{"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":165,"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":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mindful-you-6315550"},"episode":{"title":"The Mindful Path to Healing Grief with Sylvia Wolfer","slug":"the-mindful-path-to-healing-grief-with-sylvia-wolfer","published_at":"2026-05-05T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mindful-you-6315550/the-mindful-path-to-healing-grief-with-sylvia-wolfer","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mindful-you-6315550","url":"https://mindful-you.captivate.fm/episode/the-mindful-path-to-healing-grief-with-sylvia-wolfer","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/a59f5d35-d9cf-4970-9315-65b123e22a49.mp3","summary":"Welcome to another episode of the Mindful You Podcast! Today, we dive deep into the transformative power of grief and healing with special guest Sylvia Wolfer, joining us from the serene mountains of Sri Lanka. In this heartfelt conversation, Sylvia shares her personal journey through profound loss—having experienced the sudden deaths of close family members at a young age—and how these experiences ultimately guided her to discover mindfulness and meditation as pathways to healing. Together, we explore grief not as a permanent wound, but as a space for growth, connection, and self-realization. This episode unpacks practical mindfulness tools, including powerful breathing techniques, the importance of observing and naming emotions, and the role of meditation in regaining agency over one’s inner world. Whether you’re in the midst of loss, supporting someone through grief, or simply looking to deepen your practice, this conversation is full of wisdom and gentle guidance for navigating life’s storms and discovering peace within. Connect with Sylvia: 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.735…","meta_description":"Welcome to another episode of the Mindful You Podcast! Today, we dive deep into the transformative power of grief and healing with special guest Sylvia Wo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3620,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mindful-you-6315550/episodes/the-mindful-path-to-healing-grief-with-sylvia-wolfer/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/the-mindful-path-to-healing-grief-with-sylvia-wolfer.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}