Over a decade ago when I started my first business, I read an article about how Oprah and Steve Jobs and many other top business minds attributed much of their success to a consistent meditation practice.

Hungry for success, exhausted from lack of sleep, and ready to take on the world, I thought…

If it works for Oprah, it’ll work for me.

So, I started listening to guided meditation videos, downloaded the Headspace app and sat in silence in my room.

I’d do it for a few weeks, then I’d fall off for a month or two. I’d sit to meditate and feel angry and frustrated instead of experience anything remotely like inner peace.

I’d stop and I’d start. I’d get consistent then wonder if I was doing it right. All while a voice in my head yelled,

“WHY ARE MY THOUGHTS SO LOUD? HOW ARE PEOPLE DOING THIS?”

Fast forward to today, and meditation is such a part of my daily life I actually feel weird when I don’t do it (like that same weird feeling if you somehow forget to brush your teeth).

Like Oprah and Steve, I find that meditation not only helps me sleep better and feel less… intense, but also gives me the headspace I need to perform at my best.

My meditation practice is like cleaning up the trash can at the end of a busy day. I have a chance to process my conscious thoughts and surface the unconscious ones. I find peace and relaxation that comes from observing and letting go rather than masking and numbing out with a glass of wine or binging TV.

This has allowed me to more quickly get back to level each day and have a better rebound in times of stress.

Overall, I sleep better, I’m calmer and I have a greater sense of perspective and trust in myself.

So how did I do it?

A little bit of practice, some training and a lot a bit of trial and error. I’ve learned several different types of meditation, experimented putting them together and trying them alone. I’ve combined an approach of eastern tradition and the reality of living in today’s Western world.

Learning how to meditate is one of the most common questions that I get from my coaching clients as well as my friends who have seen how much it has changed my life.

So to help others fast track what took me a decade, I’ve put together a 4-week online program on building a meditation practice that ACTUALLY WORKS.

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