Learn How To Shift; Amy Scruggs

Mindfulness Mode

Bruce Langford

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

4.8 • 540 Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Amy Scruggs has been known in the country music industry for more than 15 years and has opened for many greats including Clint Black, Trace Adkins, Charlie Daniels, Phil Vassar, Little Texas, and many more. From 2009-2012 she was the spokesperson for the American Veterans of California (AMVETS) performing at veteran and military events throughout the state. Amy's career also includes more than 20 years in sales team coaching and received Bestseller on her book “Lights Camera Action” in the fall of 2021. For the past 5 years, she has enjoyed her position as the Host for The American Dream TV on CNBC and other networks along with the former Producer/Host of Veterans One TV and Retiring Right TV. Amy uses her 20 years of experience as a Media Executive, TV host, Recording Artist, Public Speaker, Spokesperson, and Sales Professional, to help others present and communicate a concise and professional message, whether you're on-camera with network TV, ZOOM, podcast, social media or in person public speaking appearance.Her new music was released in 2022 and the single “What if it All Goes Right” is now on radio and charting worldwide including reaching #66 on the Music Row Charts. Listen & Subscribe on: iTunes / Stitcher / Podbean / Overcast / Spotify Contact Info Company: Amy Scruggs Media Website: www.amyscruggsmedia.com Blog: Amy Scruggs' Blog Podcast: In the Spotlight with Amy Scruggs Book: Lights, Camera, Action: Media Coaching for Any Professional in Today's Digital World Most Influential Person David Meltzer Effect on Emotions I don't react to them, I can identify them and go, Oh, this is a fear, oh, this is anxiety, oh, this is a sadness, and then not react to them, identify it, kind of nurture it internally like, okay, you got this, and then go into a little bit more analytical place of what to do with it at the moment. And if I did something I need to deal with maybe I need to give myself those 15 minutes to really feel it. And then go back into activity. What it does is allows me to cancel a negative thought, or to not have my day go off the rails because I got angry or I got sad about something or something that came in that I wasn't expecting, I can really put it in its right place and then reset. Thoughts on Breathing I noticed when I need to stop and take a full breath in. We all tend to do this to the point that when we're busy, like I gotta get this done. Oh, you're panting stop and breathe. Let your brain let your body feel where it's all coming from in the body. Relax into this, then go into the activities. And the breathing I noticed is a big, big deal. Suggested Resources Book: Lights, Camera, Action: Media Coaching for Any Professional in Today's Digital World Book: When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times By Pema Chodron Book: Resilient: How to Grow an Unshakable Core of Calm, Strength, and Happiness by Rick Hanson App: Spotify App: Pandora Bullying Story I was bullied a lot as a kid. I was chased home, spit on, and teased. There was a lot of bullying as a young child and I think if I had been taught mindfulness, I would have realized this wasn't about me, it was about them. It was something broken in them, maybe something going on in their home. I think if I had understood the bigger picture to forgive and let that go; to not just see them as bullies, but see them as individuals that just had brokenness they weren't dealing with, even as children, then I could have not attached those to myself for so many years. I was the choir geek. I was the one that had bad hair and braces. My brother was captain of the football team. He was a senior and I was a freshman. I remember his friends even picking on me or throwing footballs at my head in class. I didn't understand then that mindfulness could have helped me just let it go. Let them go and find their own journey. It'll catch up with them, you just stay true to yourself and evolve. I just want to hug them and say, it's okay. These are

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0:00.0	Mindfulness mode. We don't know what our story is supposed to be.
0:05.0	I'm excited because today I have a guest here who has a wonderful inspiring
0:14.0	country music hit on the playlist and but she's done so much more so so many other things. She's opened for a lot of
0:24.7	great musicians, including Clint Black, Trace Atkins, Charlie Daniels. She's written a couple of books,
0:31.7	which are fantastic. She's inspiring to so many people. She's, her career has included 20 years in sales team coaching.
0:42.3	And she's just done really incredible things.
0:45.3	And so I'm really excited to talk with her today.
0:49.3	I'm here today with Amy Scruggs.
0:51.3	Amy, are you in mindfulness mode today? I am. I actually was up extra early
0:57.5	and just getting into that place to start a new week. You know, we just come off a holiday,
1:02.0	but just I cannot start the day without being mindful or else it could be a train wreck by 4 o'clock.
1:07.5	I know what you mean. Well, tell us, what does mindfulness mean to you, Amy?
1:12.8	I have really, and I would never use the word perfected, but my daily discipline is waking up with
1:20.4	everything I'm grateful for, even that's hard things. So before I even open my eyes, before I check
1:25.8	a phone, before I brush my teeth, I'm saying thank you. Thank you for this roof over my head. Thank you for opportunity. Thank you for blessings. Thank you for lessons today. Thank you for challenges. And I just really try to go into those things that I'm thankful for. If there are certain things that are really difficult, I say I release this in light and love. I'm going to pray for someone's happiness. If there's, you know, an estrangement or something like that and just try to get into that mindful place before I even put my feet on the ground. Then I can start the day. And it doesn't mean the challenges don't come. But at least that's become just, I think, the biggest daily habit. And then I do the exact
2:01.2	same thing when I go to sleep. The last thing I think about when I go to sleep is that same list.
2:05.6	And it's really been an incredible shift to help me adjust to anything that comes at me
2:11.2	throughout the days and weeks. Well, that's inspiring. And, you know, looking at your bio and
2:15.1	knowing about your terrific hit, what if it all goes right? and all of these things, it seems like, wow, this lady's just got it all together. You've had your share of challenges, though, haven't you? And you were a single mom. Tell us about that journey. I was a single mom for a lot of years. And I love that you brought up the title of the
2:34.8	song, What If It All Goes Right? Because it found me and I know it found me. And I joke that it's, it's the anthem to go against the naysayers throughout the years. It said, how are you going to do that? What about this? And what if this fails? And what are you going to do? And, you know, oh, your life has been a series of just a train wreck and all of the,
2:52.4	because some of the negative and, you know,
2:54.1	well-meaning people. you're going to do and and you know oh your life has been a series of just a train wreck and and all
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