Mindful Mondays #6: Powerful Edition ⚡
Advice from Tim Ferriss, giving 4 Fs, meditation and hypnosis
Good morning and welcome to another edition of Mindful Mondays. I hope this email makes your Monday at least a little better each week, by sharing some of the wisdom I’ve dug up and inspiring you in your own mindfulness practice.
Chris’s Writing
Tim Ferriss’s Most Neglected (But Powerful) Advice
This week I’m super excited to share an article that I frankly put a ton of work into writing. If you’ve been reading Mindful Mondays since it started, or if you’re a personal friend of mine, you probably know that I’m a huge fan of author & podcaster Tim Ferriss. In this article, I share the most helpful tools and techniques I’ve learned from following Tim’s work for the last 14 years. If you’re looking for a quick life reboot, or maybe just curious to try your hand at a Past Year Review this December, I urge you to check it out.
I’m also experimenting with cross-posting my articles on Medium in order to build a wider readership. If you enjoy this article, I’d appreciate it if you gave me a “clap” (their version of the like button) so more people can find it: Read the article on Medium.
Article of Interest
Four Fs That Make a Freakin’ Difference: This week, I didn’t have as much time to read, so I’m only sharing one article by another author. This is a really helpful piece by Steven C. Hayes, creator of ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy). ACT is one of my favorite therapy modalities, partly because it’s mindfulness-based and has a lot in common with Buddhist psychology.
In this article, Steven talks about the factors that really make a difference in your ability to change: learning from failures, connecting with your core values, getting social support, and taking action now, in the present.
Podcast of the Week
Guru Viking Episode 178: Buddhist Meditation, Hypnosis, & Dzogchen — Dr. Ian Wickramasekera & Julia Shannon. This episode might seem a little esoteric, but I’m sharing it because a few of you are going to find it absolutely fascinating.
Dr. Ian and Julia discuss the similarities and differences between meditation (specifically Tibetan Buddhist practices) and hypnosis, and what each can learn from the other. They also talk about their experiences as biracial and bicultural individuals and how that’s shaped their practices.
Side note: it was hearing Dr. Ian Wickramasekera on a previous Guru Viking podcast that inspired me to join SCEH and get trained in clinical hypnosis, myself. (Thanks, Dr. Ian!)
Quote of the Week
“Everything is held together with stories. That is all that is holding us together, stories, and compassion.”
—Barry Lopez (National Book Award-winning nature writer who passed away in 2020)
That’s all for today. I hope you have a great Monday and a great week. As always, I appreciate your feedback on my writing, and I want to make this newsletter as helpful as possible for you, my readers. So please reply to this email or hit me up on Twitter and let me know what you thought.
Thanks,
Chris Cordry, LMFT
PS: If you were inspired by my Tim Ferriss article and want to try your hand at a Past Year Review this month, let me know. If enough people are interested, I may offer a free Zoom call so we can go through it together.
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Thank you for the detailed "how to" on the PYR, Chris. If there is a zoom call, I'd like to attend. Most profound to me was your last note - that the pandemic didn't make your list of items that impacted you ... and you realize that your own agency is what gives you power over your day and your mood.