https://eirenicole.com/wp-content/uploads/ep310-brain-mind.m4a I began this podcast with a 10-day mindfulness challenge. I thought the start of Lent a fitting time to return to it. I encourage you consider using these 10 episodes to begin or renew a habit of mindfulness practice for your Lenten season intention. You might think that a podcast about mindfulness might begin…
read morehttps://eirenicole.com/wp-content/uploads/ep300-Mindfulness-10-Day-Challenge.m4a I began this podcast with a 10 day mindfulness challenge. I thought Ash Wednesday a fitting time to return to it. I encourage you consider using these next 10 episodes to begin or renew a habit of mindfulness practice for your Lenten season intention. How do you react when someone you know makes a…
read morehttps://eirenicole.com/wp-content/uploads/ep206-collision-of-peace.m4a A Collision of Peace As long as some are not at peace, I cannot really know true peace. What brings you peace? Recently, in the field of physics someone developed a simplified (for physicists, anyway) model, or sketch, to describe what happens after particles collide. Nima Arkani-Hamed, a Princeton physicist, discovered a shape that…
read moreAfter the preparation and partaking of Thanksgiving’s feast, I might be forgiven a bit of indolence. Yet, as we shared a veritable bounty in the more-than-sufficient space of our home, the reality that there exists countless others with no home and insufficient nourishment persists. It is an immeasurable gift that I enjoy an overwhelmingly gracious…
read morehttps://eirenicole.com/wp-content/uploads/Episode-7-Taste.m4a Since taste is highly dependent on a sense of smell, some of the experiences of smell are also associated with taste. I am allergic to dairy, but before I knew dairy was a major cause for my chronic bronchitis and pleurisy, ice cream was my go-to treat. So when a soy-based frozen dessert company…
read moreA common phrase I used with my children when they were developing implements for their communication toolbox was, “Use your words; hitting is not ok.” And it was a useful instrument that led to many discussions about how harming another body in such a way communicates a lack of regard for that person. Then, after…
read morehttps://eirenicole.com/wp-content/uploads/episode-0-mindfulness-10-day-challenge.m4a How do you react when someone you know makes a statement with intense conviction – and the thesis of that statement is utterly at odds with your own principles? We are often offended by an alternative viewpoint. It is especially difficult when the person suggesting this other worldview is forceful, unyielding in delivering it.…
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