What does non-striving in mindfulness mean? What is the invitation of non-striving? Why might you want to try it?

Non-striving isn't about giving up aspirations and goals, it is about letting go. Letting go of control, of needing things to be a certain way, and/or to get a certain outcome.

Non Striving is about patience, peace, presence, joy and transformation.

Instead of constantly doing, non-striving is about focusing on being.

Non-striving is allowing yourself to experience the moment without judgment.

It creates space to simply be rather than always reacting to try to change things.

We are human BEINGS, not human DOINGS.
“Being is where the magic and healing happen.” - Dr. Holly MacKenna

Non-striving involves accepting yourself as you are and others as they are. It is about being content where you are, without the need to be anyone else or anywhere else.

Non-striving increases the richness in your life. It helps you find the extraordinary in the ordinary.
The space opened up in non-striving opens portals to clarity, curiosity, creativity, and connection.

Where are some areas of life that you would like to adopt a non-striving attitude? What are some ways you might try non-striving? What could you commit to not doing? What would more “being” look like?

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Hire one or both of us to speak or lead a workshop on any topic covered in the Mindful Healers Podcast. We also create team retreats, teach yoga, and offer experiential mindfulness for teams, groups, grand rounds, institutions, and conferences.

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*Nothing shared in the Mindful Healers Podcast is medical advice.

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Are you sitting on a nail and not changing due to the fear of the discomfort of removing that nail?

Discomfort, pain, and struggle feel familiar to most of us. We may not notice we are sitting on a nail. If we do, we are often so accustomed to discomfort we stay on the nail anyway. Transition and pivots, ie gettign of the nail are even more uncomfortable, even when they ultimately offer more freedom and space.

Things often have to get SO bad before we are willing “give in” and change. What if we aren’t "giving in" or giving up when we decide to get off a nail. What if we are giving ourselves permission to finally act in alignment with our core values.

Who would you be, could you be, if you stopped sitting on so many nails?

Some common thought patterns and beliefs that keep you sitting on nails:

• Scarcity mindset

• Not valuing yourself or your happiness. The belief that you don't deserve to have a comfortable pain-free life.

• The belief that being uncomfortable is a badge of honor

• Lack of boundaries

• Fear of change, the what if, or making a mistake

• Fear of judgment or being seen as " - "

• So used to discomfort and pain we don’t notice the discomfort of the nail

• Believing that struggling and suffering and hard are valuable

Listen to the episode to learn more. And then sign up to work with us. Consuming this podcast helps but the big shifts happen when you work with us.

Personal mindset coaching and experiencing and practicing mindfulness are what actually help you see where you are sitting on nails and grow the courage and belief to finally get off those nails even when getting off is scary.

Make 2025 the year you stop sitting on nails.

*Many thanks to Dr. Sonal Haerter for sharing the concept of sitting on nails during her talk at Brave Enough 2024.

Join Jessie for 1:1 coaching or a retreat. Now is the time to jump in if you want to use 2024 CME time or funds. It’s also the time to secure yourself a spot at Nicasio Creek Farm or Sagrada in 2025. www.jessiemahoneymd.com

Hire one or both of us to speak or lead a workshop on any topic covered in the Mindful Healers Podcast. We also create team retreats, teach yoga, and offer experiential mindfulness for teams, groups, grand rounds, institutions, and conferences.

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Do you feel like you are growing faster than your organization has space for?

Are your roots trying to grow out the bottom of your pot?

Dr. Holly MacKenna is the Founder of Dara Wellness an Integrative Psychiatry practice in New Orleans. She is Board Certified in Integrative Medicine and Psychiatry. She also has additional certifications in Helms auricular acupuncture and non-touch and distance Reiki.

Dr. MacKenna shares the story of starting her integrative practice right before the Covid pandemic. She embraced the journey because she felt like she had grown beyond what her organization had space for. Her roots were trying to grow out the bottom of a pot.

She shares the importance of coaching and leaning into a community of support when building something new. She recommends if you don’t have a community, find one or create one. Coaching helped Dr. MacKenna give herself permission to let go of the unspoken rules in her head and make her own rules for the practice and life she was building.

Holly attended the Connect in Nature Mindful Healers Retreat six weeks ago. She recently shared in a Facebook group that she had learned so much at the retreat “without realizing it.”

In today’s podcast, we discuss why and how this happened and the power of nature, especially trees and experiential learning.

Holly’s two most powerful learnings at the retreat:

1. Lean into curiosity

2. Being is where the magic and healing happen.

Dr. MacKenna also shares her thoughts as a psychiatrist on the controversies and benefits of coaching and the importance of choosing a qualified coach.

You can find Dr. MacKenna @ www.darawellnessnola.com or www.hollymackennamd.com

Move beyond consuming this amazing podcast. True change happens when you work with us - virtually and/or in-person.

The date of next year's Connect in Nature Retreat will be released soon. We are leaning into curiosity and will be holding it in a new location and at a new time of year.

Coach with Jessie - 1:1, in topic-focused small groups, or at a retreat. www.jessiemahoneymd.com

Hire one or both of us to speak or lead a workshop on any topic covered in the Mindful Healers Podcast. We also create team retreats, teach yoga, and offer experiential mindfulness for teams, groups, grand rounds, institutions, and conferences.

www.jessiemahoneymd.com/mindful-healers-podcast

www.awakenbreath.org

www.jessiemahoneymd.com/speaking

*Nothing shared in the Mindful Healers Podcast is medical advice.

#physicianwellness #mindfulnesscoach #pauseandpresence #physiciancoach