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\u201cLetting go of the tendency we have to want things to be different, allowing things to be as they are and allowing yourself to be as you are\u2026\u201d Jon Kabat Zinn on the mindfulness.

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Janet Curry is the founder of Stillpoint Counseling and Mindfulness Training in Durango Colorado. She is a certified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) teacher and licensed professional counselor. She has not one, but two masters degrees.: One in Mental Health Counseling from Seattle University and the second in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy from Oxford University. Janet is one of the first 130 (MBSR) teachers around the world who has been certified by the University of Massachusetts Medical School\u2019s Center for Mindfulness (CFM) in Medicine, Health Care, and Society. In 2017, she was one of 30 Certified MBSR teachers around the globe to complete the CFM\u2019s year-long inaugural \u2018Train the Trainer\u2019 program. The CFM is where MBSR began, and is the oldest, largest, continually running MBSR clinic and teacher training organization in the world. \xa0Also - she is a fully trained EMDR provider and has completed the Certificate Program in Traumatic Stress Studies with the Trauma Center at Justice Resource Institute. \xa0Trauma treatment is an area of personal passion and expertise.

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In other words, Janet knows her stuff! And I\u2019m so excited to have her on the show. We cover so much in this conversation.

• How does a meditation practice help us with our day to day anxieties?
• Why is it so powerful? Discuss the science)
• We take it further and look at it through trauma and depression.
• For those wondering what a practice looks like, she does a brief guided practice.
• Other ways to practice mindfulness if meditation just isn\u2019t for you.\xa0

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I started a meditation practice almost two years ago. It\u2019s helped me so much. I found a pattern where I waste my time thinking about the future and then look back on my life and think "Hey, have I been properly enjoying my life?" Every day I think and plan to the future - you know? What if I were able to actually enjoy this ordinary Tuesday for once and not start the day with a list of things longer than I can actually accomplish? and when I asked you guys what questions you had about meditation and mindfulness, the number one question I got was where to start so that\u2019s where I started with Janet.\xa0\xa0

With that, let\u2019s listen in and gear up for what\u2019s next.\xa0\xa0

Where to find Janet:

• Stillpoint Mindfulness- to learn more about one on one counseling, group courses and CDs to purchase

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Resources and Links:

• Full Catastrophe Living - by Jon Kabat Zinn
• Happiness is an Inside Job - By Sylvia Boorstein
• Kristin Neff - TedX Talk - The Space Between Self-Esteem and Self Compassion
• Meditation Studio - where you can find Janet\u2019s guided meditations\xa0\xa0

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About Lisa Gerber:

Lisa advises CEOs and senior level management on how to use the power of storytelling and effective communication to influence action and bring ideas to life.\xa0

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