This is Spirit Jim.

Today, Paul is talking with Tom Cronin, founder of the Stillness Project, a global movement to inspire

1 billion people to sit in stillness daily.

Tom discovered meditation in the early stages of his 26-year career as one of Australia's

leading bond and swap brokers when the anxiety and chaos he was

experiencing had hit a crisis point and it completely transformed his world both personally

and professionally. Tom has six books published and produced the hit film, The Portal.

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Hello everybody. I'm sure you heard Penny's beautiful intro about Tom and all of his

great accomplishments. Our topic today is life, a spiritual approach. And I found out about Tom when his publicist sent on an email and when I saw

the list of things he had expertise on, I thought, wow, this guy's perfect for Spirit Jim. So Tom,

welcome to Spirit Jim with Paul Check and all my amazing guests. Well, I'm honored to be here. I'm

looking forward to our conversation today. To begin with Tom, I like my audience to get to know and gain a sense of personal connection

to our guests. So can you share an overview of your life and what shaped you into the person

you are today and how you kind of ended up going down the track you're in and creating

the documentary you have and writing all your books just so we can get a sense of what shaped

you and who is this guy how long have we got so i'll try and keep it very brief i break it down into

three phases i guess one was my phase in childhood where I grew up in a really beautiful, wholesome,

nourishing family environment on a farm. So I had a deep connection with nature, a beautiful

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