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

One Minute Calm: Walk and Talk with Avalon Episode 133. “Go exploring.” There are some people who have never left their town, county, territory, or state.  If that is you, and I don't think it is, go exploring. If you know someone who likes to explore, get together and make some fun exciting memories.  The world is a big place and there are places you have dreamed of going...go! Get off...

One Minute Calm: Walk and Talk with Avalon Episode 132. “Take a time out.” Take a break before you break.  Give yourself a time out to regroup and figure out your feelings.  If you are quick to anger or get frustrated, maybe something else is going on.  Sometimes simply giving yourself a 10 minute daily break can help you cope or maybe you need to plan a real get-a-away. Renew, refr...

One Minute Calm: Walk and Talk with Avalon Episode 131. “Take a trip through the garden of imagination.” Play like a child and let yourself imagine the most ridiculous scenarios. What makes you frightened to play like a child?  Well stop being afraid of your mindset and let your imagination take over.  Think of all the ways professionals use their creativity to create solutions and enter...

One Minute Calm: Walk and Talk with Avalon Episode 130. “Sometimes it's fun to have your head in the clouds.” Yes, get your head in the clouds and daydream.  Step outside today or tonight and look up! Let your body relax. The muscles that have been looking down all day need the exercise in another direction. Your neck, shoulders, and back have been hunched forward, stretch them the other dire...

One Minute Calm: Walk and Talk with Avalon Episode 129. “Taking a rest is an important step for moving forward.” The most important person is you and you need rest.  Your body, mind, and spirit all need rest.  Your inner engines, cogs, and wheels need a break to work better for you because if you over use them you'll be in worse shape.  Always take time for yourself to rest, refresh...

One Minute Calm: Walk and Talk with Avalon Episode 128. “Let your creativity flow.” Has someone told you that you were not smart enough, not talented enough, or maybe even to get "a real job" and get your head out of the clouds?  Well guess what, you can't live with that hanging over you for the rest of your life or you will  always think you're not good enough and have regrets.  If...

One Minute Calm: Walk and Talk with Avalon Episode 127. “Be the person you want to be.” When you wake in the morning and look in the mirror, do you see the person you want to be?  If the answer is yes, great! If the answer is no, let's work on it.  You know that person is inside you are you wouldn't feel happy or uncomfortable with yourself.  The hardest part is going to be the firs...

One Minute Calm: Walk and Talk with Avalon Episode 125. “Set sail on your dreams.” This episode is a simple meditation exercise. Whether you believe you have meditated or not, let me assure you, you have.  A daydream can take you away from your moment when you really believe that you are somewhere else. When you can feel and use your senses to be somewhere else you a doing a light meditation....

One Minute Calm: Walk and Talk with Avalon Episode 124. “Each day is a gift.” We remember and learn from the past, we plan for the future...but you need to be present in the present. How aware are you of the gifts you have right now?  Your personal features, your emotions, your intellect, and your senses are all gifts.  Use your gifts, others will notice and will appreciate them in their...

One Minute Calm: Walk and Talk with Avalon Episode 123. “While you are busy trying to "do", remember to "live” This is a lesson to learn how to be mindful.  You can be aware and mindful in your daily life, even when you think you do not have time.  Awaken your senses and make it a part of your daily life.  It is time to awaken yourself from your routine and "sleep walking". Be aware...

One Minute Calm: Walk and Talk with Avalon Episode 122. “Our reach is further than we know.” Have you ever calculated how many people you reach each day?  Think about these things for a moment: How many different people do you have a full conversation with or pass by with a hello in a day?  How many people look at one of your social profiles business or personal in a day?  Now multi...

One Minute Calm: Walk and Talk with Avalon Episode 121. “Get inspired to dream on.” Find the wonderment within you to dream.  Dream as big as you want and put the intent in your heart, if it is what you really want.  The beauty of dreaming is you can accomplish anything in your mind.  The beauty of dreaming is you can also create steps to make your thoughts a reality.  You are...

One Minute Calm: Walk and Talk with Avalon Episode 120. “Take a journey into your heart.” You are the keeper of your heart, get to know yourself first. You must find that love for yourself before you can full or truly love any one else. Your early caretakers were showing you all about all the aspects of love, good and other wise.  Now it is time to get back to you and go on your own little jo...

One Minute Calm: Walk and Talk with Avalon Episode 119. “Fountains are as magical as the nature around them.” Fountains are just one example of something we find magic, a creation.  Where do these creations come from, us, our imagination; because we are magical creatures of nature.  Thing are happening all around us in nature all of the time that is beyond the eye and some beyond explana...

One Minute Calm: Walk and Talk with Avalon Episode 118. “Find your sanctuary.” Only you can heal you.  Find your quiet place, find your safe space, find you.  We all need to figure out things in our life and how to move forward and get through this.  You can ask for advice, you can look toward the people around you, but ultimately you have to live with your decisions, no on else. Fi...

One Minute Calm: Walk and Talk with Avalon Episode 117. “You can learn by being an observer.” Look it's a cloud, it's a plane, it's an asteroid. Look up!  Take notice of all the things and the way they have become "norms" in your daily life.  Which way does the door open, which side is the handle on, which way does the door spin? What creations do you imagine to make life "better" or mor...

One Minute Calm: Walk and Talk with Avalon Episode 116. “Raging storms calm the movement of the world.” You have a choice when things are stormy; you can be angry, frustrated, worried or you can be calm, steadfast, level-headed.  Thing are not always going to go the way you want them to go. You cannot be prepared for everything but you can prepare your emotions and step back from a situation....

One Minute Calm: Walk and Talk with Avalon Episode 115. “Reward yourself.” There is no one better than you to give yourself accolades.  Make the reward fit the accomplishment. If you accomplished your goal that you created a year ago, than it is time for the big reward of big ticket item, time, or vacation.  If you completed a project and got a bonus or a check of any kind, take yourself...

One Minute Calm: Walk and Talk with Avalon Episode 114. “Set a goal for yourself. ” This episode is about creating a long term goal.  Set yourself a goal you want to accomplish in 1 year.  Do you want to travel, buy yourself a big ticket item, do you want to figure out a way to save some money? Do you want to create more time for family or yourself? Start by breaking the big goal into da...

One Minute Calm: Walk and Talk with Avalon Episode 113. “Play more!” Let go of your self-created inhibitions and find your child like wonder again.  Let yourself play, even if the other person is not expecting it, and have silly fun.  Learn from children how to be goofy and shed your need to ‘be an adult’ every second.  Learn a joke, learn harmless pranks, and let yourself live with...

One Minute Calm: Walk and Talk with Avalon Episode 112. "Exploring historical paths can help you understand the past, present and future." We can learn so much from history, what they were trying to accomplish.  But what you your trying to accomplish from what you've learned in the past, in your present day that will create something for the future?  We would all love to leave a legacy g...

One Minute Calm: Walk and Talk with Avalon Episode 111. "Be kind." Everyday is another chance to dig down and find kindness in your heart, kindness in your soul.  Give that kindness to others and it will be returned to you, just like the golden rule tells us.  You, or someone you know, may be angry.  Angry at recent times, angry at something that happened to you, angry for a long ti...

One Minute Calm: Walk and Talk with Avalon Episode 110. "Lay in the grass and watch the trees and sky above you." Bring your childlike curiosity to the forefront and look up past the trees into the big blue sky. It is easy to get caught up on your phone all the time; put it down and face the atmosphere. Watch the trees, and the clouds, or the buildings where you are and think about your little lif...

One Minute Calm: Walk and Talk with Avalon Episode 109. "Let yourself get lost in the moment." So fun, so powerful on the edge of getting lost for real.  How you approach getting lost will take you on the edge of adventure and fear.  How does it make you feel, excited or scared? Let yourself go somewhere and get physically lost and feel it.  Can't escape to somewhere?  Go into...

One Minute Calm: Walk and Talk with Avalon Episode 107. "When is the last time you stopped and smelled the flowers?" When is the last time you stopped to appreciate the things you have and carry with you?  Is it time to pass things on the someone who might enjoy something you have? we can take things with us in life, but you might be able to give someone pause to stop and smell the flowers, a...