In this episode: Body scan meditation to experience impermanence. Impermanence - the fact of life that everything is constantly changing and nothing stays the same for long - can be best observed and experienced within our own body. During my 10 day silent Vipassana meditation retreat in Northern California, I truly experienced the impermanence of life. The practice of body scan meditation, where we were aware of each part of the body from head to toe for 10 hours per day, made it clear that ...

In this episode: The mindful money method, overcoming a scarcity mindset, using bridge thoughts, envisioning our future selves, living debt-free, and the power generosity on the journey to FI with Liz Carroll, the mindful money coach. On today’s episode,I am joined by my new friend, Liz Carroll, who shared her journey towards financial independence. Liz was inspired to become financially independent after reading Financial Peace by Dave Ramsey, when she was 30 and working for AT&T. Her plan to ...

Today's guided meditation is focused on creating space within your busy life to invest in yourself. When we slow down, sit down, and turn our attention inward, something powerful happens. It's like a snow globe being set down on a table; our mind and body settle, and we can start to see more clearly what's going on inside. I hope you enjoy the meditation. 🔥 Whenever you’re ready, here are 4 ways I can help you: 1. Complete my Free Envisioning Guide to get clear on what you truly want 2. Con...

In this episode: Teaching Kids Financial Independence, Allowance, Rob’s road to FI and more. In this episode of the Mindful Fire Podcast, Rob Phelan, a high school math and personal finance teacher, shares his passion for teaching about money and raising a financially responsible generation. He discusses his own journey into personal finance and how to equip children with better decision-making skills for their future. He also emphasizes the importance of personal finance and the role of teache...

In this episode: 12 minute guided meditation to find peace, ease and a space of refuge in this moment. Today’s meditation is a practice of creating space in our lives. We practice cultivating a space of refuge in our busy lives amidst all the challenging and difficult things happening in our world (war, layoffs, the economy, etc). In this space of refuge we can just leave everything at the door and just be with ourselves in this moment. We begin this meditation by intentionally leaving everyt...

In this episode: "Trying Life On", 5 Freedom Principles, Purposeful Work, & more with Maurice Philogene. Adam Coelho talks to Maurice Philogene, a former senior executive at an IT consulting firm and a retired federal agent, who is now a full-time real estate investor. They discuss Maurice's philosophy of "trying life on" and how he has been able to mesh together his different interests and careers. They also talk about the importance of envisioning, reducing big dreams into achievable goals, a...

Today's meditation explores the question: What is enough? This is one of the core questions that drove me to create this podcast. So many of us in the financial independence retire early community are trying to grow our wealth so we can reach some arbitrary number, assuming that once we get there, we will achieve freedom and everything will change. But the question is, what is enough? So often, when people reach their desired number, they think they need more or just a little more time, what...

Derk de Korver joins The Mindful Fire podcast to share his journey to becoming a professional Ironman Triathlete, reaching the World Championships several times. He recalls his time in Dublin, where he and Adam Coelho, the host, bonded over side hustling and partying. Derk talks about his transformation to becoming a healthier person, and how his goals shifted from just wanting to finish his first marathon, to wanting to qualify for Kona, and eventually winning his age group overall. He also ...

Take a moment to appreciate how far you come in your life with this new guided meditation by Adam Coelho. So often people race from thing to thing trying mightily to reach their goal... But once they get there... They just look immediately past that goal to the next goal Never stopping Never fully appreciating: How far they've come All the things they've learned All the things they've overcome To be who they are Right here. Right now This practice invites us to take in the good and ap...

“I'm not leaving Google, I'm actually joining another company and in order to join the other company, I've got to move” - Jeena James In this episode of The Mindful Fire Podcast, Adam Coelho interviews Jeena James. Jeena shares her incredible journey of growing up in India, working at Google for 13 and a half years, and then transitioning to a startup environment. She talks about the challenges of making the transition and why she felt the need to push beyond her comfort zone. Jeena also offers ...

This guided meditation is all about creating space for possibility in the face of challenging situations in your life. While we all have challenging situations in life, I created this meditation for my 12,000 Google colleagues who were laid off last Friday and the thousands of other people affected by layoffs in the tech sector. I am grateful to still have my job but so many of my friends do not. Friday was a wake up call - a reminder of why it's so important to be intentional about your life ...

In this podcast episode, Adam Coelho and Ashanti Branch talk about Ashanti's move from engineering to teaching. Ashanti explains the moment he made the decision to switch and how he had to keep himself from constantly thinking about the money he could have made if he had stayed in engineering. They also discuss the five F’s and strategizing for success and how it can help us achieve our goals. Key Takeaways: Ashanti Branch is an educator who left engineering to pursue teaching. He saw a news r...

Today’s guided meditation is all about cultivating and sharing kindness. We’ll begin by checking in with ourselves and observing our breath. Then, we'll take some time to gather and multiply kindness within ourselves. Then we will practicing sending kindness out to others. Finally, we open to receiving kindness from others. I hope you enjoy this practice 🔥 Crafting a LIFE YOU LOVE starts with getting clear on the VISION of what you actually want. 🔥 Download my Free Envisioning Guide to ge...

On today's episode, Adam Coelho is joined by his good friend Susie Ade. Susie works as a global program manager for driving mental health and wellbeing programs for Google's data centers and is a certified professional coactive coach. Together, they discuss the FIRE movement, designing your life and career in a way as if you've already reached financial independence. Key Takeaways Developing a FIRE mindset can help you change your life Design your life and career in a way as if you've alr...

9 months into my dream job I get called into my boss' office He says my team is going away and I have a few months to find a new job or leave Google 30 days before the deadline...👇 I have a grand total of ZERO job offers This is rock bottom. If was to survive, something needed to change My mindset needed to change At rock bottom, I CHOOSE two NEW MINDSETS 1. The world is abundant with opportunity. 2. I don't worry about doing things right or wrong. I take action, which leads to learning,...

Listen to Full Episode : mindfulFIRE.org/78 What does it mean to live your life in concentric circles? Jonathan Reynolds joined me on the podcast. He shared his “3 Ps” approach to living and working mindfully. Jonathan’s 3 Ps are: Personal Professional People Let’s dive a bit deeper. Jonathan said: “ I reserve a time each day where I'm alone Sometimes that’s reading, sometimes that's meditation, sometimes that's yoga Most days it's all 3 My practice ripples out on my family and my ...

Listen to Full Episode : mindfulFIRE.org/78 How does building the skill of mindfulness help you become a more effective negotiator? Jonathan Reynolds & I dive into this topic, which he uses everyday as CEO of Mindful Life, Mindful Work. 🔥 What's your favorite negotiation tactic? Connect & DM me on LinkedIn

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Welcome to the Mindful FIRE Podcast, a show about crafting a life you love and making work optional, using the tools of mindfulness envisioning and financial independence. Today we explore what it means to live and work mindfully with my new friend Jonathan Reynolds. I'm your host, Adam Coelho (Connect & DM me on LinkedIn) and I'm so glad you're here. On today's episode of the podcast, I'm joined by my new friend, Jonathan Reynolds. Jonathan Reynolds is the founder and CEO of mindful life min...

Listen to Full Episode : mindfulFIRE.org/78 What in heck is “networking without asking”? Jonathan Reynolds has had 6000 calls in the last 15 years. On today’s “SPARK” episode, he shares his approach to networking without ever asking for anything. Link in comments. Here’s what Jonathan said👇 Jonathan’s approach: “ Vision is where it starts and then everything flows from there. Ultimately we wanna get to executing on managing this vision and manifesting it. A lot of that is around network...

Welcome to the Mindful FIRE Podcast, a show about crafting a life you love and making work optional using the tools of mindfulness, envisioning and financial independence. On today's episode of the podcast I'm joined again by my new friend, Jenny Wood. Jenny Wood is the founder of Google's Own Your Career program, which helps Google employees increase their impact and influence in their current role and or land their next role. In just a few months, the program scaled from 153 users to tens o...

Welcome to the Mindful FIRE Podcast, where we explore living mindfully on the path to financial independence and beyond. On today's episode of the podcast I'm joined by my new friend, Jenny Wood. Jenny Wood is the founder of Google's Own Your Career program, which helps Google employees increase their impact and influence in their current role and or land their next role. In just a few months, the program scaled from 153 users to tens of thousands of users across Google's global offices...

Full episode with Jenny Wood drops tomorrow. Subscribe now so you don't miss it. Free Journaling Guide If you're looking to craft a life you love and make work optional. I invite you to go to mindfulFIRE.org/start to get a free journaling guide with the first 3 questions I recommend you ask yourself. To find out what the questions are & get the free guide go to mindfulFIRE.org/start.