyday life. All of a sudden we have lost a lot of access to our healthy distractions and copi...
Season 2 Intro
Mindful Matters w Chris Griffin, LPC & Burke Lewis - April 16, 2020 17:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsSeason two of the Mindful Matters podcast kicks off with Chris introducing Burke Lewis as the new co-host. Burke discusses his sobriety, family and trip around the globe, all as part of his mindfulness journey.
Conversation with Kelvin Young, Sound Healer
Mindful Matters w Chris Griffin, LPC & Burke Lewis - February 08, 2019 14:32 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsChris sits down with sound healer and addiction recovery expert Kelvin Young to discuss how holistic healing and mindfulness practices helped Kelvin overcome great odds and his addictive behaviors. A truly inspiring story.
Conversation with Doug Worthen
Mindful Matters w Chris Griffin, LPC & Burke Lewis - January 18, 2019 14:36 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsDoug Worthen's second appearance on the podcast switches gears from his role as a mindfulness teacher and administrator to that of a more personal tone. Doug discusses his diagnosis and subsequent recovery from Lymphoma, the arduous treatment and ultimately the doctor who saved his life. Doug ...
Discussion with Lisa Barrett, LPC & Art Therapist
Mindful Matters w Chris Griffin, LPC & Burke Lewis - December 28, 2018 14:52 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsLisa and Chris discuss the roots of art therapy, who it is for and how it can help.
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