The Mindfulness Podcast

Today we talk to Nieta De Young, IBMer and member of the Mindfulness@IBM community. With Nieta we cover her experience with mindfulness that started in Japan with the Zen tradition. We talk about Zen, about how it translates in our daily life, what are the ultimate benefits of it in the corporate world and how to practice zazen (the sitting meditation practice). Enjoy and thanks for listening.

Today we talk to Kinga Szekessy Parrott, the designer of the "Connecting the body and mind" journey of the Welcome to Now Mindfulness@IBM Summit of 2022, this is the last of the journey we present in our podcast and the last episode of the year. In the episode also Pat, Lele and Fede chatting and discussing about how to approach mindfully our beginnings and endings, wish you enjoy. Thanks everyone...

Today we talk to Kathleen Martin organizer of the "Thrive on the front line" journey for the Welcome to Now 2022 Mindfulness@IBM summit that is describing the whole journey to us and in particular, why is mindfulness so powerful for sellers? We close with a lovely practice offered by Fede Andino. Thanks for listening

today we talk to Ahmad Madani part of the Mindfulness@IBM community and designer of the “Navigate stress and face difficulties” journey in the Welcome to Now 2022 Summit. In the episode Ahmad describes the session that were part of the journey, why it’s worth to listen to them and what are the highlights of each. At the end we also talk about journaling and giving some advice on why journaling is...

Today we speak to Abby Cross about the Welcome to Now journey "Sharpen your "beginner's mind"" that she moderated and crafted for IBMers during the 2022 Welcome to Now Summit. It's to guide to a better usage of the post event replays. And also with Pat we have an enriching conversation about what's a beginners mind and why it's so powerful to see our reality this way. Enjoy!

Today we talk about one of the journey in the Mindfulness@IBM Summit 2022 "Welcome to Now" and in particular about the Connecting deeply with others journey and the sessions that were part of it for all IBMers to get informed about what replay is worth watching. Thanks for listening.

Today we talk to Federico Andino, IBMer and long time practitioner and mindfulness teacher. With Federico we talk about the origins of mindfulness and what it represents today. He also explains why mindfulness is not a religion and instead it's a secular practice for everyone.

Today we invited Lenka Uherova (psychologist, growth facilitator, trainer, coach. Lenka is making us reflect on our human evolution and how the brain evolved to face the current technological challenges, such an information overload and nowadays complexity. Are our brain able to cope with that? Can we improve them with mindfulness? How? A fascinating conversation with someone with a deep knowledge...

Today we talk to Kinga Szekessy Parrot, Kathleen Martin and Drishti Vidyarthi about the new Mindfulness@IBM Summit 2022 with title "Welcome to Now". Kinga, Kathy and Drishti are in the organising team of the Welcome to Now event and in the podcast will tell more about it, what's in the event, what are the news this year and why you should take part in it if you are in IBM. Thanks for listening.

Today in our podcast we talk to Mara Bloom (Executive Director, Massachusetts General Cancer Center) that recently came as guest in the Open Leadership Series session organized by the Mindfulness@IBM Community The podcast is also moderated by Daniel J Gawrys xIBMer and member of the community and good friend of Mara. We discuss about mindfulness, space and time. Why do we make time and space for o...

This week's episode we have Vijay Somannavar a seasoned Program Manager who worked at IBM and now works at Kyndryl. Vijay shares with us his journey into mindfulness and the power of his first retreat. How it has changed himself and 25 people around him and what is next for him with mindfulness before leading us in a being with the breath meditation. Thanks for listening

Today we talk to Malini Parswanathiah, IBMer, MBCE Supervisor and mindfulness student from India that started her mindfulness journey with a silent retreat and then day after day discovered new way to practice realising the beauty and ease of mindfulness and its powers in our daily lives. Enjoy our conversation and also the final breathing practice. Thanks for listening.

Today we talk to Manjari Shukla MBCE supervisor at IBM we talk about the Mindfulness Based Connect Experience, her journey into mindfulness and how she started. And we finish our chat with a nice befriending practice. Enjoy!

Today we talk to Marjan Abadiec Creator of Mindful Art Experience method, Senior Mindfulness Trainer and CEO of the Institut Mindfulness in Belgium. With Marjan we talk about mindfulness, equanimity, emotions and art and how watching and feeling art mindfully can change drastically our approach towards it. Enjoy! 1) institut-Mindfulness.be with Mindfulness and Mindful Leadership programs (http://i...

Today we talk to Jo Austin and Mohua Sengupta working in Kyndryl and supportive of the mindfulness practice across the organisation. We talk about the role of mindfulness, its benefits and we have a conversation about if mindfulness is mostly for women, men or everyone, vulnerability and what mindfulness requires. Thanks for listening

Today in the podcast we talk to Dr. David Gruen (Watson Health Chief Medical Officer) and last guest of the Open Conversations: Authentic Leadership series hosted in the Mindfulness@IBM community. With Dr. Gruen we talk about how to have conversations, how to have an open mindset, how to play a finite and infinite game and what's the role of mindfulness in leadership and servant leadership. Thanks...

Today we talk to Patrick Billens (Client Experience Manager at IBM) and part of the Mindfulness@IBM community as supervisor. With Patrick we explore the positive aspects of mindfulness for sellers in any corporation. What benefits mindfulness brings to sellers? Why is mindfulness so crucial aspect for good and better selling? What is equanimity and how it's important in the selling process? At the...

Today it's with Lele and Pat with some news and an effortless mindfulness practice for everyone. Enjoy and thanks for listening.

Today we talk to Drishti Vidyarthi a fresh IBMer expert in UX Design for Data & AI that has a good story to tell about mindfulness and the importance of mindfulness for life and also for design. If you wanna be a great designer, creative and attentive to the process and to the users you've more chances to get there if you practice mindfulness. Enjoy our conversation and also the final practice of...

Today we talk to Brett Wilson (host of the Mountain Zen Den and tour guide in the Rocky Mountain National Park). Brett talked us into his journey into mindfulness that came from Nature. We talk about how nature and mindfulness are entangled, how we can slow down, what is nature and how to practice mindfulness with and in it. We talk about the benefits of nature and how you can manager to be with i...

Today we talk to Elena Vysotskaya that works to Empower Leaders to make the Difference via Mindful leadership and Self-Discovery. We start talking to Elena about her initial experience with mindfulness, how is mindfulness helping leaders to focus and increase productivity, how the mindfulness practices work when we do it, how mindfulness sells itself. Elena is also leading us in a wonderful practi...

Today in the Mindfulness podcast we talk to Katia Picada, mindfulness student and practitioner @Kyndryl. We talk about her experience with mindfulness and what it means acting VS re-acting. Thanks for listening and practicing with us.

Today we host in our podcast J “Daniel” Gawrys, member of the Mindfulness@IBM Community. On the wave of the coming series of events (internal to IBM) "Open Conversations: Authentic Leadership Series" Daniel as host of the series is explaining us the reasons why he's launching the initiative and is talking about conversations and why mindfulness is an important skill into open conversations. J “Dan...

Today we talk to Jade Sonkin, People Development, Learning, and Wellness Innovation working for L'Oreal. With Jade we kick off the year again bringing our podcast to everyone in our communities. Listen to Jade and the importance of Intention VS Resolutions for the new year and wait for a final mindful practice to set those intentions. Enjoy and thank for listening. More about Jade here https://jad...

Today we talk to Steve Hickman, Executive Director of the non-profit Center for Mindful Self-Compassion. We talk about mindfulness and self compassion, what are the benefits of self-compassion, why it's so transformative for humans, how to practice it and what is the effect of affirmation practices. For more about Steve visit this page https://www.drstevenhickman.com/about About the Center for Min...