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
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Mindfulness Exercises, with Sean Fargo
Michelle Maldonado on Mindful Leadership in a Divided World
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In this episode of the Mindfulness Exercises Podcast, Sean Fargo speaks with Michelle Maldonado—founder of Lucenscia, leadership coach, Virginia state legislator, and author of The Conscious Mind.
Michelle’s path from the corporate world to public service was shaped by a deep desire to bring compassion, clarity, and trauma-awareness into systems that often overlook them. Learning breath awareness as a child to help manage fear and anxiety, she would bring those same tools to her son, helping him navigate stress and emotional overwhelm with presence and compassion and into a political system often driven by reactivity and disconnection.What You’ll Learn in This Episode:✔ How Michelle first learned mindfulness as a child—and how it shaped her early emotional awareness✔ Practical ways she’s taught mindfulness to her son (and how to help children regulate stress with breath)✔ Why she entered politics—and how mindfulness helps her stay grounded while legislating✔ How to spot signs of reactivity in your own body and choose how to respond✔ Why trauma-informed mindfulness is essential for leadership, parenting, and teaching✔ The difference between bypassing discomfort vs. holding it with care✔ How to create psychologically safe spaces at home, at work, and in communities✔ What it looks like to lead from wholeness in real-world, high-stress environments
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