212 Transforming Lives With The Kindness Diaries Host, Leon Logothetis
Leon Logothetis is a global adventurer. He left behind the life of a stockbroker to break new ground and experience new discoveries. He’s now visited more than 50 countries and traveled to every continent on the planet. When anybody says the word kindness, I literally think of Leon - He’s the host of a terrific TV series called ‘The Kindness Diaries’, which has the subtitle; One Man’s Quest to Ignite Goodwill and Transform Lives Around the World. Before that, he had a show called the 'Amazing Adventures Of A Nobody', which follows Leon on his adventures travelling in America, The UK, and Europe on just $5, $5 pounds or $5 Euros a day. The bottom line is, Leon is all about kindness and helping others and of course that connects directly to the subject of mindfulness.
Contact Info- Website: www.LeonLogothetis.com
- Show: The Kindness Diaries TV Show: http://www.leonlogothetis.com/netflix/
- Book: The Kindness Diaries by Leon Logothetis
- Social Media: Facebook / Twitter / Instagram: Leon Logothetis or Kindness Diaries
- A teacher I went with on a journey to India a couple of years ago.
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Effect on Emotions- Mindfulness has affected my emotions by enabling me to become more balanced and more centered. And by enabling me to make better decision and not be so reactive.
- I never really realized the importance of breathing until I started doing mindfulness.
- Often we forget, it sounds silly, but we forget to breathe.
- I notice now as I give this talk, I'm actually breathing very shallowly. That's not good. When I breathe as fully as possible, it kind of invigorates me.
- Breathing is a really powerful and important part of mindfulness.
- Book:The Kindness Diaries by Leon Logothetis
- Book: Find a starter course book on Mindfulness on Amazon
- App: Buddhify (All about meditation)
- As a kid, I felt very disconnected. At school I was bullied very badly. I had very few friends. I would go to school and feel profoundly alone.
- Not just the kids were bullying, but the teachers as well, which I could never understand. It was very disempowering.
- I made a commitment to myself that I would do my very best never to disempower someone but to empower them.
- When it comes to kindness, people at school specifically were unkind and I didn't understand. I thought, why are you doing this to me? Why are you behaving like this?
- I made a commitment that I would give back to people, come from a place of love. That's really how it all began.
- I could have dealt with this bullying better by sharing my pain with my parents and with other people that loved me, and I never did. Not until I was 16 or 17. When I started to share it, things started to shift.