Make Meditation A Mindset

About this episode

The episode explores the relationship between meditation and sleep, addressing listener questions in real time.

In this podcast, you, the listeners, send in the questions for us to discuss. We don’t see them before we press record, and we don't prepare. We encounter them cold, much like most of the big issues in life which arrive without warning. There are plenty of experts out there. What interests us is the freedom to explore our first thoughts openly and honestly in the moment. The questions are only read once that big red recording button has been pressed, so what follows is shaped by our lived experiences and more than five years of making this podcast together. What comes out of our mouths is simply our instinctive reaction to what we are hearing and thinking in real time. As a side note, we don’t really think of ourselves as podcasters. We just make podcasts, which is a subtle, but important difference. The first listener question for today comes all the way from Stithians, Cornwall, England where Paul asks the following - "I’ve heard you guys saying meditation is something you find useful. A friend of mine says they struggle to stay awake so they can’t do it. I often think we don’t take sleep seriously, and don’t take what I call ‘sleep treatment’ regularly. Or develop healthy…

People in this episode

Host: The People's Countryside

Topics covered

• meditation
• sleep
• mindset
• mental health
• personal experiences

Keywords

• meditation
• sleep mindset
• mental health
• listener questions
• personal experiences

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Stithians, Cornwall, England

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