Men Talking Mindfulness: Mental, Physical, & Emotional Fitness to Elevate Performance and Resilience for Leaders and Teams Under Pressure!

A recap of last week and then a deeper dive into the book / subject of Reinventing Masculinity! Great conversation between Will and Jon and with the live viewers! Naked Warrior Recovery: https://nw-recovery.com/?ref=28 use code MTM2021 for 20% off! Opening and closing Music: Malecon by Soyb & Amine Maxwell https://soundcloud.com/soybmusic​ https://soundcloud.com/aminemaxwell​ Creative Commons...

Will and Jon interview Dr. Ed Adams and Ed Frauenheim, both experts in the field of masculinity, and coauthors of the book Reinventing Masculinity, The Liberating Power of Compassion and Connection (https://www.reinventingmasculinity.com) So much to cover in so little time: confined masculinity vs liberating masculinity the 5 C's of liberating masculinity developing a curious mind liberating mascu...

What’s the difference? Learn the differences and how to develop yourself and others to be leaders and not just bosses! Opening and closing Music: Malecon by Soyb & Amine Maxwell https://soundcloud.com/soybmusic​ https://soundcloud.com/aminemaxwell​ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/al-malecon​ Music promoted by Audio Library https://...

Further unpacking Liz Plank’s book For the Love of Men and discussing our next read, Reinventing Masculinity, by Ed Adams and Ed Frauenheim. Opening and closing Music: Malecon by Soyb & Amine Maxwell https://soundcloud.com/soybmusic​ https://soundcloud.com/aminemaxwell​ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/al-malecon​ Music promoted by...

Wow! So much - but at the same time - not enough from Liz... this episode left us just wanting more from her. She (and her book, For the Love of Men) are just FULL of information! Opening and closing Music: Malecon by Soyb & Amine Maxwell https://soundcloud.com/soybmusic​ https://soundcloud.com/aminemaxwell​ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https:...

Liz wasn't able to make the show - but Will and I went ahead and brought out one chapter of her book For the Love of Men - the Mancession.  It's wild what the world and society is doing to propagate toxic masculinity - and what the effects of toxic masculinity are on individuals and society writ large! A fascinating discussion and engagement with our live audience! Opening and closing Music: Malec...

Join us as Will and Jon share their best High Performance Hacks, ranging from emotional to social to physical to mental and finally to work! Want to improve your well-being - at home, at work, and in life! This episode is for you! Opening and closing Music: Malecon by Soyb & Amine Maxwell https://soundcloud.com/soybmusic​ https://soundcloud.com/aminemaxwell​ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0...

Will and Jon discuss authenticity, compassion, and empathy - the similarities, the differences, how you can increase all of them and how they can enhance your fulfillment in life! Opening and closing Music: Malecon by Soyb & Amine Maxwell https://soundcloud.com/soybmusic​ https://soundcloud.com/aminemaxwell​ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https:...

Will and Jon give you tips on how to bring mindfulness into your day... regardless of how busy you are. Back to back zoom calls?  We can help! Working all day every day?  We can help! Trying to make big sweeping changes to improve your life?  We can help! Opening and closing Music: Malecon by Soyb & Amine Maxwell https://soundcloud.com/soybmusic​ https://soundcloud.com/aminemaxwell​ Creative C...

Will and Jon continue to clearly define toxic masculinity and unpack the man box... They discuss how men are taught to suppress emotions, how doing that teaches us that we are the "superior gender" and that women are weak, and how truly expressing real emotions takes courage and is a healthy part of the human experience! Opening and closing Music: Malecon by Soyb & Amine Maxwell https://soundc...

Season 2 - here we are!  A re-introduction of what Men Talking Mindfulness is - who we are and why we do it! Two dudes talking about mindfulness and masculinity! Join us live on LinkedIn Live every Friday at 12:30 EST - on Jon Macaskill's LinkedIn Account. Opening and closing Music: Malecon by Soyb & Amine Maxwell https://soundcloud.com/soybmusic​ https://soundcloud.com/aminemaxwell​ Creative...

Just started season 2 of the Veteran's PATH podcast and just wrapping up season 1 of the Men Talking Mindfulness podcast with Will Schneider ★ Mindfulness Leader. In our Season #1 Finale, we discuss ways to mindfully avoiding the most common Holiday stressors: ➡️ “I can’t get it all done!” ➡️ “I can’t afford this.” ➡️ Holiday expectations vs holiday reality ➡️ “I can’t stand my family!” ➡️ “I’m lo...

MEN TALKING MINDFULNESS Ep #19 - Vipassana Meditation A Solo show today. Life got in the way today for Jon (@mindful_frogman)so it’s just me. Sticking with out Meditation theme, I will be talking about my experience with Vipassana Meditation 🧘‍♂️ ➡️ What it is? ➡️ Why do this retreat? ➡️ What I learned? ➡️ How it helped to open my Mind & Heart ❤️ To learn more about Vipassana and to sign up h...

MISCONCEPTIONS pt3 on Men Talking Mindfulness Mindfulness in the moment today as @mindful_frogman struggles to get to the show on time as he waits at the DMV. In part #3 of “Meditation Misconceptions” we tackle and debunk the following myths: ➡️ “I can’t meditate bc I’m to anxious.” ➡️ Meditation 🧘‍♂️ isn’t working if my mind is wandering. ➡️ Meditating is self-indulgent ➡️ You must sit to medita...

MEDIATION MISCONCEPTIONS Pt2 on MTM Today we debunked the following Mediation myths: ➡️ meditation is religious ➡️ levitating during meditation ➡️ “meditation is relaxing” ➡️ meditation should be practiced in silence. Thank you tuning in!! Opening and closing Music: Malecon by Soyb & Amine Maxwell https://soundcloud.com/soybmusic​ https://soundcloud.com/aminemaxwell​ Creative Commons — Attribu...

Men Talking Mindfulness covering Mindfulness and Meditation Misconceptions!  How many more "M Words" can we fit in one sentence!?   We are starting a new series and Episode #16 is Part #1 on “Meditation Misconceptions” Today we touched on the following misconceptions : ➡️ “I can meditate because I’m too busy”. ➡️ “meditation is stopping your thinking” (wrong) We shared some profound personal exper...

FEELING SERIES RECAP Within this episode we recap the last five weeks of our series on Men and our feelings. Our discussion lead us too: ➡️ Reacting vs Responding ➡️ the physiology of our nervous system as related to our emotions ➡️ how we are emotional being at our core. ➡️ emotional non-bias ➡️ how mindfulness raises our EQ ➡️ Emotional expression. ➡️ Celebrating our MTM podcast launch. So you c...

Within this episode we focus on dominance & aggression and discuss: ➡️ the alpha male needs ➡️ how destructive dominance can be ➡️ why dominance is so pervasive in society ➡️ how true leaders lead ➡️ how meditation can help you become aware of your dominant impulses #mindfulmen #mindfulness #meditation #leadership #dominance #aggression #mentalkingmindfulness 🙏 @mindful_frogman Opening and cl...

Wow! What a great conversation about men and how we experience and process sadness & grief. In episode #13 we analyze: ➡️ Numbing our feelings instead of being with them ➡️ Being Brave and working through our feelings ➡️ Accepting our feelings ➡️ The importance of asking for help when dealing with sadness ➡️ The value of a brotherhood (a network of good men) ➡️ The emotional turning points in...

Wow! What an enlightening conversation about pride. And note, we're not too proud to publish this even with the background noise!  Within this episode @mindful_frogman and I dive in and discuss the following: ➡️ Our struggles with pride ➡️ Prideful v. Being a Proud Man ➡️ Arrogance v. Confidence ➡️ Ways to overcome your prideful arrogance ➡️ Senselessly fighting to be right ➡️ How being prideful c...

Wow! Thank you to Jon’s stand in this week, Jackie Shorrock... yes, a woman on Men Talking Mindfulness- for an insightful discussion about feelings! I enjoyed learning from your feminine perspective and hearing the struggles you have as a well-being guru, a wife, and as a mother of two. Here are some of the highlights in this episode: - the “need” for women to seem like they have it all together -...

ANGER and how mindfulness can help. Is this Episode we speak of: - our struggles with anger - how anger is rewarded for men - masculine hive mentality with anger - what triggers our anger - how we can change our relationship to anger to create positive outcomes instead of ones we regret. - and more! Thank you for listening and sharing with your loved ones. Opening and closing Music: Malecon by Soy...

TOPIC: FEELINGS (Recorded Sept 4, 2020) This is our first of a series of discussions about feelings. During this series we are going to discuss: - Being a man with feelings. - What are ‘acceptable’ feelings - ones men are allowed to express and ones that are shamed. - Bravado and Tribalism - The Man Box - How to get to know your feelings. - Authenticity and more. What questions or stories do you h...

Here is Part 2 of our 'Digital Detox' conversation where we explore our past week’s results where each of us trying to create new boundaries with our tech! Feelings came up a lot during this conversation regarding how they can predict or determine our actions. Oh and if you want to be more productive outside of your tech CHECKOUT “Scrum on the Go” available on Amazon. Created by Jon! Opening and c...

“Are you in control of your technology or is your technology in control of you?” In this episode Jon and Will explore their relationship with technology through that question. They also discuss: - what science is saying about our lives and technology. - Ways to digital detox. - They both take a “digital detox” quiz (and fail miserably) -And finally, they commit to a few "boundaries" for an entire...