{"podcast":{"title":"Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom","slug":"whole-again-mindfulness-and-resilience-through-kintsugi-wisdom-6642339","podcast_index_feed_id":6642339,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/wholeagain/","website_url":"https://michaelobrienshift.com/whole-again-podcast/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/372cb119-572e-4e11-9002-29bfdfa876c9/3000-3000.jpg","author":"Michael OBrien | Mindfulness & Resilience Coach","episode_count":441,"summary":"Discover how to create a meaningful life on your way to who you are becoming. Whole Again: Mindfulness and Resilience Through Kintsugi Wisdom provides the support you need to heal, develop a growth mindset, and embrace who you are becoming. Inspired by the Japanese art of “Golden Repair,” Kintsugi teaches us that even when life breaks us, we can rebuild—stronger, wiser, and more beautiful than before. Listen to discover weekly growth-mindset tips, build emotional resilience and manage stress through microdose meditations, and ways to live a meaningful life and the person you are becoming. And as America turns 250, tune in to hear your neighbors share their reflections on our Perfectly Imperfect Union and on ways we can come together to end the divisions that prevent us from realizing our collective potential. I’m Michael O’Brien—husband, Girl Dadx2, son, friend, animal lover, endurance cyclist, and survivor. After a near-death cycling accident—what I call My Last Bad Day—the metaphor of Kintsugi helped me see that I could be whole again. Today, as a Mindset & Resilience Leadership coach, Corporate Speaker, Meditation Teacher, and founder of The Pause Breathe Reflect Method, I'm he…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T22:19:04.832153+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/whole-again-mindfulness-and-resilience-through-kintsugi-wisdom-6642339"},"episode":{"title":"Born in The U.S.A. - Wake Up for More Resilience and Mindfulness","slug":"born-in-the-u-s-a-wake-up-for-more-resilience-and-mindfulness","published_at":"2026-07-01T11:45:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/whole-again-mindfulness-and-resilience-through-kintsugi-wisdom-6642339/born-in-the-u-s-a-wake-up-for-more-resilience-and-mindfulness","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/whole-again-mindfulness-and-resilience-through-kintsugi-wisdom-6642339","url":"https://michaelobrienshift.com/whole-again-podcast/","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/86106c0e-164f-494b-9151-9f613c905b06.mp3","summary":"The Whole Again Podcast: Mindfulness and Resilience through Kinstugi Wisdom airs every Monday, Wednesday and Friday with Pause Breathe Reflect Microdose Meditations, Growth Mindset and Mindfulness Tips, to help us transform our scars into healing and resilience. And between May and October, I'm sharing a new series I'm calling: A Perfectly Imperfect Union. It's about connecting with every day folks as they reflect on America at 250. Conversations will air every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. ------- Have you ever really listened to the lyrics of \"Born in the USA\"? In this episode of Whole Again, Michael unpacks the lyrical dissonance of Springsteen's most misunderstood anthem, and uses it as a doorway into something much bigger: the Iroquois concept of Long Body, the spiritual and literal connectedness we share with our ancestors, our community, and the earth itself. He contrasts it with Short Body, the Western idea that we end completely at our own skin, that our pain is ours alone to carry. Michael connects this directly to his own recovery from his Last Bad Day. His healing wasn't a solo act. It was fueled by a peloton of people, near and far, who refused to let him carry it alone. That's Long Body in action. As America turns 250 this week, Michael makes the case that acknowledging our cracks isn't unpatriotic. It's a deeper form of patriotism. You can turn up the volume and feel the pride, and still let the song ask you something harder. His invitation before you go: queue up \"Born in the USA,\" actually listen to the lyrics this time, and notice what it stirs in you. You can now download my Pause Breathe Reflect App with Microdose EQ for FREE in Apple’s App Store or Google Play. Discover how spend less time on your phone and more time on things that bring you joy.…","meta_description":"The Whole Again Podcast: Mindfulness and Resilience through Kinstugi Wisdom airs every Monday, Wednesday and Friday with Pause Breathe Reflect Microdose M…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1203,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/whole-again-mindfulness-and-resilience-through-kintsugi-wisdom-6642339/episodes/born-in-the-u-s-a-wake-up-for-more-resilience-and-mindfulness/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/whole-again-mindfulness-and-resilience-through-kintsugi-wisdom-6642339/born-in-the-u-s-a-wake-up-for-more-resilience-and-mindfulness.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}