President and CEO of www.justthrivehealth.com we talk everything Gut Health and how it effects your health both physically and mentally. She is so passionate about health and her business. We also talk about how she has used certain mindfulness techniques to raise her children and lead her family to today. Follow and Like Instagram http://www.instagram.com/mindfulimpactpodcast Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/mindfulimpactpodcast/ This is the place where you’ll discover how to be the most mindfully impactful spouse, parent and career leader you are destined to be. A new expert guest will be on every Monday to discuss topics using mindfulness techniques with family and business leadership. Please review and rate anywhere you listen. Email me justin@justinfrancisco.com

Mandyy Thomas helps people keep more of their money, she’s a financial coach. You will notice right away how passionate she is about this. We discuss how to discuss money and budgets with your spouse. What are money dates? How our parents effected our relationship with money. Practical tips and advice on spending and saving. How the little amounts add up fast. "The quality of your life can be determined by the number of uncomfortable conversations your willing to have." - Tim Ferris Find her on Instagram @mandyythomas Follow and Like Mindful Impact Podcast Instagram http://www.instagram.com/mindfulimpactpodcast Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/mindfulimpactpodcast/ This is the place where you’ll discover how to be the most mindfully impactful spouse, parent and career leader you are destined to be. A new expert guest will be on every Monday to discuss topics using mindfulness techniques with family and business leadership. Please review and rate anywhere you listen. Email me justin@justinfrancisco.com

"Best Doctor in America" 1998-2013. Ronald M. Epstein, M.D. is a Professor of Family Medicine, Psychiatry, Oncology and Medicine at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, board-certified in Family Medicine and Hospice and Palliative Medicine, and author of Attending: Medicine, Mindfulness and Humanity. Internationally recoginzed as the first doctor to bring mindfulness teachings into medicine. We discuss physician burnout. What we need to be aware of as patients. How to bring mindful moments into the workplace. Compassion as a role in being a physician. And much more! www.ronaldepstien.com Follow and Like Instagram http://www.instagram.com/mindfulimpactpodcast Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/mindfulimpactpodcast/ This is the place where you’ll discover how to be the most mindfully impactful spouse, parent and career leader you are destined to be. A new expert guest will be on every Monday to discuss topics using mindfulness techniques with family and business leadership. Please review and rate anywhere you listen. Email me justin@justinfrancisco.com

Gwen brings 17 years of working in research, both in academia as well as large pharmaceutical and small biotech start ups, 12 years of coaching, trauma healing, wellness, sobriety, parenting, executive leadership, corporate elevation, entrepreneurial expansion, and soul medicine, as well as her own intuitive, clairvoyant, and clairsentient gifts to her virtual and in-person sessions. Gwen has a Masters in Spiritual Psychology, is a Usui Reiki Master, a Certified Teacher of David Elliott Breathwork, is currently mentoring in shamanism, and is a mother of two children. 15:07 Being Present and Available for Kids. Gwen discusses her ROSE technique for open communication and bonding with her family. 22:00 Core Values. Gwen talks about the importance of getting crystal clear on what your core values are. Will it be of Honesty, Loyalty, Friendship, or Financial Security. Gwen wants to know what are the core values of her clients so she can support them accordingly. 39:20 Moon Breathing. Gwen explained how breathing works, what are all the types of breathing, all techniques, and benefits. She also discussed that breathing is also aligned in meditation and yoga, and she emphasized how it’s being done. Gwen also touches on Moon breathing around the Lunar Circle, Full Moon Circle, and the New Moon Circle. 51:00 Breathing Helps Anxiety. Gwen talks about anxiety and how breathing is one way to help release these feelings. She talks about real-life client examples. 1:02:30 Collective Consciousness. When it comes to healing or helping with specific illnesses, Gwen talks about the collective consciousness and it’s energy on the ego looking for proof versus moving into the unknown and finding proof into the unknown. https://www.gwendittmar.com/ Instagram @gwendittmar Gwens Breathwork Course https://www.mindbodygreen.com/classes/breathwork?c_pc=GWEN --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/justin-franciso/message Follow and Like Instagram http://www.instagram.com/mindfulimpactpodcast Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/mindfulimpactpodcast/

On this episode of Mindful Impact with Justin Francisco, the host speaks with a purposeful parenting expert Lorena Seidel about creating a parent-child connection and harmony that lasts. They will also talk about proactive tools to address children's dynamic and family issues. 3 Key Points: 1. What parents really wanted is to raise good human beings and have a lifelong connection with their children. 2. Both parents must be on the same page to create a more consistent household, thus, setting clear boundaries with their children. 3. Break the negative cycle by creating positive interactions with your children, thus, creating better strategies to end children's bad behavior. Episode Highlights: 5:10 Lorena learned that at the bottom of it all, people want to be better parents, to raise good human beings, and want to have a life long commotion with their children. 6:20 Daily, parents are fostering relationships with their children in every interaction that they make. 9:27 Research shows that most adults have the maturity emotionally of an 8-year-old. 13:36 Understanding each other's programming as parents is a big piece of parenting. 15:35 Most issues with couples in parenting are being too kind and/or too firm. Then, they end up compensating for one another. 17:30 Parents compensating with each other for being too kind or too firm will end up creating a very inconsistent household with no clear boundaries. 19:07 It is essential to understand the root cause of the sibling dynamics by understanding the impact of adding a child to the family. 20:44 When there's a sibling fight, parents must be neutral and never take sides. 21:30 Taking sides will create the "bully and the victim" mentality thus, developing sibling rivalry. 25:44 Be more proactive rather than being reactive as parents. 27:05 A pro-active tool is having a family meeting at least once a week. 31:16 Start a gratitude practice in a family meeting. 32:30 Know the "bug and wish" of each family member to brainstorm the solution. 36:00 In mindful parenting Lorena recommends, connecting before correcting. 46:45 Children tend to negotiate but stay with the boundaries that you set. 48:25 Give yourself a time-out to calm down and brainstorm a different approach to teach children when you feel guilt and shame. 50:21 Change the mindset, as there's so much power in doing it over again. 50:47 Work on repairing the connection with your children 56:07 Negative interactions such as shaming and blaming create disconnection, thus, creating negative behaviors. 57:27 Break the cycle of negative interactions starting with the inner work to access better strategies (e.g. validating, brainstorming, connecting before correcting, apologizing, etc). Tweetable Quotes: "I live and breathe this topic of parenting because it is not just what I do, but what I studied, it's what I teach, it's my work."- Lorena Seidel "All of us, we learned the love that we live, we learn the parenting that we experienced."- Lorena Seidel "Parenting is one of the jobs that didn't have a strategy. A proactive tool is having a family meeting." - Lorena Seidel Resources Mentioned: Justin Francisco: LinkedIn, Website Lorena Seidel: Youtube, Instagram Follow and Like Instagram http://www.instagram.com/mindfulimpactpodcast Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/mindfulimpactpodcast/

David Wood is an international coach and speaker who teaches executives and entrepreneurs how to have challenging conversations and develop powerful communication skills that enrich their businesses and their lives. He also works with prison inmates to improve their ability to relate to others and build deep human connections. David encourages all of us to have the courage to speak up, express our opinions and take control of our lives. In this episode, Justin talks to David Wood about: [12.03] Having those difficult conversations. David explains how he addressed problematic issues in his past by creating lists of things he had left unsaid and finally finding the courage to say them. [22.17] Speaking his truth. David’s experience of speaking his mind and seeking clarity and resolution to a point of conflict. [30.18] Seeing things from someone else’s point of view. The importance of respecting the other person’s opinion and working towards a shared reality which satisfies both sides. [35.37] The four steps for a successful conversation. David summarizes the key elements of effective communication. [54.06] Emotional aikido. David’s techniques for learning to deal with criticism include taking time to reflect and consider the value of the comments rather than reacting defensively and with anger. Get the free Tough Conversation Blueprint at play for real.life, where you can find out if you qualify for a free discovery coaching session and listen to David’s Tough Conversations podcast. Follow and Like The Mindful Impact Podcast: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mindfulimpactpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mindfulimpactpodcast/ This is the place where you’ll discover how to be the most mindfully impactful spouse, parent and career leader you are destined to be. A new expert guest will be on every Monday to discuss topics using mindfulness techniques with family and business leadership. Please review and rate anywhere you listen. Email me justin@justinfrancisco.com

Dawson Church is the author of several award-winning health books. He is also an expert in natural medicine and holistic healing modalities, a respected researcher, and a specialist in EcoMeditation and EFT, the Emotional Freedom Technique. In this episode, you’ll hear from Dawson Church on, [4.21] Flow states. Dawson discusses how flow states and feelings of elevated mood and transcendence can be accessed through the processes of meditation and acupressure. [6.45] Dawson’s EFT tapping techniques. He explains how fingertip tapping on specific acupuncture points can help release emotional trauma and restore a sense of balance and harmony to the body. [16.52] His EcoMeditation method. Dawson’s easy to follow, seven-step meditation method combines acupressure with breathing techniques and visualizations to enable even novice meditators to achieve heightened states of consciousness. [29.48] Raising consciousness. Dawson recommends letting go of the part of the mind that is concerned with the self and everyday life, and merging, through the practice of meditation, with the all-encompassing love and wisdom of unity consciousness. [44.01] The Bliss Brain. Dawson’s upcoming book examines how certain joy-inducing chemicals, including anandamide, dopamine, and serotonin, are produced during the process of meditation. He explains that a significant and beneficial change in brain chemistry can occur after just eight weeks of regular practice. Links from Website: Dawson’s Website: www.dawsonchurch.com EFT Universe Website: www.eftuniverse.com 7-day Immunity Booster Course: www.eftuniverse.securechkout.com/immunity-booster-program Bliss Brain Book: www.amazon.com/Bliss-Brain-Neuroscience-Remodeling-Resilience The Genie in Your Genes: www.amazon.co.uk/Genie-Your-Genes-Dawson-Church Follow and Like Mindful Impact Podcast: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mindfulimpactpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mindfulimpactpodcast

imageOne President and Co-founder. Speaker. Author. doNothing leadership retreat. We discuss the Importance of Love. Setting family and relationship visions and values. Meditation. EOS entrepreneurship operating system @robdube Twitter https://www.linkedin.com/in/robdube Follow and Like Instagram http://www.instagram.com/mindfulimpactpodcast Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/mindfulimpactpodcast/ This is the place where you’ll discover how to be the most mindfully impactful spouse, parent and career leader you are destined to be. A new expert guest will be on every Monday to discuss topics using mindfulness techniques with family and business leadership. Please review and rate anywhere you listen. Email me justin@justinfrancisco.com