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The Hidden Power of Your Voice (Most People Ignore This) | John Di Domenico
samedi 7 novembre 2026 • Durée 01:04:44
What if one of your most powerful tools for connection, confidence, and self-expression is something you've barely thought about
?Your voice is with you in nearly every meaningful conversation of your life. Yet most of us spend far more time thinking about how we look than how we sound.
In this episode of The Mindful Movement Podcast, Les Raymond welcomes John Di Domenico, a renowned celebrity impressionist, entertainer, and voice expert whose career has included appearances on Conan O'Brien, Howard Stern, Jimmy Kimmel, and other major shows.
John shares his remarkable journey from a childhood speech impediment and eight years of speech therapy to a successful career bringing famous voices to life. Now, after decades of becoming other people, he's turning his attention toward helping people discover and develop their own authentic voices.
Together, Les and John explore the relationship between voice, identity, breath, nervous system regulation, and human connection. They discuss why hearing your recorded voice can feel so unfamiliar, how small changes in vocal expression may improve communication, and why humming and singing can be such meaningful practices for emotional well-being.John also shares practical exercises you can try to become more aware of your voice and communicate with greater ease.
In this conversation:
- Why your voice may be one of your most overlooked communication tools
- How John's childhood speech impediment shaped his extraordinary career
- Why your recorded voice sounds different from the voice you hear when speaking
- How pitch, pacing, tone, and articulation influence communication
- The relationship between breath, voice, and emotional expression
- Why humming, chanting, and singing can feel calming and restorative-
John's five-minute vocal warm-up routine
- Simple tongue twisters and articulation exercises
- How to become more aware of filler words and use pauses confidently
- The role of voice in relationships, attraction, and everyday conversations
- What professional impersonation taught John about vocal control
- The growing influence of AI-generated voices and the importance of human connection
- Why it's never too late to learn, grow, and develop new abilities
Connect with John Di DomenicoWebsite: https://thejohnnydshow.com
A question for you:Have you ever listened to a recording of your own voice and been surprised by how you sound? Or noticed how someone's tone of voice can immediately change the way you feel?
We'd love to hear your experience in the comments.
Thank you for being part of The Mindful Movement community. We hope this conversation encourages you to become more curious about your voice and the ways it can support authentic connection
Are You Carrying Trauma That Isn't Yours? | Isabella Skrypczak
samedi 31 octobre 2026 • Durée 01:12:53
What if some of the fears, beliefs, and patterns shaping your life began long before you were born?
In this conversation, Les Raymond welcomes Isabella “Iza” Skrypczak, author of "A Polish Girl in Siberia: Surviving and Transcending Exile", for a thought-provoking exploration of generational trauma, family history, emotional healing, and the stories we inherit.I za shares the extraordinary story of her grandmother, who was deported to Siberia as a six-year-old during World War II. Despite surviving starvation, forced labor, and displacement, and later building a remarkable medical career, her grandmother's experiences continued to shape family life in ways that Iza only came to understand years later.
Together, Les and Iza explore:
- How experiences of war, displacement, and scarcity can influence family patterns across generations
- Why we may experience fear or insecurity even when our present circumstances are safe
- The relationship between family narratives, identity, and our sense of belonging
- Les's personal reflections on food security and his family's history
- What epigenetics can and cannot tell us about inherited stress
- Iza's approach to ancestral healing through somatic practices, visualization, inner child work, and energy-based modalities
- How cultural narratives can shape our beliefs about ourselves and others
- Why questioning inherited stories can be uncomfortable and liberating
- The role of self-awareness, compassion, and personal responsibility in interrupting cycles of conflict
- How small individual changes might contribute to greater understanding between people and communities
One of the most powerful questions in this conversation is whether everything we carry truly belongs to us. While the science of intergenerational trauma is still developing, and some of the spiritual and energetic interpretations discussed reflect Iza's personal approach rather than established scientific findings, this conversation offers an invitation to explore your family history with curiosity and compassion.
Can Breathwork Help You Release Emotions You've Been Holding? | Jamie Janko
samedi 24 octobre 2026 • Durée 01:09:19
What if your breath could help you find calm, process emotions, and experience yourself in an entirely different way?
Most of us breathe without thinking about it. Yet the way we breathe can influence how we feel, how we respond to stress, and how connected we feel to ourselves.
In this conversation, Les Raymond sits down with Jamie Janko, founder of Rewild Breathwork, to explore the spectrum of breathwork, from simple everyday breathing practices to deeper conscious connected breathwork experiences.
Jamie shares how burnout and chronic stress led her away from a successful career in Major League Baseball and toward a new understanding of the nervous system, emotional well-being, and the power of the breath.
Together, Les and Jamie explore:
- How chronic stress can go unnoticed, even when you love your work
- The relationship between breathing patterns, physical tension, and nervous system regulation
- Why paying attention to your exhale may help you settle during stressful moments
- Simple breathing techniques for calming yourself or improving focus
- How habitual bracing and holding in the belly may affect breathing
- What conscious connected breathwork is and how it differs from everyday breathing practices
- Why some people experience strong emotions, unusual perceptions, or altered states during breathwork
- The importance of choice, safety, and trauma-informed facilitation
- How breathwork can create space for stillness, creativity, and self-reflection
- Les's personal experiences with breathwork, emotional awareness, and parenting
- Why more intense breathwork isn't appropriate for everyone
- How to develop a flexible, sustainable daily breathing practice
Is Modern Convenience Making Us Less Capable? | Dr Robert Carter III
samedi 17 octobre 2026 • Durée 01:09:27
What if some of the conveniences making our lives easier are quietly making us less capable?
From artificial intelligence and smartphones to food delivery, GPS navigation, and instant access to information, modern technology has changed nearly every aspect of daily life. These tools can save us time, reduce effort, and create extraordinary opportunities. But what happens when we begin relying on them for things we once knew how to do ourselves?
In this conversation, Les Raymond sits down with Dr. Rob Carter III, physiologist, researcher, military officer, and author of "The Convenience Trap: How to Regain Control in a World of Instant Gratification", to explore the hidden costs of convenience and how we can preserve our independence, resilience, and ability to think critically.
Rob introduces the concept of "strategic inconvenience", the intentional choice to preserve meaningful challenges in our lives rather than automatically choosing the easiest path. One of the most important questions in this conversation is how to recognize when convenience genuinely improves our lives and when it quietly takes something valuable away.
Technology isn't going away, and it doesn't have to be the enemy. The challenge is learning to use these tools intentionally while continuing to develop the skills, relationships, and inner resources that make us capable, adaptable human beings.
Learn more about Dr. Rob Carter and his work:
https://theconveniencetrap.comJoin the conversation:
Do you think technology is making us more capable or more dependent? What's one convenience you couldn't imagine living without, and one you might be better off using less?
Your Nervous System Doesn't Need a Reset. It Needs Retraining. | Jane Ollis
samedi 10 octobre 2026 • Durée 53:05
In this conversation, Les Raymond sits down with biochemist and entrepreneur Jane Ollis to explore the science of chronic stress, the autonomic nervous system, the vagus nerve, and the emerging field of non-invasive neuromodulation. Jane explains why nervous-system regulation is better understood as a process of retraining and recalibration, using different tools to help build greater capacity and resilience over time.
In this episode..
• Why chronic stress can make it harder for the nervous system to return to baseline
• The sympathetic and parasympathetic branches of the autonomic nervous system
• Why the vagus nerve plays such an important role in regulation
• How the ear provides access to a branch of the vagus nerve • Why nervous-system regulation isn't as simple as hitting a “reset” button
• How we may be able to gradually retrain and recalibrate our response to stress
• Why different nervous systems respond differently to the same practices
• Heart rate variability, or HRV, and what it can tell us about resilience and recovery
• Why your individual HRV trends may matter more than comparing your number with someone else's
• The relationship between chronic stress, sleep, energy, and recovery
• Why stress can contribute to difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep
• Jane's experience with menopause, disrupted sleep, and nervous-system regulation
• How vagus nerve stimulation works
• Why stimulation doesn't necessarily need to feel strong to have an effect
• The emerging science of pairing vagus nerve stimulation with breathing, meditation, movement, or learning
• Neuroplasticity and the nervous system's ability to adapt
• What researchers are still learning about neuromodulation
Were You Responsible for Your Parents’ Emotions? | Adena Bank Lees
samedi 26 septembre 2026 • Durée 01:04:21
Were you ever made to feel responsible for a parent's happiness, emotional stability, relationship problems, or well-being?
Maybe you were called “mature for your age.” Maybe you became the listener, mediator, peacekeeper, secret keeper, or emotional caretaker in your family. From the outside, that closeness may even have looked special.But what happens when a child is asked to carry emotional responsibilities that belong to the adults?
In this conversation, Les Raymond sits down with licensed clinical social worker, trauma specialist, psychodramatist, and author Adena Bank Lees to explore covert emotional incest, sometimes referred to as CEI.
Despite the name, covert emotional incest does not necessarily involve physical sexual contact. Adena uses the term to describe a chronic family-system dynamic in which appropriate boundaries between adults and children become blurred and a child is placed in an adult-like emotional role, such as confidant, mediator, caretaker, or surrogate spouse.Drawing from nearly four decades of clinical experience as well as her own childhood, Adena explains how these patterns develop, why they can be difficult to recognize, and how they may continue to influence relationships, boundaries, people pleasing, perfectionism, caregiving, and identity well into adulthood.
In this episode...
• What covert emotional incest means and why the terminology can feel so confronting
• The difference between CEI and parentification
• How children become triangulated into their parents' relationship
• What healthy intergenerational boundaries look like
• When a child becomes a parent's confidant, mediator, or emotional caretake
r• Why being called “mature for your age” isn't always as positive as it sounds
• The difference between comforting a parent and becoming responsible for their emotional well-being
• How children can become secret keepers within a family
• Why these patterns can develop when a parent is struggling with addiction, illness, loneliness, relationship problems, or inadequate support
The Hidden Gut Problem That Could Be Wrecking Your Metabolism | Jay Feldman
samedi 19 septembre 2026 • Durée 01:26:53
Why does weight so often come back after dieting? And what if the answer isn’t simply eating less, cutting carbs, or having more willpower?
In this conversation, Les sits down with health coach and metabolic health educator Jay Feldman to explore a different way of thinking about weight loss, metabolism, carbohydrates, gut health, and our relationship with food.
Jay explains why losing weight through restriction isn’t necessarily the same as improving metabolic health, and why the body may resist weight loss when it perceives a lack of energy, nutrients, sleep, or other resources. They discuss what can happen when you reintroduce carbohydrates after a period of low-carb eating, why some initial weight gain may not be body fat, and how supporting energy production and metabolic function may change the way the body regulates weight over time.The conversation also goes deep into gut health and carbohydrate tolerance. Why can a food that is considered “healthy” leave one person feeling energized and another bloated and uncomfortable?
Jay shares his perspective on digestion, the microbiome, endotoxin, FODMAPs, fiber, probiotics, fermented foods, constipation, and how gut function may influence metabolic health. Finally, Les and Jay tackle a question that doesn’t get discussed nearly enough: if carbohydrates can support energy and metabolic function, how do we reconcile that with concerns about sugar, cavities, and dental health?
**In this episode:**
Why weight regain isn’t necessarily a failure of willpower
• What happens when you add carbohydrates back after low-carb eating
• Glycogen, water weight, and why the scale can initially jump• The relationship between energy availability and weight regulation
• Why chronic restriction can affect energy, mood, sleep, libido, and digestion
• How Jay thinks about creating a healthier metabolic “set point”
• Carbohydrates vs. fat and how the body uses different fuels• Why carbohydrate quality and digestibility matter
• Insulin resistance and carbohydrate tolerance• Gut health, inflammation, and metabolic function
Are You Getting Old… or Just Getting Slow? | Graham Tuttle
samedi 12 septembre 2026 • Durée 01:10:04
When was the last time you sprinted? Not jogged. Not ran a 5K. Not did cardio. Actually moved as fast as your body could comfortably and safely move. In this conversation, Les Raymond sits down with Graham Tuttle, known as The Barefoot Sprinter and author of *Born to Sprint: Unlock Your Natural Strength, Speed, and Athleticism*, to explore why speed may be one of the most overlooked pieces of lifelong health and physical capability. Graham challenges the idea that sprinting is only for young athletes. Instead, he sees it as a natural human movement capacity that can reveal a great deal about our strength, coordination, connective tissue, balance, confidence, and relationship with our bodies.
Together, Les and Graham explore:
* Why adults gradually stop sprinting
* The relationship between speed, aging, and longevity
* Why strength alone may not preserve athleticism
* How sprinting supports power, coordination, impact tolerance, and movement quality
* Why being able to move quickly can matter for balance, falls, parenting, emergencies, and everyday life
* How sprinting differs from endurance training
* Why athleticism is about more than performance
* The role of the feet in movement, balance, and force production
* Why barefoot training creates so much sensory feedback
* How shoes, treadmills, watches, and other technology can sometimes disconnect us from what our bodies are telling us
* Why movement quality may matter more than simply accumulating reps, miles, or calories
* Walking, running, striding, skipping, and sprinting as parts of the same movement continuum
* How adults can gradually rebuild the capacity to sprint rather than jumping into it unprepared
* Why simplifying your training may sometimes help you become more capable, agile, and connected
Are Humans Wired for Mystical Experiences? Matt Zemon
samedi 5 septembre 2026 • Durée 01:09:46
Can an ordinary person have a mystical or direct spiritual experience?
In this conversation, Les Raymond sits down with Matt Zemon, executive director of the Council on Spiritual Practices and author of *Ordinary Mystics: Psychedelics, Faith, and the Reclaiming of Direct Spiritual Experience*, to explore the fascinating intersection of psychedelics, spirituality, religion, healing, and human connection. Matt shares how a guided psilocybin experience at age 46 completely changed the way he understood spirituality and ultimately led him to study psychology, neuroscience, mental health, ministry, and the long history of psychedelics in spiritual practice.
Together, Les and Matt explore:
* Why psychedelics can create profound feelings of connection and meaning
* Whether humans may be naturally wired for mystical experiences
* Psychedelics as one tool among many for accessing altered states
* The relationship between religion and direct spiritual experience
* Why similar mystical experiences appear across different cultures and faith traditions
* The difference between psychedelics as a cure and as a catalyst
* Why integration and community matter after a powerful experience
* Psilocybin and changing our relationship with death
* Les's own experiences with microdosing and psychedelic-assisted personal growth
* How set, setting, source, and support can reduce risk* Why surrender can be such an important part of difficult psychedelic experiences
* The role of self-love, reflection, meditation, and nature in integration
* The emerging world of psychedelic spiritual communities and churches
Matt also shares powerful experiences around death, grief, connection, and gratitude, including moments in which psychedelic experiences radically changed his relationship with being alive.At the heart of the conversation is a simple but provocative idea: psychedelics may not give us something we don't already possess. They may instead act as catalysts that help us access parts of ourselves that were already there.
What Happens When You Let Nature Become Your Teacher? | Danny Clark
samedi 29 août 2026 • Durée 01:09:03
What might happen if we stopped treating nature as something outside of ourselves and started listening to it as a teacher? In this conversation, Les Raymond reconnects with Danny Clark, author of *Tracking Truth: An Alchemical Journey of Learning from Nature*, more than a decade after they first crossed paths in the world of strength and movement. Since then, Danny's path has taken an unexpected turn. From wrestling and strength coaching to natural movement, off-grid living, herbalism, alchemy, and a much deeper relationship with the natural world, his journey has become an exploration of what nature can teach us about health, purpose, spirituality, and ourselves. Together, Les and Danny explore:
* Why spending time in nature can feel so fundamentally different from modern indoor life
* Natural movement and our changing relationship with exercise* How nature can become a source of self-reflection, meaning, and personal growth
* Danny's decision to live off-grid in the Rocky Mountains
* What it means to view nature as a teacher
* Herbalism, minerals, and the ancient practice of alchemy
* The fascinating story of finding and preparing wild shilajit
* The relationship between science, spirituality, and direct experience
* Creating preparations from quartz, obsidian, herbs, and other materials found in nature
* Why following curiosity and an inner calling can lead us somewhere we never expected
* The importance of integrating strength and intensity with surrender, rest, and reflection
At its heart, this conversation is about more than herbs, minerals, movement, or even nature itself. It's about learning to pay attention, following what feels meaningful, and allowing our relationship with the natural world to change our relationship with ourselves.
Learn more about Danny Clark and his work...spiritualperformance.netAnd look for Danny's book, Tracking Truth: An Alchemical Journey of Learning from Nature, which tells the story of his own evolving relationship with nature and the path that ultimately led him from athlete and strength coach to the work he does today.
Connect with Isabella Skrypczak:
Website: https://izaclarahealing.com
Substack: Never BrokenBook: A Polish Girl in Siberia: Surviving and Transcending Exile
Join the conversation:
Have you ever recognized a fear, belief, or pattern in yourself that seemed connected to your family's history? Share your experience in the comments.
One of the most meaningful themes in this conversation is the space between stimulus and response. When we become more aware of our internal experience, we may find greater freedom in how we respond to the people and situations around us.Jamie also shares her philosophy of approaching breathwork with curiosity rather than force, allowing the practice to meet you where you are.
Whether you're completely new to breathwork or have explored it for years, this conversation offers a thoughtful look at the relationship between breathing, the nervous system, and our capacity for self-awareness.
Learn more about Jamie Janko and Rewild Breathwork:
https://rewildbreathwork.com
A note on safety:
The intensive breathwork experiences discussed in this episode are not appropriate for everyone and can carry physical and psychological risks. Certain medical conditions, pregnancy, and mental health histories may require avoiding these practices.
This conversation is educational and is not a substitute for individualized medical guidance or appropriately qualified facilitation.
Join the conversation:
Have you ever experienced an emotional shift, unexpected insight, or profound stillness through breathwork?
We'd love to hear about your experience in the comments.
• Why there may never be one nervous-system tool that works equally well for everyone
• Simple ways to support regulation, including breathing, meditation, music, humming, connection, and other practice
s • How technology may become another tool in a much larger nervous-system toolkit
Les also shares his experience using Sona and what he has noticed after experimenting with several different vagus nerve stimulation devices.
One of the most important ideas in this conversation is that regulation isn't necessarily about eliminating stress.It's about developing greater "capacity". The goal is to help the nervous system become more flexible so that stress can rise when it's needed and settle when the challenge has passed.And that process may look different for each of us. Meditation, slow breathing, sleep, movement, relationships, time for recovery, and emerging technologies such as vagus nerve stimulation can all become pieces of a larger toolkit for supporting the nervous system.
Les and The Mindful Movement have an affiliate relationship with Sona. If you choose to purchase through our link, we may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.
*This conversation is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. Research into non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation and neuromodulation continues to evolve, and some potential applications discussed in this episode remain preliminary or anecdotal. Talk with a qualified healthcare professional about your individual circumstances.*#NervousSystem #VagusNerve #ChronicStress #StressRelief #NervousSystemRegulation #Sleep #HRV #Neuroplasticity #Mindfulness #TheMindfulMovement Themindfulmovement.com
• What endotoxin is and why Jay believes it matters
• FODMAPs, fiber, starch, fruit, and choosing easier-to-digest carbohydrates
• SIBO, gut motility, and constipation
• Why probiotics and fermented foods aren’t automatically beneficial for everyone
• How to approach rebuilding gut health without endlessly restricting foods
• Sugar, carbohydrates, cavities, and dental health
• Supporting the body rather than constantly fighting it with another dietThis conversation offers a more nuanced way to think about nutrition.
Rather than asking only, “What should I eliminate?” Jay encourages us to pay attention to how well the body is actually functioning, how food affects energy and digestion, and what may be getting in the way of using fuel efficiently.
**Learn more from Jay Feldman**
jayfeldmanwellness.com/guide
Listen to Jay Feldman and Mike Fave on The Energy Balance Podcast for deeper explorations of metabolism, nutrition, hormones, gut health, and bioenergetic health
.*This conversation is for educational purposes only and is not intended as medical or nutritional advice. Some of the ideas discussed reflect the guest’s perspective and interpretation of the available research. Please consult an appropriate healthcare professional regarding your individual health needs.
One of the central ideas in Graham's work is that sprinting isn't necessarily an ability we earn. It's an ability the human body is designed to express. That doesn't mean someone who has been sedentary for years should simply head outside and sprint at full speed. The real work is restoring the mobility, tissue capacity, coordination, strength, and body awareness that make speed available again. Much of Graham's book focuses on exactly that journey.
Get Graham's Book...barefootsprinter.com
And look for his book, ***Born to Sprint: Unlock Your Natural Strength, Speed, and Athleticism***, a practical guide to rebuilding the foundational movement qualities that allow the body to move with strength, speed, confidence, and freedom.
Whether you're 30, 50, 70, or beyond, this conversation offers a different way to think about exercise: not simply as something we do to burn calories or improve numbers, but as an ongoing relationship with the body we live in.
His new book, ***Ordinary Mystics: Psychedelics, Faith, and the Reclaiming of Direct Spiritual Experience***, explores how ordinary people can have profound spiritual experiences and what those experiences might mean for faith, community, healing, and everyday life.
The book is available wherever books are sold, with an audiobook narrated by Matt as well
.This conversation is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice or encouragement to use illegal substances. Laws and risks vary, and Matt emphasizes the importance of informed decision-making, source, set, setting, and community.
Ordinary Mystics and Free Resources: https://mattzemon.com/ordinarymysticsbookWebsite: https://mattzemon.comLinkedin: https://mattzemon.com/linkedinInstagram: @matt.zemonTEDx: https://mattzemon.com/TEDx#Psychedelics
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