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The Art of Living - Ross Brittleton
Ross Brittleton
23 episodes
1 hour ago
An introduction to me and my work. I'm doing various podcasts based on my book 'The Art of LIving' and my 35 years experience in the field of personal development which I hope you'll find both interesting and useful. All I ask is you approach the materials with an open mind and practice any exercises that are offered on a regular basis. If you can do this I'm sure you'll find the materials useful. More information can be found on my website www.rossbrittleton.com where you'll find lots of useful links and FREE materials.
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An introduction to me and my work. I'm doing various podcasts based on my book 'The Art of LIving' and my 35 years experience in the field of personal development which I hope you'll find both interesting and useful. All I ask is you approach the materials with an open mind and practice any exercises that are offered on a regular basis. If you can do this I'm sure you'll find the materials useful. More information can be found on my website www.rossbrittleton.com where you'll find lots of useful links and FREE materials.
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Self-Improvement
Education
Episodes (20/23)
The Art of Living - Ross Brittleton
One Minute Meditation

This is a short and simple meditation that can be done whenever you have a short amount of time to do some meditation and mindfulness practice.

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7 months ago
3 minutes

The Art of Living - Ross Brittleton
Ep 12 - Visualisation - Motor Memory Rehearsal
In this session I’m going to use a visualisation process which is also known as 'rehearsing success' or 'mental rehearsal'.  You’ll get the chance to rehearse and develop a skill or ability in a calm and very focused way.  Please don’t underestimate how effective this process can be.  Your brain is constantly creating 'simulations' of the world to help you to navigate through your life.  By developing your visualisation skills you are offering your brain other, alternative courses of action which will help to change your mood and change the way you experience the world you live in.
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1 year ago
17 minutes 51 seconds

The Art of Living - Ross Brittleton
Ep 10 - A Visualisation Rehearsal Session

It's far easier to learn something or make changes in your life when you're in a more relaxed state.  This visualisation rehearsal session can be used to help you focus on any changes you'd like to make in your life. I suggest you use this session on a regular basis as, each time you repeat it, you create stronger and stronger connections in the brain which helps to make the process more effective. You'll find more useful information and links on my website www.elementals.net and on my YouTube Channel. Just search for rossbrittleton in YouTube.


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1 year ago
16 minutes 29 seconds

The Art of Living - Ross Brittleton
Thinking Fast - Climate Change - Daniel Kahneman

Climate change is a difficult topic for people to understand. Daniel Kahneman - Nobel Prize Winner - discusses how to communicate Climate Change.


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1 year ago
8 minutes 53 seconds

The Art of Living - Ross Brittleton
Sleep Better Session

Good sleep is very important for many different reasons. In this session the aim is to help you achieve good quality sleep.


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2 years ago
16 minutes 6 seconds

The Art of Living - Ross Brittleton
Poems - Desiderata

A poem by Max Ehraman

This poem is grounded in psychology, philosophy, and science. The Lessons from Desiderata help you achieve the peace and joy the poem encourages as you learn to "be gentle with yourself" and "be cheerful"- no matter what life throws your way.

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2 years ago
4 minutes 28 seconds

The Art of Living - Ross Brittleton
Ep 15 Personal Freedom - Boundaries

In this short excerpt from "Personal Freedom" by Arthur Deikman boundaries are explored. People tend to see boundaries as solid and fixed but, in reality they're not. Boundaries are fluid and ever changing but our perceptions prevent us from seeing this.

Take some time too listen to this excerpt and be made aware of the fluidity of boundaries.

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2 years ago
4 minutes 22 seconds

The Art of Living - Ross Brittleton
Ep 14 - Personal Freedom - Quitting - For 10 mins

We live in an uncertain World with an uncertain future.  In the Western World we face ever increasing pressures, ever increasing demands and not enough time to do all the things we feel we have to do.  

In such a World it’s easy to forget that you’re a Human Being as you become a Human Doing.  Always on the go with little time to stop, rest, reflect and enjoy the world around us and just Be.

I invite you listen to this excerpt taken from Personal Freedom by Arthur Deikman and take a few minutes to learn about and enjoy ‘Quitting’ 



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2 years ago
15 minutes 20 seconds

The Art of Living - Ross Brittleton
Ep 2 Mindfulness - An Introduction
Mindfulness is now a multibillion pound industry and I think it’s important that people have a clear idea of what Mindfulness is and the many ways it can be practiced without having to pay large amounts of money. In this podcast I’m going to talk a little about mindfulness and hopefully clarify some of the many misunderstandings that have developed due to people not fully understanding what mindfulness is and what it isn’t. This podcast covers general principles, 'turning on, turning off' Mindfulness practices, guidance on practice, benefits and possible adverse effects of Mindfulness practice. "Mindfulness" - Mark Williams "Meditation and Modern Psychology" - Robert Ornstein "The Observing Self" A. Deikman
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2 years ago
37 minutes 15 seconds

The Art of Living - Ross Brittleton
Ep 3 Awareness of Breathing - Ross Brittleton
Ep3 A short session to develop your awareness of your breathing and to increase a sense of calm and relaxation.  More resources can be found in my book "The Art of Living" and at www.elementals.net
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2 years ago
8 minutes 36 seconds

The Art of Living - Ross Brittleton
Ep 4 - Progressive Muscle Awareness
Ep 4 Progressive Muscle Awareness is an excellent way to help develop physical awareness and a deep relaxed state.  More resources can be found in my book "The Art of Living" and at www.elementals.net. If you'd like to go straight to the Muscle Awareness session skip to 3mins 37 secs.
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2 years ago
20 minutes 9 seconds

The Art of Living - Ross Brittleton
Ep 5 - Three Minute Breathing Space
Ep 5 The best way to develop the skill of Mindfulness or Awareness is to practice on a regular basis. This Short meditation practice contains the key elements of Mindfulness practice and includes awareness of breath, body, thoughts and feelings.  It's a short practice and can be used at any time to help bring back your focus to the present. 'The Art of Living' - Ross Brittleton  www.elementals.net
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2 years ago
5 minutes 56 seconds

The Art of Living - Ross Brittleton
Ep 6 Sounds, Sensations, Thoughts & Feelings
Ep 6 In this podcast I’ll be introducing a sounds, sensations, thoughts and feelings awareness session for you to add to your mindfulness and awareness practice. We live in a world where we are constantly bombarded with information. There is so much information that it is impossible for us to be able to process it. Our world is filled with sounds, sensations, thoughts and feelings from the outside world and from our inside world. We’re not consciously aware of all of this information but, unconsciously, parts of our brain are processing it. There are so many messages coming from so many different sources it can be difficult to be aware of important, subtle messages that may be coming from your body, your thoughts or your feelings that may be signalling that something may be wrong or things may be turning negative, self-attacking or self-destructive. Becoming aware of this flow of sounds, sensations, thoughts and feelings is an important step to being able to change direction and choose to behave, speak or respond in a different way.
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2 years ago
14 minutes 20 seconds

The Art of Living - Ross Brittleton
Ep 7 - Exploring Difficulties
Ep 7 The Exploring Difficulty meditation gently invites you to bring situations to your attention that may be unsettling or disturbing and then observe how your body reacts.  At times It can be  more helpful to work with the body because the mind can become too goal oriented  when directly facing a difficulty.  It will want to help by suppressing negativity or by trying  desperately to analyse and solve whatever is troubling you.  Working with the mind in this context is just too difficult.  Focusing on the body, by contrast, creates a little space between you and the problem, so that you don’t immediately become entangled with it.  In a sense, you are using the observing self and your physical self to raise your awareness of bodily associations that are usually connected with any unsettling or disturbing situation .  This approach has two other benefits as well.  First, the body’s reactions to negative thoughts or sensations often provide a clearer, more coherent ‘signal’, on which it’s easier to stay focused.  And second, you’ll come to realise that physical sensations tend to rise and fall in their intensity, and this can help to lead towards a realisation that states of mind also tend to wax and wane from moment to moment.
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2 years ago
19 minutes 38 seconds

The Art of Living - Ross Brittleton
Ep 8 Care and Compassion For Self & Others
The focus of this meditation is Care and Compassion towards yourself and others Many people may meditate for weeks, months or even years, and never really hear the message of kindness for themselves.  Meditation just becomes another thing to do. Ask yourself - How harsh and judgmental are you towards yourself?  The ability to treat yourself with care and compassion and ceasing to judge yourself harshly are cornerstones of finding peace in this fast paced world we live in.  Here are a few more questions to consider. Ask yourself: Do I criticise myself for having irrational or inappropriate emotions? Do I tell myself I shouldn’t be feeling the way I’m feeling? Do I believe some of my thoughts are abnormal or bad and I shouldn’t think that way? Do I make judgements about whether my thoughts are good or bad? Do I tell myself that i shouldn’t be thinking the way i do? Do I think some of my emotions are bad or inappropriate and I shouldn’t feel them? When I have distressing thoughts or images, do I judge myself as good or bad, depending what the thought/image is about? Do I disapprove of myself when i have irrational ideas. If you agreed  strongly with more than one or two of these questions, you are being too hard on yourself.  Could you begin treating yourself with  more care and compassion?  The trick with all of these questions is to understand that your’re being too harsh on yourself without seeing  this fact as a criticism.  You have an opportunity to see your responses as an aid to raising your awareness, rather that a sign of success or failure. So, you need to go one step further if you want not only to bring about a sense of peace that comes from cultivating mindfulness, but also to help to sustain it in the light of the stresses that life throws at you.  You need to relate to the world with care and compassion, and you can only do this by accepting yourself with the deepest respect, honour and love.  This meditation invites you to experience a care and compassion meditation.  In this meditation you acknowledge that however hard you find it to be compassionate to others, it can feel even harder to bring caring and compassionate to yourself.
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2 years ago
17 minutes 27 seconds

The Art of Living - Ross Brittleton
Ep 9 - Your Brain Has a Delete Button
If you only want to listen to one of my podcasts then I strongly recommend you listen to this one.  In this podcast you'll learn about the brain's 'delete' button, discovered by neuroscientists, and its purpose.  This is extremely useful information and the guided imagery session at the end of the podcast will give you an opportunity to use the brain's delete button effectively in your everyday life. You'll find lots of useful resources in my book "The Art of LIving" and links on my website www.elementals.net in the resources section.
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2 years ago
25 minutes 8 seconds

The Art of Living - Ross Brittleton
Ep 11 Room of Beliefs - Ross Brittleton
This podcast is a visualisation session and  will help you identify any beliefs you may have that are restrictive and give you a simple way to get rid of those beliefs and replace them with more helpful beliefs.  More resources can be found in my book "The Art of Living" and at www.elementals.net
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2 years ago
13 minutes 45 seconds

The Art of Living - Ross Brittleton
Ep 13 A Meditation to aid Sleep
As a coach, therapist and trainer sleep problems are a common problem I come across so here's a short meditation practice to help you enjoy a peaceful and deep sleep. If you'd like more information and the work I do you'll find more information on my website www.elementals.net and in my book 'The Art of Living'.
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2 years ago
11 minutes 41 seconds

The Art of Living - Ross Brittleton
Ep 10 Visualisation - Rehearsing Success
In this session I’m going to use a visualisation which is also known as 'rehearsing success' or 'mental rehearsal'.  You’ll get the chance to rehearse and develop a skill or ability in a calm and very focussed way.  Please don’t underestimate how effective this process can be.  Your brain doesn’t know the difference between reality and imagination so if you can create a vivid picture in your mind of something you’d like to work on then your brain will see it as a ‘real’ process and help you to develop the skill.
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2 years ago
18 minutes 6 seconds

The Art of Living - Ross Brittleton
Ep 14 Stress Management Tips

Ross has worked in the fields of the arts, education, business and health.  He is the author of 'The Art of Living'. which is available as an e-book on Amazon.  Here he shares four methods you can use to help you manage any stress or anxiety you might be experiencing. According to Dr Ian Robertson, Neuroscientist, Psychologist and author of The Stress Test stress is all about perception.  It’s the perception that the demands made on you are greater than your ability to cope with them and the resulting emotions will include, anxiety, doubt and worry.  To help you manage any stress experiencing try the four techniques described in this podcast.  The methods are all backed by Neuroscience and have been shown to be very helpful.


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2 years ago
11 minutes 56 seconds

The Art of Living - Ross Brittleton
An introduction to me and my work. I'm doing various podcasts based on my book 'The Art of LIving' and my 35 years experience in the field of personal development which I hope you'll find both interesting and useful. All I ask is you approach the materials with an open mind and practice any exercises that are offered on a regular basis. If you can do this I'm sure you'll find the materials useful. More information can be found on my website www.rossbrittleton.com where you'll find lots of useful links and FREE materials.