Mindful15: Stress Management | Mindfulness | Meditation

Episode 168 - Sometimes, life feels unmanageable, but if you accept your situation, you can “start where you are,” and it’s always possible to move forward.

Episode 167 - When you first try silent meditation, you might find yourself challenged. Let me show you how to handle those challenges.

Episode 166 - Most people first learn mindfulness using guided meditations, but guided meditation has limitations. Learn the benefits of silent meditation.

Episode 165 - Mindfulness apps provide convenient access to guided meditations, but typically cannot offer enough support to ensure you meditate effectively.

Episode 164 - Some stress management strategies are helpful, others ineffective, and still others downright harmful. Today, we explore what works and what doesn’t.

Episode 163 - Experts say it will be many more months before we have Covid under control. In the meantime, we can use mindfulness to help us cope.

Episode 162 - Does it matter how long or how often you meditate? How much should you meditate? And, is there such a thing as too much meditation?

Episode 161 - We all experience loneliness from time to time, but mindfulness practice can help. In this episode you’ll learn how it works, and how to practice.

Episode 160 - You practice meditation so you can be mindful all the time.Today, you’ll learn about how to transition from breath meditation to daily mindfulness.

Episode 159 - A mindful listener strives to understand the speaker’s needs even when the speaker is unable to express them clearly.

Episode 158 - This is episode 3 in the Mindful Communication Series. Non-Violent Communication is a technique for clearly and honestly expressing yourself in a way that improves your chances of having your needs met.

Episode 157 - This is episode 2 in the Mindful Communication Series. A mindful communicator strives to understand the other person’s intentions and message. There are three elements to this kind of deep listening.

Episode 156 - This is the first in our four-part Mindful Communication Series. Do you think about the effects of your words before you speak? Mindful speaking means being attentive and speaking with kindness, compassion, and intention.

Episode 155 - Mindfulness can help you respond to negative situations with less stress. The way you perceive stress influences the way it affects you.

Episode 154 - Students who practice mindfulness have better sleep, improved attention and cognition, better social skills, less stress and anxiety, and stronger happiness.

Episode 153 - Many people use guided meditations to bliss out. That’s nice, but they’re missing out on key benefits of meditating.

Episode 152 - Mindfulness is not a tool for controlling your mind, nor is it a way to generate more willpower, but it can help you change your behaviour. I’ll explain how.

Episode 151 - Do you hate waiting in line? Have you ever considered that waiting is a waste of time? It turns out, if you apply mindfulness while in line, you’ll be living every moment to its fullest instead of wasting it.

Episode 150 - Avoiding perceived threats can reinforce anxiety. Mindfulness can help you face up to threats and discover that the outcomes are not as bad as you anticipated.

Episode 149 - In part three our Best of Mindful15 Series, we are reissuing Monica’s favourite episode. It’s called Add Diligence to Your Meditation Toolkit