the LOVESPEAKS series
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the LOVESPEAKS series
with Sally Lou Loveman
The #1 fear people have is speaking in public. It’s actually the only fear Sally Lou Loveman doesn’t have. Join Sally Lou for the lovespeaks series where she leaves fear behind and speaks love – doing what you love, loving your story, learning to love speaking, loving each other and loving ourselves. As the former audience producer for The Oprah Winfrey Show, Sally Lou and her crew speak their stories each week so you can speak yours. No topic is off limits – from kindness to composting, and everything in between, if you need a community to kickstart your heart, you need the lovespeaks series.
Sally Lou is a mom, professional speaker, author of Speak: Love Your Story, Your Audience is Waiting and founder of lovespeaks.
It’s the lovespeaks series, where a little bit of love goes a long way.
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Episode #9:
Speaking of Mindfulness
Guest: Mona Antwan – Founder of Mindfulness Leader
On this episode we are speaking mindfulness with my friend and fellow Harpo co-worker Mona Antwan. Mona is the founder of Mindfulness Leader, the first of its kind after school program and high school elective in the City of Chicago to offer a 10-week, 92 hour curriculum, in under resourced schools and communities.
The program teaches students life skills through the art of mindfulness. The 23-core principle curriculum helps young leaders develop emotional intelligence through an interactive and project based course load. Mona has excellent advice to people of all ages on how to tap into our higher selves and simple ways to make room for mindfulness in our lives.
Listening Notes
| 0:56 | Speaking of Mindfulness |
| 1:10 | Meet Mona Antwan |
| 2:47 | How is love speaking to you today? |
| 4:13 | Surrending |
| 5:08 | Young Mona |
| 5:28 | Higher Self |
| 6:59 | The seed was planted |
| 7:30 | Finding purpose in 3rd grade |
| 8:30 | Advocate |
| 10:00 | Mindfulness & Emotional Management |
| 11:05 | Lessons from The Oprah Winfrey Show |
| 12:10 | Excited to do great things |
| 14:30 | Being a mom |
| 17:00 | Souring Eagle |
| 18:35 | Community |
| 19:59 | Meditation & Mindfulness |
| 20:53 | 23 principle curriculum |
| 21:45 | Kids want this and need this |
| 23:25 | Worry & Anxiety |
| 24:20 | Rituals |
| 25:43 | Mindfulness accumulates |
| 26:35 | No such thing as a positive mindset — it’s about your rituals |
| 28:17 | Speaking & Self-Talk |
| 30:23 | Secretly bless people |
| 31:05 | My life not working out for me is really working out for me |
| 31:41 | The more human we are the better speaker we are |
| 34:00 | Building leaders |
| 35:05 | Where do we go from here with Mindfulnees Leader? |
| 36:20 | The program is exploding |
| 36:55 | The word mentorship |
| 37:45 | What Mindfulness Leader curriculum teaches |
| 38:15 | The 23 principles |
| 39:26 | Scholarships |
| 39:38 | Growing to other states |
| 40:00 | Instagram & TikTok |
| 41:32 | Mona’s big tip for parents |
| 43:33 | Life purpose |
| 44:00 | The curriculum is exploding |
| 44:12 | Erika’s Lighthouse |
| 44:40 | Building things |
| 46:12 | Using Oprah’s words |
| 47:00 | Funding |
| 47:40 | What can listeners do to welcome more mindfulness into their lives? |
| 48:35 | Where can we find you? |
| 49:22 | Advice to parents |
| 50:34 | Daily prayer & gratitude tears |
| 52:39 | If you weren’t running Mindfulness Leader what would you be doing? |
| 53:20 | Check out mindfulnessleader.org & be a partner |
