https://simplecast.com Random Talks of Kindness From parenthood to politics, Random Talks of Kindness tackles life's biggest questions. We believe sharing isn't just caring, it has the power to bring us closer together. 2018 Random Talks of Kindness en Sat, 29 May 2021 04:00:00 +0000 Sat, 29 May 2021 04:00:10 +0000 http://www.randomtalksofkindness.com Random Talks of Kindness https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/b54578fa-5db9-43fb-b68d-8ad83a460d9d/92c8b15e-4f92-4b0d-a2cf-1ec80a1a8a53/3000x3000/1542485479artwork.jpg?aid=rss_feed http://www.randomtalksofkindness.com episodic From parenthood to politics, Random Talks of Kindness tackles life's biggest questions. We believe sharing isn't just caring, it has the power to bring us closer together. Monica O'Leary Singh no https://feeds.simplecast.com/4YxhDD91 kindness, Monica, politics, parenthood Monica Singh randomtalksofkindness@gmail.com fb234a0a-44a2-45d8-89f8-d41ec393fe87 Nancy Torres - Breath, Dance, Meditate A conversation with Nancy Torres on how to navigate back to calm via breath, dancing and meditation. Author, childhood educator, and meditation guide, Nancy Torres and I talk about how, as a parent or teacher, we can incorporate meditation into our lives.  Whether through silent or guided meditation, prayer, yoga, or journaling, we can model for our kids and everyone benefits.   We also discuss how helpful it can be to change the energy around us and our children by taking some deep breaths, dancing to shift the energy, or taking quiet time to rebalance.  

For guided meditation and more with Nancy Torres: 

www.iamnancytorres.com

@iamnancytorres

Author of Say It With Me

]]> Sat, 29 May 2021 04:00:00 +0000 randomtalksofkindness@gmail.com (Nancy Torres, Monica O'Leary Singh) http://www.randomtalksofkindness.com A conversation with Nancy Torres on how to navigate back to calm via breath, dancing and meditation. Author, childhood educator, and meditation guide, Nancy Torres and I talk about how, as a parent or teacher, we can incorporate meditation into our lives.  Whether through silent or guided meditation, prayer, yoga, or journaling, we can model for our kids and everyone benefits.   We also discuss how helpful it can be to change the energy around us and our children by taking some deep breaths, dancing to shift the energy, or taking quiet time to rebalance.  

For guided meditation and more with Nancy Torres: 

www.iamnancytorres.com

@iamnancytorres

Author of Say It With Me

]]> Nancy Torres - Breath, Dance, Meditate Nancy Torres, Monica O'Leary Singh 00:43:20 A conversation with Nancy Torres on how to navigate back to calm via breath, dancing and meditation. Author, childhood educator, and meditation guide, Nancy Torres and I talk about how, as a parent or teacher, we can incorporate meditation into our lives. Whether through silent or guided meditation, prayer, yoga, or journaling, we can model for our kids and everyone benefits. We also discuss how helpful it can be to change the energy around us and our children by taking some deep breaths, dancing to shift the energy, or taking quiet time to rebalance. A conversation with Nancy Torres on how to navigate back to calm via breath, dancing and meditation. Author, childhood educator, and meditation guide, Nancy Torres and I talk about how, as a parent or teacher, we can incorporate meditation into our lives. Whether through silent or guided meditation, prayer, yoga, or journaling, we can model for our kids and everyone benefits. We also discuss how helpful it can be to change the energy around us and our children by taking some deep breaths, dancing to shift the energy, or taking quiet time to rebalance. meditation, kids, prayer, stress, educators, teachers, anxiety, parenting, mom, depression, breath, moms, yoga, journaling, dancing no full 9 3056033a-fcd0-4344-a828-295ef810a4b9 Nick Gates In this uplifting conversation with Coaches Across Continents founder Nick Gates, we see the power of sport to make a real global impact.  

By utilizing CAC's Purposeful Play to engage children and adults, communities can discuss sensitive and challenging UN SDG topics and create a pathway to address them through play.   

Hope for a better future is created one game at a time, one interaction at a time, boosting communities around the world.

To learn more and donate, visit 

www.coachesacrosscontinents.org

And follow CAC on social media at

* Facebook https://www.facebook.com/CoachesAcrossContinents/

* Instagram https://www.instagram.com/coachesacrosscontinents/

* Twitter https://twitter.com/coachesacross

This episode was recorded August 2019 pre-pandemic.

]]> Fri, 9 Oct 2020 04:03:09 +0000 randomtalksofkindness@gmail.com (Nick Gates, Monica O'Leary Singh) http://www.randomtalksofkindness.com In this uplifting conversation with Coaches Across Continents founder Nick Gates, we see the power of sport to make a real global impact.  

By utilizing CAC's Purposeful Play to engage children and adults, communities can discuss sensitive and challenging UN SDG topics and create a pathway to address them through play.   

Hope for a better future is created one game at a time, one interaction at a time, boosting communities around the world.

To learn more and donate, visit 

www.coachesacrosscontinents.org

And follow CAC on social media at

* Facebook https://www.facebook.com/CoachesAcrossContinents/

* Instagram https://www.instagram.com/coachesacrosscontinents/

* Twitter https://twitter.com/coachesacross

This episode was recorded August 2019 pre-pandemic.

]]> Nick Gates Nick Gates, Monica O'Leary Singh 00:29:37 Coaches Across Continents is a global collaboration of communities, organizations, and coaches on six continents that impact the UN Sustainable Development Goals through year-round strategic resources. Coaches Across Continents is a global collaboration of communities, organizations, and coaches on six continents that impact the UN Sustainable Development Goals through year-round strategic resources. beyond sports, sport for social impact, soccer, coaches across continents, cac, global citizen, purposeful play, futball no full 11 f8aa9998-1090-459a-a528-b26982cb0e8a Leslie: The Balancing Act of Living Black in America This is a conversation between a Black man and a white woman about living Black in America.  We discuss what it's like for Leslie to be constantly on guard for what white people will think about him or do to him based solely on his skin.   We dive into the constant mental struggle and trauma of living Black in America, what that feels like in real life scenarios, and the post traumatic stress that has been passed on through generations and continues to be with every murder and harassment of a Black person.    Recorded May 30 2020

To remember victims, to learn about books and activists, and to take anti racism actions, visit https://sayevery.name/

]]> Sun, 13 Sep 2020 15:45:20 +0000 randomtalksofkindness@gmail.com (Leslie, Monica O'Leary Singh) http://www.randomtalksofkindness.com This is a conversation between a Black man and a white woman about living Black in America.  We discuss what it's like for Leslie to be constantly on guard for what white people will think about him or do to him based solely on his skin.   We dive into the constant mental struggle and trauma of living Black in America, what that feels like in real life scenarios, and the post traumatic stress that has been passed on through generations and continues to be with every murder and harassment of a Black person.    Recorded May 30 2020

To remember victims, to learn about books and activists, and to take anti racism actions, visit https://sayevery.name/

]]> Leslie: The Balancing Act of Living Black in America Leslie, Monica O'Leary Singh 01:08:27 A deeply personal conversation with Leslie, who has lived in the South, in the Midwest, and in the Northeast about the ways skin color affects how he is perceived by white people everyday and how he is constantly balancing their possible thoughts with his actions and words. Recorded May 30 2020 A deeply personal conversation with Leslie, who has lived in the South, in the Midwest, and in the Northeast about the ways skin color affects how he is perceived by white people everyday and how he is constantly balancing their possible thoughts with his actions and words. Recorded May 30 2020 white, racial bias, black lives matter, police killings, race, black no full 10 a66a9f12-1611-4d36-b19b-7d72c9b18510 Author Karen Kleiman, LCSW: Help for Prenatal Depression In her latest book, Good Mommy's Have Scary Thoughts, author Karen Kleiman, MSW, LCSW, shares her wisdom on how mothers feel and the self compassion we can give ourselves to help get us through difficult times.  In this conversation, we go deep into my prenatal depression and her decades of experience as a therapist for prenatal and postpartum anxiety and depression.  Follow her https://www.facebook.com/postpartumstresscenter2/and https://www.instagram.com/postpartumstress/?hl=en

]]> Wed, 6 May 2020 10:00:07 +0000 randomtalksofkindness@gmail.com (Monica O'Leary Singh, Karen Kleiman) http://www.randomtalksofkindness.com In her latest book, Good Mommy's Have Scary Thoughts, author Karen Kleiman, MSW, LCSW, shares her wisdom on how mothers feel and the self compassion we can give ourselves to help get us through difficult times.  In this conversation, we go deep into my prenatal depression and her decades of experience as a therapist for prenatal and postpartum anxiety and depression.  Follow her https://www.facebook.com/postpartumstresscenter2/and https://www.instagram.com/postpartumstress/?hl=en

]]> Author Karen Kleiman, LCSW: Help for Prenatal Depression Monica O'Leary Singh, Karen Kleiman 00:51:42 In this conversation, author and therapist Karen Kleiman and I dive into prenatal depression. Her decades of experience as a therapist for prenatal and postpartum anxiety and depression are so insightful and continue to shed light on this topic. In this conversation, author and therapist Karen Kleiman and I dive into prenatal depression. Her decades of experience as a therapist for prenatal and postpartum anxiety and depression are so insightful and continue to shed light on this topic. post partum depression, prenatal, anxiety, prenatal depression, motherhood, baby, post partum, depression, prenatal anxiety, parenthood no full 8 19e60d4a-ca8a-4020-8064-2f15efb40792 Prenatal Depression: Sharing Our Experiences Prenatal Depression and anxiety are hidden struggles for so many pregnant women.   A baby can  be very wanted yet the pregnancy can feel awful both emotionally and physically.  In this conversation, another woman and I discuss our struggles, how it felt, what helped, how we made it through those difficult months.  

For many women, these strong emotions feel very shameful, we are here to shed that sham, and embrace women with giant hugs of empathy and compassion.  We hope our stories will help others going through it to know your mental and emotional state matters.    

For more help, reach out to your medical providers and find resources at https://postpartumstress.com/. 

]]> Tue, 5 May 2020 15:24:15 +0000 randomtalksofkindness@gmail.com (Shameela, Monica O'Leary Singh) http://www.randomtalksofkindness.com Prenatal Depression and anxiety are hidden struggles for so many pregnant women.   A baby can  be very wanted yet the pregnancy can feel awful both emotionally and physically.  In this conversation, another woman and I discuss our struggles, how it felt, what helped, how we made it through those difficult months.  

For many women, these strong emotions feel very shameful, we are here to shed that sham, and embrace women with giant hugs of empathy and compassion.  We hope our stories will help others going through it to know your mental and emotional state matters.    

For more help, reach out to your medical providers and find resources at https://postpartumstress.com/. 

]]> Prenatal Depression: Sharing Our Experiences Shameela, Monica O'Leary Singh 00:32:33 Prenatal Depression feels very isolating, scary, embarrassing and confusing. In this conversation, we strive to bring it out of the darkness and shake the shame off our emotions. Prenatal Depression feels very isolating, scary, embarrassing and confusing. In this conversation, we strive to bring it out of the darkness and shake the shame off our emotions. postpartum anxiety, anxiety, postpartum depression, prenatal depression, motherhood, baby, post partum, pregnancy, depression, prenatal anxiety, postpartum no full 7 4c3481e1-569b-46fd-b442-27cb1284a040 Connie Pastorius: Validating each other's experiences Connie Pastorius explains "the suffering olympics" and how instead we can listen and share with empathy that makes us all feel heard and validated.  She also shares her unique style of in person and online health and fitness coaching that utilizes her as an accountability-buddy to support and encourage her clients along the wellness path, and we discuss how she is coping through this pandemic.    

]]> Wed, 15 Apr 2020 15:16:50 +0000 randomtalksofkindness@gmail.com (Connie Pastorius, Monica O'Leary Singh) http://www.randomtalksofkindness.com Connie Pastorius explains "the suffering olympics" and how instead we can listen and share with empathy that makes us all feel heard and validated.  She also shares her unique style of in person and online health and fitness coaching that utilizes her as an accountability-buddy to support and encourage her clients along the wellness path, and we discuss how she is coping through this pandemic.    

]]> Connie Pastorius: Validating each other's experiences Connie Pastorius, Monica O'Leary Singh 00:46:56 Health and Wellness Coach Connie Pastorius dives into her experience during the pandemic and how we can support each other and ourselves. Health and Wellness Coach Connie Pastorius dives into her experience during the pandemic and how we can support each other and ourselves. suffering olympics, health and wellness coach, online business, astoria, online coaching no full 6 a76c5bb8-2d9f-4376-b880-0a491b43c7e9 Sarah O'Halloran : Emotions of Mothering during the pandemic Sarah O'Halloran and I discuss the emotional challenges of motherhood during the pandemic.  Emotions so close to the surface, being more agitated and upset by our kids yet also trying to embrace this unique moment of having so much time with them.  

]]> Wed, 15 Apr 2020 15:15:15 +0000 randomtalksofkindness@gmail.com (Sarah O'Halloran, Monica O'Leary Singh) http://www.randomtalksofkindness.com Sarah O'Halloran and I discuss the emotional challenges of motherhood during the pandemic.  Emotions so close to the surface, being more agitated and upset by our kids yet also trying to embrace this unique moment of having so much time with them.  

]]> Sarah O'Halloran : Emotions of Mothering during the pandemic Sarah O'Halloran, Monica O'Leary Singh 00:46:39 Discussing the emotions of mothering during the pandemic. Discussing the emotions of mothering during the pandemic. pandemic, stress, motherhood no full 5 1546b3fb-cd8d-4d93-9325-14b142424b90 Kind Ears During the Pandemic In many ways this pandemic quarantining makes me feel, "it is the best of times, it is the worst times."  Though the healthcare workers, govt officials, first responders, emergency management teams, and public health groups are under enormous stress, all of us are experiencing extreme situations due to jobs, family, illness, quarantining, etc...the list goes on and on.   We all need to get thoughts out of our heads so let's use the AA model of sharing in order to help ourselves through this challenging experience.  Please join me to listen to each other with kind ears and open our hearts to each other. 

]]> Fri, 3 Apr 2020 21:42:54 +0000 randomtalksofkindness@gmail.com (Monica Singh) http://www.randomtalksofkindness.com In many ways this pandemic quarantining makes me feel, "it is the best of times, it is the worst times."  Though the healthcare workers, govt officials, first responders, emergency management teams, and public health groups are under enormous stress, all of us are experiencing extreme situations due to jobs, family, illness, quarantining, etc...the list goes on and on.   We all need to get thoughts out of our heads so let's use the AA model of sharing in order to help ourselves through this challenging experience.  Please join me to listen to each other with kind ears and open our hearts to each other. 

]]> Kind Ears During the Pandemic Monica Singh 00:06:33 During this pandemic, sharing our stories can let out some of the steam trapped inside us. Let's listen to each other with kind ears and open hearts. During this pandemic, sharing our stories can let out some of the steam trapped inside us. Let's listen to each other with kind ears and open hearts. aa, pandemic, stress, sharing no full 4 7655ebf9-5074-4671-888b-e406b706d532 Empowering Hope with Jeff Parness In this episode, Jeff discusses ways to empower each other after natural and man made disasters to feel connected so that people know they matter even in the worst of times.

]]> Fri, 20 Sep 2019 20:46:54 +0000 randomtalksofkindness@gmail.com (Monica O'Leary Singh, Jeff Parness) http://www.randomtalksofkindness.com In this episode, Jeff discusses ways to empower each other after natural and man made disasters to feel connected so that people know they matter even in the worst of times.

]]> Empowering Hope with Jeff Parness Monica O'Leary Singh, Jeff Parness 00:31:23 Talking with Jeff Parness, Founder of New York Says Thank You and Stars of Hope, on his experience empowering people to heal through helping other people. Talking with Jeff Parness, Founder of New York Says Thank You and Stars of Hope, on his experience empowering people to heal through helping other people. hope, sept 11th, nysty, disasters, 9/11, new york says thank you, starts of hope, faith no full 3 22977c66-9779-4a0e-b1da-85a5f494ba41 Talking Confidence with Alyssa Julya Smith Alyssa Julya Smith has been a model, an actress, an entrepreneur and is now a host on Cheddar. She appears super confident but she's human like the rest of us and has had to learn how to strive for success even when she doesn't feel confident. We talk about how she has felt in different industries and what tools she uses to propel herself even when she's doubting herself.

]]> Fri, 13 Sep 2019 19:22:31 +0000 randomtalksofkindness@gmail.com (Alyssa Julya Smith, Alyssa smith, Monica Singh, Monica O'Leary Singh) http://www.randomtalksofkindness.com Alyssa Julya Smith has been a model, an actress, an entrepreneur and is now a host on Cheddar. She appears super confident but she's human like the rest of us and has had to learn how to strive for success even when she doesn't feel confident. We talk about how she has felt in different industries and what tools she uses to propel herself even when she's doubting herself.

]]> Talking Confidence with Alyssa Julya Smith Alyssa Julya Smith, Alyssa smith, Monica Singh, Monica O'Leary Singh 00:36:36 In life we don't always feel confident but we still have to get sh*t done. Alyssa Julya Smith walks us through the ebb and flow of confidence. In life we don't always feel confident but we still have to get sh*t done. Alyssa Julya Smith walks us through the ebb and flow of confidence. alyssa julya smith, cheddar, fear, overcoming fear, confidence no full 2 23fbb04e-6b71-416b-a2b3-920941b5e855 Welcome to Random Talks of Kindness Introduction to Random Talks of Kindness where tough topics meet thoughtful listening. Host Monica O'Leary Singh explains a bit about her life journey and why she is launching a podcast.

]]> Wed, 5 Sep 2018 18:24:00 +0000 randomtalksofkindness@gmail.com (Monica Singh) http://www.randomtalksofkindness.com Introduction to Random Talks of Kindness where tough topics meet thoughtful listening. Host Monica O'Leary Singh explains a bit about her life journey and why she is launching a podcast.

]]> Welcome to Random Talks of Kindness Monica Singh 00:02:52 Introduction to Random Talks of Kindness where tough topics meet thoughtful listening. Introduction to Random Talks of Kindness where tough topics meet thoughtful listening. bold, monica, vulnerable, september 11th, 9/11, kindness no full 1