044 The secrets to more time | Tom Evans

“I noticed on days that I meditated I had a much better day and the world seemed to be kinder to me. On days I didn’t, I felt it was like pushing water uphill”

— Tom Evans -

Many people talk about the value of meditation yet Tom Evans adds so much more to the conversation by focusing on the investment of even 10 minutes a day to achieve practical outcomes. Tom provides meditations for many and varied topics like weight management, relaxation, boosting creativity and avoiding jet lag. We touch on Tom’s concept of managing time mindfully to be more effective and create better outcomes for ourselves by not being enslaved by our relationship to time

Inspire yourself with these essential insights from Tom Evans

We spoke about 

• How a BBC engineer became a spiritual engineer of mind, body and spirit

• Discovering practical mindfulness

• Making meditation playful and accessible

• Investing time for practical outcomes

• Scale of effects from 10 minutes of daily meditation

• Where to begin with meditation

• Tom’s two main applications of meditation

• Switching on new super sensibilities

• Reaping the benefits of meditation

• Tom’s course Mindfulness Based Time Management

• Seeing life as a joy

Value Quotes 

“I started meditating like many people to reduce stress and anxiety but I very quickly discovered this practical aspect to it”

”I noticed on days that I meditated I had a much better day and the world seemed to be kinder to me. On days I didn’t, I felt it was like pushing water uphill”

“The normal human mind can only have one thought at a time”

“As soon as you start to flip the attention away from the now you lose efficiency and so what mindfulness techniques get you to do is to be present in the now”

“You don’t have to meditate formally with your eyes closed and headphones on. You can meditate just by getting out in nature”

“Every day you’re going to treat yourself to 10 minutes of me time”

“One of the things I’ve noticed about Insight Timer app is that the most popular meditations are those that help people get to sleep”

“To me meditation has two applications. One is remedial where it fixes something… but my main area of work, research and fun is generative meditations that awaken us to new levels of consciousness”

“The main benefit [of meditation] is that you become luckier. Instead of pushing water uphill the world starts to work for you”

“With the quiet mind you get from meditation, that continues out of the meditation throughout the day so you become better at noticing things”

“If you look down it switches the internal dialogue on in the head and if you look slightly up it switches it off”

“See life not as a chore but as a joy”

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Episode Links 

You can find Tom Evans at:

Website:  http://www.tomevans.co/  

Insight timer app: https://insighttimer.com/tomevans

043 Become your own healer | Dr Tatjana Trajkovska

“Hundreds of years ago people were much more insightful, much more connected with themselves, much more in harmony and they knew how to support their body into healing”

— Dr Tatjana Trajkovska -

Have you been receiving signals from your body yet due to the demands of a stressful life you aren’t aware? Imagine if you were able to stay connected to your body’s story to prevent dis-ease and live well every day with a deeper connection to yourself and others. Tatjana is a specialist in mind body medicine and works to mentor people to help them activate their inner healing potential.

Inspire yourself with these essential insights from Dr Tatjana Trajkovska

We spoke about 

• Ignoring the signs the body was giving and the consequences

• Defining mind body medicine and the interconnectedness

• The value of connecting our mind, emotions and body to be in ease and balance

• Using the breath to connect with the body and calm the mind

• Signs and signals the body sends us to get our attention

• The emergency ABC tool and how to use it effectively

• Tatjana’s 4 month program to heal yourself

• Loving yourself more

Value Quotes 

“I decided to step into another journey. A journey within to connect more with myself. With my heart, with my intuition and with my body”

“In western medicine we mostly see the body separate from the emotions”

“We are not trained how deeply our emotions, our assumptions, our mindset, our beliefs affect the way we live”

“Our body is naturally designed perfectly”

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Episode Links 

You can find Tatjana Trajkovska at:

Website:  http://en.tatjanatrajkovska.eu/

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/tatjanatrajkovskaeu/  

042 Say YES to the right things | Patti Villalobos

“Learn to be honest with yourself as much as you possibly can and don’t run away from yourself because your shadow will just catch up with you”

— Patti Villalobos -

Wise words from coach, course creator and teacher, Patti Villalobos who is passionate about enabling people to live better lives and reflects that this is ‘a journey worth taking’. We all wish for relationships that flourish however we can be at the people-pleasing or overtly controlling end of a spectrum and it’s tough to break entrenched patterns. This interview is a must-listen if you are ready to make a change for the better with boundaries both for your self and with others. Patti shares great analogies, stories and examples to bring clarity to the art of setting boundaries.

Inspire yourself with these essential insights from Patti Villalobos

We spoke about 

• Starting over with a passion for helping people move forward

• Recreating overwork and why being driven didn’t work

• From an out of control and reactive life to better balance and self-care

• Why we get caught up in the trap of saying yes when we mean no

• Reframing healthy conflict by balancing the “see-saw”

• Breaking the cycle of entrenched behaviour and patterns

• The opportunity of creating new patterns in long term relationships

• Building more honest relationships

• Patti’s course ‘Set Boundaries like a Boss’

• Embracing your shadow self to come to wholeness

Value Quotes 

“Talk about a wake up call.  This was a wake up call from my soul to say ok what are you doing?”

“With the insomnia it brought a lot of anxiety and depression because of course when you are not sleeping everything is jacked up right”

“As long as I’m being pro-active in my self-care I feel the healthiest emotionally, mentally and spiritually than I’ve ever been”

“Setting boundaries is part of being assertive and you don’t have to be mean or aggressive when you do it”

“Conflict is inevitable. You are going to have people who don’t agree with you just because they see the world different from you”

“Recognise you’re learning a skill and so don’t beat yourself up. Have grace when you don’t get it ‘right’ and practice is what makes it perfect, if there is such a thing”

“What you need to recognise is that you can’t change another’s behaviour.  What you can do, is you can change your approach and when you change your approach the interaction between the two of you is going to change”

“If you have a relationship with someone who is important to you and you start changing, that kind of freaks them out a little bit. They get afraid they’re going to lose you. They get afraid that it is reflecting back on them and that they need to change… so unconsciously they start ‘pulling at your ankles’”

“Your boundaries help you to keep moving towards your values and towards who you are wanting to be but hopefully you can do it without doing the ‘cut and run’”

“I like to look at boundaries as more than just saying no to things. Boundaries are also about saying yes to the right things”

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Until next time fabulous podcast listener, I’m Bev and I invite you to live the fab life with me now!

Episode Links 

You can find Patti Villalobos at:

Website:  http://www.pattivillalobos.com/

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/PattiVillalobosCoaching/

Brené Brown author of Rising Strong:  http://brenebrown.com/books/