Welcome to the mindful fire podcast where we explore living mindfully on the path to financial independence and beyond.  I'm your host, Adam Coelho and I'm so glad you're here.If you're new to the mindful fire podcast and you haven't yet checked out the other parts of our 3-part series with Julia, you can find the full series at mindfulfire.org/julia.On today's episode of the podcast, we dive into part three of our three part series with Julia Li. This series has followed Julia's journey of making a huge life in career change of leaving Google after six years to pivot into the field of sustainability. What I really love about this series with Julia is just how relatable and actionable it is for me and for anyone who listens to it. Many of us want to start this new year with more intention and alignment with our values and our purpose. These conversations with Julia provide not only inspiration, but also practices like journaling reflection and envisioning that we can use to get clear on what we really want and to begin walking down that path. I hope you've enjoyed this series with Julia as much as I have and I would love to hear what it's inspired you to do in your own life. You can reach out to me on Instagram @themindfulFIREpodcast and drop me a DM and let me know what you're planning for 2022. I really would love to hear it. Today on part three of my conversation with Julia,  we dive into the final chapter of her pivot out of Google and into the field of sustainability after taking three months off to rest and reflect. In today's conversation, Julia shares her mindset and practical approach to identifying which area of sustainability she wanted to work in.  She then shares how she went about identifying potential companies and ultimately connected with those companies to begin the interview process. There's a ton of practical advice Julia shares that can be applied to any career moves you've been thinking about making in 2022. And finally Julia shares with me how her entire relationship with money has changed over the last year since we recorded our first conversation together, before she left Google. In that conversation, I recommended a book to Julia called The Simple Path To Wealth, which you've probably hearText Adam w/ comments or questionsPS: I am considering hosting my Life Envisioning Workshop publicly for the first time but I'm only going to do it if enough people are interested. Join Waitlist​ The Life Envisioning Workshop is all about Creating space to think REALLY BIG about what you truly want and what's possible for you Leaving with your own BIG vision for the next chapter of your life Learning envisioning practices that put your brain to work to make your vision a reality Meeting new friends who are also dreaming BIG and pursuing FIRE If this sounds cool, JOIN THE WAITLIST to let me know you're interested.

Hi and welcome to another episode of The Mindful FIRE Podcast. I'm Adam Coelho, the host of the mindful fire podcast, and I'm glad to welcome you for today's guided meditation. Given the current situation with the new Omnicon variant and the incredible surge in cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the United States and all around the world, I thought it would be helpful and supportive to do a special guided meditation session for all of those suffering with COVID or for those who are worried about COVID as I am.This meditation is dedicated to all of the people who are currently suffering, either with the disease itself or who are worried about someone with the disease or getting it themselves.It's also dedicated to my good friend, Rishan, who inspired me to start the podcast. May you be healthy and safe! Full Show Notes | https://bit.ly/3quwlBhMore Inspiring Interviews | https://bit.ly/3qqTPHDMore Guided Meditations | https://bit.ly/346VD13Text Adam w/ comments or questionsPS: I am considering hosting my Life Envisioning Workshop publicly for the first time but I'm only going to do it if enough people are interested. Join Waitlist​ The Life Envisioning Workshop is all about Creating space to think REALLY BIG about what you truly want and what's possible for you Leaving with your own BIG vision for the next chapter of your life Learning envisioning practices that put your brain to work to make your vision a reality Meeting new friends who are also dreaming BIG and pursuing FIRE If this sounds cool, JOIN THE WAITLIST to let me know you're interested.

Welcome to the Mindful FIRE Podcast, where we explore living mindfully on the path to financial independence and beyond. The holidays are a time of joy but they can also bring about stress and worry. This is especially true with the recent surge in covid cases due to the new Omicron variant. I hope you are staying healthy and safe during these challenging times.Today's practice is an invitation to take a moment for yourself to release this stress and worry by resting in a simple awareness of your body sitting and breathing. I find that there is something really grounding and easeful about resting in the simplicity of feeling my body breathe in and out. We finish today's practice with a simple loving kindness compassion practice in which we practice sending well wishes to ourselves, a loved one and all beings everywhere. This practice of sending and receiving compassion connects us with our inherent goodness and just feels nice. I wish you and your family, health, safety and happiness during this holiday season and into the new year! Full Show Notes | https://bit.ly/32jvviCMore Inspiring Interviews | https://bit.ly/3pdGdjqMore Guided Meditations | https://bit.ly/32m2zXdText Adam w/ comments or questionsPS: I am considering hosting my Life Envisioning Workshop publicly for the first time but I'm only going to do it if enough people are interested. Join Waitlist​ The Life Envisioning Workshop is all about Creating space to think REALLY BIG about what you truly want and what's possible for you Leaving with your own BIG vision for the next chapter of your life Learning envisioning practices that put your brain to work to make your vision a reality Meeting new friends who are also dreaming BIG and pursuing FIRE If this sounds cool, JOIN THE WAITLIST to let me know you're interested.

"I wrote this mantra to myself where I said 'I celebrate uncertainty and I delight and not knowing what comes next.'" - Julia LI Welcome to the mindful fire podcast, where we explore living mindfully on the path to financial independence and beyond I'm your host, Adam Coelho and I'm so glad you're here. On today's episode, we're rejoined by my friend, Julia Li, who joined us on episode 15 of the mindful fire podcast.  In the fall of last year, Julia and I connected and she shared that she was about to make a big change in her life. She was going to leave Google, and pivot to a new career in the field of sustainability. And we thought it would be really cool for us to do a two-part episode. Before and after she left Google. The first episode, episode 15, we explore why she's making this change, how she's thinking about it and how she's thinking about making the move into a new career, in the field of sustainability. Today, we're almost exactly six months from when she left Google and took a six month sabbatical to rest rejuvenate and clarify her vision of what she wants to create for her life as she moves into this next chapter in the world of sustainability. Since Julia and I were catching up for over 2 and a half hours, I've decided to break the conversation into multiple episodes. This is part one of our conversation 6 months after Julia left Google to take time off and pivot into the field of sustainbility. In today's episode Julia and I caught up on:all aspects of what has happened since we last spoke a few months before leaving Google after 6 yearswhat it was like in the last couple of months, as she was preparing to leave Googlehow she was thinking and feeling about that.what it was like when she was on the other side. how she really need to learn how to rest and how she learned to practice resting just like you would  practice anything else like meditation or the guitar or any other skillWe talk about how so many of us, even when we're resting, feel like we should still be doing something productive, learning something or growing in some way. Sometimes it's really important to just rest with no other agenda than to take care of ourselves. Julia shares how she embarked on some self exploration to clarify her vision of what she wanted to create. She shares how she used the tools of journaling and networking, reaching out to people in the fields that she was looking into and asking them tell her all about Text Adam w/ comments or questionsPS: I am considering hosting my Life Envisioning Workshop publicly for the first time but I'm only going to do it if enough people are interested. Join Waitlist​ The Life Envisioning Workshop is all about Creating space to think REALLY BIG about what you truly want and what's possible for you Leaving with your own BIG vision for the next chapter of your life Learning envisioning practices that put your brain to work to make your vision a reality Meeting new friends who are also dreaming BIG and pursuing FIRE If this sounds cool, JOIN THE WAITLIST to let me know you're interested.

Today's guided meditation is an affirmations practice. You can think of it as practicing the beliefs or mindsets you'd like to carry forward in your day to day life. It's an incredibly powerful practice that puts the predictive power of your brain to work for you to create the future you want. This session begins with a simple mindfulness of breath practice, simply resting in awareness of the sensations of breathing in the body.After settling the mind on the breath, I invite you to bring to mind a belief or way of being you’d like to embody as you show up in your life. You can choose a belief about your self or about the world that would be useful to embody more in your life. For instance, I practice "the world is abundant with opportunity" and "I am guided by curiosity".  Those are beliefs that I want to embody as I move through my life. Then I guide you as you practice seeing how that belief was in the past, how it's true now in the present and how it will be true in the future. You’ll practice seeing how you’ve lived that belief in the past, how you’re living it in the present and how you will live it in the future in as much detail as possible. This is an incredibly powerful practice and one that I do most days. This practice had a profound impact on me during one of the most difficult times in my life. The more we practice seeing ourself living each belief in the past, present and future, the more evidence we give our brain that this is in fact true. Because it is! Do this for a while and magic will happen! I hope you enjoy this practice and would love to hear what you think! Please share your feedback with me in the comments below.Full Show Notes | https://bit.ly/3Gm1WLKMore Inspiring Interviews | https://bit.ly/3ou1DZhMore Guided Meditations | https://bit.ly/3y4OJEqText Adam w/ comments or questionsPS: I am considering hosting my Life Envisioning Workshop publicly for the first time but I'm only going to do it if enough people are interested. Join Waitlist​ The Life Envisioning Workshop is all about Creating space to think REALLY BIG about what you truly want and what's possible for you Leaving with your own BIG vision for the next chapter of your life Learning envisioning practices that put your brain to work to make your vision a reality Meeting new friends who are also dreaming BIG and pursuing FIRE If this sounds cool, JOIN THE WAITLIST to let me know you're interested.

Introducing the series Before & After Leaving Google to Pivot Into a Career in Sustainability with Julia Li. Subscribe now to receive the next part of the series in 2 weeks. Last year around this time, my good friend, Julia Li told me she was getting ready to leave Google after six years and switch careers into the field of sustainability.   What you'll hear in today's episode is the conversation Julia and I had before she left Google; how she came to the decision, what preparations she made financially and otherwise, and what she hopes for from the three months she'll be taking off of work before she starts pursuing a job in the sustainability space.I originally released this episode earlier this year and it was by far one of the most popular episodes. I wanted to repost it so people could have the context of what it was like before Julia transitioned out of Google and embarked on this three months of reflection. This past summer, Julia and I caught up six months after she left Google. And just before she was getting ready to start her new job in the field of sustainability.  It was really interesting to hear how Julia approached her time off and how she ultimately found what she wanted to do in this huge field of sustainability. And then how she went about actually getting a job in the space. The conversation was so interesting, it lasted for more than two and a half hours. So I'll be breaking it up into two episodes that I'll be releasing starting in two weeks. I'm really excited to share this series with you at the end of the year, because the end of the year is really a period of reflection and deep thinking about our lives and the changes we might want to make to move more into alignment with what's most important to us. So much is in flux right now with the pandemic and with the great resignation. More and more people are looking closely at what is most important to them, what truly matters to them, and questioning how they want to spend their limited time and energy. So I thought it would be helpful and inspiring to share Julia's journey of doing just that. To see how she approached making big changes in her life that were honestly really scary but help her move more into meaning, purpose and alignment with her values. Make sure to subscribe on your podcast player and to join the email list at mindfulfire.org so you don't miss any parts of this insightful and inspiring series with Julia. Announcing my first public Text Adam w/ comments or questionsPS: I am considering hosting my Life Envisioning Workshop publicly for the first time but I'm only going to do it if enough people are interested. Join Waitlist​ The Life Envisioning Workshop is all about Creating space to think REALLY BIG about what you truly want and what's possible for you Leaving with your own BIG vision for the next chapter of your life Learning envisioning practices that put your brain to work to make your vision a reality Meeting new friends who are also dreaming BIG and pursuing FIRE If this sounds cool, JOIN THE WAITLIST to let me know you're interested.

Welcome to The Mindful FIRE Podcast where we explore living mindfully on the path to financial independence and beyond. I'm your host, Adam Coelho. And I'm so glad you're here. On today's episode of the podcast, because it's Thanksgiving week in the United States, we're going to do a meditation on thankfulness. We're going to cultivate awareness of all the blessings we have in our life. And we're going to practice resting and a feeling of gratitude or thankfulness for all that we have. Often in my life, I find that I'm leaning forward into the future and focused on all the things that I don't have, all the things that I want to achieve or attain. There's really a feeling of striving that permeates a lot of my life. I've been trying to come more into the present moment and to recognize all of the amazing things I have in my life already and to cultivate a sense of thankfulness gratefulness and contentment with what is. And so that's what we'll practice here in this. Short meditation, practice of thankfulness. Full Show Notes | https://bit.ly/3xcXCv6More Inspiring Interviews | https://bit.ly/3xiabVLMore Guided Meditations | https://bit.ly/3xtSNOhText Adam w/ comments or questionsPS: I am considering hosting my Life Envisioning Workshop publicly for the first time but I'm only going to do it if enough people are interested. Join Waitlist​ The Life Envisioning Workshop is all about Creating space to think REALLY BIG about what you truly want and what's possible for you Leaving with your own BIG vision for the next chapter of your life Learning envisioning practices that put your brain to work to make your vision a reality Meeting new friends who are also dreaming BIG and pursuing FIRE If this sounds cool, JOIN THE WAITLIST to let me know you're interested.

Welcome to The Mindful FIRE Podcast, where we explore living mindfully on the path to financial independence and beyond. I'm your host Adam Coelho and I'm so glad you're here.On today's episode, I'm joined by my new friend, Wendy Thomas. Wendy Thomas is the founder of Wendy Thomas Coaching, which helps individuals and teams excel in work and life by learning to harness the power of mindset. An early stage breast cancer diagnosis gave Wendy the courage and perspective to follow her longtime entrepreneurial dream of establishing her own coaching company. Her authentic and vulnerable coaching style inspires individuals to discover their own potential and to achieve greater depths of personal and professional fulfillment.Prior to launching Wendy Thomas Coaching, Wendy spent 18 years in financial services working at Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters and FactSet. Most recently, Wendy led FactSet Canada in developing effective strategies for growth, talent, acquisition, team building, and operational effectiveness.Wendy is a passionate mom of two young boys and cares deeply about helping people create a healthy work-life balance. In this conversation. Wendy shares her story of climbing the corporate ladder only to have her life turned completely upside down by a cancer diagnosis just two days before her 40th birthday. Wendy shares how getting this cancer diagnosis changed everything in her life overnight and forced her to  make some big changes and to really take to heart the advice that her late father gave her, which was to turn adversity into opportunity.She shares more about what this means and the changes she made to move from what you call is living from the outside in to living from the inside out.And we dive into this idea of how do we live from the inside out rather than the outside in  to live true to ourselves and with intention each and every day, I really enjoyed this conversation with Wendy and it really made me think about my own life and how I need to stop and really think about what's most important to me and how I want to move forward and live intentionally with each and every day.And if you enjoy today's episode with Wendy, I invite you to please hit subscribe wherever you're listening to this, this just lets the providers know you're getting value from the episodes and we'll make sure that you receive all the new episodes as IText Adam w/ comments or questionsPS: I am considering hosting my Life Envisioning Workshop publicly for the first time but I'm only going to do it if enough people are interested. Join Waitlist​ The Life Envisioning Workshop is all about Creating space to think REALLY BIG about what you truly want and what's possible for you Leaving with your own BIG vision for the next chapter of your life Learning envisioning practices that put your brain to work to make your vision a reality Meeting new friends who are also dreaming BIG and pursuing FIRE If this sounds cool, JOIN THE WAITLIST to let me know you're interested.

Welcome to The Mindful FIRE Podcast, where we explore living mindfully on the path to financial independence and beyond. I'm your host Adam Coelho and I'm so glad you're here. On this week's guided meditation practice, we practice a simple mindful awareness practice. In this shorter practice we practicing bringing a kind, curious awareness to the experience of breathing, moment by moment and breath by breath. We finish the practice by bringing to mind someone or something we're extremely grateful for. Then we rest in a kind, curious awareness of the feeling of gratitude.I hope you enjoy this simple but powerful practice. If you haven't already, i invite you to check out my last episode where I introduce myself and share my vision for the podcast. Full Show Notes | https://bit.ly/3nRg7RoMore Inspiring Interviews | https://bit.ly/3BAM1XoMore Guided Meditations | https://bit.ly/3BG0PDPText Adam w/ comments or questionsPS: I am considering hosting my Life Envisioning Workshop publicly for the first time but I'm only going to do it if enough people are interested. Join Waitlist​ The Life Envisioning Workshop is all about Creating space to think REALLY BIG about what you truly want and what's possible for you Leaving with your own BIG vision for the next chapter of your life Learning envisioning practices that put your brain to work to make your vision a reality Meeting new friends who are also dreaming BIG and pursuing FIRE If this sounds cool, JOIN THE WAITLIST to let me know you're interested.

"I want Mindful FIRE to create opportunity for people to live meaningful and fulfilled lives, aligned with their values and purpose, by connecting them with the ideas of mindfulness and financial independence. " - Adam CoelhoWelcome to the mindful fire podcast where we explore living mindfully on the path to financial independence and beyond. I'm your host, Adam Coelho and I'm so glad you're here. On today's episode of the podcast, I'm excited to bring you my first solo episode. I've been doing the mindful fire podcast for almost a year and a half now and have produced over 60 episodes in meditations. But I realized I haven't truly introduced myself to you or talked about why I'm doing the mindful fire podcast in the first place.  And so that's what I want to get into today, who I am, why I'm doing The Mindful FIRE Podcast and what my vision is for the podcast. And at the end of the episode I make a special announcement and share details for my upcoming Life Envisioning Workshop happening in January. If you'd like to be notified when registration opens for that workshop you can sign up at MindfulFIRE.org/vision. I also just want to say thank you so much for listening to the podcast and supporting my work. The podcast recently surpassed 5,000 downloads and I'm absolutely blown away and so excited that people are finding the content valuable coming back to hear new episodes and sharing with your friends. And if you're reading this, you're one of those people. And so I just wanted to take a moment to tell you how much I appreciate you and to say thank you  for all the support you've given me in listening  to the podcast and sharing with your friends.Sign up to be notified about my upcoming Life Envisioning Workshop.Full Show Notes | https://bit.ly/3CgzLMKMore Inspiring Interviews | https://bit.ly/3GoxXnqMore Guided Meditations | https://bit.ly/3nr4H6FText Adam w/ comments or questionsPS: I am considering hosting my Life Envisioning Workshop publicly for the first time but I'm only going to do it if enough people are interested. Join Waitlist​ The Life Envisioning Workshop is all about Creating space to think REALLY BIG about what you truly want and what's possible for you Leaving with your own BIG vision for the next chapter of your life Learning envisioning practices that put your brain to work to make your vision a reality Meeting new friends who are also dreaming BIG and pursuing FIRE If this sounds cool, JOIN THE WAITLIST to let me know you're interested.

Hey you! Yeah you! When was the last time you took a break for yourself? ⁠⁠NOW is the time! You deserve it and, let's be honest, you probably really NEED it. ⁠⁠I'm excited to remaster and reshare one of my favorite and most popular early meditations. In this 15 minute guided meditation practice, I invite you to take a well deserved break. ⁠⁠When I first released this in Dec 2020 the pandemic was raging around the world and we still knew relatively little about it. Now we're almost another year into this pandemic and it hasn't gone away but some how our lives feel really full again. So take this invitation and and take a much needed break for yourself, whether with this mediation or your self care practice of choice. ⁠⁠Full Show Notes | https://bit.ly/3vqHw07More Inspiring Interviews | https://bit.ly/3zLoBhLMore Guided Meditations | https://bit.ly/38OHd4FText Adam w/ comments or questionsPS: I am considering hosting my Life Envisioning Workshop publicly for the first time but I'm only going to do it if enough people are interested. Join Waitlist​ The Life Envisioning Workshop is all about Creating space to think REALLY BIG about what you truly want and what's possible for you Leaving with your own BIG vision for the next chapter of your life Learning envisioning practices that put your brain to work to make your vision a reality Meeting new friends who are also dreaming BIG and pursuing FIRE If this sounds cool, JOIN THE WAITLIST to let me know you're interested.

Welcome to The Mindful FIRE Podcast, where we explore living mindfully on the path to financial independence and beyond. I'm your host, Adam Coelho and I'm so glad you're here. On today's episode. I'm joined by my friend Mounira Latrache. Mounira is the founder of Connected Business, which helps companies and individuals develop self-leadership and co-leadership, which empowers them to live more meaningful, connected, and compassionate lives. Mounira brings 15 plus years of leadership experience at international brands like Google, Red Bull and BMW. Mounira was a pioneer of Google's mindfulness community and it’s success led her to teach mindfulness and train teams at other companies around the world. Mounira is a member of The Mindful Leadership Institute and internationally certified Search Inside Yourself facilitator, and she gives mindfulness and compassion, keynotes and training all over the world.Mounira's own mindfulness practice gave her the tools to become a more effective leader and she is passionate about empowering others to lead more meaningful, connected, and compassionate lives.In this conversation Mounira shares her journey through life and  how an insight that came out of suffering of not fitting in as a young person, helped her to realize that she could craft and create her own life and way of showing up in the world.And that has guided her to really design her life in a way that is meaningful and purposeful for her. And she's brought this to bear both in the corporate world and now as an entrepreneur, leading trainings and working with companies to help them develop more self-leadership and co-leadership within their teams.And we really dive deep into these ideas of self-leadership and co-leadership as well. I really enjoyed this conversation with my friend Mounira and I hope that you enjoy it as well. Full Show Notes | https://bit.ly/2YGOHohMore Inspiring Interviews | https://bit.ly/3BKOFKIMore Guided Meditations | https://bit.ly/2YFoQx0Text Adam w/ comments or questionsPS: I am considering hosting my Life Envisioning Workshop publicly for the first time but I'm only going to do it if enough people are interested. Join Waitlist​ The Life Envisioning Workshop is all about Creating space to think REALLY BIG about what you truly want and what's possible for you Leaving with your own BIG vision for the next chapter of your life Learning envisioning practices that put your brain to work to make your vision a reality Meeting new friends who are also dreaming BIG and pursuing FIRE If this sounds cool, JOIN THE WAITLIST to let me know you're interested.

Are you listening to what you body is telling you? In this guided meditation we practice bringing a kind curious, loving awareness to our body. We begin by checking in with ourselves to see how we are arriving. Then we practice a guided body scan, bringing loving awareness to feeling each part of the body. Finally we finish by bringing loving kindness (compassion) to our body, which makes our entire existence possible. Full Show Notes | https://bit.ly/3ovTt35More Inspiring Interviews | https://bit.ly/3msuA5yMore Guided Meditations | https://bit.ly/3ou71MtText Adam w/ comments or questionsPS: I am considering hosting my Life Envisioning Workshop publicly for the first time but I'm only going to do it if enough people are interested. Join Waitlist​ The Life Envisioning Workshop is all about Creating space to think REALLY BIG about what you truly want and what's possible for you Leaving with your own BIG vision for the next chapter of your life Learning envisioning practices that put your brain to work to make your vision a reality Meeting new friends who are also dreaming BIG and pursuing FIRE If this sounds cool, JOIN THE WAITLIST to let me know you're interested.

Welcome to the mindful fire podcast, where we explore living mindfully on the path to financial independence and beyond. I'm your host, Adam Coelho and I'm so glad you're here.On today's episode, I'm joined by my new friend, Cara Bradley. Cara is a leading authority of mental fitness having led thousands to her signature strategies to work and play in flow.She shares her 30 years of body brain training with fortune 500 companies, startups and premier college sports teams.  Cara's expertise includes science back tools for optimal performance, including nervous system flow, state, and mindfulness training. In addition to strategies to optimize the gut brain connection.She's the author of the book On The Verge, Wake Up, Show Up and Shine, founder of the award winning verge yoga center and host of the On The Verge Mental Fitness Podcast.On this episode, Cara and I explore the idea of mental fitness, an area she's dedicated most of her career to. We learn what it is and how we can practice it.We also explore the connection between our gut and our brain.And we spend a good bit of time talking about the flow state and Cara shares, how mindfulness and meditation help us to identify our own flow triggers and the activities that put us in a state of flow. And she shares a number of  practices, including breathwork practices.Cara also generously offered to share her mental fitness protocol with our audience. And you can get that at mindfulfire.org/cara.Finally Cara shares her thoughts and experience building a business around the ideas of teaching and sharing mental fitness. And she shares how she used her award-winning yoga studio, which she started just around the time that yoga was becoming mainstream in the United States, as a laboratory for developing a deeper understanding and practice around mental fitness, health, and wellbeing.Connect with Cara BradleyCara Bradley's Website - CaraBradley.netCara's Free Mental Fitness ProtocolFull Show Notes | https://bit.ly/3ujnfJText Adam w/ comments or questionsPS: I am considering hosting my Life Envisioning Workshop publicly for the first time but I'm only going to do it if enough people are interested. Join Waitlist​ The Life Envisioning Workshop is all about Creating space to think REALLY BIG about what you truly want and what's possible for you Leaving with your own BIG vision for the next chapter of your life Learning envisioning practices that put your brain to work to make your vision a reality Meeting new friends who are also dreaming BIG and pursuing FIRE If this sounds cool, JOIN THE WAITLIST to let me know you're interested.

One of the most important parts of living a fulfilled and happy life is answering the question "What is enough?".  It seems simple but in our culture of "more, more, more" this question looms large for all of us; not just with our money but with our time, energy, effort, and so much more. We may feel like we don't have enough, that we're not doing enough or even that we, ourselves, are not enough. I know I've felt all of these and am still reflecting to learn more on how these beliefs show up in my life. This practice invites you to practice having enough, feeling enough and being enough right here in this moment. For just a moment, can we let go of everything we hope to achieve and attain and just let being here, alive in this moment be enough. I hope you enjoy this practice. If you do, please hit subscribe or follow where you're listening to this to let the platform know you're getting value and you want to be here for future episodes. Full Show Notes | https://bit.ly/3nQtfI2More Inspiring Interviews | https://bit.ly/2XsLfx7More Guided Meditations | https://bit.ly/3AsbYIFText Adam w/ comments or questionsPS: I am considering hosting my Life Envisioning Workshop publicly for the first time but I'm only going to do it if enough people are interested. Join Waitlist​ The Life Envisioning Workshop is all about Creating space to think REALLY BIG about what you truly want and what's possible for you Leaving with your own BIG vision for the next chapter of your life Learning envisioning practices that put your brain to work to make your vision a reality Meeting new friends who are also dreaming BIG and pursuing FIRE If this sounds cool, JOIN THE WAITLIST to let me know you're interested.

Welcome to The Mindful FIRE Podcast, where we explore living mindfully on the path to financial independence and beyond. I'm your host, Adam Coelho and I'm so glad you're here. On today's episode, I'm joined by my friend, Anna Kozenkova.Anna joined Google people operations six plus years ago and she's based in Prague Czech Republic. Previously, she worked for over 10 years in executive search consulting across Europe. At Google in addition to her core role in recruitment, Anna takes an active part in facilitating Googler to Googler programs. Her passion is people development and creating sustained well-being and psychological safety in teams. For the last five years, she's been an active member of the global search inside yourself, facilitator cohort. She also offers career and life coaching at Google and externally. In this conversation, Anna and I talk a lot about creating space in your life.  Anna shares, how practicing mindfulness allows her to create more space in her life on a day-to-day basis and on a more macro level allows her to design a life that's aligned with her values and her passion for travel. We explore how this idea of space applies to money as well and Anna shares her thoughts on money, financial independence, retire early, and how creating this space in your life gives you more choice about how you want to live your life. She also shares how she's applied these principles in our life to design her life around her number one, passion, which is travel.Anna is one of the most well-traveled people that I know having traveled to over 90 countries including a lot of places that most people don't even think to go like Antartica.I really enjoyed this conversation with my friend, Anna Kozenkova and she really helped me reflect on my life and some of the things that are most important to me I hope that you enjoyed it as well.You can find the full show notes for today's episode, including any resources, links or books mentioned in today's episode at mindfulfire.org/44.If you enjoy today's episode, I invite you to please hit subscribe or follow wherever you're listening to this.This just lets the platforms know you're getting value from the episodes and you want to be here when we produce additional content. And if you're enjoying the podcast,Text Adam w/ comments or questionsPS: I am considering hosting my Life Envisioning Workshop publicly for the first time but I'm only going to do it if enough people are interested. Join Waitlist​ The Life Envisioning Workshop is all about Creating space to think REALLY BIG about what you truly want and what's possible for you Leaving with your own BIG vision for the next chapter of your life Learning envisioning practices that put your brain to work to make your vision a reality Meeting new friends who are also dreaming BIG and pursuing FIRE If this sounds cool, JOIN THE WAITLIST to let me know you're interested.

Impermanence - the fact of life that everything is constantly changing and nothing stays the same for long - can be best observed and experienced within our own body. I took this picture in November 2017 on the last day of my 10 day silent Vipassana meditation retreat in Northern California. It was at this retreat that I truly observed the impermanence of life, not on an intellectual level but on an experiential level. At this retreat we practiced body scan meditation, being aware of each part of the body from head to toe, for 10 hours per day starting at 4:30 am. Paying close attention to the body it becomes clear that even something that seems fixed, say a pain in my shoulder, is actually changing and moving continuously. Nothing is staying the same. If you've ever scratched an itch to find that you suddenly have another new itchy area in another part of your body, you've experienced this. Impermanence is all around us. At the 10 day retreat each day I walked past this mountain scene many times and each time it was different. Some mornings it was covered in frost, others fog and others bathed in sun. It was an outward lesson on impermanence mirroring what I was learning inwardly through body scan meditation. I invite you to have a small taste of the ever changing nature of our bodies and of our lives, with this guided body scan meditation. I hope you enjoy and would love to hear about your experience in the comments below. Full Show Notes | https://bit.ly/2VlxnUNMore Inspiring Interviews | https://bit.ly/3zLoBhLMore Guided Meditations | https://bit.ly/38OHd4F#bodyscan #bodyscanmeditation #meditation #mindfulness #bodyawareness #impermanence #vipassana #insight #goeka #ssgoenka #dhamma #10daysilentretreat #meditationretreat Text Adam w/ comments or questionsPS: I am considering hosting my Life Envisioning Workshop publicly for the first time but I'm only going to do it if enough people are interested. Join Waitlist​ The Life Envisioning Workshop is all about Creating space to think REALLY BIG about what you truly want and what's possible for you Leaving with your own BIG vision for the next chapter of your life Learning envisioning practices that put your brain to work to make your vision a reality Meeting new friends who are also dreaming BIG and pursuing FIRE If this sounds cool, JOIN THE WAITLIST to let me know you're interested.

"Imagine that your body and even your mind  are rooted, grounded, planted here in this spot while the crazy world just keeps on spinning." - Adam CoelhoThis quote captures what this grounding meditation practice is all about. A lot of the time, especially theses days, it feels like we're caught in a strong storm. It feels like we're being blown in many different directions and it's hard to maintain our balance and stability. Mindfulness helps us to regain our stability by grounding in the timeless moment of now. This practice invites you to let go of everything happening outside, in the world, in the past, in the future and to just ground in this moment, right now. To imagine that you're like a tree with deep roots, grounded in this moment, no matter which way the winds of the storm blow.I hope you enjoy it and I welcome your comments. DM me on Instagram @TheMindfulFIREPodcast. If you'd like to support the show, the best way you can do that is by sharing your favorite meditation or episode with a couple of friends! Thanks for all your support! Full Show Notes - https://bit.ly/3Dee6WvMore Guided Meditations - https://bit.ly/2WdYYb0More Inspiring Interviews-  https://bit.ly/3ybMXQ4Text Adam w/ comments or questionsPS: I am considering hosting my Life Envisioning Workshop publicly for the first time but I'm only going to do it if enough people are interested. Join Waitlist​ The Life Envisioning Workshop is all about Creating space to think REALLY BIG about what you truly want and what's possible for you Leaving with your own BIG vision for the next chapter of your life Learning envisioning practices that put your brain to work to make your vision a reality Meeting new friends who are also dreaming BIG and pursuing FIRE If this sounds cool, JOIN THE WAITLIST to let me know you're interested.

Welcome to The Mindful Fire Podcast where we explore living mindfully on the path to financial independence and beyond. I'm your host, Adam Coelho and I'm so glad you're here. On today's episode of the podcast. I'm joined by my new friend, Jessi Shuraleff.Jessi spent 13 and a half years at Google leading and coaching sales teams using authenticity value-based selling and storytelling to drive impact in revenue for her customers.She's worked with brands both big and small across numerous industries, including retail technology, real estate and B2B.She recently left the corporate world and has taken the leap into solopreneurship as the founder of the podcast and community, This Is My Truth.Creating building and maintaining relationships is at the core of who she is and authenticity, vulnerability and storytelling have been the cornerstone of her skill set to get where she is today as a leader, podcaster and mom.  Her personal mission is to create community and connection through the sharing of personal stories, to empower individuals and brands, to step into their own light, reclaim their voice and drive greater impact. In this conversation, Jessie and I explore her journey over the last 13 and a half years at Google, where she had a ton of success, but ultimately found herself at 6:03 in the morning, brushing her teeth a few years ago and having her husband asked her a question he's asked many times, " Are you happy?". And she had to answer "no". She realized that she needed to make some changes in her life to reclaim her voice, find her own way, rediscovering herself and what's truly important to her in the process. This moment, what she calls her 6:03 moment, really catalyzed a ton of change for her in her life. And while she didn't leave Google overnight, it began a process of self discovery that included therapy, coaching, self exploration, and just really untangling a lot of the go go, go culture that she had internalized growing up in this society and building a career within Google, which I can tell you is quite the go go, go type of place. We explore a lot around this idea of the go go, go culture, where we all are taking on so much. So many projects, parenting, working, taking care of our houses, taking care of our family members, trying to fit all these things into our life and all the while forgetting to take care of ourselves and forgetting to listen to ourselves and asking the question, what do I need right now?And we both share how the practicText Adam w/ comments or questionsPS: I am considering hosting my Life Envisioning Workshop publicly for the first time but I'm only going to do it if enough people are interested. Join Waitlist​ The Life Envisioning Workshop is all about Creating space to think REALLY BIG about what you truly want and what's possible for you Leaving with your own BIG vision for the next chapter of your life Learning envisioning practices that put your brain to work to make your vision a reality Meeting new friends who are also dreaming BIG and pursuing FIRE If this sounds cool, JOIN THE WAITLIST to let me know you're interested.

Welcome to The Mindful FIRE Podcast, where we explore living mindfully on the path to financial independence and beyond. I'm your host Adam Coelho and I'm so glad you're here. Often our busy minds feel like the choppy waves of the ocean during a storm. But even during a storm, if you drop below the surface just 10-15 feet, the water is calmer and quieter.  I like to think of meditation as a practice of dropping in, dropping below the busy and tumultuous waves of my mind, into the calmer, quieter peace of this moment. That's what this practice is all about. I share simple guidance to help you drop into this moment, so you can enjoy the simplicity, peace and ease that exists below the surface. We finish up with some gratitude and drop into the feeling of gratitude in our bodies. Full Show Notes | https://bit.ly/2TQGo7qMore Inspiring Interviews | https://bit.ly/3yuhKZCMore Guided Meditations | https://bit.ly/3imJtWdText Adam w/ comments or questionsPS: I am considering hosting my Life Envisioning Workshop publicly for the first time but I'm only going to do it if enough people are interested. Join Waitlist​ The Life Envisioning Workshop is all about Creating space to think REALLY BIG about what you truly want and what's possible for you Leaving with your own BIG vision for the next chapter of your life Learning envisioning practices that put your brain to work to make your vision a reality Meeting new friends who are also dreaming BIG and pursuing FIRE If this sounds cool, JOIN THE WAITLIST to let me know you're interested.

Welcome to The Mindful FIRE Podcast, where we explore living mindfully on the path to financial independence and beyond. I'm your host Adam Coelho and I'm so glad you're here. I am so thrilled to bring you today’s episode with my good friend, Dan Arwady. Dan works at YouTube and heads up Partner Engineering for the YouTube Music Labels operations team. On the side, he's an engineering student, a drummer, a music producer, and an amateur woodworker, and when he's really doing life right he's a meditator and an avid reader too. But in reality, he's usually spending a bunch of quality time with his 1 year old son TJ, his wife Ang, and his dog Levi.This conversation truly felt like 2 good friends catching up and talking about life and as a result we forgot to have Dan introduce himself until about 40 minutes into the conversation. Luckily we were recording the whole time and caught all of the gems he had to share. Editing was interesting to say the least and took me longer than usual but I am really proud of the resulting episode and it was an exercise in practicing my craft of podcasting, which we discuss in the episode. In this conversation we dive into the many lessons Dan has learned in his pursuit to constantly learn and grow as a person and musician through deliberate practice. Dan is an incredibly talented musician, playing several instruments but with a focus on drums. We discuss how he approached getting better at drums through deliberate practice even when he didn’t have much time because of work and life. And he also shares how he continues to hone his skills as a drummer by working with expert coaches and now collaborating with friends to put his music out in the world. He just released his first solo track which you can check out on Spotify. In the last 5 years Dan has also made a career switch from Sales to Engineering at Google, which I can tell you is extremely difficult and not something many people are able to pull off. Dan shares how he came to love engineering and how he went about learning this difficult skills, ultimately finding himself pursuing a second Bachelors of Engineering and Computer Science, all while working full time and starting a family. Dan shares a ton of incredible wisdom throughout the episode and I throw in a few pieces of wisdom I’ve picked up over the years as well. As you may have noticed, on recent episodes of the podcast I’ve talked a lot about “envisioning” which is all about using the power of your predicting and ever changing brain to create the life you’ve alwText Adam w/ comments or questionsPS: I am considering hosting my Life Envisioning Workshop publicly for the first time but I'm only going to do it if enough people are interested. Join Waitlist​ The Life Envisioning Workshop is all about Creating space to think REALLY BIG about what you truly want and what's possible for you Leaving with your own BIG vision for the next chapter of your life Learning envisioning practices that put your brain to work to make your vision a reality Meeting new friends who are also dreaming BIG and pursuing FIRE If this sounds cool, JOIN THE WAITLIST to let me know you're interested.

In life it's easy to get pulled off course despite the best intentions. I find that meditation and the cultivation of mindfulness offers a moment by moment experience of this fact of life. Despite our best intentions to focus our awareness on our breath, our attention wanders away into distraction, story, planning, etc. It can be minutes before we even notice we've been pulled away. But the beautiful thing about the practice is that once we notice our mind has wandered, we are already aware again and we can CHOOSE to bring our attention back to the breath and start again. Over and over, our mind will wander and we can choose to start again.This guided meditation offers you and opportunity to start again. Whether you've been meditating every single day or if you've been off it for a while and struggling to make it a daily habit (as I sometimes do), this practice is your chance to start again. I hope you enjoy it! Full Show Notes | https://bit.ly/3zDo40HMore Inspiring Interviews | https://bit.ly/3BIFWJqMore Guided Meditations | https://bit.ly/36ZhbKSText Adam w/ comments or questionsPS: I am considering hosting my Life Envisioning Workshop publicly for the first time but I'm only going to do it if enough people are interested. Join Waitlist​ The Life Envisioning Workshop is all about Creating space to think REALLY BIG about what you truly want and what's possible for you Leaving with your own BIG vision for the next chapter of your life Learning envisioning practices that put your brain to work to make your vision a reality Meeting new friends who are also dreaming BIG and pursuing FIRE If this sounds cool, JOIN THE WAITLIST to let me know you're interested.

Welcome to the mindful fire podcast, where we explore living mindfully on the path to financial independence and beyond. I'm your host, Adam Coelho and I'm so glad you're here. On today's episode. I'm joined by my friend, Martie Adler, a consultant coach, and end of life, doula, who I met at the wisdom 2.0 conference.Among a conference of thousands of people, Martie and I ended up in a community gathering breakout room on zoom and really connected on a number of topics. And I knew I had to get her on the podcast. In this conversation, Martie and I dive into a number of topics, including  conscious living, envisioning the future we want and the gift of elderhood.Martie and I dive deep into the idea and practice of envisioning something that's been really impactful in my life. We discuss how we can apply envisioning to our life as we think about financial independence and retiring early. She's worked with a lot of people who get to the point of their life where they don't need to work anymore, and then don't know what they want to do with their life. And so she shares why it's so important that we envision what we want our life to look like all the time, as an ongoing practice and how the language that we use when we think about what we are creating and as we interact with other people in the world, how that really shapes our environment. I share a number of stories in this episode around how I've envisioned both positive and negative things in my life and the impact that that's had.Lately I've been feeling really called to dive deeper into this idea of envisioning and to create a workshop, to empower listeners of the mindful fire podcast, to get clear on what their vision is for their future. So if after listening to this episode, you feel that you want to dive deeper into this practice and you'd like to attend a workshop on this practice of envisioning, please let me know. I want to understand what would be most useful for you. You can let me know by reaching out to me at [email protected] or reaching out to me on Instagram at @themindfulfirepodcast.Martie also shares how she's worked with elders in her career, both as they explore what's next for their life and as they approached the end of their lives. She shares her thoughts on the gift of elderhood and how people who are younger can really learn from their elders and leverage that experience to improve how they live their lives. Martie's also an end of life doula, which means Text Adam w/ comments or questionsPS: I am considering hosting my Life Envisioning Workshop publicly for the first time but I'm only going to do it if enough people are interested. Join Waitlist​ The Life Envisioning Workshop is all about Creating space to think REALLY BIG about what you truly want and what's possible for you Leaving with your own BIG vision for the next chapter of your life Learning envisioning practices that put your brain to work to make your vision a reality Meeting new friends who are also dreaming BIG and pursuing FIRE If this sounds cool, JOIN THE WAITLIST to let me know you're interested.

Welcome to The Mindful FIRE Podcast, where we explore living mindfully on the path to financial independence and beyond. I'm your host Adam Coelho and I'm so glad you're here. This guided meditation is a practice of offering kindness and compassion to those who are suffering. With so much suffering happening in the world, the question of how I can help often leaves me feeling overwhelmed. But this simple practice of Metta, or loving kindness, which I learned from Sharon Salzberg and others, is a way of offering kindness and compassion to those who need it. Think of it as sending out kindness or good vibes to those who are suffering. It’s incredibly powerful. Not only does it feel good and put positive energy into the universe, it orients your mind towards kindness and helping. Training this muscle of compassion makes it more likely that you’ll recognize opportunities to help those in need in your own part of the world when the situation arises. In this practice we begin by settling the mind by checking in with ourselves and then eventually finding our way to the peace of the breath. Then we switch gears into the loving kindness compassion practice which we direct towards our self, someone suffering in our life and finally to all those who are suffering in the world.I hope you enjoy this practice and would love to hear what you think. Drop me a DM on Instagram @themindfulfirepodcast and don’t forget to subscribe for new episodes every Tuesday!Be well, my friends. Full Show Notes : https://bit.ly/36vRwcDMore Inspiring Interviews : https://bit.ly/3AWQHrhMore Guided Meditations : https://bit.ly/3xFAHYSText Adam w/ comments or questionsPS: I am considering hosting my Life Envisioning Workshop publicly for the first time but I'm only going to do it if enough people are interested. Join Waitlist​ The Life Envisioning Workshop is all about Creating space to think REALLY BIG about what you truly want and what's possible for you Leaving with your own BIG vision for the next chapter of your life Learning envisioning practices that put your brain to work to make your vision a reality Meeting new friends who are also dreaming BIG and pursuing FIRE If this sounds cool, JOIN THE WAITLIST to let me know you're interested.

Welcome to The Mindful FIRE Podcast, where we explore living mindfully on the path to financial independence and beyond. I’m your host Adam Coelho and I’m so glad you’re here.On today’s episode of the podcast, I’m joined by my new friend JG Larochette, the founder of Mindful Life Project, a direct service mindfulness non-profit teaching mindfulness and compassion to over 11,000 kids across 25 schools in the San Francisco Bay Area and across the US. I am so blown away by the work that JG and Mindful Life Project are doing to support young people with mindfulness and compassion, that I’ll be matching all donations up to $500. And because of the generosity of my employer, Google, my $500 will be matched as well, effectively tripling the impact of your donation. All donations are tax deductible and will go directly to bringing mindfulness and compassion to more students across the country. Please follow these instructions to ensure JG knows how many donations they received that will be matched by me (up to $500) and which will also be matched by Google as well. Steps to 3X your donation to Mindful Life Project online:Go directly to Mindful Life Project’s Donate PageSelect your donation amountCheck the box “Add a dedication” Choose “On Behalf Of” and enter “Mindful FIRE”Enter your payment informationSubmit your donationIf you prefer to mail a check:Make the check out to “Mindful Life Project”Include “Mindful FIRE” on the memo line.Mail your check to:Mindful Life Project124 Washington Avenue, Suite B Richmond, California 94801In today’s episode JG shares how he came to mindfulness in his own life after finding himself burned out after teaching for a number of years in the Richmond public schools, which he absolutely loved. And he shares how finding the practice inspired him to bring it into his classroom and how he, together with his third graders came up with the idea that grew into the Mindful Life Project. JG also goes into detail about the two main programs Mindful LIfe Project offers, RISE UP and Mindful Community, which bring age-appropriate and culturally relevant mindfulness and compassion programs to students, teachers and parents at each of their partner schools. He and I also discuss the challenges facing ouText Adam w/ comments or questionsPS: I am considering hosting my Life Envisioning Workshop publicly for the first time but I'm only going to do it if enough people are interested. Join Waitlist​ The Life Envisioning Workshop is all about Creating space to think REALLY BIG about what you truly want and what's possible for you Leaving with your own BIG vision for the next chapter of your life Learning envisioning practices that put your brain to work to make your vision a reality Meeting new friends who are also dreaming BIG and pursuing FIRE If this sounds cool, JOIN THE WAITLIST to let me know you're interested.

Welcome to The Mindful FIRE Podcast, where we explore living mindfully on the path to financial independence and beyond. I'm your host Adam Coelho and I'm so glad you're here. This guided meditation practice is an invitation to set everything in your busy life to the side for a little while and to rest in the incredible simplicity of this moment. We all have so much going on in our lives: things to do, things to plan, things we’re worried about, kids and family to take care of, jobs to do, etc. The list is endless. However, if we choose to, we can set aside everything that has come before and everything that is yet to come and just drop into this timeless moment of now, if only for one breath. That’s what we’re practicing with this guided meditation practice. It’s my invitation to you to rest in the simplicity of having nothing to do besides resting in the awareness of just this in breath and just this out-breath, exactly as they are moment by moment by moment and breath by breath by breath. I hope you enjoy this practice and would love to hear what you think. Drop me a DM on Instagram @themindfulfirepodcast. Be well, my friends. More Guided Meditations : https://bit.ly/3hb0voCMore Inspiring Interviews : https://bit.ly/2UF71MFFull Show Notes : https://bit.ly/3h9JVFvText Adam w/ comments or questionsPS: I am considering hosting my Life Envisioning Workshop publicly for the first time but I'm only going to do it if enough people are interested. Join Waitlist​ The Life Envisioning Workshop is all about Creating space to think REALLY BIG about what you truly want and what's possible for you Leaving with your own BIG vision for the next chapter of your life Learning envisioning practices that put your brain to work to make your vision a reality Meeting new friends who are also dreaming BIG and pursuing FIRE If this sounds cool, JOIN THE WAITLIST to let me know you're interested.

Welcome to The Mindful FIRE Podcast, where we explore living mindfully on the path to financial independence and beyond. I'm your host, Adam Coelho and I'm so glad you're here.On today's episode, I'm joined by my new friend, Stephanie Nuesi.Stephanie Nuesi is the founder and CEO of Max Up, a career coaching firm, whose mission is to maximize the potential of future leaders of the nation. She has interned in various top accounting firms, tech companies, and banks in New York city in California.Stephanie is passionate about career coaching and public speaking. She has given over a hundred workshops and events in seven countries and has been a guest speaker for companies like Wiley, the AICPA, UBS. Stephanie has been featured on The Well, the CPA Journal, Josh Talks USA , and has helped over a thousand students and professionals from all over the world with their company Max Up, where she provides career coaching and professional development strategies and resources to help them land their dream careers. Because of her passion in the community she's built around her work she was chosen as a 2019 Forbes under 30 scholar.Stephanie's mission is to create an impact in the world one person at a time.In this conversation. Stephanie shares her journey through life in which she was born and raised in the Dominican Republic and moved to the United States at the age of 17, not speaking any English  and was able to navigate the difficulties of adjusting to American society, finding her way into college and ultimately creating her own company, max up a career coaching service.And Stephanie shares how she's recently landed her dream job at Google as a BOLD finance intern, which is what got her on my radar when I came across her on LinkedIn.Stephanie also shares her thoughts on building resilience and how to respond to rejection because ultimately when you're applying for jobs and colleges, rejection is part of the game and it's certainly part of life.Stephanie also shares a lot of really practical advice on how to use LinkedIn as a tool to find jobs and to position yourself as a thought leader. I really enjoyed this conversation with my new friend, Stephanie Nuesi, and I hope that you enjoy it as well.Connect with Stephanie NuesiStephanie’s Company Max UpStephanie's Linkedin ProfileText Adam w/ comments or questionsPS: I am considering hosting my Life Envisioning Workshop publicly for the first time but I'm only going to do it if enough people are interested. Join Waitlist​ The Life Envisioning Workshop is all about Creating space to think REALLY BIG about what you truly want and what's possible for you Leaving with your own BIG vision for the next chapter of your life Learning envisioning practices that put your brain to work to make your vision a reality Meeting new friends who are also dreaming BIG and pursuing FIRE If this sounds cool, JOIN THE WAITLIST to let me know you're interested.

Welcome to The Mindful FIRE Podcast, where we explore living mindfully on the path to financial independence and beyond. I'm your host Adam Coelho and I'm so glad you're here. As we transition seasons from Spring to Summer, what are you carrying that is no longer serving you? It may be the weight of things you said you would do or change when at the start of the year. It may be obvious or it may be more subtle.  I know that I personally have been noticing a story in my head about all the things I told myself I would do this year and did not get to yet. I've even been feeling bad about not meditating as regularly as I would like. As I pause during this period of transition from Spring to Summer, I've asked myself a wise question, shared by a friend many years ago, "Is this useful?". The reality is, it's not. With that awareness, can I choose to be kind and compassionate to myself and simply let it go?That's what today's meditation is all about. It's a self compassion practice that invites you to let go of anything that is not serving you as you transition into the summer and the second half of the year. I hope you receive it as an invitation to be kinder and gentler with yourself, because you're carrying a lot this year and last year. Put some of that weight down and move forward fresh.   Full Show Notes - https://bit.ly/3vu4d1vMore Inspiring Interviews - https://bit.ly/3gqUjJKMore Guided Meditations - https://bit.ly/2U6EHCJText Adam w/ comments or questionsPS: I am considering hosting my Life Envisioning Workshop publicly for the first time but I'm only going to do it if enough people are interested. Join Waitlist​ The Life Envisioning Workshop is all about Creating space to think REALLY BIG about what you truly want and what's possible for you Leaving with your own BIG vision for the next chapter of your life Learning envisioning practices that put your brain to work to make your vision a reality Meeting new friends who are also dreaming BIG and pursuing FIRE If this sounds cool, JOIN THE WAITLIST to let me know you're interested.

“It forced me to be intentional about every choice that I make and that every choice can have a consequential impact.  Obviously not everything is gonna be life-changing, but at least treat every decision, every moment that life presents you with the attention it deserves.” - Eric SanabriaWelcome to the Mindful FIRE Podcast, where we explore living mindfully on the path to financial independence and beyond. I’m your host Adam Coelho and I’m so glad you’re here. In today’s episode I’m joined by my good friend Eric Sanabria. Eric and I used to work together at Google and now Eric is the Chief Business Officer for Oyster Financial in Mexico city.In this episode, Eric and I explore how he came to learn to trust himself and his intuition about what he really needed during a difficult period in his life and how he ultimately took a three month sabbatical from his work at Google and how that sabbatical redefined his life and his priorities.Eric felt this need within himself to take a break and he trusted this intuition and this feeling of simply one to take some time off, turn inward and to go to Mexico, to play his guitar. And that's exactly what he did.One thing that stands out to me about this whole conversation is how important it is to take a step back sometimes to slow down, to create some space where we can turn down the volume and the busy-ness so that we can see more clearly what's going on in our minds and our hearts and our bodies.And really that's what he did with this three months sabbatical. He cleared some space to go to Mexico, to play music, to work on the book, the artist's way, which included a lot of journaling and self exploration. And he really came to understand what's important to him, what he wants to get out of life and make some pretty big changes, ultimately resulting in him living and working in Mexico. In this episode, Eric share some concrete practices for how you can tap into what it is you need, what it is you want, and to work through some of the limiting beliefs that might be coming up that tell you that you shouldn't pursue what you feel you need and how to deal with that using journaling, mindfulness and other techniques .I really enjoyed this episode with my friend Eric sanabria. I think there's a lot of wisdom here.  I learned a lot. It was a very reflective episode for me. I hope that you enjoy it as well. Connect with Eric SanabriaEric’s Linkedin ProfileText Adam w/ comments or questionsPS: I am considering hosting my Life Envisioning Workshop publicly for the first time but I'm only going to do it if enough people are interested. Join Waitlist​ The Life Envisioning Workshop is all about Creating space to think REALLY BIG about what you truly want and what's possible for you Leaving with your own BIG vision for the next chapter of your life Learning envisioning practices that put your brain to work to make your vision a reality Meeting new friends who are also dreaming BIG and pursuing FIRE If this sounds cool, JOIN THE WAITLIST to let me know you're interested.

Welcome to the mindful fire podcast where we explore living mindfully on the path to financial independence and beyond I'm your host, Adam and I'm so glad you're here. On today's episode, I'm joined by my new friend, Joyce Marter, a psychotherapist entrepreneur, author, and speaker who has helped millions take control and lead abundant and joyful lives.Joyce is a licensed clinical professional counselor for over 20 years. And she's the founder of urban balance, a counseling practice. She launched in 2004 with just $500 while having $50,000 in student loans, . She grew urban balanced to over a hundred therapists, working from locations across the United States and ultimately sold urban balance to refresh mental health in 2017, where it  grosses over $5 million annually And Joyce is also the author of the upcoming book. The financial mindset fix a mental fitness program for an abundant life, which will be coming out in July of this year. You can, pre-order her book at financialmindsetfix.com or wherever you get your books. You can find the full show notes for today's episode, including all the links, books, and resources we discussed in the episode at  Mindful fire.org/30.I really enjoyed this conversation with my friend Joyce Marter , and I hope that you enjoyed as well. Text Adam w/ comments or questionsPS: I am considering hosting my Life Envisioning Workshop publicly for the first time but I'm only going to do it if enough people are interested. Join Waitlist​ The Life Envisioning Workshop is all about Creating space to think REALLY BIG about what you truly want and what's possible for you Leaving with your own BIG vision for the next chapter of your life Learning envisioning practices that put your brain to work to make your vision a reality Meeting new friends who are also dreaming BIG and pursuing FIRE If this sounds cool, JOIN THE WAITLIST to let me know you're interested.

Welcome to the Mindful FIRE Podcast, where we explore living mindfully on the path to financial independence and beyond. On today's guided meditation we practice sending compassion and loving kindness to the people of India who are suffering terribly under the overwhelming 4th wave of COVID-19. This practice of sending them well wishes nourishes your own heart and combats a feeling of helplessness.It may not immediately solve the issue but it orients your mind towards compassion, towards helping those who are suffering. That is powerfulIn this practice we first settle our mind and body. After some time we transition to cultivating compassion through the practice of loving kindness (metta). We expand our circle of care, starting with ourselves, out until we include all the people suffering in India and ultimately all people, everywhere. I hope you find this supportive during these difficult times. Text Adam w/ comments or questionsPS: I am considering hosting my Life Envisioning Workshop publicly for the first time but I'm only going to do it if enough people are interested. Join Waitlist​ The Life Envisioning Workshop is all about Creating space to think REALLY BIG about what you truly want and what's possible for you Leaving with your own BIG vision for the next chapter of your life Learning envisioning practices that put your brain to work to make your vision a reality Meeting new friends who are also dreaming BIG and pursuing FIRE If this sounds cool, JOIN THE WAITLIST to let me know you're interested.

Welcome to the mindful fire podcast, where we explore living mindfully on the path to financial independence and beyond I'm your host, Adam Coelho and I'm so glad you're here. On today's episode.  I'm joined by my friend Ruchika Sikri.Ruchika is the founder of Mandala Ventures. After a successful corporate career of 25 plus years at Google, Microsoft and Cisco, she was following her life's purpose and mission to create a better world by supporting globally accessible mindfulness, compassion and wellness offerings.Ruchika's inspiration to do this work comes from leading wellbeing and mindfulness learning programs and strategy at Google for eight plus years out of her 15 years at the. company. Ruchika has successfully architected, facilitated and curated several wellbeing and mindfulness programs for over 120,000 employees at Google. She helped establish a self-sustaining culture where tens of thousands of Googlers regularly practice mindfulness for better wellbeing, healthy interpersonal relationships and sustainable high performance.Outside of Google she's activating communities of wellness and mindfulness learning and practice in workplaces by accelerating growth of wellness, innovation, and good for humans technology and by cultivating physical and digital spaces for human flourishing and healing.  Ruchika is a board member and advisor to several nonprofits that empower women living in shelters, support mental health of at-risk students and provide a safe home to orphan children around the world. She also advises the founders of wellness technology and conscious living startups. Ruchika is also a mother of two loving kids and lives with her wonderful husband and the Bay area of California.In today's episode, Ruchika and I explore her journey through life, which started in India and led her to the United States and ultimately working for Google.  And she shares how she came to find out about mindfulness when she really needed it after finding out herself, working 15 to 16 hours, when Google was just a small, fast growing company of around 5,000 people.  She shares how following her interest in this area ultimately led her to getting a job leading wellbeing and mindfulness programs at Google.  In this conversation, Ruchika also share some very practical tips on how we can start to bring our own passion and purpose into our workplaces to create our own programs that can impact the wellbeing and lives of those who we interact with and work with on a daily basis.Text Adam w/ comments or questionsPS: I am considering hosting my Life Envisioning Workshop publicly for the first time but I'm only going to do it if enough people are interested. Join Waitlist​ The Life Envisioning Workshop is all about Creating space to think REALLY BIG about what you truly want and what's possible for you Leaving with your own BIG vision for the next chapter of your life Learning envisioning practices that put your brain to work to make your vision a reality Meeting new friends who are also dreaming BIG and pursuing FIRE If this sounds cool, JOIN THE WAITLIST to let me know you're interested.

Have you been thinking about giving meditation a try? Meaning to try it? Or have you tried it and meant to get back to it? To establish a regular practice? If so, this practice is for you. I recorded this practice, a guided introduction, as an invitation to anyone who wants to try meditation and mindfulness, whether they've tried it in the past.  I chose to keep it incredibly simple since after all, mindfulness is really simple. It's really just paying attention to the present moment with an attitude of openness, curiosity and kindness. I invite you to give meditation a try (or another try) with this short, easy to follow practice. And if you do give it a try, let me know what you thought on instagram, @TheMindfulFIREPodcast. #mindfulness #meditation #guidedmeditation #trysomethingnew #meditationpractice Text Adam w/ comments or questionsPS: I am considering hosting my Life Envisioning Workshop publicly for the first time but I'm only going to do it if enough people are interested. Join Waitlist​ The Life Envisioning Workshop is all about Creating space to think REALLY BIG about what you truly want and what's possible for you Leaving with your own BIG vision for the next chapter of your life Learning envisioning practices that put your brain to work to make your vision a reality Meeting new friends who are also dreaming BIG and pursuing FIRE If this sounds cool, JOIN THE WAITLIST to let me know you're interested.

Welcome to The Mindful FIRE Podcast, where we explore living mindfully on the path to financial independence and beyond.On this episode of the Mindful Fire Podcast, I’m joined by my new friend Milena Regos, the founder of Unhustle. Milena tells us all about Unhustle, which she founded to help people avoid burnout in their work and fall in love with their job once again. The topics discussed on this episode are:The problem of “hustle culture”  How an internet-free trip helped her realize she didn’t need to work as much to be successfulHow you can shift your mindset from the hustle mindset to the unhustle mindset How most Americans hate their job and how the US compares to happy nations such as FinlandHow to start your day with an unhustle morning ritual and SUNRISE steps How Milena has built a business around the idea of Hustle Milena’s free e-book You can check out Milena’s website Unhustle.com where you can download the free e-book which features 7 cases of people who adopted the Unhustle mindset path which led to improved well being and success in work and business.Please be sure to subscribe and leave a 5 star review with a written message on Apple podcasts and let us know how much you love the podcast! Thanks! Full Show Notes - https://bit.ly/3aFyVgNMore Inspiring Interviews - https://bit.ly/32RskvwMore Guided Meditations - https://bit.ly/3evQH7eText Adam w/ comments or questionsPS: I am considering hosting my Life Envisioning Workshop publicly for the first time but I'm only going to do it if enough people are interested. Join Waitlist​ The Life Envisioning Workshop is all about Creating space to think REALLY BIG about what you truly want and what's possible for you Leaving with your own BIG vision for the next chapter of your life Learning envisioning practices that put your brain to work to make your vision a reality Meeting new friends who are also dreaming BIG and pursuing FIRE If this sounds cool, JOIN THE WAITLIST to let me know you're interested.

Welcome to the Mindful FIRE Podcast, where we explore living mindfully on the path to financial independence and beyond. Join me for this guided loving kindness meditation practice where we send kind well wishes to first ourselves and then to a series of other people and groups of people. Ultimately we send love and kindness to those people affected by gun violence, which is really all of us, at least in the US. None of us can truly live without some level of fear that it could happen to us or in our community. I hope you find this supportive and would love to hear what you think! Send me a message at [email protected].#enoughisenough #compassion #meditation #guidedmeditation #gunviolence #kindness #lovingkindnessmeditation #lovingkindness #loveandkindnessFull Show Notes | https://bit.ly/3v2vGrCMore Inspiring Interviews | https://bit.ly/3gySCuDMore Guided Meditations | https://bit.ly/3gnmmuiText Adam w/ comments or questionsPS: I am considering hosting my Life Envisioning Workshop publicly for the first time but I'm only going to do it if enough people are interested. Join Waitlist​ The Life Envisioning Workshop is all about Creating space to think REALLY BIG about what you truly want and what's possible for you Leaving with your own BIG vision for the next chapter of your life Learning envisioning practices that put your brain to work to make your vision a reality Meeting new friends who are also dreaming BIG and pursuing FIRE If this sounds cool, JOIN THE WAITLIST to let me know you're interested.

Welcome to the mindful fire podcast where we explore living mindfully on the path to financial independence and beyond. I'm your host, Adam Coelho, and I'm so glad you're here. On today's episode. I'm joined by my friend, Kerri Jacobs. Who's actually a former manager of mine. I'm really excited to have her on the podcast.Kerri Jacobs has been leading high performing teams at Google in London, New York city, and now the Bay area for over 12 years. Her obsession with empathy and leadership and inclusion in every aspect of life led her to create the program, leading with empathy and to roll it out to leaders at Google.Kerri is also a member of the 2021 class of Stanford University's CCARE in collaboration with ACA's applied compassion training for architects and ambassadors of applied compassion. A Scot from penny cook. She used to read books, watch films, and see a lot of Broadway shows. But these days, mainly anxiously scrolls, Twitter, and comfort eats.  In her life before business, she taught dance sang in piano bars and wrote a dance and education syllabus for Scottish education curriculum. For primary school teachers. Kerri's facilitation style is not to lecture. She shares horror stories and LOL worthy moments from her own life as a manager, parent, and partner, and keeps it as real as one can, when video conferencing from a garage. In this episode, Kerri and I explore what empathy is and why it's more important than ever to bring empathy into our interactions with the people we work with.   And how really small changes, really just being more thoughtful about how we're interacting with those we work with and those that work for us can make a huge difference and making people feel seen, heard, and cared for. Kerri also shares a number of practices that we can use to create greater empathy and connection with those that we work with.And she shares how leading with empathy in this way can really not only impact your relationship with that one person, but can also transform your business and the success you're having as a business.Kerri and I explore how she used to be super skeptical about all of this mindfulness stuff and how she actually came to understand the value of it in her own life when she found herself physically and mentally burnt out from work.  How mindfulness really helped her in her recovery and led her to explore and create more meaning in her life and her work through this leading with empathy program. Now more than ever before the demand is so great for this, she's finding heText Adam w/ comments or questionsPS: I am considering hosting my Life Envisioning Workshop publicly for the first time but I'm only going to do it if enough people are interested. Join Waitlist​ The Life Envisioning Workshop is all about Creating space to think REALLY BIG about what you truly want and what's possible for you Leaving with your own BIG vision for the next chapter of your life Learning envisioning practices that put your brain to work to make your vision a reality Meeting new friends who are also dreaming BIG and pursuing FIRE If this sounds cool, JOIN THE WAITLIST to let me know you're interested.

Welcome to the Mindful FIRE Podcast, where we explore living mindfully on the path to financial independence and beyond. Join me for this guided meditation, designed to support you if you’re feeling burned out by the pandemic.  In many conversations I’m having at work and with friends outside of work, I’m finding that many people are feeling burned out. And you know what, I’m feeling it too. After a year of working full-time from home and parenting full-time as well, and of course dealing with the background environment of the pandemic. It’s a lot. I put together this short practice to allow you to set aside everything going on and to just create space for yourself to sit and rest in the simplicity this moment. I hope you find this supportive. Let me know what you think! Full Show Notes : https://bit.ly/39NdfPhMore Inspiring Interviews : https://bit.ly/3mmAeWmMore Guided Meditations : https://bit.ly/3wqzOTPText Adam w/ comments or questionsPS: I am considering hosting my Life Envisioning Workshop publicly for the first time but I'm only going to do it if enough people are interested. Join Waitlist​ The Life Envisioning Workshop is all about Creating space to think REALLY BIG about what you truly want and what's possible for you Leaving with your own BIG vision for the next chapter of your life Learning envisioning practices that put your brain to work to make your vision a reality Meeting new friends who are also dreaming BIG and pursuing FIRE If this sounds cool, JOIN THE WAITLIST to let me know you're interested.

Welcome to the mindful fire podcast, where we explore living mindfully on the path to financial independence and beyond. I'm your host, Adam Coelho and I'm so glad you're here. On today's episode, I'm joined by my new friend, Cara Bradley. Cara is a leading authority of mental fitness having led thousands to her signature strategies to work and play in flow.She shares her 30 years of body brain training with fortune 500 companies, startups and premier college sports teams.  Cara's expertise includes science back tools for optimal performance, including nervous system flow, state, and mindfulness training. In addition to strategies to optimize the gut brain connection.She's the author of the book On The Verge, Wake Up, Show Up and Shine, founder of the award winning verge yoga center and host of the On The Verge Mental Fitness Podcast. On this episode, Cara and I explore the idea of mental fitness, an area she's dedicated most of her career to. We learn what it is and how we can practice it.We also explore the connection between our gut and our brain.And we spend a good bit of time talking about the flow state and Cara shares, how mindfulness and meditation help us to identify our own flow triggers and the activities that put us in a state of flow. And she shares a number of  practices, including breathwork practices.Cara also generously offered to share her mental fitness protocol with our audience. And you can get that at mindfulfire.org/cara.Finally Cara shares her thoughts and experience building a business around the ideas of teaching and sharing mental fitness. And she shares how she used her award-winning yoga studio, which she started just around the time that yoga was becoming mainstream in the United States, as a laboratory for developing a deeper understanding and practice around mental fitness, health, and wellbeing.You can find all of the resources, books and practices shared in this episode mindfulfire.org/22.I really enjoyed this episode with my new friend, Cara Bradley. I hope that you enjoy it as well. Full Show Notes : https://bit.ly/2PpgXaKMore Inspiring Interviews : https://bit.ly/3ftLyPmMore Guided Meditations : Text Adam w/ comments or questionsPS: I am considering hosting my Life Envisioning Workshop publicly for the first time but I'm only going to do it if enough people are interested. Join Waitlist​ The Life Envisioning Workshop is all about Creating space to think REALLY BIG about what you truly want and what's possible for you Leaving with your own BIG vision for the next chapter of your life Learning envisioning practices that put your brain to work to make your vision a reality Meeting new friends who are also dreaming BIG and pursuing FIRE If this sounds cool, JOIN THE WAITLIST to let me know you're interested.

Join me for this short 10 minute guided meditation on self compassion. We're usually so very hard on ourselves so I hope you'll take this short break to practice a little kindness towards yourself.Full Show Notes : https://bit.ly/3f5ky8pMore Inspiring Interviews : https://bit.ly/3f7BqeWMore Guided Meditations : https://bit.ly/397dOmK#selfcompassion #meditation #guidedmeditation #selfkindness #kindness #lovingkindnessText Adam w/ comments or questionsPS: I am considering hosting my Life Envisioning Workshop publicly for the first time but I'm only going to do it if enough people are interested. Join Waitlist​ The Life Envisioning Workshop is all about Creating space to think REALLY BIG about what you truly want and what's possible for you Leaving with your own BIG vision for the next chapter of your life Learning envisioning practices that put your brain to work to make your vision a reality Meeting new friends who are also dreaming BIG and pursuing FIRE If this sounds cool, JOIN THE WAITLIST to let me know you're interested.

"Liberating masculinity is not a product. It's a process of growing up and a process of growing down. Growing up is having life experiences. Growing down as finding deeper meaning and involvement." - Ed AdamsWelcome to The Mindful FIRE Podcast, where we explore living mindfully on the path to financial independence and beyond. I'm your host, Adam Coelho and I'm so glad you're here. On today's episode, I'm joined by Ed Adams and Ed Frauenheim, the authors of the book, Reinventing Masculinity, The Liberating Power of Compassion and Connection.On today's episode, we explore something a little bit different. We explore what it means to be a man and how the idea of masculinity is changing and how that benefits both men and women alike.While today's conversation isn't directly about financial independence or mindfulness, although we do touch on both of those topics, it really explores what it means to show up fully in our life. Are we carrying the beliefs and ways of being that society is telling us to do, rather than truly getting in touch with who we really are and what it means to be human. I really enjoyed this conversation with Ed Frauenheim and Ed Adams, and I hope that you enjoyed it as well. Subscribe to receive new episodes and guided meditations every Tuesday.Full Show Notes : https://bit.ly/3lj68CVMore Inspiring Interviews : https://bit.ly/3eJvU1WMore Guided Meditations : https://bit.ly/3bOTsQUText Adam w/ comments or questionsPS: I am considering hosting my Life Envisioning Workshop publicly for the first time but I'm only going to do it if enough people are interested. Join Waitlist​ The Life Envisioning Workshop is all about Creating space to think REALLY BIG about what you truly want and what's possible for you Leaving with your own BIG vision for the next chapter of your life Learning envisioning practices that put your brain to work to make your vision a reality Meeting new friends who are also dreaming BIG and pursuing FIRE If this sounds cool, JOIN THE WAITLIST to let me know you're interested.

This is a practice that invites you to stop and meet yourself in the only moment you have to live your life, right here, right now. In this moment. I hope you like it.Text Adam w/ comments or questionsPS: I am considering hosting my Life Envisioning Workshop publicly for the first time but I'm only going to do it if enough people are interested. Join Waitlist​ The Life Envisioning Workshop is all about Creating space to think REALLY BIG about what you truly want and what's possible for you Leaving with your own BIG vision for the next chapter of your life Learning envisioning practices that put your brain to work to make your vision a reality Meeting new friends who are also dreaming BIG and pursuing FIRE If this sounds cool, JOIN THE WAITLIST to let me know you're interested.

Welcome to the mindful fire podcast, where we explore living mindfully on the path to financial independence and beyond. I'm your host, Adam Coelho. And I'm so glad you're here. On today's episode, I'm joined by my friend, Paul Summers, Paul and I met seven years ago when I was on a work trip for Google in Australia. As you'll hear in the interview, Paul and I bonded over Portuguese chicken, one of my favorites. I'm really excited to bring you this conversation with Paul today because Paul has a really interesting way of looking at life. I've always found him to be just a very carefree go with the flow, takes things as they come, type of person. Always very interested in learning, growing, learning from other people's perspectives.We cover a lot of ground including:Paul’s career progressionHow he knew it was time to leave GoogleWhat Paul is now up toWhat Public value is and why it’s important?How there are actually many different types of value beside financial valuePaul’s thoughts about the epidemic of overstressed and overworked people This conversation did not disappoint and I hope that you enjoy it. Please subscribe to receive new episodes and guided meditations every Tuesday.Text Adam w/ comments or questionsPS: I am considering hosting my Life Envisioning Workshop publicly for the first time but I'm only going to do it if enough people are interested. Join Waitlist​ The Life Envisioning Workshop is all about Creating space to think REALLY BIG about what you truly want and what's possible for you Leaving with your own BIG vision for the next chapter of your life Learning envisioning practices that put your brain to work to make your vision a reality Meeting new friends who are also dreaming BIG and pursuing FIRE If this sounds cool, JOIN THE WAITLIST to let me know you're interested.

Welcome to The Mindful FIRE Podcast, where we explore living mindfully on the path to financial independence and beyond. I’m your host Adam Coelho and I’m so glad you’re here. We spend so much time and energy DOING. This short meditation is a practice of JUST BEING. Give it a try. :)May you be healthy and safe. May you live your life with ease. AdamHost of The Mindful FIRE PodcastFull Show Notes : https://bit.ly/3pG4Fa5More Inspiring Interviews : https://bit.ly/37gpClyMore Guided Meditations : https://bit.ly/2Nt5B4vText Adam w/ comments or questionsPS: I am considering hosting my Life Envisioning Workshop publicly for the first time but I'm only going to do it if enough people are interested. Join Waitlist​ The Life Envisioning Workshop is all about Creating space to think REALLY BIG about what you truly want and what's possible for you Leaving with your own BIG vision for the next chapter of your life Learning envisioning practices that put your brain to work to make your vision a reality Meeting new friends who are also dreaming BIG and pursuing FIRE If this sounds cool, JOIN THE WAITLIST to let me know you're interested.

Welcome to the mindful fire podcast, where we explore living mindfully on the path to financial independence and beyond. I'm your host, Adam Coelho. And I'm so glad you're here. As I mention in today’s episode, I’d love to hear from you. Please subscribe to my email list and reply to my weekly email with any insights, feedback or questions I can potentially help with.  On today's episode, I'm joined by my friend, Keith Horan, who joined me on episode one of the podcast. I'm excited to bring Keith back on the podcast today to check up with him, to check in with him on everything that's happened. Since we last spoke over the last year, Keith made a ton of progress in growing his community, the mindfulness community.com, where he helps people stick to their meditation practice and learn more and go deeper with their practice.  Keith also recently launched his own podcast called Keith and the mindfulness community, which you can find wherever you get your podcasts in this conversation, he shares his motivation for creating this, what it's all about and what he hopes to achieve with the podcast. We check in on how Keith's mindfulness practice has evolved over the last year and how he's taken the steps to get help from a coach to reinvigorate and deepen his mindfulness practice.  I really enjoyed this conversation with my friend, Keith Horan, and I hope that you enjoyed as well. Please subscribe to receive new episodes and guided meditations every Tuesday. Get in touch with Keith at KeithHoran.com Full Show Notes : https://bit.ly/3jS8ms4 Previous Episode with Keith - Episode 1 : https://bit.ly/3jT2grB More Inspiring Interviews : https://bit.ly/37gpCly More Guided Meditations : https://bit.ly/2Nt5B4vText Adam w/ comments or questionsPS: I am considering hosting my Life Envisioning Workshop publicly for the first time but I'm only going to do it if enough people are interested. Join Waitlist​ The Life Envisioning Workshop is all about Creating space to think REALLY BIG about what you truly want and what's possible for you Leaving with your own BIG vision for the next chapter of your life Learning envisioning practices that put your brain to work to make your vision a reality Meeting new friends who are also dreaming BIG and pursuing FIRE If this sounds cool, JOIN THE WAITLIST to let me know you're interested.

Welcome to the Mindful FIRE Podcast, where we explore living mindfully on the path to financial independence and beyond. I’m your host Adam Coelho and I’m so glad you’re here.  One way to speed up your journey to financial independence is to train yourself to spot opportunities and to take action when you find them. This could be a new job, reconnecting with an old friend or colleague or trying a side hustle. When your mind is ready to see opportunities, the possibilities are endless.  Today’s guided meditation trains your mind to be ready to see opportunities everywhere and to take action to move your life in the direction you want. I do this practice everyday and it’s impact on my life cannot be overstated. During a time when I was at one of the lowest points in my adult life this practice helped me train my mind to be ready to see opportunity and to take action to move my life forward. I’ll share more about the full story of that in the near future.  Today’s meditation is an affirmations practice, which I think of as practicing the thoughts & beliefs that I want to embody in my life. This type of practice can be used to practice any thoughts or beliefs we want to show up with in our lives, as we did in another affirmations practice I shared previously.  In this particular meditation we will focus on practicing the thoughts: The world is abundant with opportunity. My life and work are abundant with opportunity. I take action in my life, which leads to learning progress and growth.   This practice takes advantage of the fact that our brains are predictive. Our brains are constantly predicting what is most likely to happen and setting in motion the thoughts, perceptions, emotions and even physiological responses for what is expected.  I like to think of it this way...We’re telling ourselves stories about how our life is going to be and then acting out those stories. The good news is that we can use this feature of our brain to be intentional about the stories we tell ourselves and put our predicting brain to work for us.  Text Adam w/ comments or questionsPS: I am considering hosting my Life Envisioning Workshop publicly for the first time but I'm only going to do it if enough people are interested. Join Waitlist​ The Life Envisioning Workshop is all about Creating space to think REALLY BIG about what you truly want and what's possible for you Leaving with your own BIG vision for the next chapter of your life Learning envisioning practices that put your brain to work to make your vision a reality Meeting new friends who are also dreaming BIG and pursuing FIRE If this sounds cool, JOIN THE WAITLIST to let me know you're interested.

“One of the best things that you can do for your financial independence is to look at what's out there that is sustainable, that you can make a good living at, and that you can make a difference in.” - Val Coelho Welcome to the Mindful FIRE Podcast, where we explore living mindfully on the path to financial independence and beyond. I’m your host Adam Coelho and I’m so glad you’re here.  On today’s episode I’m again joined by my dad, Val Coelho for part 2 of our conversation. As a reminder, in part 1 of our conversation we dove into his story of coming to the United States from Portugal at age 24, meeting my mother while working on the cruise ships and how they eventually started a business that provided a financially secure life for our family. If you haven’t listened to that yet, I recommend checking it out, since it provides context for what we discuss in this episode. In this episode, Val and I explore the lessons about money he learned growing up in a family in Portugal during a very tumultuous time for the country. We also explore the money lessons he tried to teach my brother and I. We even discussed one of my first big purchases, a $600 sound system with two 12-inch subwoofers for my tiny GMC Sonoma truck.  We also get his thoughts on the FIRE (financial independence retire early) movement. I was eager to hear his thoughts on this, since he and my mother are still working as small business owners and are hoping to retire soon, around regular retirement age. In the discussion, he brought up a great point about privilege and the fact that most people don’t have the luxury of thinking about retirement at all, since they’re focused on surviving under very difficult circumstances.  Val also shares: His top advice for those early on the path to financial independence His advice for those getting started with mindfulness One thing he’s grateful for His philosophy that “What other people think of me is none of my business” I really enjoyed the second part of my conversation with my dad, Val Coelho and I hope you enjoy it as well. Text Adam w/ comments or questionsPS: I am considering hosting my Life Envisioning Workshop publicly for the first time but I'm only going to do it if enough people are interested. Join Waitlist​ The Life Envisioning Workshop is all about Creating space to think REALLY BIG about what you truly want and what's possible for you Leaving with your own BIG vision for the next chapter of your life Learning envisioning practices that put your brain to work to make your vision a reality Meeting new friends who are also dreaming BIG and pursuing FIRE If this sounds cool, JOIN THE WAITLIST to let me know you're interested.

Our body is constantly giving us rich information (raw data) about what’s going on inside us; what we’re feeling. If we pay attention, we can use that information to guide our thinking and actions more effectively. Unfortunately most of the time we are unaware of all of this information because we simply aren’t paying attention. We haven’t trained ourselves to tune into the body and to our emotions in the body.  For me personally this has always been a challenge. I’m just not naturally very aware of feelings and emotions in my body. When I practice being aware, through this practice of the body scan, I find that I’m more in tune with what I’m feeling when things happen in my life. For example, I can notice myself getting nervous before a presentation. The more I practice this the more easily I notice feelings. When I’m aware of them, I can use that information. In the example above, if I notice that I’m feeling nervous, I can take a few deep breaths to calm myself down. The ability to bring a kind awareness to our body, especially to emotions in the body, is an incredibly powerful skill. Like all skills it can be developed with practice. When we practice being aware of sensations and emotions in our body, we gain access to rich information that will allow us to navigate our emotions rather than being driven blindly by them.  In today’s practice I share a 15 minute guided body scan practice. We begin by settling the mind on the breath. Then we slowly scan our bodies with an attitude of openness, curiosity and kindness, feeling whatever sensations we feel, from the feet to the top of the head. I hope you find this practice helpful I’d love to hear how it was for you and if you find it easy or hard to sense emotions in your body? Each Tuesday I release a guided meditation or inspiring interview on the topic of mindfulness and the financial independence retire early (FIRE) movement. Subscribe for future meditations and episodes! More Meditations: https://bit.ly/3cbYc3C Inspiring Interviews:  https://bit.ly/3oqYI0pText Adam w/ comments or questionsPS: I am considering hosting my Life Envisioning Workshop publicly for the first time but I'm only going to do it if enough people are interested. Join Waitlist​ The Life Envisioning Workshop is all about Creating space to think REALLY BIG about what you truly want and what's possible for you Leaving with your own BIG vision for the next chapter of your life Learning envisioning practices that put your brain to work to make your vision a reality Meeting new friends who are also dreaming BIG and pursuing FIRE If this sounds cool, JOIN THE WAITLIST to let me know you're interested.

“There's also this idea of neuroplasticity. It's something we talk a lot about in mindfulness, which is that you have the power to change your brain based on what you pay attention to.” - Julia Li Welcome to the Mindful FIRE Podcast, where we explore living mindfully on the path to financial independence and beyond. I’m your host Adam Coelho and I’m glad you’re here.  In this episode, I'm joined by my friend, Julia Li.  Julia and I met a few years ago when a mutual friend of ours introduced us because she was interested in becoming a facilitator of the popular course search inside yourself, which is an emotional intelligence course at Google, which teaches emotional intelligence through mindfulness. I'm excited to bring you this interview with Julia, because she's at a point in her life where she's about to make a big move. She's about to leave Google and switch into a totally different space of sustainability.  And this conversation goes into a lot of different areas, but it really. Points to the importance of creating sustainability within your own life. Being intentional and thoughtful about how you're spending your time and figuring out what's important to you and where you want to go with your life.  Julia share some really practical tips and practices for envisioning the future that you want to live, including thinking about how you want to feel in the future and how we can start to bring those feelings and practices into our life right now. Julia and I are planning on recording another episode, maybe five or six months down the road, once she's taken this time off and started thinking about embarking on her next chapter in the sustainability space. So definitely subscribe so that you can see that future episode as well. And see what Julia is up to in the future. In this episode we explore:  How Julia and I know each other How her interest in mindfulness led Julia to work at Google.  Julia’s intentional approach to work and her time at Google.  How she’s decided that she will leave Google to pursue a career in enviroText Adam w/ comments or questionsPS: I am considering hosting my Life Envisioning Workshop publicly for the first time but I'm only going to do it if enough people are interested. Join Waitlist​ The Life Envisioning Workshop is all about Creating space to think REALLY BIG about what you truly want and what's possible for you Leaving with your own BIG vision for the next chapter of your life Learning envisioning practices that put your brain to work to make your vision a reality Meeting new friends who are also dreaming BIG and pursuing FIRE If this sounds cool, JOIN THE WAITLIST to let me know you're interested.