Caroline Welch joins the podcast to help us explore the role of mindfulness in our everyday lives, and how presence can be a particularly valuable tool for women.
Caroline Welch joins the podcast to help us explore the role of mindfulness in our everyday lives, and how presence can be a particularly valuable tool for women.
Caroline Welch is the CEO and co-founder of the Mindsight Institute. Mindsight, a term coined by Dr. Dan Siegel, is our human capacity to perceive the mind of the self and others. It’s essentially a kind of focused attention that helps us observe the working of our own mind, and helps get us off of the autopilot of ingrained behaviors and habitual responses.
Caroline’s new book, The Gift of Presence: A Mindfulness Guide for Women, offers a scientifically inspired approach to a simple question: Is there a way for women to live with more calm amid the chaos?
New Book: If you’re interested in Dr. Hanson’s work, you’ll love his new book Neurodharma. It explores the new science and ancient wisdom for being as wise and strong, happy and loving, as any person can ever be.
The breakthroughs of the great teachers are not reserved for the chosen few. Neurodharma shares seven practices for embodying them ourselves in daily life to handle stress, heal old pain, feel at ease with others, and rest in the sense of our natural goodness. By strengthening the neural circuitry of profound contentment and inner peace, you’ll cultivate unshakable presence of mind, a courageous heart, and serenity in a changing world.
With deep research, stories, guided meditations, examples, and applications, Dr. Hanson offers a fascinating, inspiring vision of who we can be – and an effective path for fulfilling this wonderful possibility.
The book comes out May 5th; follow the link to pre-order.
Key Topics:
- 4:00: Aspects of mindfulness that may be particularly important for women.
- 10:00: Pivoting, and why mindfulness can be a valuable aid to making good choices.
- 15:30: Do men and women experience presence differently?
- 18:30: The importance of representation.
- 21:45: Stories from the book that particularly stuck with Caroline.
- 24:15: Multitasking and being “in the moment.”
- 27:00: Pace, and the right to slow down.
- 29:00: Regrets of the dying.
- 32:00: A message to your younger self.
