June 26, 2023

106 : Meditation : Resting in the Simplicity of This Moment

In this episode: resting in this moment meditation This guided meditation practice invites you to set everything aside for a little while and rest in the incredible simplicity of this moment. We all have so much going on in our lives: things to do, things to plan, things we’re worried…

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June 19, 2023

105 : Embracing Your Powers and Envisioning Your Dreams with Nadia Carta

In this episode: Envisioning, Manifesting, Moving From Italy to NYC, & Being a Modern Witch with Nadia Carta Nadia Carta shares her journey of becoming a corporate executive and embracing her calling as a modern witch. She talks about the powers she possesses in connecting with people and inspiring them…

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June 12, 2023

104 : Meditation : Grounding In The Now

In this episode : Grounding meditation "Imagine that your body and even your mind are rooted, grounded, planted here in this spot while the crazy world just keeps on spinning." - Adam Coelho This quote captures the essence of today’s grounding meditation practice. In today's world, it often feels like…

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June 5, 2023

102 : Sabbatical Series #4 : Reflecting On My 3 Months Off Work : Adam Interviewed by David Moltz

In this episode: Final month of my sabbatical, reflecting on Rest, Play, Connect, Mindfulness, Personal Finance with David Moltz In this episode of the Mindful Fire Podcast, Adam Coelho discusses his recent sabbatical and the lessons he learned about rest, play, and connect. He also talks about the power of…

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May 29, 2023

101 : Sabbatical Series #3 : Reflecting on my First 2 Months Off work & Achieving a Long Time Dre...

On today’s episode I share an update 2 months into my 3 month sabbatical. During the time I chose a theme of “rest, play, and connection”. I relaxed, watched comedy on Netflix, went for walks in nature, did a pushup challenge, and played pickleball with my wife. I also had…

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May 22, 2023

100 : Meditation : What Does Gratitude Feel Like?

In this episode: Simple awareness and gratitude practice Welcome to this week's guided meditation practice! For this session, we will be practicing a simple mindful awareness exercise. In this shorter version, we will focus on bringing a kind and curious awareness to our breathing experience, moment by moment and breath…

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May 15, 2023

99 : Sabbatical Series #2 : What I Hope to Get Out of Three Months Off Work - Day 1 : Adam Interv...

In this episode: mindfulness, taking time off work, managing expectations, self-limiting beliefs, lessons learned from sabbaticals, and rest with Julia LI I'm taking three months off work and recently talked to Julia Li about my plans for this time off. She's had experience taking a sabbatical and gave me some…

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May 8, 2023

98 : Sabbatical Series #1 - Envisioning & Preparing for 3 Months Off Work : Adam Interviewed by D...

In this episode: Envisioning 3 months off work, Mindfulness, Burnout, Learning to Rest & more - Adam Interviewed by David Moltz Today, I’m kicking off something a bit different. Last year, around this time, I took a three-month break from work and decided to chronicle my experience by recording an…

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May 1, 2023

97 : Meditation : A Twist on Visualizing Your Ideal Life

In this episode: Envision your ideal future in vivid detail with a surprise ending. In today's guided meditation session, we will delve into the art of envisioning the life of our dreams. This practice involves mindfulness, which is the state of being fully present in the moment without any judgment.…

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April 24, 2023

96 : Don't Wait to Live The Life You Dream About, Slow FI & Coast FI with Jess of The Fioneers

In this episode: Lifestyle Design, Mindfulness, Financial Independence, Entrepreneurship, Location Independence with Jess from The Fioneers. Jess from The Fioneers shares her journey to financial independence and how she shifted her focus to mindful living. She discusses the importance of understanding your needs and crafting a life that aligns with…

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April 17, 2023

95 : Meditation : Bringing Loving Kindness to the Body

In this episode: Loving kindness of the body practice Are you listening to what your body is telling you? In this guided meditation, we practice bringing a kind, curious, and loving awareness to our body. We start by checking in with ourselves to see how we are feeling. Then, we…

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April 10, 2023

94 : Mindfulness, Cultivating Compassion, and Finding Meaning & Purpose with Lawyer Claire E. Par...

In this episode: mindfulness and compassion, overcoming anxiety and depression, cultivating compassion, finding meaning and purpose, and writing and creativity with Claire E. Parsons. In today’s episode, I’m joined by my new friend, Claire E. Parsons, a mindfulness and compassion teacher, lawyer, writer and author of “How to Be a…

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April 3, 2023

93 : Meditation : Experiencing Impermanence In Your Body

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…

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March 27, 2023

92: Overcoming a Scarcity Mindset, Bridge Thoughts and The Mindful money Method with Liz Carroll

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…

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March 20, 2023

91 : Meditation : Create Space To Invest In Yourself

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…

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March 13, 2023

90 : Teaching Financial Independence To The Next Generation with Rob Phelan

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…

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March 6, 2023

89 : Meditation : Finding a Space of Refuge in This Moment

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…

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Feb. 27, 2023

88 : Build a Life You Don't Need a Vacation From with Maurice Philogene

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…

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Feb. 20, 2023

87 : Meditation : Let This Breath Be Enough with Adam Coelho

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…

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Feb. 13, 2023

86: Taking on Challenges and Achieving Your Goals with Ironman World Champion Derk de Korver

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…

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Feb. 6, 2023

85 : Meditation : Taking In The Good with Adam Coelho

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…

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Jan. 30, 2023

84 : Taking the Leap From Google to the Startup World with Jeena James

“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…

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Jan. 23, 2023

83: Meditation : Creating Space For Possibility with Adam Coelho

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…

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Jan. 16, 2023

82 : Finding Purpose & Fulfillment in Work with Ashanti Branch

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.…

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