Pause To Elevate With Dr. Kasim Al-Mashat
by Kasim Al-Mashat
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About this podcast
Discover your mind’s inner working to transform and elevate your life. Dr. Kasim shares his experiences and invites experts in their fields as well as everyday people who have created positive impactful change in their lives. He is a Registered Psychologist and Umass Certified Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Teacher and Teacher Trainer. Dr. Kasim completed a six-month silent meditation retreat in Myanmar (Burma) and has a TEDx talk, entitled “How mindfulness meditation redefines pain, happiness & satisfaction”.
You can listen to insights and tips shared so that you can learn to be more present, mange overwhelm and stress, find calm and inner peace, enhance resilience, gain new perspective to live healthier and happier life, be more compassionate, enhance your mind to reach the success you want, and create a more fulfilling life.
Dr. Kasim’s mission is to elevate our lives on a personal, professional, and global level to a healthier, more compassionate and caring world through mindfulness. This podcast also shares principles in psychology and mindset that leads to success and a more fulfilling life.
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Episodes
The newest 20 of 112 episodes
- What VO2 Max Testing Taught Me About My Beliefs And How To Train Smarter with Gayatri Raghavan · 1 h 25 minAre your heart rate zones helping you improve your fitness, or could they be holding you back? Even experienced runners can struggle to know when to push harder, when to recover…
- Can Stress Cause Hair Loss? What You Can Actually Control with Dr. Adriana Rosales, MD · 59 minDr. Adriana Rosales explains how stress can contribute to hair loss and why the cause is not always as simple as one factor. Hair loss can affect much more than appearance. In…
- Why Unconscious Bias Shapes the Way We See Politics And What To Do About It! With Bill Ballas · 1 h 8 minBill Ballas explores how unconscious bias, emotion, identity, fear, group belonging, and our digital environment shape the way we see politics. Through political psychology…
- You Are Not Your Story: Mindfulness Teacher On What Helps Us Let Go & Change - With Elaine Retholtz · 1 h 0 minWe often believe we are the same person forever, but mindfulness reminds us that everything changes — including the stories we carry about ourselves and others. Through…
- Sleep Therapist: The Insomnia Trap That Keeps You Awake with Tony Ho · 1 h 20 minThrough evidence-based approaches like CBT-I and ACT-I, Tony Ho explains how to stop fighting wakefulness and begin building a healthier relationship with rest. #SleepTherapist…
- Why Chasing Peace of Mind Keeps You Stuck — with Kevin Fong, Mindfulness Teacher in China · 1 h 30 minKevin Fong shares how years of insomnia, stress, striving, and self-pressure led him to mindfulness and meditation. What began as a desperate search for sleep became a deeper…
- Insomnia Expert Explains: The Sleep Myth That Keeps You Awake with Dr. Colleen Carney · 1 h 17 minDr. Colleen Carney, a leading expert in sleep and insomnia, explains why trying too hard to sleep can actually make insomnia worse. This conversation explores CBT-I, sleep…
- This is How Laughter Helps Heal Anxiety and Stress with Lora Pesant · 54 minLora Pesant shares how laughter yoga helped her work with anxiety, panic attacks, stress, and difficult emotions while reconnecting with courage, joy, and inner safety. Through…
- Mindfulness in Fiery Times: Finding Calm, Compassion & Presence with Florence Meleo-Meyer · 1 h 25 minThe world can feel overwhelming, uncertain, and full of anxiety. Florence Meleo-Meyer shares how mindfulness, awareness, and compassion can help us stay grounded in difficult…
- Jon Kabat-Zinn: This Is Why You Are More Than Your Thoughts! · 1 h 12 minJon Kabat-Zinn, founder of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), explains how mindfulness meditation helps us observe thoughts clearly, return to awareness, and live with…
- Why Your Voice Is Holding You Back When You Speak: Unlock the Five Elements of Your Voice with Barbara McAfee · 1 h 11 minBarbara McAfee shares how exploring your voice can become a powerful practice for confidence, healing, and personal growth. Through mindful awareness, sound, and playful vocal…
- Burnout Behind Success: How High Achievers Get Unstuck From Survival Mode with Jen Newman · 1 h 22 minFrom elite athletics to entrepreneurship, Jen Newman shares how success can sometimes be driven by stress, pressure, and the need to prove our worth. This conversation connects…
- From Survival Mode to Thriving: How Breathwork Helps Heal the Nervous System! With Ashley Taylor · 1 h 21 minWhen the body stays in survival mode, stress, burnout, and emotional overwhelm can take over. Ashley Taylor explores how breathwork, somatic healing, and mindful awareness can…
- Why You Don’t Feel Like Yourself: Hormones, Stress & Nervous System Health with Dr. Brittany Schamerhorn · 1 h 14 minDr. Brittany Schamerhorn explores how hormones, stress, sleep, nutrition, PMDD, and perimenopause can affect mood, energy, anxiety, and mental well-being. Through a mindful lens…
- Why Supplements Aren't Enough, And The Truth About Your Body's Natural Antioxidant: Glutathione! · 1 h 18 minDr. Nayan Patel explains why glutathione — the body’s master antioxidant — plays a critical role in energy, detoxification, cellular repair, immunity, and healthy aging, while…
- “There’s No Cure”… So She Created Her Own Healing Path (MS Story) with Dr. Maryam Ferdosian · 1 h 6 minWhen doctors said there was no cure, Dr. Maryam Ferdosian didn’t stop there. Instead, she followed a deeper calling—exploring mindset, emotional healing, and the body’s natural…
- Six Life Lessons After I Failed My First Half Marathon Attemp, Then Did 12 More In 11 months! · 17 minFrom a torn Achilles injury to completing 12 half marathons, this journey reveals what consistency, recovery, and discipline really look like. This is not about running — it’s…
- The Winning Trap: Top Athletes On Why Focusing on Results Is Impacting Your Performance! · 21 minMost athletes and high performers are taught to focus on winning—but that mindset can actually hold you back. When you become too outcome-focused, you create pressure, fear of…
- The World Feels on Fire—Now What? A Mindfulness Approach to Stress and Stability With Dr. Elli Weisbaum · 1 h 2 minDr. Ellie Weisbaum explains mindfulness, burnout recovery, emotional balance, and practical mental health tools for anxiety, overwhelm, and living with more clarity. If…
- Breakthrough Stress And Addiction to Resilience: The Mindfulness Reset! · 1 h 1 minDr. Christopher Willard shares how mindfulness, self-compassion, and emotional awareness can support mental health, addiction recovery, stress relief, and post-traumatic growth…
