Cover image of Mindfulness+ with Thomas McConkie

Mindfulness+ with Thomas McConkie

Mindfulness+ is no ordinary mindfulness. It is a sweeping vision of how mindfulness can help us grow and develop into the fullness of who we are meant to become. From examining the latest research in ... Read more

Ranked #1

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Bonus Episode: Collective Awakening

Bonus Episode: Collective Awakening

We cannot wake up alone. We need each other. In this post-season bonus episode, Thomas and his wife, “Glo”, share some o... Read more

16 Oct 2019

31mins

Ranked #2

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Episode 1: Soulcraft

Episode 1: Soulcraft

Welcome to season 3 of Mindfulness+! Thomas opens the new season in the afterglow of a soul-stirring gathering in Spring... Read more

1 May 2019

21mins

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Ranked #3

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Episode 31: Living an Inspired Life

Episode 31: Living an Inspired Life

John Kesler joins us in the studio to share insights into mindfulness, developmental psychology, and the art of living a... Read more

29 Nov 2017

36mins

Ranked #4

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Episode 25: Practicing Presence

Episode 25: Practicing Presence

Once a month Thomas chooses a particular theme that has come up in discussions and offers a longer guided meditation aro... Read more

8 Nov 2017

18mins

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Ranked #5

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Episode 41: Money

Episode 41: Money

A continuation of the lessons on the Energy Centers, i.e. Money, Sex, Fame, Power. This week Thomas discusses extreme mo... Read more

9 May 2018

33mins

Ranked #6

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Episode 20: Wandering Mind, Unhappy Mind

Episode 20: Wandering Mind, Unhappy Mind

It seems almost common sense to believe that our happiness depends on what kinds of experiences we’re having in life. “N... Read more

15 Nov 2018

20mins

Ranked #7

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Episode 25: Come Into Being

Episode 25: Come Into Being

The present moment often seems rather dull and unremarkable to the ego. But when we learn to pay attention, to taste the... Read more

20 Dec 2018

17mins

Ranked #8

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Episode 11: Beginner's Mind

Episode 11: Beginner's Mind

In this episode Thomas revisits a classic teaching–beginner’s mind–and adds a polarity spin: The more deeply you plunge ... Read more

12 Sep 2018

22mins

Ranked #9

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Episode 6: Gospel of Thomas

Episode 6: Gospel of Thomas

The Gospel of Thomas is a surprisingly mind-jogging text that reads more like a collection of Zen koans than a book from... Read more

8 Aug 2018

19mins

Ranked #10

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Episode 28: Freedom From Addiction

Episode 28: Freedom From Addiction

We tend to talk about addiction in our culture as though only some of us are “addicts.” Mindfulness practice reveals to ... Read more

15 Nov 2017

19mins

Ranked #11

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Episode 29: Still Point

Episode 29: Still Point

Let’s face it–we are all creatures of habit. And although habit creates efficiencies in life and helps us get things don... Read more

29 Nov 2017

18mins

Ranked #12

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Episode 8: Awareness Deficit Disorder

Episode 8: Awareness Deficit Disorder

When we understand how the attentional system of the mind works, it becomes much easier to train the skill of mindfulnes... Read more

19 Jun 2019

19mins

Ranked #13

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Episode 26: You Are the Zendo

Episode 26: You Are the Zendo

It’s such a human thing to wait for the right conditions and suppose that once things are finally the way we like them, ... Read more

27 Dec 2018

22mins

Ranked #14

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Episode 10: The Emptying of Hell

Episode 10: The Emptying of Hell

When it comes right down to it, we practice paying attention here at Mindfulness+ because we suffer. All human beings ar... Read more

3 Jul 2019

16mins

Ranked #15

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Episode 17: The Doors of Perception

Episode 17: The Doors of Perception

William Blake wrote, “If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is: Infinite.” How ... Read more

21 Aug 2019

15mins

Ranked #16

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Episode 23: Reclaiming Your Body

Episode 23: Reclaiming Your Body

Sir Ken Robinson, in a stirring and hilarious Ted Talk, jokes that university professors relate to their bodies as thoug... Read more

8 Nov 2017

18mins

Ranked #17

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Episode 27: The Zen of You and Me

Episode 27: The Zen of You and Me

This week I talk to Diane Hamilton of Two Arrows Zen Center about her new book, The Zen of You and Me. Diane epitomizes ... Read more

15 Nov 2017

42mins

Ranked #18

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Episode 9: Taking Refuge

Episode 9: Taking Refuge

This week we dive a bit deeper into practice by taking refuge in the presence of a being whom we deeply trust. When we c... Read more

26 Jun 2019

16mins

Ranked #19

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Episode 20: My Grandfather, The Lotus

Episode 20: My Grandfather, The Lotus

Who are we really? And what ideas do we have about ourselves and others that keep us distant from them, keep us isolated... Read more

11 Sep 2019

20mins

Ranked #20

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Episode 3: Burning Bush

Episode 3: Burning Bush

When we go chasing after extraordinary experience, we block the flow of grace that is always available. Paradoxically, r... Read more

18 Jul 2018

18mins

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