THROWBACK THURSDAY: Eps 43 with Jiovann Carrasco
Thursday Throwback!
This week we are revisiting Episode 43. This show originally came out in May of 2016. Offers and products mentioned during the show are likely outdated.
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Welcome! My guest is Jiovann Carrasco, a psychotherapist in Austin, TX. Jiovann is the owner of the Austin Mindfulness Center, a meditator, and the author of an online mindfulness program called Follow your Breath. He is an engaged and connected father to two young kids and worked as a stay-at-home dad for two years! Let’s jump into this topic of mindfulness with Jiovann!
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Takeaways from the show
- How Jiovann began practicing meditation in 2008, as a result of the anxiety and panic attacks from his stressful job as a therapist at a group home
- How Zen meditation changed Jiovann and allowed him to connect with himself like never before
- How does Jiovann define mindfulness? “Attending to whatever arises in the present moment without trying to change it or judge it.”
- Jiovann explains the benefits to mindfulness in parenting.
- Why Jiovann took a popular course on Positive Discipline and became a certified parent educator
- Jiovann explains how to bring mindfulness to even the everyday mundane tasks required in parenting.
- How Jiovann structures his early morning meditation practice and time with his kids
- How kids already know how to be mindful and present WAY more than adults
- Fearful thoughts and worries are what our minds naturally focus on; mindfulness finds ways to shine the spotlight on anything else in the present moment.
- Jiovann recommends two books: Planting Seeds by Thich Nhat Hanh and Sitting Still Like A Frog by Eline Snel.
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