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The Science of Yoga and Neuroscience: Insights with Dr. Jonathan Rosenthal, Founder of NeuroYoga
Health doesn’t have to be complicated! Don't miss this fascinating conversation on how yoga can stress less, boost performance, and improve overall happiness. Join Dr. Juna’s chat with Dr. Jonathan Rosenthal, a board certified neurologist and yoga enthusiast. This episode explores the intersections between neuroscience, yoga, and mental wellness.
Healthy Lifestyles Can Affect Your Chromosomes with Dr. Thomas Robinson, MD, Professor Stanford Medical School
This must listen-to episode of the MindBodySpace podcast features Dr. Thomas Robinson, a renowned scientist focused on obesity prevention, discussing the significant health and behavioral impacts of healthy eating, exercise, and reducing screen time in children.
Mind-Body And Lifestyle Medicine Are Powerful Tools For Preventing Common Mental And Physical Diseases, With April Hirschberg, M.D.
We are so happy to announce that on the last Friday of each month, April Hirschberg, M.D., DipABLM, will be joining Dr. Juna for regular conversations about the science of resilience. We will share what we learn on our journey as mom-M.D.s specializing in lifestyle and mind-body medicine. We will also discuss evidence based, simple tools that can prevent and mitigate common mental and physical health problems.
124 How To Train Your Mind To Let Go Of Unhelpful Perfectionism With Self-Compassion
Letting Go of Perfectionism—A Meditation: After a quick recap on perfectionism, Dr. Juna leads listeners through a 5-minute guided meditation focused on self-compassion to help dial back unhelpful perfectionistic tendencies. An excerpt from episode # 104 with meditation teacher Elizabeth Pyjov JD and founder of Happiness Sangha gives instructions on how to make even short meditations a powerful practice. Self-compassion is key for productivity and achievement without burnout.
123 Recovering From Perfectionism With Jordana Confino, Yale Law School Graduate, Adjunct Professor at Fordham Law School
A recovering perfectionist, Positive Lawyering Professor, graduate of the Yale Law School, Jordana Confino talks about her journey to becoming a mindset coach for lawyers and other high achieving professionals. Listen for real life applicable tips on how to not burn out from Jordana who was a top student at high school, Yale, and Yale Law, only to face burnout, discover positive psychology, and ultimately find her passion by helping other perfectionists thrive.
121 Why High Performers Meditate, How They Do It, And How You Can Too: Visualization Mental Practice And Quiz Inside This Episode
Visualization Mental Practice And Quiz Inside This Episode. In this episode, we explore the research behind why meditation helps high-performing athletes and performers boost their skills. We’ll cover different types of meditation and mental training techniques that can be used right before competition or performance to alleviate anxiety and negative thoughts. THERE’S also a quiz inside to see how good you are at mentally visualization practices, a technique used by high performers.
119 Why Healthy Habits Need To Start As Young As Possible: Primordial Prevention
In this week's episode, Dr. Juna discusses the different types of disease prevention - tertiary, secondary, primary, and primordial. She explains what each type means, focusing especially on primordial prevention and the importance of establishing healthy habits from a very young age. Main discussion points: - Definitions of tertiary, secondary, primary, and primordial prevention - Starting healthy lifestyle habits early, especially in childhood, can have lifelong benefits - Healthy habits positively impact wellness, performance, energy levels, and happiness
The Importance of Family and the Future of AI, with Asha Saxena
In this informative episode, Asha Saxena, author of the best selling book "The AI Factor", successful tech entrepreneur and founder of WLDA, Women Leaders in Data and AI, shares her insights on the profound influence of AI and how anyone can get started on getting familiar with AI.
This episode is packed with wisdom and inspiration from Asha's long career as a successful entrepreneur in tech consulting. Asha also shares a heartfelt story about her biggest supporter who was also a role model in entrepreneurship—her mom.
116 Four Basic Tools for Learning How to Fail Well According to Amy Edmondson, Author of "Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well"
What are the four basic tools that we can master in order to fail well? This is a follow-up episode to highlight my interview with Amy Edmondson, Harvard Business School Professor and author of "Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well". Grab a pen and paper and let's practice failing well together!
125 Sleep Makes Everything Better: Prioritizing Sleep, Signs Of Sleep Issues, And Practical Tips To Improve Sleep Quality With Founder Of Sleephoria, Valerie Cacho M.D.
I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Valerie Cacho, an integrative sleep physician and women's sleep expert. Listen for insights on how to prioritize sleep, recognizing signs of sleep issues like snoring, and practical tips to improve sleep quality. Dr. Cacho Has been featured in SELF, POPSUGAR, Wall street journal, MINDBODYGREEN, and more.
115 Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well with Dr. Amy Edmondson of Harvard Business School
If you're human, then you've felt the disappointment of failure. Amy Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at Harvard Business School, helps us reframe the concept of failure, both in our personal and professional lives by sharing her research backed insights.
Whoever you are in the world, this episode will help you discover intelligent failure so that you can limit preventable failures, stress and thrive.
114 How To Create New Habits To Change Anything In Your Life With Leo Babauta Of Zen Habits
Want to change your habits and create massive transformations in your personal health, wealth, and relationships? In this episode of the MindBodySpace Podcast, host Dr. Juna interviews Leo Babauta, creator of the blog Zen Habits, which has millions of readers. Leo shares his amazing personal story of overcoming smoking, debt, unhealthy habits, and more in 2005 by slowly but surely making small changes.
82 McArthur Genius Recipient and Author of 'Grit' Angela Duckworth: Part I. On Parenting
You’ll be surprised to find out that according to research, two seemingly opposing components of parenting styles work best together. I'm so grateful to have Angela Duckworth as my guest on this podcast. You've probably heard her name before, because her TED Talk is one of the most watched TED talks of all time. She is also the author of the well known book on Grit, the power of passion and perseverance.
112 How to Decrease Anxiety and Get Focused in a Hyper Texting Digital World with Caitlin Begg
In today's digital age, where texting and emailing have become the norms of communication, it's important to consider the effects of asynchronous communication.. Caitlin (Caity) Begg, the founder of Authentic Social, shares her unique perspective on how to stay focused in a hyperconnected world.
Ep. 104 Compassion Teacher, Harvard Law and Divinity School Graduate Elizabeth Pyjov JD, Founder of Happiness Sangha
With 3 Harvard degrees, one being a Master's in Buddhist Studies, Elizabeth is the perfect person to show you how self-compassion can transform your life.
Ep. 33 Spiritual Rock Star Biet Simkin
The "way" we communicate to different people, is everything. Biet Simkin is definitely a unique voice in the meditation world.She is best known for modernizing the spiritual path and has been called the "Meditation Guru for the next generation.”
