Podcast from The Mindstream

What does compassion have to do with mindful leadership? Compassion and empathy are great tools to develop and maintain personal relationships. What happens when leaders encourage the development of compassionate actions in the managerial staff? The leader becomes a visionary. Tune in for a controversial discussion about compassion and empathy in the workplace. Take the Compassion Quiz and get a full transcript handout at The Mindstream Center. This episo...

This podcast is a live, relaxation technique. Imagery you should download and listen to and use while in a safe and comfortable setting. DO NOT LISTEN to this Podcast while driving, operating machinery or anything that requires your full attention. SIT STILL LIKE A MOUNTAIN: What happens when you combine yoga, hiking and meditation? This is our first #relaxationUnderground "on location meditation." We are taking our meditation recordings "on the road." &...

Join Host Janet Doucette for a humorous interview with drone pilot and outdoor enthusiast John Winchell, founder of HEALING THROUGH NATURE. He is also the web portal designer and book editor for her upcoming self-help book GETTING TO GAMMA. Listen to a behind-the-scenes discussion between the writer and her editor as they approach the end of the book production. Janet describes grounding and meditating in nature as necessary elements to the process of re-inventing a s...

Welcome to an interview with the author of Getting to Gamma: A Journey for Those Who Didn't Expect to Take One. This book combines the science of mind-body medicine and biofeedback with the wisdom of meditation. Author and psychotherapist Janet Ware-Doucette discusses the Kickstarter Launch for her new book. Two chapters away from completion, with a resource portal website at https://janetdoucette.com, she discusses the timeliness of this book with the need to r...

This Podcast is a live, relaxation technique. Imagery you should download and use while in a safe and comfortable setting. DO NOT LISTEN to this Podcast while driving, operating machinery or anything that requires your full attention. STRESS RELIEF IMAGERY: Enter a place of peace and contentment far away from stress, worry or frustration. Let the Guide's voice bring you to a serene landscape of inner resources and quietude. RUNTIME 18 minutes Support the show

Most of us believe inner peace is best discovered by removing stress. Since that is pretty difficult to achieve, we reach for anti-anxiety or anti-depressant medications instead. Actually the biochemicals of peace, tranquility, calmness and contentedness are held within your body, just waiting to be activated. In this short podcast learn two things you can do each day that will help your body release those chemicals dependably. Our bodies have a secret ability....

There are a great deal of confusing ideas about mindfulness; what it is and what it is not. Listen to this "splash" in The Mindstream discussion about mindfulness meditation. As any good medicine, informed consent means learning about the side effects. In this case, compassion, patience, wellbeing and clarity are both benefits and side-effects of developing your observer mind. Enjoy :) Janet Support the show

From a mind-body perspective, strong emotions can be a guide to a greater sense of awareness. We all look forward to comfortable emotions like happiness and affection. We like to push away uncomfortable feelings like sadness, fear or anger. Listen to a discussion that reveals the wisdom behind "feeling" your feelings. Enjoy Janet Support the show

Over the years I have heard meditation referred to as "soft science." But that is no longer true. Many research studies have been looking into the various forms of meditation and examining its effects on the human mind and body. As a psychotherapist and biofeedback specialist who has utilized meditative techniques with my clients for over twenty years, I am fascinated by what we have learned. Return often to the Podcast at The Mindstream and discover what we are lear...