142: Emily Fletcher – Tools to De-Stress Your Mind and Body

Are you willing to invest 2% of your day to make the other 98% better?

Emily Fletcher is a three time returning guest. A meditation teacher and creator of the Ziva Technique, Emily taught me everything I know about meditation, and I’ve been a huge advocate of the practice every since I learned three years ago. Meditation has been a huge part of my creative journey and has helped me get rid of anxiety and stress.

Emily has a new master class about just that: reducing stress. Listen in as she talks about different tools, meditation specifically, to help you de-stress your mind and body on a daily basis. She also is sharing new updated neuroscience around meditation, including new benefits and ways to use a meditation practice to hack your creative flow. Check out Emily’s Stress Solution.

To me manifesting simply means consciously creating a life you love.

Some things we learn in this podcast:

• What’s new in the world of Ziva Meditation [4:10]
• The difference between mindfulness and meditation [5:10]
• How stress gets stored in your body [7:10]
• How epigenetic control your genes [8:50]
• Some of Emily’s favorite new science [10:45]
• The power of manifesting [14:30]
• What kind of teaching Emily is doing now [18:15]
• What a mantra is and how to use them [19:50]
• How meditation helps with creative performance [22:40]
• Why you should combine discipline and flow [27:55]
• What Emily has been doing for the past year [32:35]
• What is the biggest myth about meditation [35:00]
• Why people need to make time to meditate [40:20]
• Emily has a new masterclass about stress management [41:50]
• The top books Emily is reading now [43:15]
• What happens when you meditate when you’re pregnant [45:30]
• What has shifted for me since I started meditating [52:00]

Links mentioned:

• Listen to Emily Fletcher’s previous episodes: Episode 66 + Episode 101
• Take Emily’s new online course
• Check out The Stress Solution
• Read the books mentioned in this episode:
  • Origins by Annie Murphy Paul
  • Unlock the Power of the Unfocused Mind by Srini Pillay
  • Art & Fear by David Bayles and Ted Ortland
  • Orgasmic Birth by Elizabeth Davis, Debra Pascali-Bonaro, and Aimee Jolson
  • HypnoBirthing by Marie Mongan and Lorne Campbell
  • The War of Art by Steven Pressfield

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