Meditation, Mindfulness, and ABA with Gia Biscontini: Session 53
The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria
Matt Cicoria
4.8 • 648 Ratings
🗓️ 11 June 2018
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
It seems as if you can't escape the term "mindfulness" these days... and if you're like me, you hear people using that term interchangeably with meditation. Well in Session 53 of The Behavioral Observations Podcast, I chat with Gia Biscontini from W3RKWELL, and she enlightens me about not only the proper use of these terms, but also the benefits one can expect by adopting a consistent meditation practice. I certainly learned a lot in this episode, and Gia may have even convinced me to give meditation a try... Here are the links to some of the resources Gia mentioned: Gia's mini white paper on a behavior analytic view of meditation The book Altered Traits (Goleman & Davidson, 2017) The Center for Healthy Minds Gia's meditation and stress management course, Behavioral Xanax 2.0 (if you're interested in it and want to save 30%, use the promo code Operant). If you enjoyed this episode as much as I did, please take a minute to check out our sponsors for this episode: Chartlytics, realizing human potential through individual behavior change analytics. Click here for a free, newly revised & expanded eBook, a free Type 2 CE, and discount coupons to upcoming training events. Our very own Type 2 Continuing Education offerings. Learn on the go with podcast favorites, Greg Hanley, Mark Dixon, Pat Friman, and more!
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, welcome to session 53 of the Behavioral Observations podcast. |
| 0:05.0 | I am joined today by Gia Biscontini from Work Well and where they make corporate health heroes. |
| 0:14.0 | It's a business that provides services to organizations to help them develop healthy workplace practices. |
| 0:22.3 | And in today's episode, we demystify all things, mindfulness and meditation. |
| 0:30.0 | And when I say we, I really mean GIA, because it's something I really don't know much about. |
| 0:34.3 | In fact, I tell some somewhat embarrassing stories about my feeble attempts |
| 0:38.1 | to meditate. But in this episode, we distinguish the differences between meditation and mindfulness. |
| 0:45.5 | That's something I tend to mess up quite a bit. Gia tells a story about how she got into these |
| 0:52.4 | practices and things like that, as well as |
| 0:55.7 | provides a list of resources. Those resources can be found at behavioral observations.com. |
| 1:03.9 | The show notes are there for session 53. |
| 1:08.3 | And she actually shared with us a little. |
| 1:10.7 | She created like a mini white paper talking about the |
| 1:14.0 | behavior analytic perspective on meditation. And you can download that at behavioral observations.com |
| 1:21.1 | session 53. And it's just a straight download, no emails needed or anything like that. |
| 1:27.4 | Gia also has a course that's available. |
| 1:30.9 | So if you're interested in getting into meditation and mindfulness, |
| 1:37.4 | she has a course called Behavioral Xanax 2.0. |
| 1:41.0 | And she has graciously offered a discount for podcast listeners. |
| 1:45.4 | So that is a 30% discount using the offer code operant. |
| 1:51.3 | Again, all this information is at behavioral observations.com under this episode. |
| 1:58.0 | And I don't want to really delay the interview any further so without any further ado, |
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