©2025 – Amy Morin, LCSW. All Rights Reserved
©2025 – Amy Morin, LCSW. All Rights Reserved
We spend a lot of our time rehashing what happened in the past and worrying about what might happen in the future. It’s a skill to learn how to be present right in the moment.
Michael Galyon is a mindfulness coach who coaches corporate clients in how to stay in the moment. Some of the things he talks about today are the benefits of mindfulness, the myths about mindfulness, about the exact exercises that can help you practice mindfulness today.
“The mind is never going to stop thinking. It’s there to practice… the continual practice, specifically within mindfulness, of being able to draw awareness to thought and then make the conscious decision to redirect thought to a present experience.” – Michael Galyon
“Mindfulness about becoming aware of everything and then having choice.” – Michael Galyon
“Once you’re able to understand who you are, it can really start to affect the relationships that you have.” – Michael Galyon
“But when we just begin to surrender and have that and approach things from a space of non-judgment, we actually get a lot of control.” – Michael Galyon
0:00 Embracing Mindfulness to Cultivate Mental Strength
5:17 How Michael’s anxiety affected his dreams
6:53 How he became a mindfulness coach
10:15 How his singing career affects his current work
11:09 Misconceptions about meditation and mindfulness
16:03 How to stay present in conversations and meetings
19:33 Mindfulness for corporate stress
22:37 Self-Awareness, Empathy, and Interconnectedness Through Mindfulness
24:33 How mindfulness helps with emotion regulation
27:38 The benefits of mindfulness
28:38 Mindfulness techniques for anxiety
33:03 How to embrace self-love through visualization
35:02 How to transform self-criticism into self-compassion
40:14 Practical Mindfulness: Presence, Nonjudgment, and Joy
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