Unlocking the Power of Mindfulness: Transform Your Life One Story at a Time with Rohan Gunatillake

The One You Feed | Personal Growth, Emotional Resilience & Purpose

Eric Zimmer, The One You Feed

Buddhism, Mental Health, Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Religion & Spirituality

4.5 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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In this episode, Rohan Gunatillake discusses how to unlock the power of mindfulness and transform your life one story at a time. He explores how stories can shift perspectives, the challenges and opportunities in mindfulness apps, and shares ways to integrate meditation into daily life. He also shares insights on making mindfulness accessible, playful, and adaptable, emphasizing community, creativity, and the importance of small, consistent practices for personal growth. The conversation highlights the evolving landscape of modern mindfulness and the value of finding meaning through both story and meditation. Take our quick 2-minute survey and help us improve your listening experience: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠oneyoufeed.net/survey⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Exciting News!!! Coming in March, 2026, my new book, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠How a Little Becomes a Lot: The Art of Small Changes for a More Meaningful Life is now available for pre-orders!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Key Takeaways: Mindfulness and its role in personal growth. The transformative power of storytelling in meditation. The mechanics of storytelling as a tool for insight and perspective shifts. The challenges and opportunities within the mindfulness app industry. The concept of mobile mindfulness and integrating meditation into daily life. The importance of community in sustaining mindfulness practice. The “time problem” and accessibility of mindfulness for busy individuals. The relationship between mindfulness and technology in modern life. The significance of playful and creative approaches to mindfulness practice. Understanding the core techniques of mindfulness to foster flexibility and creativity in practice. For full show notes:⁠ click here!⁠ If you enjoyed this conversation with Rohan Gunatillake, check out these other episodes: Inner Freedom Through Mindfulness with Jack Kornfield Effortless Mindfulness with Loch Kelly By purchasing products and/or services from our sponsors, you are helping to support The One You Feed, and we greatly appreciate it. Thank you! This episode is sponsored by: ⁠Shopify⁠ – The commerce platform that helps you build, grow, and manage your business all in one place. Start your $1/month trial at shopify.com/feed. ⁠Pebl⁠ – an AI-powered platform that helps companies hire and manage global teams in 185+ countries. Get a free estimate at ⁠hipebl.ai Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You may have heard me mention my new book a few times, and I can assure you you will certainly
0:04.7	hear it a few more, but now we are offering some pre-order bonuses. One of them is the still-point
0:11.1	method, which I believe is the only systematic way to interrupt negative thought patterns
0:16.3	often enough for them to change. There's a lot out there about what you should think and not think,
0:22.4	but there's very little that gives you a small and portable system to actually do it. You get the
0:28.8	guide to the method and three free months of a new app designed to help you implement it. There are
0:34.8	other bonuses too. You can learn more and claim them at one you feed.net
0:40.1	slash book. There's lots of people who are interested in mindfulness and the main reason they
0:45.6	don't act upon that interest is the perception they feed. Throughout time, great thinkers have recognized the importance
1:03.0	of the thoughts we have, quotes like garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think, ring true, yet, for many of us, our thoughts don't strengthen
1:12.9	or empower us. We tend toward negativity, self-pity, jealousy, or fear. We see what we don't have
1:20.5	instead of what we do. We think things that hold us back and dampen our spirit. But it's not just
1:26.3	about thinking. Our actions matter. It takes
1:29.4	conscious, consistent, and creative effort to make a life worth living. This podcast is about how
1:35.2	other people keep themselves moving in the right direction, how they feed their good wolf.
1:42.7	Rohan Gunatilica makes a show called Meditative Story, and it's built around something that I've always felt.
1:49.4	Stories don't just entertain us.
1:51.8	They are the way we change what we see.
1:54.6	In our conversation, we talk about what actually makes that possible, why a story can slip past our defenses, why it can open up perspective in a way
2:03.5	advice usually can't, and how the aha isn't always in the big dramatic moment, it's often in a
2:10.3	subtle shift. It's the moment you see something differently than you did before. I shared with
2:16.1	them a small example for my own life of watching
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