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Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom
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…
Episodes
Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom#100 | Resilience & Mindfulness: A Mirco-Meditation Embracing the Light of the Winter Solstice
In this episode, Michael leads us through a short mindfulness practice to recognize that we've survived 100% of our dark days and prepare to welcome more light…
Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom#99 | How Mindfulness, Resilience & Community Support Turn Struggle into Strength on My Bike Ride Across America - Chapter 2
Join us in this engaging episode of The Kintsugi Podcast as Michael O'Brien shares his inspiring journey across America on a bicycle. From enduring harsh…
Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom#98 | A Loving-Kindness Micro-Meditation For Self-Care, Healing, and Connection
In this episode, Michael leads us through a short mindfulness practice with a loving-kindness practice that is a cornerstone of Pause Breathe Reflect. Join us…
Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom#97 | How Resilience & Self-Love Transformed Jenna Banks' Journey to Personal Empowerment
Welcome to Whole Again, where we explore stories of connection. In this episode, Michael is joined by Jenna Banks, a dynamic speaker and author known for her…
Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom#96 | A Simple Micro-Meditation Box-Breathing Practice Builds Resilience & Mindfulness for Everyday Calm
In this episode, Michael leads us through a short mindfulness practice with a box breathing pattern that was the beginning of Pause Breathe Reflect. Join us as…
Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom#95 | How Resilience & Mindfulness Can Help Redefine Success & Foster Happiness with Luis Gallardo
Welcome to Whole Again, where we share stories of connection. This episode, hosted by Michael, features Luis Gallardo, founder of the World Happiness Summit…
Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom#94 | A Mirco-Meditation for Mindfulness & Self-As You Navigate Holiday Stress & Find Balance
In this episode, Michael guides us through a short practice together, inviting us to slow down and create space amidst our never-ending to-do lists. Join us as…
Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom#93| How Resilience, Community & Self-Care Helped Karrah Teruya Battle Cancer & Reclaim Her Identity
This week's story of connection welcomes friend and guest, Karrah Teruya. She shares her raw and real journey through multiple cancer diagnoses, grappling with…
Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom#92 | How Mindfulness & Resilience Help Me Cycle Across America - Chapter 1
Join Michael in this episode of the Whole Again as he shares lessons learned from his bike ride across America and provides insightful tips on how to do hard…
Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom#91 | How Mindfulness & Resilience Help Navigate Stress & Emotional Health with Jon Macaskill
This week's story of connection welcomes friend and guest, Jon Macaskill, a former Navy SEAL turned mindfulness and meditation teacher. In this inspiring…
Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom#90 | How Resilience & Self-Care Helped Megan Swan Overcome Alcohol Dependency & Find Clarity
How can you take a step toward clarity? On this episode of The Kintsugi Podcast, Michael O'Brien sits down with Megan Swan, partner, mom, daughter, yogi, chef…
Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom#89 | How Resilience, Mindfulness & Self-Care Help Overcome Perfectionism & Find Joy with Meaghan B. Murphy
How can you live a fully charged life? On this episode of Whole Again Michael O'Brien sits down with Meaghan B Murphy, partner, mom, daughter, sister, friend…
Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom#88 | How Mindfulness & Resilience Shaped My Healing Journey After Trauma
Welcome to Whole Again with your host, Michael O'Brien, where we explore the beauty of resilience and connection and how we can apply the principles of…
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#87 | Mindfulness & Self-Care: A 5-Minute Follow-the-Leader Micro-Meditation for Children
A Five Minute Follow the Leader Micro-Meditation for children If this episode sparked something within you, please download it and share it with a friend…
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#86 | Mindfulness & Self-Care: A 5-Minute Loving-Kindness Micro-Meditation for Children
A Five Minute Loving Kindness Meditation for children If this episode sparked something within you, please download it and share it with a friend. Kintsugi is…
Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom#85 | This Moment Too Shall Pass (Self-Care, Transformation & Overcoming Uncertainty)
Today's conversation is was recorded at the start of our coronavirus crisis in the United States. We are getting through this moment. If this episode sparked…
Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom#84 | Mindfulness & Resilience: Lessons from "I Miss You When You Blink"
Today’s Conversation about Resilience is inspired by Mary Laura’s Philpott’s essay, I Miss You When You Blink. It’s about living with awareness. If this…
Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom#79 | How a 5-Minute Grounding Micro-Meditation Builds Resilience & Mindfulness for Teens & Adults
A Five Minute Grounding Exercise for teens. If this episode sparked something within you, please download it and share it with a friend. Kintsugi is the…
Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom#80 | A 5-Minute Counting Micro-Meditation Builds Resilience & Mindfulness for Teens & Adults
A Five Minute Counting Meditation for teens If this episode sparked something within you, please download it and share it with a friend. Kintsugi is the…
Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom#81 | How Resilience & Self-Care Help Turn Life’s Lemons Into Growth & Transformation
Lemons. Bittersweet. Tart. Some would say a perfect sum of life’s attributes, a perfect portrayal of life’s moments. Whether we choose to see these lemons as…
Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom#82 | How Mindfulness & Resilience Shape a Life of Transformation with David Taylor-Klaus
Today’s Conversation about Resilience is with husband, father, friend, and difference-maker David Taylor-Klaus. If this episode sparked something within you…
Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom#83 | Resilience & Mindfulness: A 5-Minute Pause Breathe Reflect Micro-Meditation
Today’s Conversation about Resilience is a five-minute Pause Breathe Reflect Meditation. If this episode sparked something within you, please download it and…
Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom#74 | How Resilience & Mindfulness Transformed My Recovery After Total Knee Replacement
It’s been 20 years… 20 years since my last bad day, 20 years since my life changed for the better, despite the circumstances that generated the change. It’s…
Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom#75 | How Love, Acceptance & Mindfulness Build Resilience: Lessons from "The Mosaic" with Danny Levin
Today, on the Whole Again we host a remarkable human being, a rare blend of a spiritual and business mind, a man who lived the human experience in all of its…
Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom#76 | How Small Acts of Self-Care & Mindfulness Create a Ripple of Resilience
Today’s Conversation about Resilience is a throwback episode from the beginning of The Whole Again but the message is timeless. If this episode sparked…
Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom#77 | How Self-Care & Mindfulness Help Create a Resilient Work-Life Balance
In today’s episode of the Whole Again, we start our talk about resilience and our continuous strive for creating a better life-work harmony, with a story. A…
Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom#78 | How Women Shape Resilience & Transformation Through Love, Strength & Mindfulness
Mama - The first word we learn in life and the person our entire childhood revolves around. The first person we think about when we want to share the happiest…
Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom#72 | How Danielle Thompson Transformed Self-Doubt Into Resilience Through Mindfulness & Self-Care
Today, on Whole Again we are introduced to Danielle Thompson, an intuitive success coach who shares her story about chasing happiness, overcoming self-doubt…
Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom#73 | How Gillian Castle Turned Trauma Into Resilience & Transformation Through Mindfulness
Giving birth seems like the most natural and emotional experience in the world. But what happens when things don’t go as they should, what happens when the…
Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom#70 | Halftime: A Moment to Reflect, Reset, and Move Forward With Resilience
The day is finally here… As we reach the halfway mark of 2021 and start to reevaluate our new normal and the way our lives have changed, I enter a new…
Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom#71 | How DeAndra Harmony Transformed Trauma into Resilience & Healing Through Mindfulness
Today, on Whole Again, we continue our series of inspiring interviews with DeAndra Harmony- Personal Development Strategist, Entrepreneur, Author, Founder and…
Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom#65 | Why Speaking Your Truth Is the Key to Healing & Resilience
I’ve always been timid… hiding from the world, ashamed of my own voice, afraid of taking space, being a slave of my inner critique that stopped me from sharing…
Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom#66 | How to Start Your Day With Intention: A Guided Morning Micro-Meditation
Today’s conversation about resilience isn’t a conversation. It’s a meditation to help you set your intentions for the day. Often we start our day in a rush. We…
Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom#67 | The Art of Finding Your ‘Wa’: How to Create a Life Beyond the Hustle and Heal
In our quest for finding the perfect balance between work and life, we find ourselves always choosing work over life, living more as human “doers'' than as…
Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom#68 | 3 Ways to Break Free From Comparison & Build Resilience
I’m bionic! The surgery that I visualized worked, and I’m finally back on our weekly conversations here on The Whole Again Podcast to share my story, hoping to…
Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom#69 | Who’s in Your Peloton? The Key to Resilience & Growth
The world changed. For the better or for the worse depends only on how we decide to live our lives from now on… Sharing energy, thoughts, ideas, or just a…
Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom#61 | Emotional Self-Mastery: Resilience & Inner Growth with Shasheen Shah
This week on The Kintsugi Podcast we introduce you to Shasheen Shah, a brilliant author and successful communication coach, dedicated to mastering personal…
Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom#62 | Bridging Fear & Growth: A Journey of Resilience, Uncertainty & Letting Go
I had a dream… A dream about terrifying heights, about a stranger who became a companion in an uncertain walk over the bridge, and of finally letting go and…
Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom#63 | The Importance of The Day After: How Connection & Resilience Shape Our Future
The day after… The day after supreme happiness, the day after complete chaos, the day after everything changes in our lives… In the heat of the moment we gain…
Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom#64 | Building Better Habits: How Mindful Practice Shapes Resilience & Growth
Today, on The Kintsugi Podcast we talk about practicing mindfully and how our lives are a collection of our habits- conscious and unconscious habits that bring…
Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom#59 | Seasons of Growth: Why Pausing Can Lead to Greater Resilience
Today is bittersweet. I’ve decided it’s time to pause our conversations here on The Kintsugi Podcast. At least for a while. It’s not a decision I make with…
Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom#60 | Change Your Breathing, Change Your Health: Resilience & Healing with Dr. Amy Novotny
How’s your health? When we think about our health we often turn to diet or exercise as ways to get healthier. These are great but what if your breath was your…
Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom#58 | We Only Have Moments to Live: Resilience & Wellness for a Healthier Life
Today’s Conversation about Resilience is about the importance of spending time on your wellness to prevent being forced to spend time on your illness. If this…
Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom#57 | The Path to Healing: How Forgiveness & Gratitude Build Resilience
Today’s Conversation about Resilience is about moving from Forgiveness to Gratitude. If this episode sparked something within you, please download it and share…
Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom#56 | Embracing Unity: How Connection & Resilience Create a Stronger Tomorrow
Today’s Conversation about Resilience is about the power of oneness. If this episode sparked something within you, please download it and share it with a…
Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom#55 | Miracle Mornings with Brianna Greenspan (Resilience & Mindfulness for Transformation)
Today’s Conversation about Resilience is all about how our mornings can help us become more resilient. If this episode sparked something within you, please…
Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom#54 | The Power of Letting Go: How Releasing Attachments Builds Strength & Resilience
Today’s Conversation about Resilience is easing your grip on attachment to help you become more resilient, agile, and adaptable. If this episode sparked…
Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom#53 | Overcoming Burnout: Tony Martignetti on Purpose, Healing & Resilience
Today’s Conversation about Resilience is moving beyond burnout with Inspired Purpose Coach, Tony Martignetti. If this episode sparked something within you…
Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi WisdomC.A.R.E. to Be an Ally: Resilience, Healing & Creating a Better Tomorrow
Today’s Conversation about Resilience is about how we can embrace each other and create a better tomorrow for all. If this episode sparked something within…
Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom#51 | You Belong: Resilience, Mindfulness & Healing with Sebene Selassie
Today’s Conversation about Resilience is with mindfulness teacher, Sebene Selassie. We talk about her journey and how to create more belonging as a way to…
Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom#50 | Love & Resilience: What It Looks Like in Work & Life
Today’s Conversation about Resilience is all about love and what it looks like at work. If this episode sparked something within you, please download it and…
Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom#49 | Living an Inside-Out Life: Resilience, Belonging & Transformation
Today’s Conversation about Resilience is about the importance of moving beyond our circle to create more belonging and a better tomorrow. If this episode…
Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom#48 | The Power of Acceptance (Resilience, Mindfulness & Transformation)
Today’s Conversation about Resilience is about how to win the argument you can’t win. If this episode sparked something within you, please download it and…
Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom#47 | The Power of Helping Others: How Giving Back Builds Resilience & Connection
Today’s Conversation about Resilience is about how we can build a stronger community and more resilience. If this episode sparked something within you, please…
Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom#46 | Why You Should Talk to Strangers: Connection, Resilience & Growth
Today’s Conversation about Resilience is all about why you should talk to strangers. If this episode sparked something within you, please download it and share…
Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom#45 | Nourishing Mind, Body & Soul: A Path to Resilience & Transformation
Today’s Conversation about Resilience is about how we are feeding our mind, body, and soul. If this episode sparked something within you, please download it…
Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom#44 | How to Stop Missing Your Life: Mindfulness & Resilience with Cory Muscara
Today’s Conversation about Resilience is with one of the nation’s leading experts on mindfulness, Cory Muscara. We talk about how to be present during chaotic…
Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom#43 | How Will You Use Your Dash? Embracing Resilience & Growth Through Life’s Journey
Today’s Conversation about Resilience is about how you wish to use your dash. You know, the dash between your birthday and final day. If this episode sparked…
Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom#42 | Finding Strength in Uncertainty: Lessons from the Hospital & Life’s Challenges
Today’s Conversation about Resilience is about how we manage when we don’t know where the finish line is. It’s something that I remembered while in the…
Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom#41 | Parenting with Resilience: Lessons in Strength, Growth & Healing
Today’s Conversation about Resilience is about a few lessons I’ve discovered as a parent that can help us create a better tomorrow once we get through what we…