Success Versus Satisfaction; Dr. Denise Brown

Mindfulness Mode

Bruce Langford

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

4.8 • 541 Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Dr. Denise Brown is a transformative leader who helps women in business learn how to prioritize and avoid maternal overwhelm. With over three decades of experience in healthcare as a physician, CEO and Chief Strategy Officer, Denise S. Brown, MD is a thought leader in self-care activities for women. A graduate of The University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Medicine, with training at Stanford and Vanderbilt, she lives with Alex, her childhood sweetheart of 28 years, and their sons Will and Hank. Listen & Subscribe on: iTunes / Stitcher / Podbean / Overcast / Spotify Contact Info Website: www.TheFairyGodDoctor.com Book: The Fairy God Doctor's Guide to a Good Life: A Prescription for the Working Woman by Denise Brown Most Influential Person My Husband Effect on Emotions Mindfulness gives you the sense that this too will pass. Just like thoughts, emotions come, you acknowledge them and then you let them go. It's only heavy if you keep carrying it. Thoughts on Breathing My husband has helped me with the breathing. He is a big James Nestor fan. I like box breathing. In for four, hold for four, out for four, hold. I find it incredibly calming in all kinds of scenarios. Suggested Resources Book: The Fairy God Doctor's Guide to a Good Life: A Prescription for the Working Woman by Denise Brown Book: Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art by James Nestor Book: Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice by Shunryu Suzuki App: Headspace Bullying Story The mean girls in my neighborhood were bullying me, and I was in my '50s. You'd think it wouldn't bother me by that time, but it did. Mindfulness got me out of it. I felt almost shaky, which was not a thing for me. It was sitting and breathing that helped me. The concept of meditation and breathing really helped me calm down.

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0:00.0	Mindfulness mode. Life doesn't have to be as hard as we make it.
0:07.1	Hey, Mindful Tribe. Welcome back to the show. Today we're talking about motherhood. Today we're
0:12.9	talking about survival, whether you're a dad or a mother, but the book that I just finished reading
0:19.4	is really focused on women and how to survive
0:23.7	and survive in a great, great, positive way. I really enjoyed this book, and I have the author
0:31.4	with me today. It's Dr. Denise Brown. So Dr. Brown, it's great to have you with us. And I'm really excited to talk to you about this book because I really enjoyed reading it.
0:43.3	So tell me this. What does mindfulness mean to you?
0:46.3	Well, you know, it's really interesting in that I think my mindfulness journey has evolved, like everything else.
0:52.3	And now it's at the point where I don't even,
0:55.8	I don't have to be mindful about being mindful.
0:58.1	So that's kind of nice.
0:59.3	That is awesome.
1:00.8	For me, it's just really kind of sinking into the every little bit of things
1:04.5	that are happening all around me and really enjoying them as they come.
1:08.4	And then as they go.
1:09.9	So it took me a lot lot probably a decade plus to get
1:13.2	there, but it's it's kind of all around me now. Well, the first part of your book is talking about you,
1:20.0	your life and and the flow of your life. And I really like the way it was written. And it just made
1:25.9	it so interesting the way you did this. Now, have you been a
1:28.9	writer all your life? Have you done a lot of writing? You know, it's so funny you say that. I don't,
1:34.3	I have not been a writer per se, but I am a talker. And that's actually how I wrote my book. I had
1:43.9	this sort of idea that I would have these sort of seven
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