189: How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain & Body with Dr Daniel Goleman
The Melissa Ambrosini Show
Melissa Ambrosini Pty Ltd
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 4 April 2019
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
What if you could revolutionise your life, work and relationships with mindfulness and meditation? Well my friends… you CAN and Dr Daniel Goleman is here to show us how.
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I’m a massive fan of meditation as it has truly changed all facets of my life, which is why I absolutely LOVED chatting with Daniel. Known for his worldwide bestseller, Emotional Intelligence, Daniel is a long time meditator and even spent two years in exotic India studying the ancient systems of psychology and various meditation practices. Based on this research, he penned his first book The Meditative Mind: The Varieties of Meditative Experience which offers an overview of various meditation paths. He talks us through his journey and all the nuggets of wisdom he has learnt along the way, along with sharing the most profound meditation techniques that he has tried and his incredible top tips for anyone starting out. Together, we take you through a powerful meditation that you cannot miss, whether you’re a newbie or well-practiced meditator.
Hit play and settle in with today’s podcast magic to find out how a meditation practice can transform your mind, body and brain, his biggest takeaways from the Dalai Lama himself, and the additions you NEED to add to take your meditation practice to the next level. Plug your headphones and get ready for some serious transformation.
In this episode we chat about:
- His meditation story and how he got to where he is today (07:19)
- The most profound meditation techniques he has tried (10:54)
- How meditation changes your mind, brain and body (12:18)
- Why meditation is imperative for stress reduction (17:15)
- The additions to take your meditation to the next level (18:54)
- The top 3 tips for first time meditator (20:55)
- A powerful meditation we do together (21:59)
- How to inspire, mentor and teach our children (23:28)
- Plus so much more!
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| 0:00.0 | As you guys know, I've written five books and my latest book which I co-authored with my husband Nick Broadhurst. It's called Time Magic, Reclaim your life. It is such a |
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| 0:23.1 | And here is what a few people have said on Amazon as reviews. |
| 0:27.2 | Kim said, I am literally obsessed with this book. |
| 0:29.8 | I can't even put it down. |
| 0:31.0 | I just got it and it resonates with me so much. |
| 0:34.0 | Lulia said it's the perfect book. I love it so much. It covers so many aspects of life besides time. |
| 0:40.0 | It's not a time management book, but it does help free up so much time. I want to keep rereading it and rereading it. |
| 0:45.3 | I had no idea how much I needed this book. |
| 0:48.4 | Sarah said, so many good tips. I've applied many tips and they work wonders. |
| 0:53.2 | Justine said, not what I expected exactly what I needed. I don't think there's |
| 0:59.1 | anything else like this out there. It's truly original. So that's just a few of the reviews on Amazon. |
| 1:06.2 | We would love for you to check it out. You can do so at time magic dot me. |
| 1:19.0 | This is episode number 189 with Dr. Daniel Goldman. |
| 1:25.0 | Welcome to the Melissa Ambrosini Show. |
| 1:27.3 | I'm your host, Melissa, best-selling author |
| 1:30.0 | of mastering your meagull and open wide. And I'm here to remind you that love is sexy, healthy is liberating and wealthy isn't a dirty word. |
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