Mindfulness Mode | Interviews & Mindful Tips With Bruce Langford

Julianna co-founded and runs UnifiedMindfulness.com. With 17 years of experience, she has trained thousands of people in groups and individually. Julianna was drawn to mindfulness 20 years ago, to manage severe anxiety and depression as well as the dramatic emotional ups and downs of life as a professional singer/songwriter. With over 100 weeks of immersive silent retreat training in both mindfulness and zen, Julianna has racked up 12,000 plus hours of formal practice time, rewiring her brain and creating a new normal for herself. The result is exponential growth and the ability to truly be of service to her clients. Contact Info Company: Unified Mindfulness Website: UnifiedMindfulness.com Facebook: Unified Mindfulness Sign Up: https://unifiedmindfulness.com/mindfulnessmode Most Influential Person Shinzen Young (A monk) Effect on Emotions It accentuates the positive, makes me a much happier person, and its made me much more able to process challenging emotions when they come up. So I'm much more resilient o

Dr. Julie Jaffee Nagel is a psychotherapist and psychoanalyst. As a concert pianist with two degrees from the Juilliard School of Music in New York City, Dr. Nagel repeatedly experienced stage fright and performance stress.   She eventually decided to gain a more thorough understanding of what interfered with doing what she loved and was trained to do. That’s when she returned to school at The University of Michigan and graduated with degrees in Social Work and a Ph.D. in psychology. Now she has treated hundreds of individuals and helped them discover and peel back their barriers to feeling competent so that they can pursue and fulfill their professional and personal dreams. Dr. Nagel has recently published a book called, Managing Stage Fright: A Guide for Musicians and Music Teachers. Contact Info Website: http://www.julienagel.net http://julienagel.net/blog-standard-list/Blog Book: Managing Stage Fright: A Guide For Musicians and Music Teachers by Dr. Julie Jaffee Nagel Most Influential Person My Grandfath

Susan Blais is a leadership coach on a mission to transform the world of work one leader at a time. She made the long climb from receptionist to CEO of a billion-dollar division of a Fortune 100 company over 26 years in the health insurance industry. She helps leaders understand and implement the critical balance between relationships and results, so they can unleash their people's talents to achieve bottom-line success and fulfillment for all. Contact Info Website: www.SusanBlais.com Telephone: 818-444-seven-seven-four-four email: susan@susanblais.com Most Influential Person Roy Masters Effect on Emotions It has leveled them out. I can be radically up and down and all around and I have, because of that practice, been able to get much more centered and calm. The highs and lows are more moderate instead of crazy. Thoughts on Breathing Because I tend to do everything quickly, in the old days I would want to skip the warmup and go right to the workout. I think, oh yeah, breathing. I have come to appreciate ho

Michele PW (Pariza Wacek) is the best-selling author of the "Love-Based Business" series of books that share how to sell more with love and build a solid, profitable business on a foundation of love. In addition, she owns a copywriting and marketing company along with writing and publishing fiction. To grab your free book "How to Start a Business You Love AND That Loves You Back," visit LoveBasedBiz.com Contact Info Website: www.LoveBasedBiz.com Blog: www.LoveBasedBiz.com Podcast: Love-Based Money Free Book: How To Start A Business You Love and That Loves You Back Most Influential Person Christina Rio, My Spiritual Mentor Effect on Emotions Because of mindfulness, the vast majority of the time I feel inner peace. It's like a contented feeling. Sometimes fear-based emotions will come up and sometimes I'm also full of happy or joy. For the most part, mindfulness has allowed me to live my life in an even keel where I feel peaceful and contented. I think that's what a lot of people would like. Thoughts on B

John Stix is a transformation specialist. John co-founded Fibernetics; the 5th largest telecommunications company in Canada. He has implemented a holistic shift in culture, strategy and values-based actions within the company. John credits his personal transformation with enabling him to lead his company through a significant shift in mentalities. John’s success with workplace culture and helping others discover the same journey for themselves, has led him to consulting and speaking across the world. While continuing to lead his organization and build several others, John has delivered keynote speeches at venues from private insurance firms to a group on behalf of the White House. John witnessed the positive change that occurred within his own company when he decided to focus on unity, teamwork, empathy, happiness and gratitude. After introducing his “I’M IN™” corporate initiative, John received the Best Employer Branding award in 2015 from the Canadian Human Resources Association and was also a finalist for

Sophia Wise One is an expert in the field of vagina therapy. She's also the creator of the skill building, 'I Love My Life' card game and Oracle Deck. Sophia is fiercely passionate about helping her clients find and express their true self so they can discover their inner wisdom. Sophia has done bodywork for twenty years and has worked as a certified Holistic Pelvic Care Provider Tm, Reiki Master and LMT - Child mystic & shamanic practitioner. Sophia Wise One can help you move through pain, blocks, trauma, stagnation, and difficult transitions to find healing, creative renewal, embodiment, and juicy living on the other side. She is always asking, “Who would you be if you were truly yourself?” Contact Info Website: www.SophiaWiseOne.com Instagram / LinkedIn / Twitter: @SophiaWiseOne Podcast: Vagina Talks (To be launched soon) Most Influential Person Larry Ward (Peggy and Larry Ward are two Dharma teachers) Effect on Emotions Mindfulness has resulted in my ability to feel my feelings. I used to weep and w

Sean Douglas is a U.S. Air Force Veteran, Master Resilience Implementer, Professional Speaker, International Radio Show Host, Performance Enhancement Expert, and Author, with almost 10,000 of speaking and training time. He inspires and motivates you to “Live Your Brand” so you can grow personally and professionally. Millennials to 50 year old Professionals hire Sean to teach them Mental, Physical, Social/Emotional, Spiritual Resilience Skills that empower them to withstand, recover,and grow through adversity, stress, and life's changing demands in a highly interactive and engaging environment, utilizing online coaching sessions and face-to-face workshops. Sean equips people with the tools necessary to live EPIC lives, and leaves people better equipped to manage change effectively. Contact Info Website: www.TheSuccessCorps.com Facebook.com/TheSuccessCorps or Facebook.com/SeanDouglasSpeaks LinkedIn: Sean Douglas Podcast: Life Transformation Radio Most Influential Person Julianna Raye Effect on Emotions I kno

Allana Pratt is an intimacy expert who inspires her clients to be unapologetically true to themselves, their love-lives and their businesses. Featured on CBS, TLC and Fox, this cum laude graduate of Columbia is the author of 4 books, Coach to celebrities and Host of the sexy empowering show, "Intimate Conversations Live." Contact Info Website for Women: www.AllanaPratt.com  (Complementary Training: 'Vulnerability is the New Sexy) Website for Guys: www.GetHerToSayYes.com (Complementary Training: 'How To Be A Noble Badass) Most Influential Person Satyen Raja of Warrior Sage (Check out Satyen's interview at www.MindfulnessMode.com/71) Effect on Emotions Mindfulness has helped to balance my emotions and equilibrate them rather than have them run me. So I'm not afraid of them. I sit in the fire and take the ride with them, knowing that if I don't resist them, on the other side is wisdom, is a lesson. Thoughts on Breathing I like to imagine I'm making love with the universe. I'm having sex all day long. The mind

Crystal Olivarria raised over $70,000 from grants and scholarships to help pay for her own college education at two private colleges; The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in San Francisco and Holy Names University in Oakland, California. Crystal has helped others get into their top chosen college, generate money via grants and scholarships and get hands on experience in their related career field. Crystal provides a safe space to explore options in depth while providing guidance that result in children being able to reach their full potential more easily. Contact Info Website: www.CareerConversationalist.com Social Media: @CrystalOlivarria or @CareerConversationalist Most Influential Person My dad. He always taught me to be creative and resourceful. To be resourceful, you have to be mindful of what resources you have and basically how scarce they are. Effect on Emotions Mindfulness has made me very aware. It's helped me understand people better because I've noticed my emotions go like this all

Mike Bundrant is a master NLP practitioner. NLP stands for Neural Linguistic Programming. He is the founder of the INLP center in California where they specialize in learning and teaching NLP. He's a former Psychotherapist and is cofounder of Healthy Times Newspaper. He's also a featured blogger on the world's top mental health website called PsychCentral dot com. Mike has a unique perspective on self-sabotage; he knows how to empower his clients to reach higher levels of emotional health. Contact Info Company: INLP Center Website: www.inlpcenter.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/inlpcenter Most Influential Person Peter Michaelson (www.WhyWeSuffer.com) Effect on Emotions In terms of my emotions, I would say mindfulness has effected my positive emotions by helping me own them more and making them more alive and my negative emotions by making them workable. It hasn't banished them, it's just made them workable. Thoughts on Breathing Breathing is part of my mindfulness meditation in the beginning. I don't have a

Joie Cheng, (M.S.W. Masters of Social Work), is the Self-Love Luminary. She's passionate about helping women love themselves so they can live their best life possible. Joie is a certified professional coach, mentor, healer, circle facilitator, and trained yoga teacher. Joie has a degree in Social Work and Psychology. She is the best-selling author of her book, The Naked Truth: A Woman’s Journey to Self-Love. This book conveys Joie's personal journey of healing herself naturally from depression through self-love. Contact Info Website: www.JoieCheng.com Book: The Naked Truth: A Woman's Journey To Self-Love by Joie Cheng Free Gift: The Seven-Day Self-Love Challenge Most Influential Person Deepak Chopra Effect on Emotions I think mindfulness has helped me to not get attached to the stories you get in your head about what something means and just saying, there's a thought and I can just let it pass. I don't have to be attached to it. Thoughts on Breathing Breathing is a really good way to instantly become aware

Serena Denmark is a certified Hypnotherapy Instructor. She teaches her clients to identify unconscious patterns and use NLP and hypnosis to make deep, rapid, lasting changes. Serena experienced a midlife crisis and came to the conclusion that her beliefs were killing her. That’s when she attended an NLP course where she was the class guinea pig. Through this experience she found her new passion in NLP and never looked back. Contact Info Website: www.BeLimitlessHypnosis.com FB: @SerenaDenmark FB: Be Limitless With Hypnosis and Other Cool Stuff Most Influential Person Colleen Fletcher (Spiritual Teacher) Effect on Emotions Mindfulness has helped me keep that anchor to calm. It's like the pond or the ocean with the ripples on top and the stillness underneath. Even when I may feel agitated or irritated or annoyed, it's that duel experience, that higher perspective alarm, to observe yourself in the moment. I can feel the ripples, but I still have that stillness underneath. Thoughts on Breathing The breath is so

Moneeka Sawyer is the creator of the Blissful Real Estate Investor Formula and is the international best-selling author of the award-winning book “Choose Bliss: The Power and Practice of Joy and Contentment.” Moneeka has often been described as one of the most joyful people you will ever meet. She believes that we can and should choose bliss in all areas of our lives, including in our business and our investing. Her expertise has been featured on radio and TV including ABC, NBC, and Fox. Contact Info Company: BlissfulInvestor.com Podcast: CoreBlissLife.com Free Gift: BlissfulInvestor.com Book: Choose Bliss: The Power and Practice of Joy and Contentment by Moneeka Sawyer email: Moneeka@CoreBlissLife.com Most Influential Person My parents. They taught me about hard work, determination, focus, breathing, prayer, and joy. Effect on Emotions Mindfulness is all about emotions. That's what emotional mastery is for me and that's how I live. Thoughts on Breathing I dod a moving meditation every morning. I'm a dance

Michelle Chalfant is a life coach and therapist. Her clients hire her to enable them to find their authentic selves through a holistic approach of blending alternative healing techniques with traditional counseling. Michelle is creator and host of the podcast, The Adult Chair, which is now in its third year of production. The Adult Chair shares impactful messages about codependency, self-love, depression, getting unstuck, removing masks, and how our understanding of ourselves impacts the most important relationships in our lives. Contact Info Website: www.TheAdultChair.com YouTube Channel: Michelle Chalfant Podcast: The Adult Chair Facebook: The Adult Chair (Closed Group) You can also join this on the website. Most Influential Person John Kabat-Zinn Effect on Emotions Mindfulness has helped me with my emotions by really getting in touch with what's going on inside of me. I know now to slow down and tune in. Thoughts on Breathing Oh yes. I mean, taking a slow, deep breath just brings me back into present. I

Diane A. Curran has been immersed in marketing for a number of years. At one point, she worked on projects for major national direct marketing clients. Later, she became a solopreneur, consulting one-to-one and began Wow Whispering which she has been doing ever since. Diane's commitment to the arts has been equally passionate, making over 4,000 presentations between business and the creative arts, ranging from boardrooms to museums, and even mystical mountaintops in Peru. Diane wrote her biz book trilogy, The Marketing Deck, to give today’s impatient mindset instant access to creative ideas and intuition with custom card games. Contact Info Website: www.TheMarketingDeal.com Social Media: @TheMarketingDeal Twitter: @wowDianeACurran Most Influential Person My sixth grade teacher. She brought her love of art to everyone in the class, no matter what their talents were. She was present and giving to everyone. [show-notes-influence] Effect on Emotions Mindfulness has allowed me to pull myself up when I'm feeling

Mary Shores is the founder and CEO of a multi-million dollar business, one of the most unique collection agencies in the country. Recognized as a leader of innovative thought, Mary has spent over a decade teaching businesses and individuals how to inspire others, create new ways of thinking, identify and achieve their goals, and take action to create truly meaningful results. She is the revolutionary founder of the groundbreaking Conscious Communications system, which produces positive results through positive action. Mary travels across the nation giving lectures and teaching courses, and has been featured on local and national radio and television shows, podcasts, and blogs. Contact Info Website: www.MaryShores.com Book: Conscious Communications: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Harnessing the Power of Your Words to Change Your Mind, Your Choices, and Your Life by Mary Shores Free Gift: Ignite Your Dreams workbook: http://maryshores.com/iyd-workbook Twitter: Twitter.com/mary_shores Facebook: Facebook.com/shoresm

Clay Stapleford is a full-time professional artist, living in Atlanta, Georgia. He is also a successful actor, having been featured in multiple Hollywood productions including Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues and Drop Dead Diva. As an aartist, he spends his time painting primarily using acrylic on canvas. Clay has a journalism degree from the University of North Carolina and is also an avid meditator. Contact Info Website: www.ClayStapleford.com Instagram: @ClayStapleford Most Influential Person Eckhart Tolle Effect on Emotions [Mindfulness has made a difference by] learning to experience my emotions without judgment and just allowing them to be what they are and learning to be educated by my emotions too. Then learning the difference between my feelings and my emotions and how when I have learned to experience my emotions without judgment, I can then learn better how to follow my feelings in a way that serves me. Thoughts on Breathing I often just count my breath. I mean whether I'm on a walk or a run, w

Dr. Anastasia Chopelas’ unusual combination of scientific curiosity and heritage as a 4th generation healer makes her uniquely qualified to understand the subtle energies that promote or deteriorate health, success and relationships. She retired from a 40 year career as a physicist and researcher studying quantum and vibrational physics to become The Scientific Healer. Her processes are responsible for hundreds of medical miracles, some of which are outlined in her book, The Diamond Healing Method. Dr. Anastasia’s scientific background enables her to explain energy healing in simple practical terms, to make everyday miracles believable. Contact Info Website: www.ScientificHealer.com Free Gift: 11 Minute Wake Up Your Brain Audio Free Gift: 5 Day Success Challenge Podcast: www.ScientificHealer.com/radio/ Book: The Diamond Healing Method: Get Healthy No Matter What Your Doctor Says by Anastasia Chopelas Most Influential Person My Sunday School Teacher: When I was in Sunday School I had a really awesome teacher

Majeed Mogharreban is a professional speaker, author and entrepreneur. After starting five businesses before he turned 21, Majeed now helps companies succeed faster with the entrepreneurial mindset. He is known for being an energizing keynote speaker who empowers audiences to take action. His unique perspective on business leadership has taken him across the globe; guiding organizations such as World Wildlife Fund, Toyota, Vanguard, and Loblaw Inc. to achieve more, faster. His story-filled talks demonstrate how to use an enthusiastic start-up spirit to improve the working climate in the corporate world. Contact Info Website: MajeedM.com Facebook: Majeed.Magharreban Twitter: @MajeedM Linked In: MajeedMagharreban Instagram: @Majeed411 Most Influential Person My wife. She is a model of blissful presence; contentment in the moment. Effect on Emotions Mindfulness has allowed me to use my emotions as information signals and data by being curious and present. [It takes me to the place of 'oh, I'm experiencing ange

Moustafa Hamwi is recognized as the world’s leading expert on Passionate Leadership. In one year, he has achieved what it has taken others 20 years to achieve. His amazing success at helping to empower leaders to work and live passionately, has resulted in him being nicknamed, ‘Mr. Passion’. On his talk show, Passion Sundays, Moustafa has interviewed over 180 world thought leaders. Contact Info Website: www.Moustafa.com Free Ebook Gift: Mastering Passion Podcast: Passion Sundays Most Influential Person My Swami in India who's been in caves for 13 years. Effect on Emotions It has helped me to be more observant of my emotions. I am very passionate so when I'm upset, I'm very upset. When I'm having a bad day, I'm having a very bad day. I do everything with passion. Being more mindful has allowed me to be more observant and slowly I have learned to be less judging of my emotions. I'm no longer in that space of, you have to be mindful means you shouldn't be angry. I don't agree to that.  If I'm angry, I'm angry,