Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom

Michael OBrien | Mindfulness & Resilience Coach
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Discover how to create a meaningful life on your way to who you are becoming. Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom provides the support you need to heal, develop a growth mindset, and embrace who you are becoming. Inspired by the Japanese art of “Golden Repair,” Kintsugi teaches us that even when life breaks us, we can rebuild—stronger, wiser, and more beautiful than before. Listen to discover weekly growth-mindset tips, build emotional resilience and manage stress through microdose meditations, and ways to live a meaningful life and the person you are becoming. And as America turns 250, tune in to hear your neighbors share their reflections on our Perfectly Imperfect Union and on ways we can come together to end the divisions that prevent us from realizing our collective potential. I’m Michael O’Brien—husband, Girl Dadx2, son, friend, animal lover, endurance cyclist, and survivor. After a near-death cycling accident—what I call My Last Bad Day—the metaphor of Kintsugi helped me see that I could be whole again. Today, as a Mindset & Resilience Leadership coach, Corporate Speaker, Meditation Teacher, and founder of The Pause Breathe Reflect Method, I'm here to support you as you create a meaningful life and become the person you are becoming. Join me every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for micro-episodes designed to help you embrace the Kintsugi spirit within you and truly feel Whole Again. And each Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, check out my new series, A Perfectly Imperfect Union, as America turns 250 this year.

  1. 6h ago

    A Perfectly Imperfect Union: Reflecting on America 250 with Grace Pak

    Early in the series, I asked people what kind of birthday cake they would serve for America's 250th. So I thought it would be fitting to connect with Grace Pak, who, with help from Capitol Hill, baked America's 250th birthday cake. Something happened in those offices. The politics fell away, and people were just people. Her prescription for a divided country is simple: get in a room together, get your hands busy, and laugh. She also shares another cool thing that happened, but you need to listen to discover what it is. To learn more about Grace, visit her website. And her question for you and our next guest is: If you were 250 years old, what would you tell your one-year-old self? You can now download my Pause Breathe Reflect App with Microdose EQ for FREE on Apple’s App Store or Google Play. Discover how to spend less time on your phone and more time on things that bring you joy. Also, find the support you need to navigate today’s uncertainty with more calm and grace. Receive a FREE copy of my book: “My Last Bad Day Shift.” We can also connect on LinkedIn. Subscribe to be sure you don’t miss any of the micro-meditations, wellness tips, and guidance that I publish every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 7:11 am.

    A Perfectly Imperfect Union: Reflecting on America 250 with Grace Pak

  2. 1d ago

    Milkshakes and Stress - A Mircodose Meditation for Mindfulness and Resilience

    Start your day with a Pause Breathe Reflect Mircodose Mediation to support your mindfulness and resilience. This one is about milkshakes and stress, which, in the right amounts, I'm a fan of both. You can now download my Pause Breathe Reflect App with Microdose EQ for FREE on Apple’s App Store or Google Play. Discover how to spend less time on your phone and more time on things that bring you joy. Also, find the support you need to navigate today’s uncertainty with more calm and grace. Receive a FREE copy of my book: “My Last Bad Day Shift.” We can also connect on LinkedIn. Subscribe to be sure you don’t miss any of the micro-meditations, wellness tips, and guidance that I publish every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 7:11 am.

  3. 3d ago

    A Perfectly Imperfect Union: Reflecting on America 250 with Heidi Dohse

    Please help me co-create the future of Whole Again by completing our community survey. You start here. In the latest episode of A Perfectly Imperfect Union, I travel to The Gem State and connect with a fellow cyclist who likes to get dirty, Heidi Dohse. She calls herself a professional heart patient, endurance athlete, and digital health innovator. Heidi believes America is still the land of the free for anyone willing to be brave and do the work. Her prescription for a divided country is simple and hard: stop getting spun up by the whole world, and start with the five feet around you. A smile, a piece of trash picked up, a deep breath before the anger spreads. That's where real change starts, and it ripples out from there. To discover more about Heidi, please check out her website Tour de Heart. You can now download my Pause Breathe Reflect App with Microdose EQ for FREE on Apple’s App Store or Google Play. Discover how to spend less time on your phone and more time on things that bring you joy. Also, find the support you need to navigate today’s uncertainty with more calm and grace. Receive a FREE copy of my book: “My Last Bad Day Shift.” We can also connect on LinkedIn. Subscribe to be sure you don’t miss any of the micro-meditations, wellness tips, and guidance that I publish every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 7:11 am.

    A Perfectly Imperfect Union: Reflecting on America 250 with Heidi Dohse

  4. 4d ago

    It's Time to a Mindfulness and Resilience Celebration - It's Episode 500 or is it 502?

    Please help me co-create the future of Whole Again by completing our community survey. You start here. Why celebrate episode 502 instead of 500? Because 502 is two more than 500. And because most podcasts never make it this far. When I started podcasting back in 2019 under the show's old name, The Kintsugi Podcast, I had no idea if I'd ever reach 500 episodes. Honestly, I had no idea what I was doing. Listening back to those early episodes proves the old adage that you're usually bad before you get better. But I kept going. I took a break during the pandemic, came back, rebranded the show as Whole Again, and committed to being the type of person who keeps showing up. You can now download my Pause Breathe Reflect App with Microdose EQ for FREE on Apple’s App Store or Google Play. Discover how to spend less time on your phone and more time on things that bring you joy. Also, find the support you need to navigate today’s uncertainty with more calm and grace. Receive a FREE copy of my book: “My Last Bad Day Shift.” We can also connect on LinkedIn. Subscribe to be sure you don’t miss any of the micro-meditations, wellness tips, and guidance that I publish every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 7:11 am.

  5. 5d ago

    A Perfectly Imperfect Union: Reflecting on America 250 with Anita Rivers

    Please help me co-create the future of Whole Again by completing our community survey. You start here. In the latest episode of A Perfectly Imperfect Union, I stay in The Garden State and connect with Anita Rivers. She's a lifelong educator and the heart behind Fairleigh Dickinson University's 250 Acts of Kindness movement. For Anita, America is about honoring the people who laid its foundation, starting with Native Americans and enslaved Africans whose full story the history books still don't tell. During our conversation, we talk about her grandmother, who lived to 104, and what one act of kindness can do. She's also the host of Talking Points on WFDU, and I had the honor of being on her show a few days ago. You can listen to it here. And her question for you and our next guest is: How will you help make kindness a priority instead of an afterthought? You can now download my Pause Breathe Reflect App with Microdose EQ for FREE on Apple’s App Store or Google Play. Discover how to spend less time on your phone and more time on things that bring you joy. Also, find the support you need to navigate today’s uncertainty with more calm and grace. Receive a FREE copy of my book: “My Last Bad Day Shift.” We can also connect on LinkedIn. Subscribe to be sure you don’t miss any of the micro-meditations, wellness tips, and guidance that I publish every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 7:11 am.

    A Perfectly Imperfect Union: Reflecting on America 250 with Anita Rivers

  6. 6d ago

    Ted Lasso Episode 9 Season 4 - Life Be Lifing

    Please help me co-create the future of Whole Again by completing our community survey. You start here. We like to think life arrives in tidy chapters. A season of struggle, then a season of joy. A season of grief, then a season of happiness. But life doesn't work that way. Life be lifing. I know this firsthand. Only a few days before my near-death cycling accident, I was riding one of the highest peaks of my life. Then life came in like Hulk Hogan and body slammed me. In this episode of Wh It stacks moments of pure joy, the kind of appreciative joy called mudita, right alongsi 9. It stacks moments of pure joy, the kind of appreciative joy called mudita, right alongside moments of profound heartbreak. It's a reminder that the greatest news of your life can arrive on the exact same day as the hardest phone call of your life. You can now download my Pause Breathe Reflect App with Microdose EQ for FREE on Apple’s App Store or Google Play. Discover how to spend less time on your phone and more time on things that bring you joy. Also, find the support you need to navigate today’s uncertainty with more calm and grace. Receive a FREE copy of my book: “My Last Bad Day Shift.” We can also connect on LinkedIn. Subscribe to be sure you don’t miss any of the micro-meditations, wellness tips, and guidance that I publish every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 7:11 am.

  7. Oct 6

    A Perfectly Imperfect Union Series: Reflections on America 250 with Dr. Beatrice Anduze-Faris

    For the latest episode of A Perfectly Imperfect Union, I stay right here in The Garden State and connect with Dr. Beatrice Anduze-Faris. What if some of the weight you're carrying was never yours to begin with? Beatrice was born in Canada, raised in Paris, and became a US citizen in 2011. After more than 20 years as an MD and pharma executive, she's now a life transformation Sherpa. She's also a fan of Kintsugi, which helps people heal, and she believes the same golden repair can work for a country. Much of what weighs on us, she says, was handed down from generation to generation, and that burden only hurts the person carrying it. We also talk about the trip that fueled her desire to come to America. At 16, Bea came to the US on her own and flew coast to coast in a tiny Cessna 120 over 12 days. You can connect with her via her website. And her question for you and our next guest is: Have you found your true purpose yet? And if so, how long did it take you to realize what it is? Share your thoughts in the comments and share this episode with someone you love. You can now download my Pause Breathe Reflect App with Microdose EQ for FREE on Apple’s App Store or Google Play. Discover how to spend less time on your phone and more time on things that bring you joy. Also, find the support you need to navigate today’s uncertainty with more calm and grace. Receive a FREE copy of my book: “My Last Bad Day Shift.” We can also connect on LinkedIn. Subscribe to be sure you don’t miss any of the micro-meditations, wellness tips, and guidance that I publish every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 7:11 am.

    A Perfectly Imperfect Union Series: Reflections on America 250 with Dr. Beatrice Anduze-Faris

  8. Oct 5

    A Mood Boost to Start the Week: A Mircodose Meditation for Mindfulness and Resilience

    Here's a microdose meditation to help you boost your mood as you start the week. Will you help me co-create the future of Whole Again by taking a minute to fill out our community survey? Start here. Discover how to scroll less and live more by taking my Free Smartphone Wellness Audit by clicking phone. Did you know that stickers are wonderful visual cues to help you create healthy habits? You can get one of my free Pause Breathe Reflect sticker by clicking sticker. To discover more and sign up for My RIPPLE EFFECT newsletter by clicking Ripple Effect. We can also connect on LinkedIn. or at Michael@PauseBreatheReflect.com Subscribe to be sure you don’t miss any of the micro-meditations, wellness tips, and guidance that I publish every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 7:11 am.  If you feel you need more mental health support, please contact NAMI.  With Whole Again: A Fresh Approach to Healing, Growth & Resilience after Physical Trauma through Kintsugi Mindfulness listeners explore resilience through personal stories of trauma, scars, and injury while learning to overcome PTSD, imposter syndrome, self-doubt, and perfectionism with self-compassion, self-love, and self-worth. Through insightful discussions on stress management, mindfulness practices, and digital wellness, the show offers practical tools like breathwork, micro-dose meditation, grounding techniques, visualization, and daily affirmations for anxiety relief and stress relief. Inspired by the art of kintsugi, the podcast embraces healing as a process of transformation, encouraging a shift in perspective from worry and being overwhelmed to gratitude and personal growth. By exploring the mind-body connection, micro-dosing strategies for emotional well-being, and holistic approaches to self-care, this podcast empowers listeners to cultivate emotional resilience and live with greater balance and intention.

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Discover how to create a meaningful life on your way to who you are becoming. Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom provides the support you need to heal, develop a growth mindset, and embrace who you are becoming. Inspired by the Japanese art of “Golden Repair,” Kintsugi teaches us that even when life breaks us, we can rebuild—stronger, wiser, and more beautiful than before. Listen to discover weekly growth-mindset tips, build emotional resilience and manage stress through microdose meditations, and ways to live a meaningful life and the person you are becoming. And as America turns 250, tune in to hear your neighbors share their reflections on our Perfectly Imperfect Union and on ways we can come together to end the divisions that prevent us from realizing our collective potential. I’m Michael O’Brien—husband, Girl Dadx2, son, friend, animal lover, endurance cyclist, and survivor. After a near-death cycling accident—what I call My Last Bad Day—the metaphor of Kintsugi helped me see that I could be whole again. Today, as a Mindset & Resilience Leadership coach, Corporate Speaker, Meditation Teacher, and founder of The Pause Breathe Reflect Method, I'm here to support you as you create a meaningful life and become the person you are becoming. Join me every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for micro-episodes designed to help you embrace the Kintsugi spirit within you and truly feel Whole Again. And each Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, check out my new series, A Perfectly Imperfect Union, as America turns 250 this year.

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