STOPTIME: Live in the Moment.

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What if your favorite creative mantra is quietly making your work worse?

In this episode, we explore how well-worn phrases like “story is king” and “trust the process” can feel grounding—while subtly eroding responsibility, discernment, and engagement. Drawing inspiration from Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull, we look at how language meant to guide us can become a stand-in for the deeper work ...

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This short, guided pause is designed to help you reset your focus—without effort, without fixing anything.

In this 5-minute practice, you’re invited to step away from whatever you’re doing, soften your gaze, and gently gather your attention. Through simple breath cues, subtle physical release, and intentional focus, this meditation helps quiet mental noise and bring you back to center.

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What if the words you’re waiting for are already in the room? We explore a simple, disarming question—what do you most need to hear today—and discover how a small, overlooked detail becomes a compass for calm. A ceiling sconce turns into a living metaphor for the quiet constants that hold us, even when we don’t flip the switch. The story moves from pressure and creative block to permission ...

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Tonight’s meditation is an invitation to slow down and gently transition from wakefulness into rest.

We begin by settling into the space where you’ll sleep—tending to the small external details that help your body and nervous system feel safe and uninterrupted. From there, we turn inward, using breath and awareness to soften mental activity and release the day.

This guided practice moves thro...

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As joyful as the season is meant to be, the holidays can quietly carry a lot of weight — expectations, pressure, comparison, and the sense that we’re somehow supposed to feel more festive than we do.

In this episode, I share an excerpt from my book The Places Where There Are Spaces, a short reflection called “Holiday Hangovers.” It’s a story about noticing how easily we slip into expectation...

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What if peace isn’t something you hold, but a place you can always return to? We invite you into a guided meditation that starts with the breath, softens the grip of racing thoughts, and opens the heart to a wider circle of care. Across a few grounded minutes, we move from inner calm to compassionate connection, showing how awareness—not control—creates space for steadiness even when life s...

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As the year winds down, many of us find ourselves feeling heavier—not physically, but energetically. In this episode, I explore the idea of psychological baggage: the unprocessed memories, regrets, worries, hopes, and fears we’ve grown used to carrying as if they’re part of who we are.

Drawing from Chapter 24 of my book, The Places Where There Are Spaces, I share an excerpt that invites us t...

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What would your day feel like if the pressure to prove eased by even ten percent?

In this guided meditation, we open a gentle, grounded space to notice the quiet expectations that hum beneath the surface—the subtle “I should have” and “I need to” messages that drain focus and blur what truly matters. Rather than arguing with these stories, we meet them with curiosity. We trace where they com...

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What if the imagination that fuels your worst-case scenarios could become your most reliable source of clarity, calm, and momentum? In this episode, Lisa shares a simple but powerful shift that turns reactivity into creativity—one letter, and one intentional choice, at a time.

You’ll learn why we default to reactive patterns, how those patterns drain energy and agency, and what it takes to r...

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If you’ve ever felt yanked from one moment into the next, this guided reentry is your reset. We slow down the space between chapters so you can release the residue of what just happened and choose, on purpose, how you want to enter what comes next. Through gentle breathwork, grounding cues, and clear language, we create a small but powerful pause—one that returns scattered attention back to...

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Heavy week, full schedule, and that quiet tug of guilt for needing a break? Let’s trade performance for presence. We slow down together with gentle breath cues, simple body awareness, and a compassionate question that cuts through noise: what do I need right now? No fixing, no penance—just a soft return to yourself that steadies your nervous system and brings your energy back online.

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Gratitude can get twisted when it’s layered with pressure, obligation, or performance. Many of us were raised to *“be grateful”—*as if appreciation could be forced, graded, or used to override whatever we’re actually feeling. That’s where gratitude turns toxic: when it becomes a script instead of a truth.

In this short real-time reflection, recorded while waiting for a client, we take a gent...

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What if the change you want doesn’t require a leap, just a quiet step toward a familiar doorway? We guide you through a calm, sensory-rich visualization designed to slow your breath, soften your body, and open the mental space where clarity tends to appear. You’ll build an inner room that feels safe, notice the quality of light and air, and approach a doorway that leads to the version of yo...

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We’re all moving so fast — planning ahead, rushing toward the next thing, trying to get it all right. But what if the clarity we’re searching for only arrives when we slow down long enough to notice what’s right in front of us?

In this episode, Lisa narrates Leo Tolstoy’s beloved parable “The Three Questions” — a timeless story that reveals the power of presence, the wisdom of tending to thi...

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Slow down, soften, and come home to your body with this gentle, guided  body scan meditation. Designed to help you unwind tension, reset your nervous system, and reconnect with your physical presence, this practice is perfect for any moment when you need grounding or calm.

We move from the feet to the crown of the head, releasing stress layer by layer, creating spaciousness, ease, and a sens...

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What happens when your talent starts steering your life before you’re old enough to drive it? We sit down with actor and singer Nick Barasch to trace the tender, sometimes turbulent path from child performer to self-possessed adult artist—and the surprising practices that made space for joy along the way.

Nick opens up about the thrill and pressure of growing up on stage, the momen...

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Step into the art of dreaming — not just with your mind, but with your energy.
 In this guided manifestation meditation, you’ll be invited to imagine and create a vision board — either physically or within your mind’s eye — that reflects your deepest desires and limitless potential.

This is your space to expand, to feel into possibility, and to align with the energy of what you most want...

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When the curtain comes down and the structure of a show disappears, what rhythm do you choose for yourself?

In this preview with Broadway actor Nick Barasch (Hadestown, She Loves Me, Big River), we explore how to create a personal foundation—your own rhythm or recipe—that sustains you when external schedules fade. Instead of relying on rigid routines, Nick shares how self-led projects, small...

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When the world gets loud, motivation can feel slippery. This short motivational grounding practice is your calm, focused reset—a reminder to stop forcing momentum and start remembering the steady confidence already within you. Through simple breathwork, clear affirmations, and gentle visualization, you’ll invite your nervous system to settle and your focus to return to what truly matters. T...