S02E18 - Laura Bailey (Veteran Mindfulness Australia) - Part 2
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In the concluding episode of his chat with the lovely Laura Bailey, Andy remarks, "I noticed the older yoga instructor on the website".   Laura comments that they needed male narrators and yoga instructors from feedback received.    Some diversity of culture and ethnicity was also noted.     So, Trevor, Fang and Lisa joined the videotaping, in their various disciplines.   Gifting their time to meet the opportunity, Laura said they mastered it together and came up with things for our boys, even if not professionally filmed.

They went on to discuss some of the power of the VMA site which is real people with real messages.   To get content out there was the primary objective and to provide a variety of stories and situations that people can resonate with; thereby raising the possibility of change to their own internal dialogue. 

The content can be anything from personal crisis, reflections, to being able to touch your toes in your 50’s.  One of our self-imposed roadblocks is limited thinking.   Sometimes called imposter syndrome, “I can’t possibly do THAT”.   Something Andy and Laura acknowledged they each had pushed through.     Laura shared that she has a little pile of motivational cards which works for her to push back on that thinking. 

 They went on to talk about “on purpose mindfulness” and what it means for each of them to calm down “scramble brain.”   They each had their own techniques, snippets, to create a self intervention as none of us can afford a 1-10 hour “timeout” most days was the statement.    Laura shared her emergency techniques to turn the panic off and bring in the calmer, warm sense of “I’m ok.”   Anyone can pop into this for 5 or 10 minutes with practice she explains.    With PTS, early recognition, early intervention is so important.    You can’t kid yourself and say this isn't a hole because then it takes longer to climb out of a bigger hole.   Invest, be kind to yourself and learn your own techniques for 5-10 minutes of “stand down.”    Tell yourself the truth, says Laura that a 10-minute investment here, is going to improve things and stop me falling further into that hole; not this is only a little hole and I’m ok.    Of all the things that I'd like to get across today is just to thank the whole veteran mindfulness community, and all the brave Veterans, not only for their service, but for their bravery in everyday life.

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