Growing the Good - The Mindful Podcast

In 1938, Napoleon Hill unlocked the secret to communicating with the Devil. In a fascinating interview, he persuaded the Devil to reveal all his secrets. The Devil challenged Hill that he would never dare reveal the nature of the interview as people's reaction to the revelations would destroy him. The book remained unpublished for 70 years. Listen to this episode of Growing the Good, the Mindf...

Neil and Hayley get out and about taking part in Haigh Woodland Park's Playday and exploring how important it is to young people and their families to get out into nature and have fun.

Join Neil as he takes us on a journey through his recent illness and open heart surgery, exploring how a Mindful attitude helped him manage the difficulties of, and the learning he took from his experience.

Thich Nhat Hanh is the hugely influential Zen master who's teachings are mentioned in pretty much every episode of Growing the Good. As we take a break now for a few months while Neil recovers from heart surgery, it seems appropriate to go out on a high with our favourite teachings from Thay!

One Together CIC do quite a lot of work with teens, through their Mindfulness and Well Being/Character Strengths (SOMA) programmes. We have been asked what resources we find useful so here's a quick rundown and review of some of our favourites.

When a complete stranger took and ate Douglas Adams' biscuits at a train station without a word, he was filled with judgement about the other person. What happened next would change the way both he and the stranger would remember the incident for the rest of their lives.

‘The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there,’ wrote L. P. Hartley in 1953. Join us as we take a trip through a copy of Psychology and Successful Living from September 1965 and find out how much has changed in the practice of mindful living.

At One Together, we love movies but do we enjoy the same ones? In this episode Neil shares his top ten mindful movies with Hayley but will she agree? Lights, camera, action...

In his quest to free Hayley of her fear of death, Neil brings out the big guns! Ikkyu, Zen Master of Medieval Japan, was shunned by the monasteries for his unconventional practice, preferring bars and brothels to the temple, but his wisdom surrounding death was unrivalled.

Is Hope a Mindful quality? We are taught to find happiness in this present moment, does Hope catapult us into an uncertain future with the promise of happiness yet to come? In this way, is Hope not a cause of suffering rather than comfort? Listen as Neil and Hayley discuss the apparent paradox of Mindful Hope.

It's Hayley's turn to choose her top 5 influential movers and shakers in the world of Mindfulness!

Death. It’s part of the inevitable cycle of our worldly existence. Wouldn’t life be easier if we learned to accept, even embrace our fragile mortality, rather than dread an inescapable fate? Neil has a go at convincing Hayley to smile in the face of her mortality, dive in and have a listen, come on baby, don’t fear the reaper!

Neil and Hayley, teachers with decades of experience, discuss whether maths and mindful attitude are congruent with one another and Neil makes a revelation that leaves Hayley lost for words!

Do you agree with Neil's top 5 picks of inspirational mindful individuals? Get in touch and let us know who you would choose!

Hayley and Neil explore the work and philosophy of Zen teacher and best selling author Haemin Sunim and learn just what you can see when you slow down.

Woohoo Missus! How tickled we are to bring you an episode all about the power of Laughter Yoga, no seriously!

Ikigai is the Japanese philosophy that everyone can have a reason to make them get up each morning filled with a sense of purpose and wellbeing. How can you find and nurture your own passion?

Inspired by The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz, we explore the idea that the Toltecs found the path to joy and an end to suffering over a thousand years ago.

Inspired by Authentic Happiness and Flourish by Martin Seligman, we explore the qualities of well-being, as identified in Positive Psychology, and learn how knowing your signature Character Strengths and ensuring balance can lead to being the happiest you that you can be.

We have all seen the traditional image of meditation where people sit and chant 'Ohm' but why? What is Ohm and what does it mean? There's only one way you'll find out.

Eudaimonics means good spirits, or more actually good demons, or the god within ourselves. When we are aware of our lives and that the lives we live have purpose and meaning, then we can unlock the potential of our inner demon and live the best possible life.

In this episode, we pay tribute to the remarkable writer, life coach and inspiration that is Louise Hay. Hopefully it will inspire you to find out more about her life and work.

Usually in mindfulness we teach that things are as they are. There are no good or bad things, we simply learn to acknowledge and accept the world as it is. But if we do that, does that mean we just let climate change and environmental disaster happen? Well, there's only one way to find out...

It's the question we get asked most frequently and it's equally the most difficult to answer. In this episode, we've had a go but please get in touch if you still want to know more about who we are and what we do!

Our mind, ego, schema, call it what you will, builds layers of misunderstanding and judgements around us that we mistakenly think is 'us'. In this way we build communities where we feel we belong among people who seem to reflect and share our own values. this causes us to see people from different groups as 'the others' to be feared and treated with suspicion. For young people, try...