TD's sister, cousins and great niece Leilani's mom, Amberly & TD Leilani & TD Week 48 - Think Like a Child You can listen to this on my podcast (7:01 mins) - or my YouTube channel In the US, the holiday season has officially starhttps://youtu.be/4Ri1xSVgqcAted. Over the weekend my hubby, TD and I were [...]
Week 47 - What are You Practicing? You can listen to this on my podcast (5:58 mins) - or my YouTube channel In episode 39 - Gratitude is an Attitude and a Practice - I shared that enhanced optimism, better sleep and lower levels of anxiety and depression are a few of the benefits of practicing gratitude. Did you also [...]
Week 46 - Hygge and New Things! You can listen to this on my podcast (6:30 mins) - or my Youtube channel Last week the topic was How Do You Hygge? - about practicing hygge…in short, taking time to enjoy life’s pleasures including spending time with those you love. This week it’s about that and being adventurous. Trying new things has been a [...]
Week 45 - How do you Hygge? You can listen to this on my podcast (6:33 mins) - or my Youtube channel Have you heard of the Danish practice called Hygge? Hygge (pronounced HOO-ga) is the Danish concept of cozy comfort that brings happiness and contentment. I just love the sound of that. The article - Pouring From and Empty Cup? Three ways to [...]
Click here to listen to the meditation Week 44 - Self-Confidence is Like the Weather You can listen to this on my podcast - 5:50 mins or my YouTube Channel When I wrote my book, Why Struggle? life is too short to wear tight shoes, I wanted it to be a reference for myself and for others. I envisioned someone picking up [...]
Click here to listen to the meditation Week 43 - Self-Love is A Practice You can listen to this on my podcast - 5:17 mins or my YouTube Channel My mission is to share my voice to heal, educate and inspire. I have learned that for me self-love is practice, like most of life. My mom used to tell me to [...]
Week 42 - Open Mind? My dish cloth You can listen to this on my podcast - 7:05 mins or my YouTube Channel My Grandma Honey taught me to crochet when I was young, not sure what age exactly, I suspect about 10 years old. I've crocheted on since the 80's. In 2009 I discovered Creative Expressions Crochet Group, a monthly [...]
Week 41 - Just Breathe CLICK HERE FOR THE MEDITATION You can listen to this on my podcast - 10:30 mins or my YouTube Channel “Autumn is about to show us how beautiful it is to let things go.” - Anonymous I'm letting go of resistance more and more these days. Reminding myself that it is important to rest, relax, and [...]
Week 40 - Not One and Done https://youtu.be/OWyso_tpoiE?si=72zNfnl3yg5wZ4mp You can listen to this on my podcast - 6:22 mins or my YouTube Channel September was Self-Care Month and we are now in another month. While self-care month is over taking good care of yourself is not a one and done situation. How many things can you think of that are one and [...]
Week 39 - Gratitude as a Practice is Self-Care https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4M9xd90BiTo You can listen to this on my podcast - 7:30mins or my YouTube Channel Week 39 - Gratitude as a Practice is Self-Care My mission is to use my voice to heal, educate and inspire by sharing tools to help people live life better. I have embraced gratitude as an attitude [...]
Week 38 - Breathing Space https://youtu.be/Zxns1OFvH3E You can listen to this on my podcast - 10:31 mins or my YouTube Channel Greetings! I’m Barbara J. Faison, Your Meditation Ambassador, and if you are new here, welcome! In January I started a weekly newsletter which also serves as a blog post on my website, barbarafaison.com and the audio is my podcast called the Why [...]
Week 37 - Slow Down You can listen to this on my podcast - 7:27 mins or my YouTube Channel Greetings! I’m Barbara J. Faison, Your Meditation Ambassador, and if you are new here, welcome! In January I started a weekly newsletter which also serves as a blog post on my website, barbarafaison.com and the audio is my podcast called the Why Struggle [...]
Week 36 - Sharing Your T.A.G.S. You can listen to this on my podcast - 7:27 mins or my YouTube Channel Greetings! I’m Barbara J. Faison, Your Meditation Ambassador, and if you are new here, welcome! In January I started a weekly newsletter which also serves as a blog post on my website, barbarafaison.com and the audio is my podcast called the Why [...]
Week 35 - Take Three or Ten You can listen to this on my podcast - 7:43 mins Greetings! I’m Barbara J. Faison, Your Meditation Ambassador, and if you are new here, welcome! In January I started a weekly newsletter which also serves as a blog post on my website, barbarafaison.com and the audio is my podcast called the Why Struggle podcast with [...]
Week 34 - Stress Relief Breath Practice You can listen to this on my podcast - 8:41 mins Greetings! I’m Barbara J. Faison, Your Meditation Ambassador, and if you are new here, welcome! In January I started a weekly newsletter which also serves as a blog post on my website, barbarafaison.com and the audio is my podcast called the Why Struggle [...]
Terri Nicole, Barbara Terri, Icesis, Anana, Barbara Anana, Jamie, Icesis Anana, Bonnie, Barbara Week 33 - Finding JOY! You can listen to this on my podcast - 8:41 mins Enjoy a few clips of us dancing here. Greetings! I’m Barbara J. Faison, Your Meditation Ambassador, and if you are new here, welcome! In [...]
La (hat) Cicely, Kym's daughter Kym Kennedy Wazuri cosmetics Week 32 - Appreciating & Celebrating You can listen to this on my podcast - 7:43 mins Greetings! I’m Barbara J. Faison, Your Meditation Ambassador, and if you are new here, welcome! In January I started a weekly newsletter which also serves as a blog post [...]
April Faison, my niece Daisy Mugford, Hiking Guide, WAWA Part of the group Terri Nicole Shelley Danzy Week 31 - More New Things! You can listen to this on my podcast - 8:00 mins Greetings! I’m Barbara J. Faison, Your Meditation Ambassador, and if you are new here, welcome! In January [...]
https://youtu.be/GT-iYnZBEEM CHECK OUT THE NATIONAL MEDITATION PLAYLIST ON YOUTUBE Week 30 - Knowing What's Missing You can listen to this on my podcast - 7:45 mins When I woke up on Sunday morning, I felt a little off, like something was missing. I’m doing my daily meditation, mindfulness, trying new things and other practices. Still, something didn’t feel right. It’s been [...]
CHECK OUT THE NATIONAL MEDITATION PLAYLIST ON YOUTUBE Week 29 - What do You Believe? You can listen to this on my podcast - 6:36 mins What do you believe about yourself? Your abilities? Your family? Your beliefs are like seeds planted in soil – when nourished in the proper environment, seeds grow into beautiful foliage. As children, our belief system [...]
CHECK OUT THE NATIONAL MEDITATION PLAYLIST ON YOUTUBE Week 28 - Celebrating Being On the Road Again! You can listen to this on my podcast (10:42 mins) Remember the song On the Road Again by Willie Nelson? If you don’t Google it. lol That’s how I felt on Saturday. A few of the lyrics are: I can't wait to get on the road again [...]
Week 27 - New Things Again with Old Friends CHECK OUT THE NATIONAL MEDITATION PLAYLIST ON YOUTUBE You can listen to this on my podcast (8:09 mins) I met Regenna London in 1995 when I was doing some freelance writing. Didn’t know that, did you? Ha ha… Gotta keep you guessing. At the time she was co-owner of The Source [...]
Week 26 - Music and Lasting Friendships You can listen here - 6:46 mins CHECK OUT THE NATIONAL MEDITATION PLAYLIST ON YOUTUBE You can listen to this on my podcast (6:46 mins) On Friday night I met two friends, Bonnie and Jartu at Volare Bistro for dinner. The food was delicious. We laughed so much thinking about how much fun we had dancing [...]
Week 25 - My M.A.P. You can listen here - 9:14 mins CHECK OUT THE NATIONAL MEDITATION PLAYLIST ON YOUTUBE Dear God, what positive, creative, constructive, thought, word, attitude, or action is the next step to move us forward in life? This is the prayer my husband, TD, and I say before he goes to work at oh dark 30. [...]
Kym & Artis Terri Nicole Week 24 - More New Things? You can listen here - 6:22 mins CHECK OUT THE NATIONAL MEDITATION PLAYLIST ON YOUTUBE I’m back reminding you to try and do new things. In week 14 I shared my Float Spa experience, you can check that out on my blog at barbarafaison.com. This weekend [...]
Week 23 - It's June, What's Next? You can listen here - 5:37 mins CHECK OUT THE NATIONAL MEDITATION PLAYLIST ON YOUTUBE Well, May is a wrap! Can you believe it? We are almost half way through 2023! So now that National Meditation Month and Mental Health Awareness Month are over, what’s next? How do you continue if you started doing [...]
Week 22 - How's Your Journey Going? You can listen here - 5:15 mins CHECK OUT THE NATIONAL MEDITATION PLAYLIST ON YOUTUBE Over the decades I have heard many ways to describe meditation and one of my favorites is that meditation is mental hygiene. You brush your teeth daily (I hope) and groom and prepare yourself for the day. So [...]
Week 21 - My Meditation Journey Part III - When the Body Speaks You can listen here - 4:20 mins CHECK OUT THE NATIONAL MEDITATION PLAYLIST ON YOUTUBE Mother’s Day weekend I had plans that would keep me busy all Saturday which included my monthly crochet group and a brunch. I went to bed Friday night feeling a little bit [...]
Week 20 - It Starts with a BREATH You can listen here - 10:06 mins CHECK OUT THE NATIONAL MEDITATION PLAYLIST ON YOUTUBE I would say we are back in the business of the "busyness” of life after the pandemic. Time is a premium for most of us and we all have the ability to make choices about where and [...]
National Meditation Month Playlist on YouTube Week 19 - My Meditation Journey - Part 2 You can listen here - 6:57 mins I hope you’ve had a chance to check out my playlist for National Meditation Month on my YouTube channel. I’ve really enjoyed creating and posting some simple daily practices that are less than 10 minutes and I will continue posting [...]
Week 18 - My Meditation Journey - Part 1 You can listen here - 9:26 mins Guess what y'all? It’s National Meditation Month… I get a little geeky about this because meditation has been such an important part of my life since the 90’s. I started meditating because I was struggling and tired of the struggle. Back then there was [...]
Week 17 - The Power of Books You can listen here - 6:17 mins I have had a love affair with words since I was a child. I suspect being the daughter of a teacher and a librarian, I got it in the womb. Communicating has been my go to my whole life: writing, speaking, the performing arts. I found [...]
Nope. Dancing Goats. Power. You can listen to this on my podcast Nope. Dancing Goats. Power. What do these three things have to do with each other? Come with me to find out. Working is what We people do, right? Werk. Werk. Werk. Werk. Werk. In my best Rihanna voice. I’ve had some type of business since 1999 when [...]
Week 14 - What New Things Are You Doing? You can listen here How are you doing? I must say, I was energized and exhausted after last week's VO Atlanta conference where I was in person with over 800 people. That's of a lot of peopling... Yes, I do believe that is a well know made up word. My version of it [...]
➡️REGISTER FOR SESSIONS - https://bit.ly/3PGeBhW Feeling SCATTERED, SCARED or OVERWHELMED? Or just want to be in com There is STILL a LOT going on in the world and life may feel surreal. I'm so excited you are interested in the LIVE Breathe with Barbara sessions starting on Monday, October 10 th! Let's gather together and learn a few breathing practices to help us [...]
We have four more sessions to PRACTICE LIVE together! I'm really enjoying connecting with new people and reconnecting our regular PIPs ( Partners in Practice) in these weekly session! What we do in our sessions are a way to PRACTICE so we can be be fully present to our lives daily. If you need to take some time for yourself, I encourage [...]
There is STILL a LOT going on in the world and life may feel surreal. Are you feeling scattered, frustrated, overwhelmed? Or just need to take some time for self-care? Join one or any of the six remaining Live sessions in August. Wednesdays - 8.10, 8.17, 8.25 Thursdays - 8.11, 8.18, 8.26 We really had a blast last week in the Live [...]
It's been about 6 months or so since our last LIVE Meditation session. I'm still listening and staying in F.L.O.W (Feeling Loving Open Willing) and being obedient to the guidance I am grateful to receive. I know daily live sessions would not be sustainable, so I'm trying out these monthly practices. I am excited about these sessions... I hope [...]
It's been about 2 months or so since our last LIVE Meditation session. I've been listening and staying in F.L.O.W (Feeling Loving Open Willing) and the idea to have multiple opportunities to have LIVE breathing sessions came to in my morning meditation. I am excited about these sessions... I hope to see you there! Please share with others... it's a great [...]
As 2021 comes to a close, we will be having our final video gathering of the year called Celebrate You. Join us as we celebrate where we have been, what we have done and who we were with. It's a way to remember what has happened this year. A few things I am celebrating include taking my first flight in two years, voiceover training in [...]
QUESTION: HOW DO I START MEDITATING? How do I start meditating is a common question I get regularly. What is meditation? Meditation is…Being in the present moment and focusing on what is present with you right now. Being engaged with an awareness with a lack of judgment. ANSWERS: START WHERE YOU ARE [...]
MY Inner Guidance card deck is HERE... the cards are HERE! In case you are not on my mailing list or not following me on Social Media, I've created a card deck. What is a card deck and why did I create one? Well, for over 20 years, I've enjoyed using card decks [...]
I really could use your help. My mission is to use my voice to heal, educate and inspire and I offer voiceover services and meditation programs. I believe we all have TAGS - Talents. Abilities. Gifts. Skills. Teaching classes is one of my TAGS. So, I want to know what you are interested in for [...]
So we are 23 days into 2021. What are you thinking so far? Do you set goals, intentions or neither? I took a look at my life over a decade ago and decided I would just think about where I wanted to go... I started setting intentions. Then I decided a few [...]
No matter how you feel about 2020. It's about to be over. Breathe that in. We are moving into a new year and some believe a new decade. Take that in for a moment. Now how do you feel? You may feel the same or different. It doesn't matter. Another emotion or feeling will likely come up before you even [...]
How many times have you heard the expression, "Timing is everything?" And I also like to say, "Growth is good." Back in June I was approached about doing a PAID partnership with Honey Nut Cheerios and Health Magazine, focusing on using meditation and taking a break. WHAT??? And you are going to pay me to write the meditation and record [...]
It’s almost the end of September and 2020 has been moving along with the momentum of a train about to jump off the tracks. Sometimes I feel like I get on the train in the morning and continue going throughout the day without stopping to be sure I am going to the place I want to go. HA! Have you [...]
Gracias. Merci. Grazie. Gamsahamnida. Danke. Thank you. These two words stay in my thoughts all day long. I feel so grateful for my life. My ability to think and connect with my feelings without over judging myself is getting stronger daily. The energy of gratitude has been studied and numerous studies show that people who count their blessings are happier [...]
Kindness is a simple thing we can do to help others and it helps us in the process. This excerpt from my book, Why Struggle? life is too short to wear tight shoes is a passage I think is relevant most of the time and especially now. When I wrote the book I wanted to include timeless concepts that would [...]
I remember growing up and being told to learn something new every day. Anyone else have that experience? Learning new things helps your brain continue to grow. I’m a life long learner (LLL) and a life long sharer (LLS) so I get geeked up and excited when I learn something new and then share it with others. If you are [...]
Where we put our focus and attention our efforts and energy will follow. Training the brain to focus is just practice. The mind naturally want to do the same thing all the time which is why it may feel challenging to change your habits or even change your mind. A few years ago I began working on affirmations around my [...]
Okay, what is your mind on right now? What was the last thought you had? Well, researchers estimate that we think about 50,000 to 70,000 thoughts a day – and about 80% of those thoughts are negative. Many of these thoughts are from our subconscious so we are not even aware they are lurking in our mind. Last week I [...]
Video - Strength affirmation Do you talk to yourself? If you do, what are you saying to yourself? According to Dr. Julia Harper, occupational therapist and life coach, “If we’re talking to ourselves negatively, research suggests that we’ll more likely guide ourselves to a negative outcome. However, when self-talk is neutral — as in a statement like ‘What [...]
I’d like to share with you one of my favorite daily practices called Ho’oponopono. Ho’oponopono is ancient Hawaiian forgiveness practice which means to make right, right. It uses four phrases to cleanse and clear the energy around you so you can release any old feelings of negativity. The phrases are: I am sorry. Please forgive me. I love [...]
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The Waffle House: A Simple Mindful Eating Exercise I believe slowing down and paying attention is one of the cheapest forms of self awareness and personal development. Slowing down and paying attention to what is happening right now, being with your feelings and noticing how your body feels in that moment is the essence of mindfulness. The beauty of this [...]
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Daily Practices: Train your Brain Dr. Richard J. Davidson, William James and Vilas Research Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, Director of the Waisman Laboratory for Brain Imaging and Behavior, and Founder of the Center for Healthy Minds at the Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison says science confirms that “A wandering mind is an unhappy mind.” I believe it is important to “train [...]
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Know what calms you The holiday season is here. No matter how you feel about the holidays, it is crucial for you to know how to stay calm. I've recently returned to one of the things that helps me stay calm, crocheting. Ahhh, when I can grab my crochet needles and start a project, there is a peace that I [...]
Everything IS Okay. Yesterday as I was driving over to Hobby Lobby I noticed a random sign, Everything will be okay. It wasn't a billboard or poster, it was a sign someone had posted large enough for you to see as you turned the corner into the shopping center. The phrase jumped out at me as I turned. My day had been busy nothing extraordinary [...]
Train your brain. Mind your mind. Think about what you think about. Most mornings I start my day with a walk with my Yorki poo, Lacee. During my walk I have times where I am visually enjoying the sites and listening to nature and I also say my affirmations aloud. It's important to prime your mind for the day. I've usually [...]
Well, it's my birthday weekend and the weather is doing its thing. I was reminded by several friends how my birthday weekend can be very interesting. As I was thinking about what I wanted to do, it occurred to me that all I really wanted to was to simply be home and relax. I wanted to Be Still. I [...]
How do you start your day? Before I even open my eyes I raise my arms up to the skies and say, " thank you, God" for another day. I breathe in the clean air and say, "thank you, God" for another day to be alive and to be of service while I am here. I just lie in bed for few [...]
Greetings, Do you jump out of bed and start your day in a hurry? Do you look up and realize that 3/4 of your day has passed and you don't know what happened? Did you stop at any point in your day to just savor a moment? You are not alone. Many of us (myself included) are off and running from [...]
Posted on the conference room doors at the office :) Be still, we did that! I am so thrilled that the first Meditations and Conversations session on April 26 had six participants who accepted the invitation to recharge, replenish and reconnect using meditation and breath work as a foundation. A few of the comments shared by the attendees are below. “I felt refreshed, [...]
