Mindfulness Exercises, with Sean Fargo
Practical, trauma‑sensitive mindfulness for everyday life — and for the people who teach it. Expect grounded guided meditations, evidence‑informed tools, and candid conversations with leading voices in the field.
Hosted by Sean Fargo — former Buddhist monk, founder of MindfulnessExercises.com, and a certified Search Inside Yourself instructor—each episode blends compassion, clarity, and real‑world application for practitioners, therapists, coaches, educators, and wellness professionals.
What you’ll find:
• Guided practices: breath awareness, body scans, self‑compassion, sleep, and nervous‑system regulation
• Teacher tools: trauma‑sensitive language, sequencing, and ethical foundations for safe, inclusive mindfulness
• Expert interviews with renowned teachers and researchers (e.g., Sharon Salzberg, Gabor Maté, Byron Katie, Rick Hanson, Ellen Langer, Judson Brewer)
• Clear takeaways you can use today—in sessions, classrooms, workplaces, and at home
Updated 2-3x weekly. Follow the show, try this week’s practice, and share one insight in a review to help others discover the podcast.
Explore more resources and training at MindfulnessExercises.com and the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification.
Mindfulness Exercises, with Sean Fargo
Julie Lythcott-Haims on the Power of Telling Your Truth
In this powerful conversation from the Mindfulness Exercises Podcast, Sean Fargo speaks with Julie Lythcott-Haims — New York Times bestselling author, activist, politician, and former Stanford dean — about how mindfulness can help us face shame, rewrite old stories, and create space for authentic belonging.
Julie shares how she first discovered mindfulness in her 30s, how body awareness helped her get out of her own way, and how storytelling became a tool for healing unprocessed pain. She reflects on writing Real American, her memoir on race and belonging, and the liberation that came from releasing stories she had carried for decades.
⏱️ Chapters
00:00 – Intro
04:11 – mindfulness as a path to self-awareness
06:40 – Writing as emotional release
10:35 – Holding space with compassion
14:41 – The courage of vulnerability
21:16 – Helicopter Parenting: lesson in parenting and self-growth
30:25 – Post-It notes of connection
33:00 – Freeing others through your story
36:57 – Releasing fear and finding courage to be seen
38:25 – A moment of belonging with a taxi driver
41:03 – Building bridges across difference
46:25 – Living authentically with compassion
🔗Know more about Julie
Julie Lythcott-Haims: julielythcotthaims.com
Substack: julielythcotthaims.substack.com
TED Talk: How to Raise an Adult
Books: How to Raise an Adult, Real American, Your Turn: How to Be an Adult
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