Conversations Across Divides; Justin Michael Williams

Mindfulness Mode

Bruce Langford

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

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🗓️ 2 November 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Justin Michael Williams is a distinguished author, speaker, and podcaster who frequently welcomes conversations across divides. His transformative journey has taken him from a childhood marked by the backdrop of gunshot holes outside his bedroom window to sharing the spotlight with renowned luminaries such as Marianne Williamson and Deepak Chopra. His recently published book, co-authored with Shelly Tygielski is called How We Ended Racism.” A Grammy-nominated recording artist, and inspirational speaker, Justin has garnered awards and recognition throughout his career. His extraordinary work has been featured by prestigious publications and platforms, including The Wall Street Journal, Grammy.com, Yoga Journal, Billboard.com, The Root, and SXSW®. Listen & Subscribe on: iTunes / Stitcher / Podbean / Overcast / Spotify Contact Info Website: www.JustinMichaelWilliams.com Book: How We Ended Racism: Realizing a New Possibility in One Generation By Justin Michael Williams & Shelly Tygielski Most Influential Person Frank Fitzpatrick Effect On Emotions Mindfulness has allowed me to stretch my capacity and to allow the waves of emotions to roll through me without me getting thrashed around by those waves. And that alone has saved me from making so many bad choices in my lows and bad choices in my highs to just be able to sit and run with it. Thoughts On Breathing Breathing is one of the first things that I do when I sit down to meditate. I just do a short breathing practice. Whether people are doing breath work or whatever it is, I honestly just like taking a few big deep breaths before I practice. I know the science of it says it just helps regulate the nervous system. For me, breathing is an essential part of, uh, as a healthy mindfulness practice.. Final Advice Well, just love yourselves people. I think right now with everything going on in the world, the ability for us to love others, is really important. And also the ability to really love ourselves and by loving ourselves we expand and open our hearts in deeper ways. And I really believe it's through opening our hearts that we're going to start to solve some of the problems that we're seeing in the world right now. Suggested Resources Book: Sit Down to Rise Up: How Radical Self-Care Can Change the World by Shelly Tygielski Book: Bringing Your Shadow Out of the Dark: Breaking Free from the Hidden Forces That Drive You by Robert Augustus Masters Ph.D. and Lissa Rankin MD Book: How We Ended Racism: Realizing a New Possibility in One Generation By Justin Michael Williams & Shelly Tygielski App: Insight Timer Related Episodes Amplified: Unleash Your Potential With Music; Frank Fitzpatrick The Magic in the Vagus Nerve; Melanie Weller Experience Less Stress By Being Aware of Your Emotions Says Joshua Spodek Are you experiencing anxiety & stress? I’m Bruce Langford, a practicing coach and hypnotist helping fast-track people just like you to shed their inner bully and move forward with confidence. Book a Free Coaching Session to get you on the road to a more satisfying life, feeling grounded and focused. Send me an email at bruce@mindfulnessmode.com with ‘Time Is Right' in the subject line. We'll schedule a call to discuss how you can move forward to a better life.

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0:00.0	Mindfulness mode. By loving ourselves, you know, we expand and open our hearts in deeper ways.
0:08.6	Hey, Mindful Tribe. Welcome to the show once again. Today I'm excited. We're going to be talking about
0:14.7	racism, not always an easy topic to discuss, but very, very important topic to discuss for sure and I'm here with an
0:25.0	author of a book called How We Ended Racism and I think you're just going to
0:32.0	really want to get your hands on this book because it's so well written and such an excellent book and my guest in his
0:41.4	bio he talks about how he grew up with gunshot holes outside of his bedroom window and then
0:48.4	later ended up on the stage with Marianne Williamson, Deepak Chopra, and others.
0:56.3	He's an award-winning author and speaker and a Grammy-nominated recording artist as well.
1:02.0	So I'm really excited to tell you that I'm here today with Justin Michael Williams.
1:07.8	Justin, are you in mindfulness mode today?
1:10.7	I'm in mindfulness mode, Bruce. Thank you so much for that marvelous.
1:14.2	That's fantastic, Justin. Justin, what does mindfulness mean to you?
1:19.2	Oh my gosh. So, you know, my favorite definition of mindfulness, really, when I like really
1:23.6	break down kind of, I guess, the classical definition around paying attention, but with
1:29.6	kindness and compassion, right? And so I, you know, I notice for me how often I pay attention
1:35.2	to things, but are we paying attention to things with judgment and rage and hate, or are we
1:41.2	paying attention to things with an open heart and with compassion.
1:44.5	And so this is what I try to do and aim to share for others to do in my life as much as
1:49.2	possible.
1:50.0	Right.
1:50.5	That makes sense.
1:51.6	So you have been on stage with Deepak, Chopra, and so many others.
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