60 Mindful Minutes

For episode homepage, resources and links, visit: https://kristenmanieri.com/episode125/   Description When we're not paying attention, listening is something we mostly do on autopilot. We hear people but we're often missing crucial opportunities to go deeper and create authentic, lasting connections. In her book, Listen Like You Mean It: Reclaiming the Lost Art of True Connection, Ximena Vengoech...

For episode homepage, resources and links, visit: https://kristenmanieri.com/episode124/     Description "You are normal; it is the world around you that's broken" writes Emily Nagoski in her New York Times bestselling book, Come As You Are (The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life). Using a research-based approach to understanding female sexuality, Emily aims to help women emb...

For episode homepage, resources and links, visit: https://kristenmanieri.com/episode123/   Description In many ways, we are a head-centered species. But the trouble with being so caught up in our minds is that we neglect to tap into our intuition and deep inner guidance system, which live in the body. The body is also where we feel our innate vibrancy, aliveness and wisdom. In her book, Becoming a...

For episode homepage, resources and links, visit: https://kristenmanieri.com/episode122/     Description The global pandemic has brought heartache and sadness, but it's also given us opportunities to think more deeply about how we live our lives and to learn and grow from adversity. Through her book, It Is What It Is: Universal And Everlasting Lessons From Lockdown , Marie-Claire Donnelly shares h...

For episode homepage, resources and links, visit: https://kristenmanieri.com/episode121/     Description There is an invisible labor in life that we rarely notice or address. Whether it's forms at a doctor's office, scheduling travel, asking for a refund, coordinating school activities, or planning weddings, funerals or births, we all face an onslaught of paperwork and life admin that just comes w...

For episode homepage, resources and links, visit: https://kristenmanieri.com/episode120/   Description There are people who seem to go after their dreams with relentless tenacity. This week's guest is one of these people. A world traveler and bestselling author, John Strelecky walked away from his corporate job nearly two decades ago and has never looked back. Along the way, he's learned a few thi...

For episode homepage, resources and links, visit: https://kristenmanieri.com/episode119/   Description Feeling good is something we all deserve. In fact, joy is an essential part of our well-being. This week, we welcome to the podcast Angie Byrd, who works with women to reawaken their innate wellspring of vibrancy through pleasure. Joy and delight are not luxuries but an integral part of living. T...

For episode homepage and links, visit: https://kristenmanieri.com/mindful-eating-with-michelle-babb/     Description Thanks to counting calories, food fads and restrictive diets, food can become a chore, even a source of stress. In a way, the science of eating has sucked the joy out of mealtime. This week's guest wants us to return to the art of eating. The author of Mastering Mindful Eating , reg...

For episode homepage, resources, free download and links, visit: https://kristenmanieri.com/episode117/     Description Intuition is a universal skill, but not all of us have learned to develop, strengthen and nurture it. "Your intuition speaks to you every day; all you need to do is learn to understand it," writes author Kim Chestney in her new book, Radical Intuition: A Revolutionary Guide to Us...

  For episode homepage, resources, free download and links, visit: https://kristenmanieri.com/episode116/     Description Our culture tends to prioritize doing well over being well. But the truth is, we can have both — success and well-being. The new book, Pause. Breathe. Choose.: Become the CEO of Your Well-Being, gives readers a method for mastering mindfulness, managing stress, building resilie...

  For episode homepage, resources, free download and links, visit: https://kristenmanieri.com/episode115/     Description Our growth is an infinite process of discovery, uncovering and, as this week's guest calls it, unfolding. When we give ourselves permission to become the fullest expression of who we are, we learn that we can continuously find new layers and depths to ourselves. This week I'm j...

For episode homepage, resources, free download and links, visit: https://kristenmanieri.com/episode114/     Description Rituals matter. The way we bring ourselves to our work and our relationships has an impact. In her book, Rituals Roadmap: The Human Way to Transform Everyday Routines Into Workplace Magic , Erica Keswin explores how we can turn things we do over and over again into opportunities...

For episode homepage, resources, free download and links, visit: https://kristenmanieri.com/episode113/   Description Parents today face extreme pressure to get everything exactly right, which can make parenting feel so stressful. In her book, The ''Perfect'' Parent: 5 Tools for Using Your Inner Perfection to Connect with Your Kids, author Roma Khetarpal offers new clarity and a parenting approach...

For episode homepage, resources, free download and links, visit: https://kristenmanieri.com/episode112/   Description Author Erica Boucher believes your relationship with others, and with life itself, is only as good as, and as honest as, your relationship with yourself. By peeling away our layers, and embarking on a very gentle journey back home to ourselves, we not only get to know who we are bu...

For episode homepage, resources, free download and links, visit: https://kristenmanieri.com/episode111/     Description In our busy, high-stress lives, sometimes we all need to slow down, breathe, and just be. In her new book, A Moment for Me: 52 Simple Mindfulness Practices to Slow Down, Relieve Stress, and Nourish the Spirit, author Catherine Polan Orzech, MA, LMFT, offers simple, take-anywhere...

For episode homepage, resources, free download and links, visit: https://kristenmanieri.com/episode110/     Description Over worked, over-connected and inundated with toxicity, many of us live a frantic, frazzled life with very little room for true wellness. Through her book, Clean Mind, Clean Body , author and wellness expert Tara Stiles offers a blueprint for how we can hit the reset button and...

For episode homepage, resources, free download and links, visit: https://kristenmanieri.com/episode109/     Description A foundation of adopting a more sustainable and earth-friendly lifestyle, and fighting climate change, is a commitment to reducing how much waste we each produce. Rebecca Grace Andrews, author of How to Go (Almost) Zero Waste: Over 150 Steps to More Sustainable Living at Home, Sc...

For episode homepage, resources, free download and links, visit: https://kristenmanieri.com/episode108/     Description Great sex is mindful sex. When we meet the fullness of a moment with our attention and focus, rather than trying to get somewhere or worrying about whether we're doing something right, so much richness greets us. But we get stuck in mindless sex. After the initial chemical cockta...

For episode homepage, resources, free download and links, visit: https://kristenmanieri.com/episode107/   Description Our moods come and go but also form patterns that can become fairly automated and unconscious. Five years ago, Lauren Martin was sure something was wrong with her. Life was good but every day she wrestled with an emotional roller coaster that often left her irritable, frustrated an...

For episode homepage, resources, free download and links, visit: https://kristenmanieri.com/episode106/     Description Most of us have a deeply entrenched and far-reaching digital life. This week's guest thinks a lot about what we share online, and more specifically, what we share about our kids online, usually without any idea of the impact and consequences. Leah A. Plunkett, Associate Dean & As...

For episode homepage, resources, free download and links, visit: https://kristenmanieri.com/episode105/   Description Our lives are filled with the results of the decisions we make. Large or small, we all make decisions every single day. But how many of us really think about the process we use for making decisions? Annie Duke, author of How to Decide: Simple Tools for Making Better Choices, sees d...

For episode homepage, resources, free download and links, visit: https://kristenmanieri.com/episode104/   Description Courage isn't something only a special few are gifted with; it's a skill we can deliberately develop. In her book, The Courage Map – 13 Principles for Living Boldly, author and maverick entrepreneur Franziska Iseli explores how we each can chart a better, bolder future by learning...

For episode homepage, resources, free download and links, visit: https://kristenmanieri.com/episode103/     Description For more than 20 years, Nathanael Garrett Novosel has steeped his life in human behavior, psychology, and philosophy in order to answer for himself one question: why are we here? That research and passion has resulted in his new book, The Meaning of Life: A Guide to Finding your...

For episode homepage, resources, free download and links, visit: https://kristenmanieri.com/episode102/     Description This week I'm joined by David Gandelman, meditation teacher and founder of Meditation School. For 60 minutes, David answers all of my questions about how and why to meditate, what makes it hard and how to make it easier. Take everything you think you know about meditation and joi...

For episode homepage, resources, free download and links, visit: https://kristenmanieri.com/episode101/     Description Whether we realize it or not, we each have a relationship with our own self. Often, we are our worst enemy. In her new book, Your Body, Your Best Friend: End the Confidence-Crushing Pursuit of Unrealistic Beauty Standards and Embrace Your True Power , Erica Mather has us wonder h...