Beat Stress and Overwhelm with Mindfulness with Bruce Langford

Stress and overwhelm are the number one complaint amongst the successful and ambitious.

What is your success costing you? So many people are focussed on their achievement that they forget to consider themselves in the equation. Many healers, coaches, doctors and other practitioners are guilty of this, as well as myself.

Bruce Langford is a calming influence: he helps people regain their inner calm.

As way of history, Bruce became passionate about helping bullied children in 2003 when he saw first-hand the negative effects of bullying in the school where he taught. He left his teaching profession to become an entrepreneur and coach and has delivered anti-bullying and respect presentations nationally and internationally for over a decade.

Bruce now coaches those that are in stress and overwhelm with their lives to bring inner calm and peace using a practice called mindfulness, which is really sweeping the country because of the amazing positive results it has gotten. It’s now in programs in schools and several big companies like Google, Aetna, and General Mills have embraced mindfulness as it has changed the working environment, improving the health and well being of those that practice it as well as saving these companies millions of dollars a year in health care costs.

Bruce has learned from amazing, successful people who have mindfulness nailed. People like Pat Flynn, Jay Papasan and John Lee Dumas. He passes this wisdom onto his clients.

Listen to my delightful and insightful conversation with Bruce now:

Standout Quotes:

•  “I realized that so much of what I was teaching was actually mindfulness.” [Bruce]
•  “So many times, you can do this [practicing mindfulness] while you're doing something else.” [Bruce]
•  “You don't have to think of it as meditation, you could think of itas time for a break from your brain. Your brain does need a break.” [Bruce]
•  “One of the things that I find when Iam working with people is that they're so pulled out of their body.” [Anastasia]
•  “You never know what you're going to run into until it actually happens to you.” [Bruce]
•  “Grounding exercises allow you to release everything that we have.” [Bruce]
•  “Breathing is the beginning of getting to that place of relaxation.” [Bruce]
•  “The more you fill yourself up and expand, you are telling yourself that you have the right to take up this space.” [Anastasia]
•  “Being here in the now allows you to basically embrace being here.” [Bruce]
•  ”Give yourself the space to think about those things and not be pushing, trying to make things happen in the world. Allow things to happen instead.” [Bruce]
•  “It's better to be pulled in rather than push your way in.” [Anastasia]
•  “Just put it out to the universe, put it out there. And you'll be surprised what happens.” [Bruce]
•  “And if you truly give it an intention within your mind, that you are going to do this. That's all there is to it. You're burning the boats.” [Bruce]
•  “Be yourself, be authentic, allow yourself to just be you.” [Bruce]

Key Takeaways:

•  It is important to live in the moment. Ask yourself if you can be happy in this instant.
•  When Bruce helped children and teachers, there has been a huge difference because they feel so much better on a day-to-day basis, and they seem to be happier.
•  Bruce started with coaching, and when people saw what he was doing, they reached out to him.
•  Bruce uses the acronym CALM when he works with his clients.
•  It is important to use our breaks in a smart way. Do something that is different what you had been doing. Maybe stand up or exercise a little.
•  Mindfulness may sound like a Hocus Pocus to some people, but it is not very difficult. It’s actually very easy.
•  Changing your posture can lower your cortisol levels and raise your testosterone.
•  Tools such as journaling, deep breathing, and meditation bring you back into the now and stop focusing on the things that make you anxious. These are really simple but effective and powerful.
•  It is important to take some time to be aware of your breathing and focus on it.
•  It is sometimes important to let go and take some time for yourself.
•  One secret of Bruce to the success of his business is when he started, he didn’t think of having any plan B’s. He just thought of doing this thing.
•  There is a huge connection between mindfulness and bullying.

Episode Timeline:

[2:39] Introduction of Bruce Langford

[4:26] The Story of Bruce

[9:33] Teaching Mindfulness for Bullying in Inner City Schools

[11:06] How did Bruce started Coaching

[11:51] Before and After Coaching with Bruce

[12:52] Importance of Taking Breaks

[22:28] The Most Difficult Cases

[29:06] What Bruce would Tell Someone with Severe Anxiety

[34:34] The Secret to Longevity of Bruce’s Business

[37:33] What Bruce Do Different

[40:51] What Lesson would Bruce Pass on to Someone Else

[42:52] Brice’s Gift for Everyone

You can find Bruce on his website, MindfulnessMode.com. To get his free gift to you, go to MindfulnessMode.com/calm. On this website, you’ll find he too has a radio show. You can listen more to his calming influence there.

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