Stress and Mindfulness, with Modupe Akinola

If there's something you've been wanting to start but keep putting off, Dora has a question that might help: What's my role here? Rather than running through every task, obstacle, and possible outcome, try getting specific about the part that's actually yours. Dora found that onc ...  Show more

Even when we sit down to do something restorative, it's easy to bring along the same expectations we carry everywhere else. We want to make progress, see results, and know we're doing it correctly. Dora recognizes how that achievement mindset showed up in her own meditation pract ...  Show more

Stress – which many of us despise and try to avoid – does not actually have to be a bad thing. Rather, it's our relationship to stress, our mindset about stress, that determines whether we are helped or harmed by it. Today's guest has the science to back this up and the practical ...  Show more

How can stress enhance creativity? Are there practical ways to use stress for innovation? Modupe guest hosts the podcast Radio Headspace all week. Every weekday morning, Radio Headspace aims to take a few moments to step out of the internal chatter and external noise. It's a podc ...  Show more

This is an episode of A Slight Change of Plans, a podcast we think you'll enjoy hosted by former TED speaker Maya Shankar. Modupe shares why a simple change in our mindset can turn short-term stress into a helpful resource -- and offers strategies to better understand, and cope w ...  Show more