Technically Spiritual

What in a digital age is detrimental to our ultimate well-being and what can we do about it?➡️ From manipulative tech to mindful tech➡️ From doubt to self-worth and self-inquiry➡️ From reeling to finding the methods that cultivate ultimate collective joy, healing, and presence in a DIGITAL age…Tune in for the origin stories of Technically Spiritual as interviewed by Louise Stephenson of the Failing to Succeed Podcast.---Visit our website for the show notes and more! Sign up for the Newsletter to join our community (and get a free meditation!).For business or team leaders who want to boost productivity and happiness on their teams, visit https://www.technicallyspiritual.com/corporate-services to learn about our mindfulness programming.Follow Technically Spiritual on Instagram :)Free corporate meditation for listeners: mention "15 Team" in the subject line: https://www.technicallyspiritual.com/contactPlease leave a rating & review! It really does help!

In a world that often measures our worth by our professional achievements, it's crucial to recognize that our value extends far beyond our careers. I gathered with community in Brooklyn, New York for this live podcast panel discussion around our current digital age, productivity, and well-being.We discussed who we are outside of what we do. How can we ensure that we are holistic individuals who love ourselves and others regardless of our productivity and job titles? What practices can help us grow in other areas outside the workspace, and how can we remain happy and proud of ourselves even in seasons where we are not outwardly "winning"?This event was a much-needed reminder that NONE OF US ARE ALONE in society, as isolated as we may feel or be. Societal norms around work can make us feel worthless — remember that you are enough simply because you are. Nothing else, just being.Moderators:  Prerna Manchanda & Pennie AnassiPanelists: Jaconna Jacobs, Julius Stukes Jr, Anthony Duncan, & Liz Beecroft If you made it in person, thanks for coming out. More events and talks are always in the works- be sure to join the newsletter to stay up to date.---Visit our website for the show notes and more! Sign up for the Newsletter to join our community (and get a free meditation!).For business or team leaders who want to boost productivity and happiness on their teams, visit https://www.technicallyspiritual.com/corporate-services to learn about our mindfulness programming.Follow Technically Spiritual on Instagram :)Free corporate meditation for listeners: mention "15 Team" in the subject line: https://www.technicallyspiritual.com/contactPlease leave a rating & review! It really does help!

Redefining Gratitude in a Complex, Painful WorldPrivilege, coercion, and the cultural markers that change what gratitude means to everybody.---Visit our website for the show notes and more! Sign up for the Newsletter to join our community (and get a free meditation!).For business or team leaders who want to boost productivity and happiness on their teams, visit https://www.technicallyspiritual.com/corporate-services to learn about our mindfulness programming.Follow Technically Spiritual on Instagram :)Free corporate meditation for listeners: mention "15 Team" in the subject line: https://www.technicallyspiritual.com/contactPlease leave a rating & review! It really does help!

The art of conversation isn’t lost, it’s just different.In our increasingly interconnected world, where messaging apps and social media platforms are at the forefront of our lives, the art of conversation has taken a digital twist....In this episode we explore why it hurts so much when people don't text back and what can we do to maintain healthy relationships and ensure digital wellbeing in our hyper-connected lives.---Visit our website for the show notes and more! Sign up for the Newsletter to join our community (and get a free meditation!).For business or team leaders who want to boost productivity and happiness on their teams, visit https://www.technicallyspiritual.com/corporate-services to learn about our mindfulness programming.Follow Technically Spiritual on Instagram :)Free corporate meditation for listeners: mention "15 Team" in the subject line: https://www.technicallyspiritual.com/contactPlease leave a rating & review! It really does help!

What happens when you remove ALL external stimuli from your mind?No phonesNo speakingNo writingNo readingOnly Vipassana meditation: insight, internal seeing, seeing things as they really are, mindfulness. Tune in to see what it was like, and if a meditation retreat is right for you.---Visit our website for the show notes and more! Sign up for the Newsletter to join our community (and get a free meditation!).For business or team leaders who want to boost productivity and happiness on their teams, visit https://www.technicallyspiritual.com/corporate-services to learn about our mindfulness programming.Follow Technically Spiritual on Instagram :)Free corporate meditation for listeners: mention "15 Team" in the subject line: https://www.technicallyspiritual.com/contactPlease leave a rating & review! It really does help!

Contentment, self worth, truth, and the power of a mindful pause… These are all the things we’ll explore when confronting 2 sides of the same coin: perfectionism & procrastination. Tune in for a real look at how these 2 beasts fuel and reinforce one another, why, and what we can do about it in order to access more awareness, presence, and ultimately contentment in our daily life.---Visit our website for the show notes and more! Sign up for the Newsletter to join our community (and get a free meditation!).For business or team leaders who want to boost productivity and happiness on their teams, visit https://www.technicallyspiritual.com/corporate-services to learn about our mindfulness programming.Follow Technically Spiritual on Instagram :)Free corporate meditation for listeners: mention "15 Team" in the subject line: https://www.technicallyspiritual.com/contactPlease leave a rating & review! It really does help!

The mental health crisis in the U.S.: What is it, how did we get here, where’s the progress, and what can we do now?In this episode we sit down with political organizer and founder of the Good Life Movement: Andrew Frawley. Tune in for an exploration of mental illness, its causes, what societal structures exacerbate it, how solutions lie in community action, and how we can measure wellbeing to demand mental health prioritization from government policy.---Visit our website for the show notes and more! Sign up for the Newsletter to join our community (and get a free meditation!).For business or team leaders who want to boost productivity and happiness on their teams, visit https://www.technicallyspiritual.com/corporate-services to learn about our mindfulness programming.Follow Technically Spiritual on Instagram :)Please leave a rating & review! It really does help!

50% of AI experts believe there is a 10%+ chance that future AI systems will lead to human extinction.… What?In this episode we explore the latest in AI and ChatGPT technology, with the help of loads of research, and especially the dangers posed by such quick technological progress. What’s safe? What’s ethical? What’s predictable? Who measures and monitors? Who gets hurt? Tune in for a real deep-dive, no fear-mongering, and realistic “what now?”---Visit our website for the show notes and more! Sign up for the Newsletter to join our community (and get a free meditation!).For business or team leaders who want to boost productivity and happiness on their teams, visit https://www.technicallyspiritual.com/corporate-services to learn about our mindfulness programming.Follow Technically Spiritual on Instagram :)Please leave a rating & review! It really does help!

I am a huge advocate for silence.I know that transformation happens when we are still: we let ourselves move from doing to being, and we make space. Practicing silence helps us be more grounded, mindful, and present. However, this practice of silence is not the end-goal in all spaces. In many spaces, we actually need to be speaking up more, especially against injustices.In this episode we’ll break down learning one’s proximity to power, when and how to use your voice, the importance of silence, and more. ---Visit our website for the show notes and more! Sign up for the Newsletter to join our community (and get a free meditation!).For business or team leaders who want to boost productivity and happiness on their teams, visit https://www.technicallyspiritual.com/corporate-services to learn about our mindfulness programming.Follow Technically Spiritual on Instagram :)Please leave a rating & review! It really does help!

Welcome! This series introduces listeners to what meditation is and how to practice. And if you’re not a meditation beginner, it’s also a great way to re-ignite your practice in the new year.For each week of January, we’ll review a different foundational topic followed by an introductory guided practice (but you don’t have to do them in order!).Today we'll discuss:Why is it important to focus on body? How the body helps us get to know ourselves in a deep and intimate wayIt’s an intimate gift to tune into the bodyThis is a body scan meditation and can be done lying down as well!And this practice can be used to help you fall asleep :)You can always find more about meditation on the podcast, on the blog at https://www.technicallyspiritual.com/blog, and for business or team leaders who want to boost productivity and happiness on their teams, visit https://www.technicallyspiritual.com/corporate-services to learn about our mindfulness programming.Meditation and mindfulness is about so much more than just the moments you do something like listen to this episode. It’s a practice that takes times to integrate, to explore, to address emotional challenges, and fold into our daily lives. I’m so glad you’re starting (or continuing) here with me.---Visit our website for the show notes and more! Sign up for the Newsletter to join our community (and get a free meditation!).Follow Technically Spiritual on Instagram :)Please leave a rating & review! It really does help!

Welcome! This series introduces listeners to what meditation is and how to practice. And if you’re not a meditation beginner, it’s also a great way to re-ignite your practice in the new year.For each week of January, we’ll review a different foundational topic followed by an introductory guided practice (but you don’t have to do them in order!).Today we'll discuss:Why do we choose the breath as the point of focus in meditation? Practice is about cultivating presence, how the breath helps us get there.How to breathe in a meditation practiceYou can always find more about meditation on the podcast, on the blog at https://www.technicallyspiritual.com/blog, and for business or team leaders who want to boost productivity and happiness on their teams, visit https://www.technicallyspiritual.com/corporate-services to learn about our mindfulness programming.Meditation and mindfulness is about so much more than just the moments you do something like listen to this episode. It’s a practice that takes times to integrate, to explore, to address emotional challenges, and fold into our daily lives. I’m so glad you’re starting (or continuing) here with me.---Visit our website for the show notes and more! Sign up for the Newsletter to join our community (and get a free meditation!).Follow Technically Spiritual on Instagram :)Please leave a rating & review! It really does help!

Welcome! This series introduces listeners to what meditation is and how to practice. And if you’re not a meditation beginner, it’s also a great way to re-ignite your practice in the new year.For each week of January, we’ll review a different foundational topic followed by an introductory guided practice (but you don’t have to do them in order!).Today we'll discuss:Clearing the mind is the most common misconception around meditationPrerna demystifies the process of thinking in a meditation practiceShe offers a technique of mental noting to help identify less with the thoughtsThis isn’t a process of analysis or doing, it’s a practice of beingYou can always find more about meditation on the podcast, on the blog at https://www.technicallyspiritual.com/blog, and for business or team leaders who want to boost productivity and happiness on their teams, visit https://www.technicallyspiritual.com/corporate-services to learn about our mindfulness programming.Meditation and mindfulness is about so much more than just the moments you do something like listen to this episode. It’s a practice that takes times to integrate, to explore, to address emotional challenges, and fold into our daily lives. I’m so glad you’re starting (or continuing) here with me.---Visit our website for the show notes and more! Sign up for the Newsletter to join our community (and get a free meditation!).Follow Technically Spiritual on Instagram :)Please leave a rating & review! It really does help!

Welcome! This series introduces listeners to what meditation is and how to practice. And if you’re not a meditation beginner, it’s also a great way to re-ignite your practice in the new year.For each week of January, we’ll review a different foundational topic followed by an introductory guided practice (but you don’t have to do them in order!).Today we'll discuss:What you need to get started with meditation You can stop, drop, and meditate - where and how you are right now (unless you’re driving)Meditation is all about being present and accepting what’s here right nowYou can always find more about meditation on the podcast, on the blog at https://www.technicallyspiritual.com/blog, and for business or team leaders who want to boost productivity and happiness on their teams, visit https://www.technicallyspiritual.com/corporate-services to learn about our mindfulness programming.Meditation and mindfulness is about so much more than just the moments you do something like listen to this episode. It’s a practice that takes times to integrate, to explore, to address emotional challenges, and fold into our daily lives. I’m so glad you’re starting (or continuing) here with me.---Visit our website for the show notes and more! Sign up for the Newsletter to join our community (and get a free meditation!).Follow Technically Spiritual on Instagram :)Please leave a rating & review! It really does help!

Your voice is your first inheritance. Words are the vibrations that alchemize our thoughts, self, and expression into the physical, shared world. By becoming more mindful about our thoughts, our intention, and how our voice is the first outward expression of our inner selves, we quite literally change the way we exist physically in this world. And, we become more confident because we practice trusting the communication between our mind and our body. We talk about all this and more with world-renowned TedX speaker and founder of MindBodySpeak, Marshall Davis Jones.

Gratitude isn’t always simple. Where the line is for toxic positivity and transactional relationships? How can we cultivate gratitude in an authentic way? Tune in for Prerna's take!

Impostor experiences are not a syndrome, but a human experience borne from searching for belonging and worthiness.How can we help this incurable phenomenon through mindfulness?How do Competence and Confidence affect each other?How does social media propel Impostor Phenomenon?We explore all this and more in this Episode with scientist, professor, and author, Dr. Marc Reid.

Teens are primed to spend 30 years of their life online, and it’s already been negatively impacting everyone’s brain chemistry. In this ep we talk all things teen mental health and digital habits with Larz from #HalfTheStory– Plus, of course, how to make positive changes moving forward.Visit our website for the show notes and more! Sign up for the Newsletter to join our community (and get a free meditation!).Follow Technically Spiritual on Instagram :)Please leave a rating & review! It really does help!About Larz: Larissa May (Larz) is a mental health advocate and founder of Half the Story - A globally recognized digital wellness nonprofit on a mission to empower the next generation’s relationship with technology through advocacy, education, research, and international events like “The Global Day of Unplugging.”

Is a consumer-focused “zero waste lifestyle” the solution to environmental destruction? No… and yes. In this episode, Prerna interviews Anne-Marie Bonneau, sustainability activist and author of The Zero Waste Chef about environmental justice, realistic sustainability goals, and activist mental health.The two discuss who is truly responsible for saving the planet, and how corporations across industries (like Big Food AND Big Tech) have the same tendency to divert responsibility for collective well-being.Visit our website for the show notes and more! Sign up for the Newsletter to join our community (and get a free meditation!).Follow Technically Spiritual on Instagram :)Please leave a rating & review! It really does help!About Anne-Marie: Cookbook author, blogger, fermenter and sourdough baker Anne-Marie Bonneau has lived plastic-free since 2011. Through social media, her blog and her book, The Zero-Waste Chef: Plant-Forward Recipes and Tips for a Sustainable Kitchen and Planet, Anne-Marie shows others how reducing their trash not only benefits the planet but also satisfies their taste buds, improves their well-being and boosts their bank accounts. A Canadian transplant, she has two grown daughters and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and sourdough starter, Eleanor.

Prerna leads a mindfulness meditation practice to offer some peace, relaxation, and healing- something we could all benefit from in a week of so much devastating news and the unnatural urgency created by our feeds.  Give a moment back to yourself by listening; we cannot heal the world without also healing ourselves. This practice can be done seated or lying down. Visit our website for the show notes and more! Sign up for the Newsletter to join our community (and get a free meditation!).Follow Technically Spiritual on Instagram :)Please leave a rating & review! It really does help!

Unlike the mind, our bodies almost always exist in the present. This mini-episode discusses how to tune into our bodies in order to cultivate presence, why this is important when communicating and connecting with others.Visit our website for the show notes and more! Sign up for the Newsletter to join our community (and get a free meditation!).Follow Technically Spiritual on Instagram :)Please leave a rating & review! It really does help!