Featuring Jessica Morey.

From "Mind the Moment in Everyday Life...with Jess & Jon."

Watch the recording of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1ws8p8FMo54_y5YXf6UKxREy-B6HzVEj

Join Jessica Morey and Jonathan Roberts every week as they explore viewer questions about how mindfulness can show up for us in the flow of our everyday lives.

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Just the meditation: Three flavors of meditation.

“I also had a baby, and I did not mindfulness my way through that.”

In this episode, Jess and Jon discuss how mindfulness practice can help one to better manage physical or emotional pain and discomfort. Jess leads a guided meditation focused on identifying pain-points in our minds and bodies, so they can then be effectively addressed.

Ice-breakers: 01:00
Question and discussion: 05:19
Meditation: 17:48

Jess recommends several resources from the American meditation teacher Shinzen Young for continued learning:

A concise introduction to Shinzen Young's “Break Through Pain” technique:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7JWzJa96go&t=7s

An in-depth tutorial in which Shinzen Young guides a student through a pain meditation session:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weE4WO48_UU 

Shinzen Young explains his maxim "suffering = pain × resistance":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IU6UbRbJvQ&t=1s

Originally broadcast July 8, 2025.

Join Jessica Morey and Jonathan Roberts every week as they explore viewer questions about how mindfulness can show up for us in the flow of our everyday lives.

Ask us a question! askmtm@point32health.org

Learn how to join these sessions live and experience other free, live-streamed yoga, cardio dance, and mindfulness sessions: https://point32health.org/livingwell

Find out more about Jess: https://jessicamorey.org

This series is also available as a podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mind-the-moment-in-everyday-life/id1771909198

Watch the recording of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1ws8p8FMo54_y5YXf6UKxREy-B6HzVEj

Free mindfulness MP3s: https://soundcloud.com/mindthemoment
Free instructional videos: https://youtube.com/mindthemoment
Free on-demand wellness webinars: https://youtube.com/@LivingWellCommunity
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Contact: mindthemoment@point32health.org

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How can mindfulness practice help us manage pain?

Just the meditation: We start with a resource, a refuge - managing physical or emotional pain.

"The only thing that we found could successfully protect attention was mindfulness training."

In this conversation, we discuss the science of attention, how to pull ourselves back from the edge of distraction, and what Amishi learned teaching the U.S. military to meditate.

See the video of our conversation here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1ws8p8FMo56U8nGK26PFeIxSfk2e88jL

Dr. Amishi Jha is the best-selling author of "Peak Mind: Find Your Focus, Own Your
Attention, Invest 12 Minutes a Day." Her innovative mindfulness-based attention training
program has been used by elite athletes, first responders, and the U.S. military, and
is the basis for Point32Health’s freely available Peak Mind Challenge: https://point32health.org/peakmind

Art and Science of Awareness: Amishi Jha.

"Anything that we want to do and grow starts from tons of compassion, acceptance, understanding, and love."

Am I a good enough parent? What does it even mean to be a good parent in the first place? Can mindfulness help me get out of the place where I'm constantly comparing myself to the other parents on the playground? In this episode, Jess and Jon solicit the help of mindful mother Cara Lai. Later, Cara leads a meditation on focusing on the good stuff present in every moment.

Ice-breakers: 00:49.
Question and discussion: 05:11.
Meditation: 15:26.

Originally broadcast July 15, 2025.

Join Jessica Morey and Jonathan Roberts every week as they explore viewer questions about how mindfulness can show up for us in the flow of our everyday lives.

Ask us a question! askmtm@point32health.org

Learn how to join these sessions live and experience other free, live-streamed yoga, cardio dance, and mindfulness sessions: https://point32health.org/livingwell

Find out more about Jess: https://jessicamorey.org

Find out more about Cara: https://caralai.org
She's got a Substack! https://substack.com/@caralai

This series is also available as a podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mind-the-moment-in-everyday-life/id1771909198

Watch the recording of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1ws8p8FMo54_y5YXf6UKxREy-B6HzVEj

Free mindfulness MP3s: https://soundcloud.com/mindthemoment
Free instructional videos: https://youtube.com/mindthemoment
Free on-demand wellness webinars: https://youtube.com/@LivingWellCommunity
Follow us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/livingwellhphcthp
Contact: mindthemoment@point32health.org

Get down with us and our Mind the Moment in Everyday Life Dance Party Spotify playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7yvGOGBZU9dY3KTUlBetOz

Am I a good enough parent?

Featuring Cara Lai.

From "Mind the Moment in Everyday Life...with Jess & Jon."

Watch the recording of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1ws8p8FMo54_y5YXf6UKxREy-B6HzVEj

Join Jessica Morey and Jonathan Roberts every week as they explore viewer questions about how mindfulness can show up for us in the flow of our everyday lives.

Learn how to join these sessions live and experience other free, live-streamed yoga, cardio dance, and mindfulness sessions: https://point32health.org/livingwell

Ask us a question! askmtm@point32health.org

Just the meditation: What’s good that’s happening right now?

“You’ll get six saunas before I get one conversation pit.”

Why isn't meditating making me feel more blissed out? Though maybe that's not really the point. Could the point actually be...keeping suffering down to a minimum? Later, Jess leads a simple setting practice for softening and uplifting the mind.

Ice-breakers: 00:44
Question and discussion: 05:27
Meditation: 18:54

Jess recommends Inward Bound Mindfulness for folks seeking retreats for the teens in their lives: https://inwardboundmind.org

Originally broadcast July 22, 2025.

Join Jessica Morey and Jonathan Roberts every week as they explore viewer questions about how mindfulness can show up for us in the flow of our everyday lives.

Ask us a question! askmtm@point32health.org

Learn how to join these sessions live and experience other free, live-streamed yoga, cardio dance, and mindfulness sessions: https://point32health.org/livingwell

Find out more about Jess: https://jessicamorey.org

Watch the recording of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1ws8p8FMo54_y5YXf6UKxREy-B6HzVEj

This series is also available as a podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mind-the-moment-in-everyday-life/id1771909198

Free mindfulness MP3s: https://soundcloud.com/mindthemoment
Free instructional videos: https://youtube.com/mindthemoment
Free on-demand wellness webinars: https://youtube.com/@LivingWellCommunity
Follow us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/livingwellhphcthp
Contact: mindthemoment@point32health.org

Get down with us and our Mind the Moment in Everyday Life Dance Party Spotify playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7yvGOGBZU9dY3KTUlBetOz

Why isn't meditating making me feel more blissed out?

Featuring Jessica Morey.

From "Mind the Moment in Everyday Life...with Jess & Jon."

Watch the recording of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1ws8p8FMo54_y5YXf6UKxREy-B6HzVEj

Join Jessica Morey and Jonathan Roberts every week as they explore viewer questions about how mindfulness can show up for us in the flow of our everyday lives.

Learn how to join these sessions live and experience other free, live-streamed yoga, cardio dance, and mindfulness sessions: https://point32health.org/livingwell

Ask us a question! askmtm@point32health.org


Just the meditation: A simple settling practice to soften and uplift the mind.

“We all have pumpkins for minds, and it might be good to have a pumpkin farmer there who can really help grow the crop.”

How do I know if a mindfulness teacher is any good? Though maybe the question should be, How do I know if a mindfulness teacher is right for me in particular? Later, Jess leads a mediation on using the "RAIN" methodology to examine emotions.
 
Ice-breakers: 00:53
Question and discussion: 05:08
Meditation: 14:52

Summary of recommendations: Folks who are interested in approaching mindfulness and its teachers through the lens of Eastern contemplative traditions would be well served to check out the teachers whose lectures are archived at https://dharmaseed.org, or who teach at either the Insight Meditation Society (https://dharma.org) or Spirit Rock Meditation Center (https://spiritrock.org). Folks interested in researching teachers whose backgrounds align more closely with principles of Western psychology may appreciate individuals trained in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) at centers such as those maintained at the University of Massachusetts (https://www.ummhealth.org/services-treatments/center-mindfulness) and Brown University https://professional.brown.edu/academics/mindfulness-education, or who took part in UCLA’s Training in Mindfulness Facilitation https://uclahealth.org/programs/uclamindful/facilitating-mindfulness.

Originally broadcast July 29, 2025.

Join Jessica Morey and Jonathan Roberts every week as they explore viewer questions about how mindfulness can show up for us in the flow of our everyday lives.

Ask us a question! askmtm@point32health.org

Learn how to join these sessions live and experience other free, live-streamed yoga, cardio dance, and mindfulness sessions: https://point32health.org/livingwell

Find out more about Jess: https://jessicamorey.org

This series is also available as a podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mind-the-moment-in-everyday-life/id1771909198

Watch the recording of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1ws8p8FMo54_y5YXf6UKxREy-B6HzVEj

Free mindfulness MP3s: https://soundcloud.com/mindthemoment
Free instructional videos: https://youtube.com/mindthemoment
Free on-demand wellness webinars: https://youtube.com/@LivingWellCommunity
Follow us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/livingwellhphcthp
Contact: mindthemoment@point32health.org

Get down with us and our Mind the Moment in Everyday Life Dance Party Spotify playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7yvGOGBZU9dY3KTUlBetOz

How do I know if a mindfulness teacher is good?

Just the meditation: Exploring emotions (Recognize, Accept, Investigate, Nurture).

Mindfulness isn't something you need to stop your life to do. You don't need to drop everything, pretend you've got all the time in the world, or ignore the things going on around you. Mindfulness is a practice that can lift you up in the midst of the moments of your life, while the moments of your life unfold--and no matter what challenges, opportunities, and joys those moments bring. Since 2005, Mind the Moment has been producing mindfulness content designed to help everyone bring a little bit more mindfulness into their everyday lives. Let us show you how.

Just the meditation: A simple settling practice to soften and uplift the mind.

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