After an unexpected aneurysm at only 37 years old, Tom spent 2 months in intensive care and a week in a coma. In this episode he tells us about that week and how he held on to life itself.
He talks about visualisations, negative talk from people from his past, refocusing, resilience and dealing with anxiety.

'A week in a coma' - Tom shares his experience

Thoughts on the mindfulness practice of labelling thoughts and feelings. Labelling any planning, memories and fantasy. But what is fantasy?

Thoughts Are Fantasy - The Mindfulness of Labelling Thoughts

Following my Sacred Sons - Embodied Masculine Experience
I created a meditation to bring in the connection with my brothers anytime.
Use this meditation to feel supported and to be able to support other men.

Breath In Your Brothers

Some thoughts on Willy Wonka and how anxiety drives thoughts.

‘Come with me and you’ll be
In a world of pure imagination
Take a look and you’ll see
Into your imagination’

Recorded while I was on holiday a few weeks ago. I couldn’t resist the sounds of waves in the background 🎙️🌊 

Willy Wonka Zombies. Image copyright shutterstock.com/Erin Cadigan

Anxiety And You'll Be In A World Of Pure Imagination

I chat with Joshua Mitcham of Audemic.io 

In this chat we discuss;
- how Audemic is making research papers more accessible
- how making information easier to digest is good for the world
- how spoken word can be made more easy to remember
- the future of virtual assistants 

Huberman Podcast: White noise can improve learning - https://youtu.be/JVRyzYB9JSY?t=2635
Huberman Podcast: hearing a bell during learning and sleep increases learning - https://youtu.be/H-XfCl-HpRM?t=2817

Joshua’s Links
Audemic.io
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuamitcham

Maybe in future Joshua and myself will be able to get together and go through the top AI computers in movies and TV, like HAL9000 from Space 2001, Javis from Iron Man, Joi from Blade Runner, etc.

Podcast Joshua Mitcham Audemic Interview

Interview with Adam Mitcheson and Damien Shiells of my2be.com

my2be.com automate and scale mentoring with their intelligent platform.
Their clients include: Box, Nextdoor, Next-Up, and FreelanceHer 100.
 
In this conversation we talk about:
- Adam's experience of finding a mentor.
- how mentoring can supercharge a company's talent development, diversity and retention.
- how mentoring helps the mentor as well as the mentee.
- how and why they started this company.

STARTUP INTERVIEW: MENTORING PLATFORM MY2BE

Getting unstuck by shaking off frustration.
If a situation or a thought = mood.
then not giving up = not giving in to the mood.
A meditation to encourage you to cast off those doubts and moods that pop up.

Full post: https://www.chris-walton.com/journal/the-battle-is-won-in-the-moments

The Battle is Won in The Moments - a guided meditation for shaking off doubt and frustration

[Hypnotic meditation begins at 1m50s] 
Calling it the inner critic adds even more judgement. 
Rather than fighting or trying to remove the inner critic, rename and repurpose that energy by seeing the Inner Critic as part of the inner guide or the Magician archetype. 

Only listen when safe to relax deeply. Do not listen while driving or operating machinery. 

(Episode webpage: www.fastslow.com/blog/themagicianinnercritic)

The Inner Critic and The Magician - Intro and Hypnotic Meditation

You probably know that life could be better. Let’s explore how! 
I'm Chris Walton. I'm a problem solver and thinker. I'm a relaxation and mindfulness coach, a hypnotherapist (and also start up investor). 
Join me as I explore ideas, motivation, mindfulness hypnosis, plant medicine, dreams, beliefs, resilience, and living with purpose through interviews and meditations. 
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