Mindful Motivation | Everyday Inspiration - Walk and Talk with Avalon by One Minute Calm

One Minute Calm: Walk and Talk with Avalon Episode 160 "It may only be once, but lightning can strike." No matter how big or how small, the lightning strike is powerful.  Maybe it is the job you've always wanted, maybe it is the break you've been waiting for, maybe it's the love that you've hoped would find you.  The lightning strike can be a represent so many things in y...

One Minute Calm: Walk and Talk with Avalon Episode 159  "Get yourself out of the fog into a clear mind."    The fog is real. It may be actual weather happening around you and you need to carefully maneuver around. It maybe all the thoughts going on in your mindset. This episode gives you tips and encouragement to help you clear your own fog, by organizing your brain and time. If you need...

One Minute Calm: Walk and Talk with Avalon Episode 158  "Time to escape, if you haven’t already."   The word escape sounds imminent; that something must happen now. Sometimes it must happen immediately in a small way, just to escape a little situation, or a big way, to escape a more dangerous situation. Having the opportunity to escape in little ways in your daily life is important. You...

One Minute Calm: Walk and Talk with Avalon Episode 157   "Step back and enjoy the ebb and flow of your life."   Step back and be aware of your daily life. What are your current life patterns. These are the ebb and flow of your life. Find ways to enjoy these moments no matter how rote or repetitive these tasks may seem. Take inventory and find out if you are feeling balanced; if not it’s...

One Minute Calm: Walk and Talk with Avalon Episode 156  "Let your imagination climb into the wonder of nature."  Check the links below and take a look at the video of the Banyan tree. Your tree of life has many roots and many branches. Think about how you affect others positively in your life. Think about how your ancestors affected your life and you will be someone’s ancestor and affect...

One Minute Calm: Walk and Talk with Avalon Episode 155  "Keep your spark burning."  Whether you’re going through bad times, or good, feel the life spark within you. Whatever dreams you have, you can achieve. As your mentor, I am here to inspire you and help you. Keep that spark burning forward through your goals. You got this!  These podcasts are an accompaniment to the One Minute Calm V...

One Minute Calm: Walk and Talk with Avalon Episode 154  "Dive into the wonder of night."  This episode has another good exercise for you to relax and find your meditative state or to help you sleep. Never be afraid of the dark. It is only the absence of light. Take a dive in to the pool at night or step outside and enjoy the wonders.  These podcasts are an accompaniment to the One Minute...

One Minute Calm: Walk and Talk with Avalon Episode 151 "Allow yourself to sleep in when you need to recharge." Our brain is a constantly running machine, and just  like any motor, it needs a break.  You have permission to sleep in, give it to yourself.  You have permission to allow yourself to sleep more, give in to your need. You have permission to nap, give in and recharge vs. giving y...

One Minute Calm: Walk and Talk with Avalon Episode 150 "Dream where your next steps guide you?" Night dreams can guide you or they can be interpreted of your joys or fears.  Day dreams can help you think through and move forward in what are your joys or fears.  Depending on when you are listening to this episode, you can start planning your next steps for the new year, or for the next mo...

One Minute Calm: Walk and Talk with Avalon Episode 149 "Allow yourself to get lost in the moment." 1, 2, 3, 4, 5...GO!  We are wired for self preservation, and to keep from getting hurt.  Jump past that moment in your head and say GO and let yourself get lost.  Let yourself feel to the extreme in love, in excitement, in laughter,  so you can come back from that exhilaration and relive th...

One Minute Calm: Walk and Talk with Avalon Episode 148 "Find the ah in ah-mazing!" Take today, have you done anything amazing?  Maybe you have or maybe you are on your way to.  If it was not in your plans, get it there! That same feeling you have when you put your feet up at the end of the day 'AH' or that vacation day 'AH' that's the feeling.  How can you put that AH...

One Minute Calm: Walk and Talk with Avalon Episode 147 "What can make the ordinary, extraordinary?" The answer is YOU! You can make the most boring, dull, rote day into something fascinating.  Even if it does not seem like a big deal to you, you could be the inspiration to create something just out of reach that no one has yet attempted. Your everyday doesn't have to be the same, change it up...

One Minute Calm: Walk and Talk with Avalon Episode 146 "Start fresh." Everyday, every week, every month, and every year you have a chance to start all over again.  What ever it is that you need to get out of the way so you can mover forward, get it out of the way.  Make it your goal to clean it up, finish it up, end it and get yourself on to the next thing.  Take with you the good t...

One Minute Calm: Walk and Talk with Avalon Episode 145 "Let your imagination fly to the moon." So many dreams, so many movies, and so many songs are dedicated to this miraculous moon. That is one of the beautiful things about the mysteriousness of that orb way up in the sky.  You can dream as big as the moon, you can feel the romance of the moon, you can be inspired by the moon.  It is u...

One Minute Calm: Walk and Talk with Avalon Episode 144 "Will the groudhog see his shadow today?" Will you be afraid of your own shadow, and scare yourself back into your burrow?  Will you you miss your shadow, with the thought that better weather, and better things, are ahead for you.  There is a delightful bliss in the ignorance of not having fear of criticism or being put down by other...

One Minute Calm: Walk and Talk with Avalon Episode 143 "Dive into the wonder of night." Dive into the wonder that is you.  Seek out your deep dark places and you may be surprised what you will find.  You are a pool of talent and delight.  Find some peace so you can let yourself go in for the deep dive and reach inside your emotions.  Let yourself be one with yourself in a momen...

One Minute Calm: Walk and Talk with Avalon Episode 142. "Take a mindful moment and feel the breath you take." Basic techniques to help you be in the moment, the reminders to be mindful, and be aware yourself are some of the things discussed in this episode.  Let yourself truly be in the moment by using your breath or even let yourself be in another moment and daydream.  Find the awarenes...

One Minute Calm: Walk and Talk with Avalon Episode 141. "Climb to every height you want to climb." Some people say it is lonely at the top.  I ask at the top of what? This is your life and you can choose how high you want to climb and decide where are you going and what plateau is right for you...it can be anywhere, shared by others or not, the choice is still your to make. Get going and get...

One Minute Calm: Walk and Talk with Avalon Episode 140. "Choose the office view you desire." You can have the office view or work view you desire.  Yes, this is true in most cases where you need to work on a computer or with people.  If you are in the service industry, an industrial industry, or factory setting...this is not as easy...but if you don't like where you work or your view...i...

One Minute Calm: Walk and Talk with Avalon Episode 139. “Somewhere in the world, there's a special place waiting to be discovered.” Not only is there a place waiting to be discovered, it is waiting for you to discover it.  The world is an amazing place and in your tiny corner of the world you have learned more or less how to manage this existence.  Now that place you have been dreaming a...

One Minute Calm: Walk and Talk with Avalon Episode 138. “Look up and improve your mood.” It really can be this simple, when we allow it. Physically look up will help you improve your mood, whether it is seeing another face smile back at you or seeing the sun or starts above you, pick up your chin and look up. Roll your shoulders back, take a deep breathe, and let your eyes look up and see somethin...

One Minute Calm: Walk and Talk with Avalon Episode 137. “Together, the trees make the forest.” There are so many analogies of how we cannot live, survive, or be successful with out the helping handing and listening ears of others.  There must be some truth in 'no man is an island'.  You life and your choices can be more fruitful when you allow others to help you be successful, not only a...

One Minute Calm: Walk and Talk with Avalon Episode 136. “Get out of your comfort zone and discover something new about yourself.” What makes you uncomfortable? Is it because someone told you, that you should not like it, you aren't good enough, or does the discomfort come from you? Time to step out and get into your dis-comfort zone.  Learn something about you and who you are today as an adul...

One Minute Calm: Walk and Talk with Avalon Episode 135. “We are surrounded every day by the power forces of earth.” There are so many explicable and inexplicable forces that exist on this earth.  We can think of hurricanes, tsunamis, tornadoes, and volcanoes as huge forces beyond our control.  Then other forces that exist; energy, perception, and knowing things we have no way of "logical...

One Minute Calm: Walk and Talk with Avalon Episode 134. “If you could be anywhere in the world, right now, where would you be?” Where would Johnny Depp and I be... well you can ask him, I'll go any where he wants to go. How about you; if you could be with any one in the world right now who would it be with and where would you be? Let yourself dream big or small of someone here or gone and be any w...