In today's podcast, Tony Schwartz shares with us how to be a transformational leader. Tony shares that in order to have big impact in this world, we need to fully accept all aspects of ourselves — "you see more, feel more and be more." This approach allows us to avoid wasting energy defending and instead have more energy to create impact. Take a listen to the whole episode to learn more about energy and mindset regulation.    ***** Tony Schwartz is the founder and CEO of The Energy Project, a consulting firm that helps individuals and organizations more skillfully manage their energy so they can thrive in a world of relentlessly rising demand and complexity. Tony began his career as a journalist and he has been a reporter for the New York Times, a writer for Newsweek, and a contributing writer to New York Magazine and Esquire. At the Energy Project, Tony has coached many CEOs and senior leaders. He has also delivered keynotes and trainings to companies around the world, including Google, Unilever, Apple, PWC Facebook, Whole Foods, EY, Microsoft, Kaiser Permanente, Stanford Medical Center, the National Security Agency, and Save the Children. He has also written extensively about leadership, transformation and the modern workplace for The New York Times, the Washington Post, Forbes and the Harvard Business Review. Tony is the author of six books, including “The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy Not Time” which spent 28 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List and “The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working,” also a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller. Tony graduated with honors from the University of Michigan. He is married to Deborah Pines, a psychoanalyst, and they have two grown daughters, and four grandchildren.

On today's podcast, I talk to Jackie Stewart, a meditation teacher on how she practices mindful parenting. Jackie authentically shares how her practice helps her notice when emotions arrise and also when expectations show up in the mind. Jackie discusses how her meditation practice has transformed throughout the various stages of motherhood and how flexibility is key. Take a listen to the whole podcast episode and share your takeaways with us on Instagram @OneWade and @_JackieStewart_    Want support transitioning to fall feeling your best froom the inside out? Join us for the Center Yourself this Fall Challenge. We start Sept 19th! Learn more and sign up here.    ***** Jackie Stewart can be found in NYC teaching meditation and mentoring teacher trainees at MNDFL, online with Alo Moves, and on your smart device through the Journey LIVE app. She is the mindfulness advisor for Rose & Rex, where she regularly contributes mindful parenting articles. With an MA from NYU’s School of Culture, Education, and Human Development she brings mindfulness into action by leading corporate meditations, philanthropic work, and engaged family life. Her work has been featured in Shape, Cosmo, and TimeOut NY publications. She has guest lectured at Universities across the country, from University of Washington to Columbia University, and taught for companies and organizations like Microsoft, Every Mother Counts, Live Nation, Ralph Lauren, and Adidas. 

In this podcast episode I get to talk to Susan Piver, an internationally-acclaimed meditation teacher and award-winning author on her new book, “The Buddhist Enneagram: Nine Paths to Warriorship.” Susan discusses the Enneagram in more detail. We highlight why personality assesments can be helpful and harmful. Susan also discusses how the Buddhist lens of "Warriorship" helps us have courage to turn inwards and examine who we are. Take a listen to the whole episode and share your takeaways with us on Instagram @OneWade and @Susan.piver   Are you looking to feel more centered and embodied as you transition into the Fall season? Join us for a two-week, Center Yourself This Fall Challenge filled with resources and community support so that you can feel your best without striving.    ***** Pre-order “The Buddhist Enneagram: Nine Paths to Warriorship” here and receive a *bonus* webinar if ordered before 9/13.  Susan Piver is a New York Times bestselling author of many books, including the award-winning "How Not to Be Afraid of Your Own Life", "The Wisdom of a Broken Heart", "Start Here Now: An Open-Hearted Guide to the Path and Practice of Meditation", and "The Four Noble Truths of Love: Buddhist Wisdom for Modern Relationships". Susan has been a practicing Buddhist since 1993 and graduated from a Buddhist seminary in 2004. She is an internationally-acclaimed meditation teacher, known for her ability to translate ancient practices into modern life. Her work has been featured on the Oprah show, TODAY, CNN, and in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and others. In 2013, she launched the Open Heart Project, the largest virtual mindfulness community in the world, with 20,000 members. Her newest book is “The Buddhist Enneagram: Nine Paths to Warriorship.”

In this solo episode, I highlight 6 lessons I learned while constrcuting an outdoor kitchen with my husband this last week. These lessons are applicable to every day life and how we approach our projects, partnerships, manage our mindsets and moods. Take a listen and share your takeaways with me on Instagram @OneWade.    Are you looking to feel more centered as you transition into the Fall season? Join us for a two-week, Center Yourself This Fall Challenge filled with resources and community support so that you can feel your best without striving. 

In this podcast conversation, Dr. Portia Jackson Preston and I discuss how we, as humans, are naturally born to love and learning to love ourselves is an essential practice to our well-being journey. Portia highlights how exploring what brings us each joy and pleasure is a powerful way for us to navigate the world and encounter our authentic voice. Noticing what gives us pleasure also highlights where there is shame and how shame is designed to "keep us in line." Pleasure helps us discover what's nourishing. We can discern what's pleasurable by quieting the world  (in our own ways) and slow down to connect. When we can do that, it helps build trust and safety within ourself. Listen to the whole episode to learn more and soak in all of these deep insights.      Are you wanting support slowing down in life? Designing a mindfulness-based ritual by you and for you could be a supportive way in creating sacred space in your busy lifestyle. Check out Centered in the City to learn more and sign up for your 7-day free ritual building process plus you get access to a growing library of holistic mindfulness practices right at your fingertips.    ***** As Founder and CEO of Empowered to Exhale, Dr. Portia Jackson Preston helps individuals and organizations to promote wellbeing and sustainable performance, while centering compassion and humanity. As an Associate Professor of Public Health at California State University, Fullerton, her research focuses on multilevel approaches to self-care, and stress as a driver of health inequity.     Dr. Jackson Preston's approach to helping individuals on their wellness journey is informed by her own experiences of working in high demand roles in multiple sectors while navigating chronic health conditions.  She enjoys empowering audiences to create a customized, sustainable wellness practice,  and was a featured speaker at TEDxCrenshaw and TEDxUCIrvine. Dr. Jackson Preston received her Bachelor’s degree from Stanford University, her Master’s degree in Public Health from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and her Doctorate of Public Health from the University of California, Los Angeles. 

In today's podcast episode, Kathy Oneto and I discuss how we use and think about pace when it comes to  goal setting, balancing ambitions within our romantic partnerships and much more! Take a listen and join the conversation with us on Instagram @OneWade and @SustainableAmbition.    Are you curious to explore the theme of pace in your life? Start by listning to this 1-minute Mindful Moment exercise I share with my community on Centered in the City. Notice what shifts in your energy, body and mindset when yoou pay attention to pace. 

During this two-part series, Kathy Oneto, from Sustainable Ambition, and I explore the power and practice of paying attention to pace. The intention of this episode is to spark more curiosity and exploration around the theme of pace and how it shows up for you in your life.  Some prompts to ponder: How does noticing pace support you staying centered? Managing your energy levels? Being productive? Prioritizing your well-being? Check out the episode and share your takeaways with us on Instagram @OneWade and @SustainableAmbition

In this solo episode, we will explore the practical and energetic difference between rituals, routines and habits. I share my passion and intention for supporting people building rituals and the science behind why rituals support our mental health (check out this study). I also share some practical ways on how we can stay committed and consistent with our rituals by proactively working with internal and external obstacles.  Share this podcast episode with a friend and sign up together on CenteredintheCity.org to design your rituals in community. Notice how creating a consistent practice supports your mental health and well-being. 

In today's episode, I talk to Claude Silver, Chief Heart Officer of VaynerMedia about how to create a compassionate and connected company culture. Claude shares various programming that has worked to keep the global media company connected as well as discusses the importance of investing in the "we." Claude shares how in order to focus on speed as an important ROI, culture needs to be emphasized. There needs to be connection and psychological safety. We discuss the importance of words and intention mattering so that company culture can truly "walk their talk" instead of checking a box. Take a listen and share this episode with your favorite co-worker.    Are you interested in offering your team and company culture more opportunities to build meaningful connection? Explore the variety of ways Wade works with teams to strengthen individual and relational mindfulness skills in order to enhance well-being in the modern day workplace.    ***** Coaching. Team-building. Leading with Heart. Performance maximization. Those are just a few of the skills Claude Silver first honed back in her days of running an adventure and surf company in San Francisco. Today she leverages those skills in a very different setting.  As VaynerMedia’s (and the World’s) first Chief Heart Officer, Claude is known for taking a particularly human approach to Leadership and “HR”, unlocking employees’ potential by forming close person-to-person connections, fostering an inclusive culture, empowering purpose-driven teams, and imbuing the entire organization with an infectious optimism. Silver’s three-decade career includes leadership positions at major advertising agencies and consultative engagements with a variety of other corporate clients.

During today's podcast, Diana talks to us about what compassion is and why it's challenging to practice. We discuss the brain's negativity bias and how our brains are more conditioned to focus on what's wrong and what's not working. Diana shares that the practice of self-compassion helps us connect to our innate goodness to realize we are OK, even with our failings. Diana also discusses how we can model compassion in our families and she inspires us to bring more compassion to the world, especially now. Take a listen and share your takeaways with me on Instagram @OneWade   Are you wanting to create mindfulness based practices in your life, but get stuck being consistent? Head on over to Centered in the City and create a meditation ritual in 7 days that will support you staying committed and consistent to practices that keep you centered. Learn more and sign up for your free trial here.    ***** Diana Winston is the Director of Mindfulness Education at UCLA’s Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC). She is the author of the forthcoming Glimpses of Being audio book, The Little Book of Being, and co-author of Fully Present: The Science, Art and Practice of Mindfulness. She has taught mindfulness for health and well-being since 1999 in a variety of settings including in healthcare, universities, businesses, non-profits, and schools in the US and internationally. Her work has been mentioned in the New York Times, O Magazine, Los Angeles Times, Allure, Women’s Health, among others. She created the evidence-based Mindful Awareness Practices Program (MAPs) and is a founding board member of the International Mindfulness Teachers Association. The LA Times calls her one of the nation’s best-known teachers of mindfulness.” A former Buddhist nun, you can find her on the UCLA Mindful, Waking Up and Ten Percent Happier apps or at www.uclahealth.org/marc and www.dianawinston.com