Mindful X

From right sizing to wise sizing, how do you make your life your own?

Happy Heart Day to you...that's every day, not just when the marketing machines tell you you're supposed to celebrate. You have a heart every day!

Listener Phillip reminded me to get back over here and podcast. This episode is a rundown of what I've been working on. FB groups: Awake After 40 and Gay Men Meditating, my YouTube channel Riding Tides Life Coaching and the blog on my website www.risingtideslifecoaching.com. whew, i'm tired just thinking of it.

The world is made of stories. From the moment you exit the womb, stories are being told. Can you write new ones as needed or do you stay shackled to yours even after reality has changed?

Talking about my facebook community Awake After 40 and apologizing for not creating content for the past month...ooopsie.

Expounding on the last 2 episodes, I look at the worst juggling act of all.

Joy and Sorrow - The dark side

This episode explores the conventional side of joy and sorrow.

Stanza two of the Invitation by Oriah. Can you be a brave fool and pick sustainability over security?

This episode being an exploration of Oriah's poem The Invitation with upacking stanza 1.

Another mediation read out of Stephine Levine's work Guided Meditations, Explorations and Healings. This one goes nicely in order if you have done grounding and soft belly. Loving Kindness meditation extends those energies to yourself, those you love and to the larger world.

This mediation is about softening and letting go in the belly where a lot of armoring and protective measures are held. If it does not feel safe to do so, go back to the previous episode. The meditation there is for grounding and safety only. This meditation is from a book published in the early 90's by Stephen Levine.

This episdoe is a simple guided meditation for grounding and feeling safe and secure. It's dedicated to first responders and anyone who had to be evacuated by choice or cirucmstance and for anyone who was worried about any of those people.

I read The Invitation by Oriah Mountain Dreamer this episode. It is a powerful poem I read in my 20's when it was originally written and though it held power, I had not lived it's reality yet. Coming back to it in my 40's has a deeper resonance to it that I think is valuable for all of us.

Shifting from 'generation x' to 'Life After 40' feels like a right move. We will all be after 40 one day. I also talk about my upcoming meditation class.

This episode is on the lie of Balance and a better, more sustainable option.

Today's episode is a meditation involving 2 different methods of focus. One physical sensation, the other the breath. There's a solid 5 minutes of silence in there where you'll just be focusing on your breath. Do not use this podcast while driving or operating heavy machinery or in some way need to be focused on your external environment.

Today I'm talking about whining, bitching and moaning. All of which are ok as long as you do it with a curious and creative complaining partner.

Today's episode looks at how life is juicy and flowing but we treat it as if it's a fixed entity and make ourselves miserable.

I ramble around the ideas of independence and freedom in this episode and get all Buddhisty and stuff.