The Resilient Mind

Piera Gelardi is a creative entrepreneur, speaker, and the co-founder of Refinery29, one of the most influential media companies for women. Named one of Ad Age’s “50 Most Creative People” and one of Entrepreneur’s “50 Most Daring Entrepreneurs,” she has built her career on the belief that play is essential rather than frivolous. In her book The Playful Way: Creativity, Connection, and Joy Through Everyday Moments of Play, she draws on her own experience and emerging research to show how small moments of play can regulate emotion, deepen connection, and build real emotional resilience. Her work reframes play not as a reward or an escape, but as a daily practice that steadies the nervous system and helps us meet life with more curiosity and heart.

Connect with Piera Gelardi:
🌐 Website: https://www.pieragelardi.com
📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pieraluisa
📖 The Playful Way: Creativity, Connection, and Joy Through Everyday Moments of Play, available wherever books are sold

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💓 HeartMath: https://www.heartmath.com/resilient
🧠 Muse: https://choosemuse.com/resilientmind
🌿 Brain Ritual: https://www.brainritual.com/THERESILIENTMIND

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Dr. Jenn Rapkin is a licensed naturopathic physician, bodyworker, and former dancer with more than 25 years of experience in integrative mental health, mind-body medicine, and body-centered therapies. She practices her own form of “feeling” bodywork, a gentle, listening touch woven together with dialogue, imagery, mindfulness, and self-awareness to help people reconnect with what their bodies are holding. She is the author of The Feeling Muscle: How Felt Emotion Can Help You Sit With and Outlast Hard Feelings, which traces her own journey from physician to a guide who helps people feel their emotions rather than run from them.

Connect with Dr. Rapkin:
🌐 Website: https://www.drjennrapkin.com
📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drjennrapkin
📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61575991456912
📖 The Feeling Muscle: How Felt Emotion Can Help You Sit With and Outlast Hard Feelings, available wherever books are sold

Explore tools from past guests of the podcast. Some links below are affiliate links, meaning we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you:

💓 HeartMath: https://www.heartmath.com/resilient
🧠 Muse: https://choosemuse.com/resilientmind
🌿 Brain Ritual: https://www.brainritual.com/THERESILIENTMIND

🌍 The Resilient Mind Podcast is a proud member of 1% for the Planet — building resilient minds and a resilient planet.
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Sadhguru is the founder of the Isha Foundation located in Coimbatore, India. The foundation operates an ashram and yoga center that specializes in education and spiritual practices. An accomplished yoga teacher since 1982, Sadhguru is also the author of several New York Times bestsellers, such as Inner Engineering: A Yogi's Guide to Joy and Karma: A Yogi's Guide to Crafting Your Destiny. He is also a frequent speaker at international events and forums.

This episode is brought to you in partnership with Sadhguru. Follow his YouTube channel by visiting: https://www.youtube.com/@sadhguru/videos

Explore tools from past guests of the podcast. Some links below are affiliate links, meaning we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you:

💓 HeartMath: https://www.heartmath.com/resilient
🧠 Muse: https://choosemuse.com/resilientmind
🌿 Brain Ritual: https://www.brainritual.com/THERESILIENTMIND

🌍 The Resilient Mind Podcast is a proud member of 1% for the Planet — building resilient minds and a resilient planet.
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Master Mingtong Gu is a globally recognized teacher and healer bringing ancient wisdom to humanity's most urgent modern crisis: our disconnection from our own bodies. Named Qigong Master of the Year, founder of The Chi Center and the 150-acre Southwest Sanctuary for Embodied Wisdom, he has empowered 50,000+ seekers across 47 countries through Wisdom Healing Qigong — a practice he trained in at China's famous "medicine-less" hospital under Grandmaster Dr. Pang Ming, where thousands healed from "incurable" conditions through energy alone. Featured at Wisdom 2.0, Esalen, Omega, and PBS, his upcoming book, Coming Home to Embodied Awakening (Spring 2026), will offer a map for reclaiming power, presence, and fulfillment in the age of AI.

Explore tools from past guests of the podcast. Some links below are affiliate links, meaning we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you:

💓 HeartMath: https://www.heartmath.com/resilient
🧠 Muse: https://choosemuse.com/resilientmind
🌿 Brain Ritual: https://www.brainritual.com/THERESILIENTMIND

🌍 The Resilient Mind Podcast is a proud member of 1% for the Planet — building resilient minds and a resilient planet.
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Sadhguru is the founder of the Isha Foundation located in Coimbatore, India. The foundation operates an ashram and yoga center that specializes in education and spiritual practices. An accomplished yoga teacher since 1982, Sadhguru is also the author of several New York Times bestsellers, such as Inner Engineering: A Yogi's Guide to Joy and Karma: A Yogi's Guide to Crafting Your Destiny. He is also a frequent speaker at international events and forums.

This episode is brought to you in partnership with Sadhguru. Follow his YouTube channel by visiting: https://www.youtube.com/@sadhguru/videos

Explore tools from past guests of the podcast. Some links below are affiliate links, meaning we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you:

💓 HeartMath: https://www.heartmath.com/resilient
🧠 Muse: https://choosemuse.com/resilientmind
🌿 Brain Ritual: https://www.brainritual.com/THERESILIENTMIND

🌍 The Resilient Mind Podcast is a proud member of 1% for the Planet — building resilient minds and a resilient planet.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.