Awakening Your Personal Myth with Mindfulness - Erik Ireland
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A certified mindfulness teacher, storyteller, and creator of Listen To Sleep, a top-rated sleep & meditation podcast with over 5 million downloads, Erik developed Awaken Your Myth and the MYTHS MindReset™ to help his many Gen Z followers on social media find a path through life that is authentically their own and makes a positive impact on the world. This unique approach to community-supported personal growth combines the ancient wisdom of the hero's journey with the power of mindfulness, yielding, transformation, healing, and storytelling. Erik lives off-the-grid in Northern California with his fiancé Joe, his good dog Bodhi, and a black cat named Ninja. For more information, go to https://awakenyourmyth.com.
Learn more about Erik Ireland: https://awakenyourmyth.com/
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00:00:25 – Sean introduces Erik Ireland
00:05:25 – Short guided practice led by Sean
00:11:35 – Erik’s story and introduction to the hero’s journey
00:16:30 – What is the true meaning of the hero’s journey?
00:20:25 – Overview of the hero’s journey
00:24:46 – The hero’s journey and mindfulness
00:25:37 – Resistance to what life is asking of us
00:31:28 – Looking through the shadow and integrating it
00:33:35 – The MYTHS Method: Mindfulness, Yielding, Transformation, Healing, Storytelling
00:42:44 – Guided visualization led by Erik
00:51:27 – Limiting beliefs and our personal myth
00:55:45 – Participants share reflections on limiting beliefs and personal myths
01:06:02 – Using the MYTHS MindReset™ to overcome a challenge
01:21:15 – The healing power of this community
01:22:32 – What’s coming up with Awaken Your Myth
01:24:22 – Explanation of the handouts (see resources below)
01:31:05 – What makes a good story?
01:39:16 – Participant reflections
01:45:17 – Flexibility around our identity
01:47:26 – From ‘drop the story’ to ‘reframe the story’
01:48:52 – What are myths?
01:50:47 – Erik’s closing words
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