Today we go back to basic in a new style for our podcast with guest, comment, practices and answers to the most basic and wanted questions about mindfulness. Nieta, Pat and Lele today interview Andy Lee asking him the following questions: 1. How do you define mindfulness, what it is and what it isn’t? 2. Aren’t we already aware? What’s the point with mindfulness? 3. How mindfulness makes us more aware, according to what process? 4. How different are you now that are practicing mindfulness for a long time? Enjoy Andy answers and also the final body scan offered by him. Something more about Andy ..read more

This is the last episode of 2023 where Lele and Pat wish all the best to the mindfulness communities and focus on gratitude for the year ending and all the beautiful things that happened to us. The podcast ends with a co-lead breathing practice. Thanks for listening ..read more

Today we talk to Zarin Suchi, IBMer, student of psychology and member of the Mindfulness@IBM community. With Zarin we talk about mindfulness and its connection with the study of psychology. We talk about stress, stress resistance, about the good and bad moments of life and about acceptance and what acceptance has to do with mindfulness. Thanks for listening ..read more

Today we talk to Sean Harvey recurring guest of our podcast and recent author of the book Warrior Compassion written to help men discover the truth of who they are, learn to love the truth of who they are, unearth their inherent gifts, and realize the ways they are meant to contribute in the world. In the podcast we talk about what it means to be a man in our time and why compassion is an important factor to open man to live better with themselves and the world. We talk about the role of mindfulness in it and why it leads to a more compassionate awareness. We cover also some parts of the book ..read more

Today we bring another benefit of the mindfulness practice, peace of mind. So practicing mindfulness leads to getting more chances to pacify your mind. And we talk about it with Ron Francis, IBMer and host of the podcast PeaceLoveMoto (https://www.peacelovemoto.com) With Ron we touch his story into mindfulness and motorbiking, we talk about nature, we talk about our mind and how with the mindfulness practice it can be pacified. Ron is also leading us into a beautiful practice at the end. Thanks a lot for listening ..read more

Today we talk to Fie Jeppesen (Global Culture Lead for Commercial Solution Areas at Microsoft) about mindfulness and in particular another of the benefits of mindfulness that is the ability to regulate stress to respond to stress wisely. We also talk about Fie's experience with mindfulness, about self compassion and we end with a lovely practice. Thanks for listening. More about Fie https://www.linkedin.com/in/fie-jeppesen-6948982 ..read more

Today we talk to Alicja Zalewska-Choma, Senior Lead, Corporate Social Responsibility @Kyndryl that is bringing her knowledge to talk about sustainability and how to deal with the anxiety connected with the climate crisis we are experiencing these days. Mindfulness is in fact a practice that helps to deal better with anxiety and that's what we share in the podcast along with the RAIN practice. Enjoy. This is the first episode of a long series dedicated to the benefits of mindfulness so we can all discover what comes as side effect when we start establishing a daily mindfulness practice ..read more

In this podcast episode, we talk to Akshata Nagesh (Program Lead, Global Delivery Transformation at Kyndryl) With Aks we discuss the benefits of practicing mindfulness in managing emotions to experience exuberant enjoyment of life.  She shares her personal experiences of being short-tempered in the past and how mindfulness helped her become aware of her emotions and gradually learn to control them. She also emphasizes the importance of being kind to oneself and not beating oneself up for past mistakes. Through mindfulness, she has learned to live in the moment, appreciate what she has, an ..read more

Today we talk to Nat Lyckowski (Global Neurodiversity Advancement Leader@IBM) about Neurodiversity, about Neuroinclusion, about the April that is the Neurodiversity Advancement Month. There is a lot that the mindfulness practice can do for Neurodiversity and that's what we talk about today, about awareness, about acceptant and judgment. We talk about the proper language to use and how to approach Neurodiversity so we can all feel good and cooperate together. Thanks for listening ..read more

Today we talk to Raymond, a program lead for projects and engagements in the corporate affairs sustainability team in Kyndryl. Raymond Du Toit shares that he sees mindfulness as a break in things and helps in resetting purpose and the way one looks at things. He believes that mindfulness helps to recreate the harmony missing with nature and exercise like waking up early in the morning and listening to the birds singing helps in building that connection with nature. Raymond thinks that the connection between mindfulness and nature comes in creating peace of mind and awareness of the world aroun ..read more