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Mindfulness Mode

494 Live A Well Designed Life Using Design Thinking; Dr. Kyra Bobinet

Mindfulness Mode

Bruce Langford

Health & Fitness, Health & Fitness:alternative Health, Religion & Spirituality, Education, Spirituality, Self-improvement, Alternative Health

4.8541 Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Kyra Bobinet is the CEO and founder of a neuroscience-based design firm called EngagedIn. This organization specializes in behavior change by bridging the gap between what people want to do and what they actually do. Dr. Bobinet is the author of “Well Designed Life: 10 Lessons in Brain Science and Design Thinking for a Mindful, Healthy, & Purposeful Life”.  She has founded several healthcare start-ups, and has designed behavior change programs, billion-dollar products, and mobile health apps. All of her designs, whether for at-risk teens or seniors, are rooted in the belief that true caring is our greatest value. Listen & Subscribe on: iTunes / Stitcher / Podbean / Overcast / Spotify Contact Info Company: engagedIN Website: DrKyraBobinet.com Blog: https://www.drkyrabobinet.com/blog Book: Well Designed Life by Dr. Kyra Bobinet Most Influential Person Sylvia Gretchen, her mindfulness teacher Effect on Emotions “What I think the value of mindfulness is, is that, I know when I'm having negative emotions.” “I can do something to slow down, go outside, or take a deep breath.” Thoughts on Breathing “I learned that we breathe so shallowly as modern people.” Suggested Resources Book: Well Designed Life by Dr. Kyra Bobinet Book: The Miracle of Midfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh App: Samsara Bullying Story “My mindfulness alarms are going off when I realized that there was a group of young people collecting. It's not a good sign after school.” “They had one girl that was being bullied by the other girls and I rushed out of my car all the way down and started screaming at them: Stop it!” “It broke it up, and the girl was protected.” Free Gift Thinking of launching your own podcast? You’ll need a host, a place to upload your episodes. Podbean is awesome. Podbean is built specifically for podcasters, been around for 10 years and the pricing is super competitive. It’s $9 a month, no matter how much content you upload and they have great stats as well. You can help support Mindfulness Mode AND get a month of free hosting with my affiliate link. Go to www.Podbean.com/PodbeanMM

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0:00.0

Mindfulness mode 494. Design or be designed. Like life will design you whether you like it or not,

0:07.5

and you might as well take control of that. Welcome to mindfulness mode. I'm Bruce Langford,

0:14.0

your host. And I just want to ask you, have you ever thought of launching your own podcast?

0:19.9

Podbean is a great host.

0:22.0

It's a place where your podcast lives.

0:24.7

I've been with Podbean for a long time and they've been around for 10 years.

0:29.9

The pricing is competitive.

0:31.4

It's about $9 a month no matter how much content you upload.

0:35.0

And they have great stats as well.

0:39.8

You can help support the Mind mode podcast and get a month free of hosting using my affiliate link just go here go to pod bean

0:47.8

dot com slash pod bean m m and m of course for mindfulness mode. So let's get on with today's

0:57.6

episode. Sit back, relax, and enjoy today's interview.

1:06.0

Hey, Mindful Tribe, my guest today has three words of advice, be caring, authentic, and useful.

1:15.7

She's the CEO and founder of Engaged In, and she has devoted her life to helping people crack the code of how, what, and especially why we engage. I have Dr. Kyra Bobinette with me today.

1:32.7

Dr. Bobinette, are you in mindfulness mode today? I am definitely in mindfulness mode,

1:37.4

Jay Bruce. Thank you. It is so wonderful to have you on the show. I'm really excited about this.

1:43.5

And I just want to start with this, Dr.

1:46.2

Bobinette. What does mindfulness mean to you? Yeah. So for me, I can't get away from the

1:52.2

neuroscience of it. To me, it means that, you know, there's this mode. Our brain is in normally

1:58.0

at default mode and, you know, we're ruminating, ruminating, ruminating,

2:01.9

ruminating. Mindfulness is the way to like disrupt that otherwise problematic pastime of the brain

2:09.3

and to really take executive control, as it's called, of your experience.

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