{"podcast":{"title":"Mindful You","slug":"mindful-you-6315550","podcast_index_feed_id":6315550,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/mindful-you/","website_url":"https://mindful-you.captivate.fm","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/c25d0e3e-ebe5-4f59-b6d1-4b247c30e9c3/ruGvUOXtfC-nBOT368C2vpFs.jpg","author":"Alan Carroll","episode_count":178,"summary":"Explore the multitude of healing benefits and various applications that mindfulness/space can bring to transform your entire experience of living including the way you speak, listen, think, create and even how you perceive your world. Join me as I engage with a diverse range of leading experts in the fields of psychology, meditation, religion, the arts, science, mindfulness, yoga, communication and healing. Let's journey together and learn how to build your own bridge to this magical transcendent dimension of consciousness called mindfulness where the power of presence, love, and compassion reign supreme.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-15T16:23:32.219724+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mindful-you-6315550"},"episode":{"title":"Looking at the Past Without Staring with Bryan Blackmon","slug":"looking-at-the-past-without-staring-with-bryan-blackmon","published_at":"2026-09-08T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mindful-you-6315550/looking-at-the-past-without-staring-with-bryan-blackmon","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mindful-you-6315550","url":"https://mindful-you.captivate.fm/episode/looking-at-the-past-without-staring-with-bryan-blackmon","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/778e1334-4429-4de6-adb7-0ed7a2b8461b.mp3","summary":"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/","meta_description":"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…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3177,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mindful-you-6315550/episodes/looking-at-the-past-without-staring-with-bryan-blackmon/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mindful-you-6315550/looking-at-the-past-without-staring-with-bryan-blackmon.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}