# Looking at the Past Without Staring with Bryan Blackmon

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Podcast: [Mindful You](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mindful-you-6315550)
Published: 2026-09-08T08:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://mindful-you.captivate.fm/episode/looking-at-the-past-without-staring-with-bryan-blackmon
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## Resource

In this episode of Mindful You, host Alan Carroll welcomes Bryan Blackmon, creator of the Crab Crew. Bryan shares his powerful personal journey of rising above addiction, homelessness, and self-doubt by learning to change his mindset from the inside out. Together, Alan and Bryan explore the transformative practice of shifting one thought at a time, moving away from identity tied to past failures, and recognizing that outer reality is a mirror of internal consciousness. Through candid reflections on courage, forgiveness, and human connection, this conversation offers a grounded, energizing guide to reclaiming your present moment. Connect with Bryan: Website About Alan: Alan Carroll is an Educational Psychologist who specializes in Transpersonal Psychology. He founded Alan Carroll & Associates 30 years ago and before that, he was a Senior Sales Training Consultant for 10 years at Digital Equipment Corporation. He has dedicated his life in search of mindfulness tools that can be used by everyone (young and old) to transform their ability to speak at a professional level, as well as, to reduce the psychological suffering caused by the misidentification with our ego and reconnect to the vast transcendent dimension of consciousness that lies just on the other side of the thoughts we think and in between the words we speak. Personal: https://www.facebook.com/alan.carroll.7359 Business: https://www.facebook.com/AlanCarrolltrains LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aca-mindful-you/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mindfulnesseminar/ Web Site: https://acamindfulyou.com/

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