HeartMath's Add Heart

Guests: Lynn Marriott and Pia Nilsson Excelling in a sport requires more than mastering the mechanics of the game; it requires heart. In this illuminating podcast episode, host Deborah Rozman connects with Pia Nilsson and Lynn Marriott, renowned golf coaches and co-founders of the acclaimed VISION54 golf school, to explore the transformative power of heart coherence in sports and in life. Since 1997, Pia and Lynn have been using HeartMath coherence tools in their coaching work to help talented golfers improve their game and grow as people. Drawing from their extensive experience coaching elite athletes, Pia and Lynn share how heart coherence qualities like love, gratitude, and appreciation create more than just feel-good states—they are foundational to higher performance, resilience, and mastering the game of life. They’ve witnessed firsthand how practicing these powerful heart attitudes synchronizes heart and brain into a coherent state that not only enhances players’ skills but also helps them become happier and more aware people. Pia, Lynn, and Deborah discuss the ways in which accessing and truly allowing ourselves to experience heart coherence in sports becomes a doorway to deeper clarity, presence, and purpose in other aspects of our lives. We’re better able to sustain higher performance levels, enjoy stronger relationships, and find more joy and flow through the ups and downs of daily living. The episode closes with a guided, heart-focused meditation, inviting us to connect with these regenerative heart emotions so we can radiate that energy into all the areas of our lives and be able to perform at our very best. About our guests: Lynn Marriott and Pia Nilsson are the co-founders of VISION54, a breakthrough program and golf school based at Talking Stick Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona. Internationally recognized, Lynn and Pia are the two highest-ranked female instructors in America and have been selected as Golf Digest’s Legends of Golf Instruction. GOLF Magazine selected them both as recipients of the Top 100 Teachers: Lifetime Achievement. VISION54’s golf school, 54GOLF, has been awarded the “Best Golf School in America” multiple times. VISION54’s coaching program, 54COACH, has repeatedly received the highest marks from peers in training for teachers and coaches. Lynn and Pia have coached players to well over one hundred tour victories on the LPGA, PGA, European, Ladies European, and Japan Tours. They’ve coached eleven different major winners and five #1-ranked players in the world. They are also the authors of four best-selling books, including their newest release, Be a Player.

Guest: Sharon Salzberg Discover how the transformative power of loving-kindness can help bridge divides in our polarized world. In this heart-opening episode of the Add Heart Podcast, HeartMath CEO Deborah Rozman interviews Sharon Salzberg, who is perhaps best known for helping to make mindfulness and loving-kindness meditations accessible to mainstream America. Sharon is co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society, author of the bestselling Lovingkindness, and host of the Metta Hour podcast. Join Deborah and Sharon in this intriguing dialogue on how practicing loving-kindness can quickly improve our own lives and help society. They discuss how loving-kindness is an energetic antidote to fear that enhances intuition and our connection with others. Deborah shares HeartMath’s scientific discovery on how loving-kindness practices increase coherence in the heart’s rhythmic beating pattern. This helps to regulate and balance the nervous system while synchronizing the heart and brain to expand perception. Sharon shares that heart and mind are actually the same word in many Asian languages, challenging the Western concept of separation between the two. Both agree on the crucial need for humanity to unite, heart and mind, for people to be able to get along with each other — and that letting the mind lead without the heart has led to a growing divisiveness in society. Together, Sharon and Deborah explore what is meant by “a heart as wide as the world,” emphasizing that opening our hearts to others is the foundation for our own happiness and for addressing life’s challenges with wisdom and compassion. This engaging conversation between these two experts in their fields offers hope and practical wisdom for navigating a complex world with more heart and effectiveness, leading to transformative outcomes. About our guest: Sharon Salzberg is a meditation pioneer, world-renowned teacher, and New York Times bestselling author. She was among the first to bring mindfulness and loving-kindness meditation to mainstream American culture 50 years ago, inspiring generations of meditation teachers and wellness influencers. A co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, MA, Sharon is the author of 13 books, including the New York Times bestseller Real Happiness, now in its second edition, and her seminal work, Lovingkindness. In 2023, Sharon released two new books: Real Life, available from Flatiron Books, and Finding Your Way, a small gift book available from Workman. Sharon’s popular podcast, Metta Hour, has amassed seven million downloads and features interviews with thought leaders from the mindfulness movement and beyond.

Guest: Arnaud Saint-Paul Join host Deborah Rozman as she delves into a profound conversation with Arnaud Saint-Paul, a visionary on a mission to help people connect with their true selves and transform business. Arnaud candidly shares his journey from a 13-year-old seeker to a heart-centered leader, revealing how he discovered the power of heart intelligence. In this episode, Arnaud unveils his transformative approach to business leadership, emphasizing the importance of moving beyond self-limiting beliefs and tapping into heart wisdom. He explains how creating coherence at the individual and organizational levels can accelerate growth and create a positive impact across financial, social, and environmental sectors. You’ll enjoy hearing Arnaud’s practical insights on becoming a heart-directed leader and learn about the coming paradigm shift from mind-oriented to heart-based leadership. Arnaud and Deborah explore how integrating mind and heart unlocks intuitive guidance, paving the way for the next level of human consciousness in doing business. Arnaud also shares what business leaders, as well as each of us, can start doing right now to become more heart-directed leaders. About our guest: Arnaud Saint-Paul’s passion is to open billions of hearts and help them find harmony inside and out. Living between New York and Paris, a philanthropist and award-winning serial software, finance, and social impact entrepreneur for more than 20 years, Arnaud started his quest at 13 to live through his heart. Throughout his career, he has directly helped hundreds of individuals and inspired more than 50 million people internationally to connect to their heart. Founder of the Heartful Method™, Arnaud now helps entrepreneurs build a new heart-based economy with clients around the globe. Arnaud is the author of several books, including his upcoming book, The Heartful Method for Entrepreneurs.

Guest: Rollin McCraty, PhD What if the key to global harmony lies in the unseen energetic connection between our own heart and mind and the hearts and minds of others? Could this connection, when understood, help to lift humanity and facilitate a more compassionate, caring, and unified field for all people and the planet? New research is indicating that love is the underlying energetic connection that can heal humanity’s separation. In this episode, Rollin McCraty, HeartMath Institute director of research, and Deborah Rozman dive into the science of our interconnectivity and how this connection can lift humanity. They discuss groundbreaking research on heart coherence, where groups of people in different parts of the world had measurably synchronized heart rhythms when energetically connected in shared emotions like compassion, care, and kindness. McCraty and his research team have demonstrated that when individuals and groups of people radiate care and compassion, it not only enhances local and non-local energetic connection, it helps power up a broader spectrum of coherent love that can help uplift the world’s energetic field. This is how love can go viral. This episode offers fascinating insights into how practicing heart coherence techniques can empower ourselves and each other to help elevate collective well-being, reduce separation, and contribute to humanity’s shift toward greater harmony. We are all important contributors to helping love go viral to transform our planet. The episode closes with a heart meditation led by host Deborah Rozman to help us increase our love radiation and add it to the planetary field environment. We hope you’ll join us for this inspiring conversation and learn how your heart’s power could be a catalyst for connection, healing, and a more unified world. About our guest: Rollin McCraty, PhD, is a globally recognized scientist and a leading researcher on the heart-mind connection. He serves as director of research at the HeartMath Institute (HMI) and is a pivotal figure in the Global Coherence Initiative. Since the Institute’s inception in 1991, McCraty and his talented team have spearheaded groundbreaking research with extensive studies, exceeding dozens in number, exploring how to harness communication between the heart and brain to manage stress, cultivate coherence (a state of optimal physiological balance), and strengthen our connection to ourselves and others. McCraty’s Google Scholar profile boasts hundreds of publications, presentations, and patents spanning 25 years, with over 17,000 citations and a highly respected h-index score of 56. His esteemed body of work appears in prestigious peer-reviewed journals and has captured the attention of major media outlets like CNN, ABC’s Good Morning America, and PBS. He actively contributes to various scientific societies, furthering our understanding of the heart’s profound influence on our mental, emotional, and physical well-being.

Guest: Dr. Jorina Elbers Are you feeling overwhelmed by the constant barrage of distressing news? You’re not alone. In this eye-opening episode, Dr. Jorina Elbers, Director of the Trauma Recovery Project at the HeartMath Institute, sheds light on the hidden impact of secondary trauma — a crucial issue affecting many of us. Secondary trauma occurs when we overload from exposure to traumatic events through graphic news, social media, and other people’s personal stories. Many of us are deeply impacted by trauma inputs every time we open our smartphones. The stress can take a toll, creating brain fog, emotional numbness, sleeplessness, and more — and we may not know we are struggling with secondary trauma. Like a circuit breaker pushed beyond its limits, Dr. Elbers explains how your mind and body can become overloaded from traumatic news. Join host Deborah Rozman and Dr. Elbers as they unpack how today’s constant influx of stress news is pushing people’s nervous system to the brink, leading to a range of physical and emotional symptoms. In this episode, you’ll learn how to recognize signs of secondary trauma and gain invaluable insights on how to rebalance your nervous system and release cumulative stress. Discover how to read your body’s stress signals and ready yourself with techniques that go beyond surface-level symptom management. This episode is a must-listen for anyone feeling overwhelmed by the state of the world, as well as those supporting loved ones through difficult times. Dr. Elbers helps you see how you have more control over your well-being than you may have thought possible. Tune in for an episode that offers hope and direction to help you move from nervous system dysregulation to regulation, empowerment, and healing. As a special bonus, the episode concludes with a guided heart meditation, led by Deborah, that you can use anytime you start to feel overwhelmed and to help you regulate your nervous system. About our guest: Dr. Jorina Elbers is a pediatric neurologist with clinical expertise in treating chronic stress and trauma. She is currently the Director of the Trauma Recovery Project at the HeartMath Institute and is the creator of HeartMath’s newest program, “HeartMath for Parents.” She was previously an assistant professor at Stanford University and has published over 20 peer-reviewed papers, with her most recent publications discussing nervous system dysregulation and how the body adapts to chronic stress or trauma.

Guest: Justine Grosso, Ph.D. In this enlightening episode, we welcome Dr. Justine Grosso, a licensed psychologist and trauma expert who challenges the outdated notion that self-love is selfish or narcissistic. Dr. Grosso, known for her impactful work through her practice and popular Instagram page, @heydrjustine, joins our host, Deborah Rozman, to explore the crucial role of self-love in personal happiness and our capacity to love others. Dr. Grosso and Deborah delve into the concept of developing a love language as it applies to our relationship with ourselves. They offer insights on breaking free from self-critical, judgmental inner dialogues and the habit of neglecting our own needs. The conversation highlights how harsh self-treatment can hinder personal growth and lead to overwhelming stress. They emphasize the importance of recognizing and nurturing the lifelong friendship we have with ourselves, a relationship that deserves love, care, and kindness. The discussion explores how cultivating a heart-based love language with yourself can unlock your personal growth and healing and release stuck energy. Instead of draining self-criticism, our experts advocate for self-soothing through self-compassion. Dr. Grosso, drawing from her expertise in mind-body wellness and trauma-informed therapy, provides practical advice on initiating a new self-love language. We invite you to listen in and gain valuable insights on transforming your relationship with yourself and learning how to practice self-compassion. Most of us can benefit from a deeper understanding of how this fundamental shift can positively impact our lives. To close, Deborah Rozman takes us through a guided heart meditation where together we create a reservoir of heart energy we can draw from to help support our efforts to have more compassion and love for ourselves. About our guest: Dr. Justine Grosso is a licensed psychologist (NC and NY) and corporate wellness consultant. She is particularly passionate about helping people create the relationships, careers, and businesses they want through cutting-edge research on the neurobiology of stress, trauma, and relationships. Dr. Grosso received her doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from Baylor University and completed her Postdoctoral Fellowship at Duke Academic Medical Center, specializing in trauma and women’s health. Dr. Justine is the founder of the educational page @heydrjustine on Instagram and online courses for healing the nervous system and relational trauma. Her expertise has been featured in Vogue, National Geographic, and Newsweek, among many other publications.

Guest: Spencer Taylor In this inspiring episode, Spencer Taylor joins host Deborah Rozman to talk about the power of love and compassion in war-torn areas. Spencer isn’t just talking philosophy — he’s bringing the power of heart to the streets in Ukraine, Rafah, Gaza, Syria, and other crisis zones. Spencer’s authenticity comes through as he shares candidly about how being in disaster zones has deeply affected him and why he had to make peace with death in order to fulfill this calling. He also shares why a 10-day trip to Ukraine turned into an eight-month experience. Spencer talks about the disconnection between what’s shown in the media and what is happening in war-stricken areas. He shares about the warmth and love of people who invite him to tea in makeshift tents as bombs go off nearby and why it’s the children who inspire him the most. You will appreciate Spencer’s valuable insights about what love and compassion achieve and how refugees stay resilient. He observes how love creates an indescribable spark, which he views as a higher frequency that helps transmute the dark energy in these areas, creating a type of alchemy. Spencer inspires us to examine our own lives for how we can bring our love and compassion more to the street. This episode closes with a guided heart meditation led by Deborah on putting our love into action and reducing separation. About our guest: Spencer Taylor is the co-founder of Vybe Source, a self-help and self-appreciation company dedicated to helping individuals visualize themselves better every day. With its Instagram page rapidly approaching one million followers, Vybe Source has become a significant force in the self-improvement community. In addition to his entrepreneurial success, Spencer co-hosted popular podcasts, where he shared his insights and experiences with a wide audience. Spencer is also an accomplished documentary filmmaker, focusing on critical issues such as mental health, climate change, and education. His latest project, The Death of Recess, is set for release this summer. This film tackles the problems within global education systems and proposes innovative solutions to create a new paradigm for education. Beyond his media and entrepreneurial ventures, Spencer is deeply committed to humanitarian work. He travels extensively to volunteer with the Global Empowerment Mission, a leading disaster relief organization. Spencer and his team have provided vital aid to crisis zones worldwide, including Northern Gaza, Ukraine, Egypt, Brazil, Taiwan, Turkey, and Japan, bringing hope and essential supplies to those in need.

Guest: Rollin McCraty, Ph.D. Are we truly interconnected? Can our thoughts and emotions impact the world around us? In this episode, our host, Deborah Rozman, talks with Rollin McCraty, Director of Research for the HeartMath Institute. Rollin and Deborah discuss exciting research exploring the link between heart rhythm coherence, Earth’s magnetic field, and humanity’s collective energy. Rollin talks about a new citizen science project, inviting people around the world (including our podcast listeners) to participate in a collective heart-focused meditation experiment radiating love and compassion into Earth’s magnetic field that will be happening in May 2024. You’ll hear about how this groundbreaking citizen science experiment will utilize a global network of sensors to detect subtle shifts in Earth’s magnetic field and how these shifts may contribute to a more peaceful and harmonious planet. Rollin explains how this experiment is part of the HeartMath Institute’s Global Consciousness Project 2.0 and its hypothesis that shifts in Earth’s magnetic field may be linked to human consciousness. So, if you’re feeling overwhelmed by the world situation, be sure to listen in and experience the hope that this new research provides. The podcast closes with a guided collective heart meditation to cultivate more heart coherence in yourself and co-create a reservoir of coherent heart energy that we can all tap into when we need an uplift. This episode is a must-listen for anyone who believes in the power of love and compassion to create positive change in our world. About our guest: Rollin McCraty, Ph.D., is a globally recognized scientist and a leading researcher on the heart-mind connection and serves as Director of Research at the HeartMath Institute (HMI). Since the Institute’s inception in 1991, McCraty and his talented team have spearheaded groundbreaking research with extensive studies, exceeding dozens in number, exploring how to harness communication between the heart and brain to manage stress, cultivate coherence (a state of optimal physiological balance), and strengthen our connection to ourselves and others. McCraty’s Google Scholar profile boasts over 250 publications, presentations, and patents spanning 25 years, with over 17,000 citations and a highly respected h-index score of 56. He is a pivotal figure in the Global Coherence Initiative. McCraty and his research team have designed a global network of sensors to monitor Earth’s magnetic field and its potential link to human consciousness. His research explores the possibility that these fields influence our bodies, emotions, and the very fabric of our connections to each other and the planet. His esteemed body of work appears in prestigious peer-reviewed journals and has captured the attention of major media outlets like CNN, ABC’s Good Morning America, and PBS. He actively contributes to various scientific societies, furthering our understanding of the heart’s profound influence on our mental, emotional, and physical well-being.