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🫁💪 Join me tomorrow 4pm PST / 7 pm EST for what will be an epic IG Live convo with Bob Soulliere .your.power

Bob Soulliere has helped hundreds take the steering wheel of their lives, improve mental and sports performance, and more fully experience the beauty in every moment of life. 

He is a Level 2 Wim Hof Method Instructor, Level 2 Buteyko Educator, and Advanced Oxygen Advantage Instructor from Alexandria, Virginia. Through his company, Breathe Your Power, he trains calm effective presence through breath, mindset, cold exposure, and other controlled stressors. 

He provides tools to improve and optimize breathing, reduce chronic stress, and gain control over your nervous system. 

He is partnering with dental practices, chiropractors, aerialists, special operators and mindset programs, CrossFit, triathlon and open-water swim programs, and the military PTSD community, among others. At the intersection of mindset, physiology, and fun, Bob has seen how learning to relax slightly over the edge of your comfort zone opens the door to a wealth of growth, improvement, and transformation. 

🙂 A gratitude practice is an amazing illustration of how writing/speaking/thinking in a certain way can profoundly improve your mental state.

Psychological Benefits of Gratitude:
1. More positive emotions & thoughts
2. Increase in awareness, wakefulness.
3. Increased self-satisfaction

Physiological Benefits of Gratitude:
1. Improved immunity
2. Decreased physical pain
3. Improved blood pressure and cardiac function
4. Better sleep

Social Benefits of Gratitude:
1. Better communication
2. Stronger/Deeper relationships
3. Increased likability
4. Increased team involvement

Source: PositivePsychology.com

👉 Apply it today:
Shawn Achor, a “happiness researcher” from Harvard, prescribes this practice to optimize the effects of gratitude.

For 21 days, write down 3 specific things that occurred in the last 24 hrs that you are grateful for.

The felt improvement increases as you practice this over time.

People have a default 200:1 negativity bias. By focusing on true sources of gratitude in your life, you balance out the default negativity bias.

Just like buying a new car, you begin to see things you’re grateful for everywhere.

Ever try this? Going to try this?
Let me know about your experience.

-Ian

🙂 A gratitude practice is an amazing illustration of how writing/speaking/thinking in a certain way can profoundly improve your mental state.

Psychological Benefits of Gratitude:
1. More positive emotions & thoughts
2. Increase in awareness, wakefulness.
3. Increased self-satisfaction

Physiological Benefits of Gratitude:
1. Improved immunity
2. Decreased physical pain
3. Improved blood pressure and cardiac function
4. Better sleep

Social Benefits of Gratitude:
1. Better communication
2. Stronger/Deeper relationships
3. Increased likability
4. Increased team involvement

Source: PositivePsychology.com

👉 Apply it today:
Shawn Achor, Happiness researcher from Harvard, prescribes this practice to optimize the effects of gratitude.

For 21 days, write down 3 specific things that occurred in the last 24 hrs that you are grateful for.

The felt improvement increases as you practice this over time.

People have a default 200:1 negativity bias. By focusing on true sources of gratitude in your life, you balance out the default negativity bias.

Just like buying a new car, you begin to see things you’re grateful for everywhere.

Ever try this? Going to try this?
Let me know about your experience.

-Ian

P.S., If you are a parent who wants to own their language to self-regulate AND model extremely productive approaches to stress, ask me about joining the January group of Peak Performing Parents.

🎾 The characters who played Venus & Serena Williams in the recent film, King Richard, spoke with confidence & ease…their posture remained relaxed when questioned by adults.

Their word choice signified a mind trained to focus on what is possible. Their words pointed them to the actions they could take to create their desired outcome.

The concept of a “language of peak performance” may sound odd…even imaginary.

It is very real.
(It is a key component in Peak Performing Parents - “3P” 📲DM to join the Jan. 2022 cohort)

In fact, learning to use language in this way has been shown to balance the nervous system and to release feel good hormones! 😮

Did you know Richard Williams wrote an 85 page plan for Venus & Serena’s tennis career?

Get this: An analysis of coaching approaches that created enduring results (and those that didn’t) showed that writing down a “plan for greatness” (in a certain way) is essential.

The words you use are SO powerful they don’t just impact you, they program the little minds around you.

Consider your words.

-Ian

P.S., Spaces are limited - Message me today about joining the January cohort of 3P.

I can say from personal experience that The Alpha Hippie program isn’t just life changing for men, it is life defining.

It was an honor and pleasure to be a guest on The Alpha Hippie Podcast.

Big thanks to & for the hosting & coaching!

🎙 Alpha Hippie Podcast #255: Ian Gilligan

Ian | Empowering Parents] coaches individuals and corporate teams wanting to master science-backed approaches to stress resilience and exceptional performance. His newest offering is Peak Performing Parents ("3P"). In 3P, parents learn highly reliable approaches to processing stress and staying the course at the most important job of their lives: being a parent. The next launch of 3P is in January 2022. You can apply by contacting him through his Instagram .co or through email Ian[at]IanGilligan.co.

After studying Philosophy and Physics in college, Ian embarked on a decade-long career in corporate banking which culminated in burn-out. His mission now is to share the highly reliable tools he learned to restore his energy and drive to parents and corporations around the globe. Learn more at www.IanGilligan.co.

Ian is also a fitness enthusiast and creator of The Kettlebell Collective: An online source of robust and affordable education for personal trainers and kettlebell enthusiasts. Learn more here: . �

Check out the show on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts or any of your other favorite podcast players. Links are in bio!

👉 Ismael Ahel is a Peak Performing Parent.

🫁 Breathwork can help you & your kids navigate stress of any size.

Full article by Daniel Estrin:


https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/11/16/1049448017/deep-breathing-helps-kids-ease-gaza-trauma

👨‍⚕️ Nick Heath, PhD is one of the internet’s great distillers of breathing science & insights. 

Nick is a type 1 diabetic, parent, & breathing researcher. 

I’m a huge fan of Nick’s Instagram (The Breathing Diabetic]) and his email newsletter.

Take a breath & join us for this convo that will span Wim Hof, The Oxygen Advantage, Nick’s remarkable story, & much more!

📆 Wed. Nov. 17
- 4pm PST / 7 pm EST
- Simply pull up one of our instagram accounts at that time to participate live.

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👨‍⚕️Nick Heath, PhD is one of the internet’s great distillers of breathing science & insights. 

Nick is a type 1 diabetic, parent, & breathing researcher. 

I’m a huge fan of Nick’s Instagram (The Breathing Diabetic]) and his email newsletter (The 411).

Take a breath & join us for this convo that will span Wim Hof, The Oxygen Advantage, Nick’s remarkable story, & much more!

📆 Wed. Nov. 17
- 4pm PST / 7 pm EST
- Simply pull up one of our instagram accounts at that time to participate live.

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🫁 The Story & Breathwork Journey is back this Sunday!

💥 Live! In person! Featuring Sound Bowls by Elena Andreeva

👉 Sunday, Nov. 14
👉 5 - 6:30 pm
👉 On a private property in Encinitas, CA!
👉 $45

📲 DM to reserve your spot!

-> Bring: journal, yoga mat, blanket.
-> Know that this experience can be as intense or subtle as you like.
-> Integration support is available to all attendees.

🗓 Add a reminder to participate live: This Thursday I’m going live with Dr. Brook Sheehan: Mother & Entrepreneur.

I’ll be asking Dr. Brook about her experiences & insights as a mother & entrepreneur during the curveball of the pandemic.

If you are a parent who has felt or is feeling overwhelmed with everything going on, you want to watch this live!

See you Thursday at 2:30 pm PST / 5:30 pm EST.

-Ian