{"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":"Shannon Ross: A Perfectly Imperfect Union - Reflecting on America 250","slug":"shannon-ross-a-perfectly-imperfect-union-reflecting-on-america-250","published_at":"2026-07-21T11:11:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/whole-again-mindfulness-and-resilience-through-kintsugi-wisdom-6642339/shannon-ross-a-perfectly-imperfect-union-reflecting-on-america-250","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/bc35afc5-4f29-4415-8dba-6e50b5433ab8.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. ------- What is something you wish almost everyone truly understood? That's the question Shannon Ross asks in this episode of A Perfectly Imperfect Union: Reflecting on America 250. Shannon is the founder of The Community , a criminal justice reform organization based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, doing work with advocates, impacted individuals, and crime survivors alike. Shannon spent 17 years in prison, from age 19 to 36. For Shannon, the real fracture in this country isn't politics. It's narrative. It's how we tell our stories, and how quickly we let those stories calcify into ideology before we've paused long enough to actually think them through. He also shared something essential: we like to believe we live our lives off truth and facts, when really we live off stories. You don't realize you're living inside one until you tell yourself a different story and your life changes. Here's Shannon's question for you and our next guest: What is something you have heard in your time that you wish almost everyone you meet understood well? Share your thoughts in the comments and share this episode with a fellow neighbor or friend. You can now download my Pause Breathe Reflect App with Microdose EQ for FREE in Apple’s App Store or Google Play. 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