Goldie Hawn: Moving in a Direction That Matters

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2019

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Goldie Hawn is an Academy Award-winning actor, director, producer, and activist best known for her roles in films such as Cactus Flower, Private Benjamin, and Death Becomes Her. She created The Hawn Foundation, the nonprofit organization behind MindUP™, an educational program that is bringing mindfulness practices to millions of children across the world. In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Tami Simon speaks with Goldie about her longtime interest in meditation and why it's so important to teach brain basics to kids. They discuss the neuroscience that demonstrates the clear benefits of teaching emotional intelligence, mindfulness, and the basics of brain science to children from an early age—as well as why Goldie is teaching these aspects to her own grandchildren. Finally, Tami and Goldie talk about what it means to differentiate one's true self from the projections of others, as well as why love and family remain Goldie's first priorities in life. (67 minutes)

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0:00.0	Welcome to Insights at the Edge, produced by Sounds True.
0:04.0	My name is Tammy Simon. I'm the founder of Sounds True.
0:08.0	And I'd love to take a moment to introduce you to the new Sounds True Foundation.
0:12.0	The Sounds True Foundation is dedicated to creating a wiser and kinder world by making transformational education widely available. We want everyone to have access to
0:26.8	transformational tools such as mindfulness, emotional awareness, and self-compassion, regardless of financial, social, or physical challenges.
0:39.3	The Sounds True Foundation is a non-profit dedicated to providing these transformational tools to communities
0:46.9	in need, including at-risk youth, prisoners, veterans, and those in developing countries.
0:54.0	If you'd like to learn more or feel inspired to become a supporter,
0:58.0	please visit sounds true foundation.org. You're listening to Insights at the Edge.
1:10.0	Today is a rebroadcast of one of my favorite episodes. I hope you enjoy.
1:16.0	You're listening to Insights at The Edge.
1:19.0	Today my guest is Goldie Hahn.
1:22.0	Goldie Hahn is a director,
1:24.1	director, producer, singer, and critically acclaimed actress.
1:28.4	She has appeared in over 30 films, including butterflies are free, private Benjamin, the Banger Sisters, and
1:38.5	Cactus Flower, a film for which she received The Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress.
1:47.0	Goldie recently appeared in the 2017 film, Snatched, alongside Amy Schumer. on behind Mind Up, Up, an educational program that is bringing mindfulness and
2:05.8	meditation practices to over six million children across four continents.
2:11.4	In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Goldie and I spoke about how she first
2:17.0	became interested in meditation and how she has grappled with claiming her true self versus what other people project onto her.
2:27.0	We also talked about teaching brain basics to kids and some of the most important neuroscientific findings about what creates
2:37.1	emotional resilience in children and how to introduce these brain basics into the classroom.
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