Episode 155: Experimenting with Meditation and Mindfulness - Part 1

<span style='font-weight: 400;'>I don’t have a meditation practice of my own. </span> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>In fact, I’m pretty resistant to it. I have a lot of rules around meditation and I’m pretty rigid in how I think about it. </span></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>But, with all the stress in the world recently and my own anxiety, I thought it might be helpful to revisit meditation. </span></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>Meditation, after all, puts our anxiety front and center. It encourages us to make space for it so that we can soften our feelings of anxiousness and stress. Maybe it could help? </span></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>That’s why I decided that doing an experiment would be a lighthearted and fun way to reintroduce meditation back into my life. Plus, it would be a space for play and exploration rather than rules. </span></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>In this episode, I sit down with my friend Sean McMullin of</span> <a href='https://www.yellowhouse.media'><span style='font-weight: 400;'>Yellow House Media</span></a><span style='font-weight: 400;'>, who is the producer of this podcast, to talk about experimenting with meditation and mindfulness. </span></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>Sean’s been practicing meditation for nine months at the time of recording and is</span> <em><span style='font-weight: 400;'>light years</span></em> <span style='font-weight: 400;'>ahead of me—and he also understands my blocks and resistance to meditation.</span></p> <p><strong>Listen to the full episode to hear:</strong></p> <ul> <li style='font-weight: 400;'><span style='font-weight: 400;'>The moment when Nancy realized that she needed to start adding meditation into her morning routine</span></li> <li style='font-weight: 400;'><span style='font-weight: 400;'>Sean’s experience with daily meditation plus how long his meditations were when he first started and how long they are today</span></li> <li style='font-weight: 400;'><span style='font-weight: 400;'>Nancy