Mind the Moment in Everyday Life

“How often can we bring out that spark? That we’re going to be in this moment perfectly joyful and satisfied, without judgement.” Jeffrey Proulx is an assistant professor at Brown University, affiliated with the Mindfulness Center. His research is dedicated to exploring how mindfulness mitigates the impact of stress and life events in diverse communities, such as Indigenous and Black communities,...

Featuring Jessica Morey. From "Mind the Moment in Everyday Life...with Jess & Jon." Watch the recording of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1ws8p8FMo54_y5YXf6UKxREy-B6HzVEj Join Jessica Morey and Jonathan Roberts every week as they explore viewer questions about how mindfulness can show up for us in the flow of our everyday lives. Learn how to join these sessions live and expe...

"What do I want to do with this alive, conscious, embodied moment?" Jon thought that "staying focused on the present moment" meant never having to think about death, but Jess has some bad news for him: thinking about the body disintegrating is right in mindfulness's wheelhouse,. Fortunately, there's a way to work yourself up to it, which Jess demonstrates in her not-quite-a-death-meditation medita...

Featuring Khalila Gillett. From "Mind the Moment in Everyday Life...with Jess & Jon." Watch the recording of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1ws8p8FMo54_y5YXf6UKxREy-B6HzVEj Join Jessica Morey and Jonathan Roberts every week as they explore viewer questions about how mindfulness can show up for us in the flow of our everyday lives. Learn how to join these sessions live and ex...

"It’s kind of like respecting the emotion, and using it for information." While Jon is off doing who knows what, Jess sneaks Khalila Gillett in through the side door, and boy, does it work out well. Khalila and Jess used to work together, so they know what it means to navigate tricky office dynamics--here, they address a viewer question about what happens when you keep having the same negative rea...

Featuring Rhonda Magee. From "The Art and Science of Awareness." Watch the recording of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1ws8p8FMo56U8nGK26PFeIxSfk2e88jL Rhonda V. Magee is a Professor, Emeritus and founding Director of the Center for Contemplative Law and Ethics at the University of San Francisco. Her writings address using mindfulness in legal education and on teaching about...

"It really is about coming back home to a whole-bodied experience of being alive." Rhonda V. Magee is a Professor, Emeritus and founding Director of the Center for Contemplative Law and Ethics at the University of San Francisco. Her writings address using mindfulness in legal education and on teaching about race, including her book "The Inner Work of Racial Justice: Healing Ourselves and Transform...

Featuring Kell Julliard. From "Mind the Moment in Everyday Life...with Jess & Jon." Watch the recording of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1ws8p8FMo54_y5YXf6UKxREy-B6HzVEj Join Jessica Morey and Jonathan Roberts every week as they explore viewer questions about how mindfulness can show up for us in the flow of our everyday lives. Learn how to join these sessions live and expe...

"The urge to show up for our own lives is, in a way, the foundation of all meditation practice." Tom Waits' character in "Rumble Fish" put it well: "When you're young, you've got nothing but time--you can afford to waste a few years here and there. But when you get older you ask, 'How many summers do I have left?'" Kell Julliard stops by to talk us through how mindfulness can lend a hand when time...

Featuring Jessica Morey. From "Mind the Moment in Everyday Life...with Jess & Jon." Watch the recording of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1ws8p8FMo54_y5YXf6UKxREy-B6HzVEj Join Jessica Morey and Jonathan Roberts every week as they explore viewer questions about how mindfulness can show up for us in the flow of our everyday lives. Learn how to join these sessions live and expe...

"I start at eleven, and go up from there." Flying can feel like both a gift and a curse upon humanity, especially if, like Jon, hurtling through the heavens fills you with a sense of existential terror. Jess talks about how she manages her own anxiety around flying, and offers a meditation you can actually use on your next plane ride. Ice-breakers: 01:15 Question and discussion: 05:27 Meditation:...

Featuring Jessica Morey. From "Mind the Moment in Everyday Life...with Jess & Jon." Watch the recording of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1ws8p8FMo54_y5YXf6UKxREy-B6HzVEj Join Jessica Morey and Jonathan Roberts every week as they explore viewer questions about how mindfulness can show up for us in the flow of our everyday lives. Learn how to join these sessions live and expe...

“You are somebody’s difficult person. And if you’re not, you need to change your behavior.” We've all been there - you're stuck in a room with someone whose views and opinions make you want to run away screaming. But when flight is not an option, can mindfulness help you keep your emotions on lock? Later, Jess leads a guided meditation practice you can direct towards the difficult people in your o...

Featuring Enrique Collazo. From "Mind the Moment in Everyday Life...with Jess & Jon." Watch the recording of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1ws8p8FMo54_y5YXf6UKxREy-B6HzVEj Join Jessica Morey and Jonathan Roberts every week as they explore viewer questions about how mindfulness can show up for us in the flow of our everyday lives. Learn how to join these sessions live and ex...

"It feels like soul work." It's Enrique Collazo Day at Mind the Moment in Everyday Life! Enrique and Jess join forces to convince Jon that even a weirdo the magnitude of Teen-age Jon Roberts could have been convinced that mindfulness wasn't just for the squares, if he'd only had the right teacher. Later, Enrique leads a meditation on breaking one's addiction to the thinking mind. Ice-breakers: 02:...

Featuring Jessica Morey. From "Mind the Moment in Everyday Life...with Jess & Jon." Watch the recording of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1ws8p8FMo54_y5YXf6UKxREy-B6HzVEj Join Jessica Morey and Jonathan Roberts every week as they explore viewer questions about how mindfulness can show up for us in the flow of our everyday lives. Learn how to join these sessions live and expe...

“In the hot tub of compassion, is awareness the chlorine?” It's hard out there for the helpers. Riffing on John Makransky and Paul Condon's principles of "sustainable compassion and wisdom," Jess and Jon discuss how invoking and expanding one's "field of care" can keep the fires lit in a rainstorm. Ice-breakers: 01:15 Question and discussion: 04:51 Meditation: 13:30 Originally broadcast August 12,...

Featuring Jessica Morey. From "Mind the Moment in Everyday Life...with Jess & Jon." Watch the recording of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1ws8p8FMo54_y5YXf6UKxREy-B6HzVEj Join Jessica Morey and Jonathan Roberts every week as they explore viewer questions about how mindfulness can show up for us in the flow of our everyday lives. Learn how to join these sessions live and expe...

"Thinking is just one way of knowing, and it’s not always helpful." How does ChatGPT fare when it comes to answering common meditation questions? Can mindfulness teachers benefit from using AI, and what should students of mindfulness keep in mind if seeking advice from our robot frenemies? Ice-breakers: 00:44 Question and discussion: 04:42 Meditation: 18:49 Originally broadcast August 5, 2025. Wat...

Featuring Jessica Morey. From "Mind the Moment in Everyday Life...with Jess & Jon." Watch the recording of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1ws8p8FMo54_y5YXf6UKxREy-B6HzVEj Join Jessica Morey and Jonathan Roberts every week as they explore viewer questions about how mindfulness can show up for us in the flow of our everyday lives. Learn how to join these sessions live and expe...

“We all have pumpkins for minds, and it might be good to have a pumpkin farmer there who can really help grow the crop.” How do I know if a mindfulness teacher is any good? Though maybe the question should be, How do I know if a mindfulness teacher is right for me in particular? Later, Jess leads a mediation on using the "RAIN" methodology to examine emotions. Ice-breakers: 00:53 Question and disc...

Featuring Jessica Morey. From "Mind the Moment in Everyday Life...with Jess & Jon." Watch the recording of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1ws8p8FMo54_y5YXf6UKxREy-B6HzVEj Join Jessica Morey and Jonathan Roberts every week as they explore viewer questions about how mindfulness can show up for us in the flow of our everyday lives. Learn how to join these sessions live and expe...

“You’ll get six saunas before I get one conversation pit.” Why isn't meditating making me feel more blissed out? Though maybe that's not really the point. Could the point actually be...keeping suffering down to a minimum? Later, Jess leads a simple setting practice for softening and uplifting the mind. Ice-breakers: 00:44 Question and discussion: 05:27 Meditation: 18:54 Jess recommends Inward Boun...

Featuring Cara Lai. From "Mind the Moment in Everyday Life...with Jess & Jon." Watch the recording of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1ws8p8FMo54_y5YXf6UKxREy-B6HzVEj Join Jessica Morey and Jonathan Roberts every week as they explore viewer questions about how mindfulness can show up for us in the flow of our everyday lives. Learn how to join these sessions live and experienc...

"Anything that we want to do and grow starts from tons of compassion, acceptance, understanding, and love." Am I a good enough parent? What does it even mean to be a good parent in the first place? Can mindfulness help me get out of the place where I'm constantly comparing myself to the other parents on the playground? In this episode, Jess and Jon solicit the help of mindful mother Cara Lai. Late...