How can you talk with people when there are vast differences in beliefs? Should you even try? How do you engage? Why are people so threatened by differences of opinion? What about our own strongly held beliefs? Are they in the way of connecting and seeing clearly how to proceed? In this episode, you’ll hear about how people come to be identified with your life experiences and how that can limit our ability to find better ways of being in the world. Check it out cause – “you are not your story.

Judgment is a natural thing and we need it to simply function, but when and how does it get in the way of seeing people clearly? What can mindfully about that? How do you practice being non-judgemental? In this episode, I talk about the difficult problem of judgment and how to practice being less judgemental, one of the pillars of mindfulness.

There are few skills more useful than skilled listening. In this episode, I explain a technique that has been immensely helpful in my personal and professional life. This can help you defuse conversations that are about to blow, cool down temperatures when the lid is already off, and connect authentically to people in a deeper way in your personal and professional life. Check it out!

In this edition of the Langauge of Mindfulness podcast, meet Megan Sweet, a woman on a mission to help educators be more present in the classroom and resilient in their lives through mindfulness and self-care. Educators are overworked and stressed, especially in these trying times. Megan has stepped up to help deliver tools, training, and advocacy, to support teachers