Mindfulness mode 97. When we experience adversity and are able to turn it into something valuable,

that's being in a heightened state of mindfulness. Reach new heights of calm, focus, and happiness

on mindfulness mode with me, your host, Bruce Langford. On Mindfulness Mode, we talk about how people from all walks of

life have discovered mindfulness and how it's impacted their lives to help them become more calm,

focused, and happy. Thanks so much for joining us here on Mindfulness Mode. To thank you for listening,

I'll send you a free copy of my book. I teamed up with author Brian Tracy to create our best-selling book called Cracking the Success Code. You'll learn more about my story and how I became an anti-bullying advocate and mindfulness coach. To get the book free, go to mindfulness mode.com slash cracking. Enter your name and email and you'll have the book downloaded in no time. Okay, mindful tribe, let's get started. I'm totally thrilled to have Kim Addis on the line today. Hey, Kim, are you in mindfulness mode? I'm always in mindfulness mode. That's good. Kim Addis is an executive coach, a speaker and writer. Kim uses the powerful tool of

journaling to help her clients access their thought patterns and belief systems. It enables them

to make the necessary changes they need to reach success. Based on these principles, Kim founded her coaching company

called Frame of Mind Coaching. Kim is a regular contributor to several publications, including Forbes

and Choice Magazine. She uses mindfulness every day in her own life and to enable her clients. So Kim, tell Mindful Tribe exactly

what does mindfulness mean to you? It's an interesting question. For me, mindfulness is really

having, being in a state of awareness and being conscious of how you feel, how you think,

and leveraging that to make really smart decisions for yourself.

And part of mindfulness is really around interpretation. So are you interpreting the world

around you in such a way that propels you forward, or are you interpreting the world around

you in such a way that really holds you back. That's a big part of it for me.

And I know that that's not in the definition. If you were to look it up, it would have nothing

to do with interpretation. But for me, that's a huge part of it. It's choosing to interpret

what you see in a way that really serves you. And don't you think we change that interpretation

from day to day and sometimes even from hour to hour?

Sometimes that happens, but sometimes we interpret things the same old way, even if the circumstances and situations are different.

We read things into it that aren't necessarily there.

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