Juliana brings on Nick Stein to discuss some key concepts from his book: "Mindfulness as a Second Language." How is mindfulness similar to learning a second language? Tune in to learn more about this as we discuss Nick’s journey into meditation, the birth of secular mindfulness, and the notion of dropping into your body and letting go of expectations. 

Before mindfulness came into his life, Nick Stein had been a hard-charging non-fiction TV cameraman, editor, director, producer, and showrunner across a forty-year career in television. Returning home to Los Angeles, Nick began a rigorous training regimen at UCLA’s Mindfulness Awareness Research Center (MARC). After two years in their Intensive Practice Program (IPP), Nick was accepted into the inaugural class of the Engaged Mindfulness Institute (EMI) in Massachusetts and received a Certification of Mindfulness Facilitation in June 2016. Shortly after that, he was accepted into the International Mindfulness Teachers Association (IMTA).

Since then, Stein has brought his unique style of teaching to a variety of populations and institutions. Using his strong communications background, Nick helps people initiate and maintain a meditation practice by emphasizing its logical, practical, and learnable nature. He calls his approach Strategic Stillness and under that banner he shares his hard-won knowledge with CEOs and Key executives in a multiplicity of industries. You can also find Nick working on college campuses, at high-tech startups, and at LA’s top meditation centers. He also gives his time in pro-bono work, in one case spending a year bringing mindfulness to prisoners inside the notorious LA County Men’s Jail. With all this, Nick is perhaps best known for his work with law enforcement. After his immersion in police culture through the making of Border Wars, Nick was among the very first mindfulness instructors to work with US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Border Patrol Agents and Land Port Officers.