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If you're having trouble meditating, or just being mindful during the day, use your eating times to anchor yourself to the present. 

Can you taste the sunshine, water and earth in every bite?

Full transcript and links: https://upstartist.tv/ase/mindful-meals

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After 20 years helping people with therapy and coaching, Steve McCready shares his thoughts on the art of listening.

Topics

Introducing Steve (0:00)
Coaching vs. Therapy for Solopreneurs (7:20)
The Art of Listening (20:50)
Boundaries (40:45)
Listening to and Honoring Yourself (48:10)

Steve McCready
Steve has worked as a therapist for two decades. He hosts The Sensitive Rebel Podcast, and offers coaching at sensitiverebel.com.

Show Notes

Follow Steve on Instagram
The Sensitive Rebel Blog & Podcast
Leading with Questions by Michael J. Marquardt
Sparked: Discover Your Unique Imprint for Work that Makes You Come Alive by Jonathan Fields
ASE #2 Wu-Wei & What Ancient Chinese Philosophers Can Teach Us about Peak Performance with Edward Slingerland

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Justin Parkes, a strength and performance coach, shares how entrepreneurs can build an effective strength training routine. He also recounts his career arc from finance to fitness, and how he has built an enthusiastic community of customers in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Topics

Justin's journey to performance training (2:40)
Building a strength training program (11:24)
Superman exercise for virtual workers (30:00)
How Justin grew his business (36:10)

Justin Parkes
Justin is owner and founder of Parkes Performance Coaching, which he runs with his wife Joann in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Justin trains professional and youth athletes as well as the general population seeking better athletic performance, strength training and injury prevention.

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Superman exercise demonstration

'Strength Training for Entrepreneurs with Justin Parkes' Episode Write-Up & Show Notes

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Our performance barriers are often related to energy. Understanding the four dimensions of energy - physical (quantity), emotional (quality), mental (focus) and spiritual (force) - can help us identify and overcome what holds us back.

'The Four Dimensions of Energy' Full Writeup & Links: https://upstartist.tv/four-dimensions-of-energy

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Show Notes

The 4 Dimensions of Energy: Physical, Emotional, Mental and Spiritual (Upstartist.tv)
Manage Your Energy, Not Time (Harvard Business Review)

On April 15, 2021, I accomplished a life dream by becoming a published author.

In this episode, I share the four-year, behind-the-scenes journey of how an idea to write down my own rules for success (for my eyes only) became a #1 New Release book on Amazon, and what I've learned so far.

One lesson, that I'm still processing, is that life dreams are necessary, but the journey of becoming - the doing - is the real reward. There will always be the next thing to chase. We never really arrive. So, why not let ourselves be more happy while chasing the dream too?

I then share a 6-minute excerpt from The Fail Safe Solopreneur: 6 Essential Practices to Manage Your Well-Being Working for Yourself. The audiobook is narrated by me. You can get the book on Amazon (in Kindle and Paperback) and the audiobook on Amazon, Audible and iTunes.

'I Wrote a Book' Full Writeup & Links: https://upstartist.tv/ase/i-wrote-a-book

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Mimi Kuo-Deemer, author of Qigong and the Tai Chi Axis, shares her 20-year journey with qigong and how it can nourish mind, body and spirit. Mimi explains the core concepts of qigong, including yin and yang, the tai chi axis and 5 elements theory. She also walks us through wuji (emptiness stance), so you can get a feel for the practice.

Topics


How Qigong Changed Mimi's Life (3:40)
Qigong, the Tai Chi Axis and 5 Elements Theory (21:15)
Wuji & Practicing Qigong (40:25)
Lightning Round (1:03:10)

Mimi Kuo-Deemer

Mimi Kuo-Deemer is dedicated to sharing the ways in which qigong and other healing arts can help people meet the messy, complicated job of being human with greater awareness, compassion and ease. She is a teacher of both students and other teachers, having practiced and taught for over 20 years in China, the UK, Europe and the United States. Mimi graduated from Stanford University and received an MA with distinction from SOAS in Traditions of Yoga and Meditation.

Mimi Kuo-Deemer

'Qigong: Cultivating Your Life Energy with Mimi Kuo-Deemer' Episode Write-Up & Show Notes

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