In this conversation with mindfulness teacher Dr. Brian Dower, we explore mindfulness as a practical tool. We dive into what you can do when you’re spiraling in stress and need to calm down. We also explore how denying suffering makes it heavier and harder to handle, and how our perception of reality shapes the intensity of what we feel.

Links:

• ⁠https://www.instagram.com/lumenmindfulness/
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How can we change our relationship with aging and mortality to live the best lives we can? In this conversation with author and model Angela Paul, we talk about escaping the land of comparison, aging without fear, and finding beauty beyond appearance. Angela shares why meditating on mortality matters, and how facing death can deepen the way we experience life.

Links:

• https://www.instagram.com/angelapaul/
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• ⁠Podcast Instagram⁠
• ⁠The Holistic Facelift Instagram

What do our bodies and imaginations teach us about living with trauma? In this conversation with Registered Psychotherapist and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner Ivana Kolakovic, we explore how trauma shapes us as adults, the difference between stress and trauma, and the role imagination plays in our survival. We also discuss how the body’s wisdom can be accessed through somatic work and pose a timely question: Can AI ever truly support us in healing the way a human can?

Links:

• https://ivanapsychotherapy.com
• https://www.theholisticfacelift.com/
• Podcast Instagram
• The Holistic Facelift Instagram

I’m Sophia Ha, and this is the very first episode of The Mirror. In a world that is so caught up in youth, beauty, and superficiality, I want this podcast to be a space for deeper reflection.

Here, we’ll be looking at our relationship with beauty, our fear of aging, and the conditioning that blinds us from seeing who we really are. We’ll talk about self-sabotage, radical self-ownership, and the neuroscience of what it actually takes to change. I’ll share my own experiences with fear and insecurity, as well as stories from people who’ve faced real challenges and found a way to transform their lives.

I’ve been putting this podcast off for twenty years because of my own self-doubt, but that’s exactly why I needed to finally start. If you care about peeling back the layers of conditioning and freeing yourself from false ideas of self, you’re in the right place.