How can we take charge of our thoughts? Our fearful thoughts not only do not serve us, most of them are not even ours! We get them from our family, from society, from the media and social media. Join Mitra as she discusses how we can control our thoughts instead of allowing our thoughts to control us. Listen today to discover how we can become mentally independent by questioning our thoughts and beliefs, and by simply asking the question “Why?”

This week's episode is a special one. It is our 100th episode! Mitra has invited the whole team from around the globe to join her in reflecting on how the podcast was originally created, how we found the name "Lights On", and our favorite episodes from the podcast. Join all of us: Mitra, creator Megan, engineer Pablo, designer Jenn, administrator extraordinaire Vicky, and writer Katie as we reconnect and reflect on our favorite moments. Thank you all so much for listening!

When we speak about love, we often try to focus on what love is. Today's podcast focuses on what love is not. Love is not meant to be about control, ownership, or even sameness. Diversity is part of our sense of attraction. More importantly, however, love is not meant to be about making someone else happy or someone else making us happy. Nobody can make anyone else happy in a sustainable way. Join Mitra as she discusses how joy can only come from within. Listen today and discover how love can allow you to be your authentic self, and how love can allow us to reach beyond ourselves, our own needs, and our own wants.

This week’s podcast features the second half of Mitra’s interview on the LUAN Podcast with Marion Cortina. Join Marion and Mitra as they discuss how suffering is the difference between expectations and reality, and how we need to have enough presence to know what we want but be flexible enough to accept something even better. When we flow with the moment, everything changes, and there is value in our little moments. Listen as Mitra opens up about her struggles with dyslexia, and how she found opportunity in being different, how she discovered that she could do it, just in a different way. Learn how to celebrate our uniqueness.

This week’s podcast is a special edition, in which The LUAN Emotional Museum’s Marion Cortina interviews Mitra for LUAN Podcast. Life is full of change and uncertainty. But why is change so difficult? We always have a choice, even though we might not see our choices. There is always a comma after our pain. We can handle this. We will get through this. Fear of the unknown can paralyze us. Join Mitra as she discusses how we can introduce little changes, starting small and taking it slow. Listen today to be reminded that we should always speak to ourselves kindly, and with compassion.

How can we take charge of our own happiness and our own well-being? The answer is deceptively simple, and yet it can be difficult: emotional independence. Join Mitra as she discusses what emotional independence means, and how we can choose to accept someone as they are and move forward with our own lives without begging them to change. Listen today to discover how to declare your emotional independence from the person who is hurting you.

Surviving turbulent times is hard. Is it healthy to have big emotions like hate and anger? How can we mindfully work with our emotions to make decisions in these times? Is it okay to ask when our lives will get back to normal, or should we just look forward to our new futures? These are just some of the questions that might be flooding our minds. Join Mitra as she reminds us that there are no bad emotions, only uncomfortable ones, and it is absolutely healthy to feel whatever emotions we may have. Listen today to learn how to accept our current situations in order to act, and how we can make peace with the decisions of our loved ones that we may not agree with. Remember, we all have our own journey.

Pre-Recorded WorkshopsLive WorkshopsDM Mitra what you felt about this episode 👇🏼https://www.instagram.com/mitramanesh_1) We made our app ( innermap ) $0.99 cents a month for INNERMAP PLUS, and you are the beneficiary of this heart-based decision!  2) New Pre-recorded workshops are up on our website: Are you ready to be happy?, Mindful Aging, Imagination, Saying Yes to "NO": Setting Mindful Boundaries : Imagination, Creativity, and Mindfulness : Change Your Question, Change Your Life : Resilience at home and at work. New workshops are added every month!3) Rating & Reviewing our app & podcast helps us tremendously to  grow and expand our reach without  going the traditional route of spending a lot on Paid Marketing. This helps us keep our app price down, and allows us to continue producing free content and making mindful living more accessible than ever.__________________________________________________innermap’s Lights On with Mitra Manesh was born to shed light on the challenges and magic we call life. Innermap is a mindfulness platform with a newly launched app (IOS) that uses transformational stories, meditations, and binaural sounds to stir up change, growth, and stillness. Mitra is a mindfulness expert, storyteller, coach, executive trainer and UCLA teacher at the Semel Institute School of Neuroscience and Human Behavior with 35+ years of experience.  Who is Mitra Manesh? These sessions are taken live from Mitra’s keynote talks, classes, some studio recordings, as well as monthly guests, and a new format of Focused 1:1 Coaching. They are real questions, real answers, and real challenges people are facing. We hope you find value in the coaching and teachings offered. From today forward let’s move in the direction of lights on, facing what’s in front of us and more importantly inside of us.  To contact innermap team with comments, questions, or suggestions, please email [email protected]. If this podcast works for you we ask that you please rate/review/share it.

Energetic boundaries can be a difficult concept to grasp, as it is not something we can reach out and touch or feel. Becoming aware of our energetic field is the first step to setting these boundaries. Join Mitra as she explains that our energetic field is similar to drawing a circle around ourselves. Follow along to discover how to avoid compromising our own energetic boundaries by respecting the energy fields of other people.

With today's abundance of information available, mindful decision-making can be challenging. Join Mitra as she explains how to divide our decision-making into two aspects: the outward and the inward. Listen today to learn how to set boundaries for information-seeking, and how to let go of the illusion of the perfect decision. Discover how to make the best possible decision for you.