In Memoriam | Honoring Rachel

In Memoriam | Honoring Rachel

Todd Brossart
Mental Health, Mindfulness, Grief, Acceptance

If you’ve listened to this podcast for a while, you’ll know that I hold a belief that there’s still someone out there who I haven’t met yet, that will change my life in profound ways. This episode is an attempt to honor someone who left a lasting impact on my life. In April 2019 during my lengthy stay in the hospital, I was privileged to have a very special person care for me. Her name was Rachel Petersen. Rachel was a nurse at the Anschutz Medical Center, in Aurora, Colorado. Sadly, Rachel passed away recently. The news was devastating to read about, and my wife and I are still trying to process her sudden loss. To learn more about Rachel, and the first annual 5K Scrub Run honoring her visit, https://5kscrubrun.org/.

Getting to Live | A Mindful Reframe

Getting to Live | A Mindful Reframe

Todd Brossart
Emotional Health, Mental Health, Mindfulness


We all have to do things. Some things we are excited about. Other things, not as much. Rarely do we consider what we get to do in our lives, taking it for granted. In this episode I offer a quick mindfulness reframe to help you shift your perspective to living with more presence and gratitude. Because when we get to do something versus have to do something, we show up more completely and openly.

Subtracting Self-Care | Moving Toward What Matters

Subtracting Self-Care | Moving Toward What Matters

Todd Brossart
Emotional Health, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Self-Care

Should self-care always mean you get to feel calm? Should self-care be limited to feeling good? Let’s reimagine self-care for a moment. Instead of adding things to your life in the name of self-care, consider what you could subtract in order to practice better self-care. Continually adding activities of self-care could become exhausting, and may make you feel worse. What could you let go of today to make room for your health and well-being?

Post-traumatic Growth: Celebrating Year Two with Gratitude and Joy

Post-traumatic Growth: Celebrating Year Two with Gratitude and Joy

Todd Brossart
Mental Health, Mindfulness, Emotional Health, Acceptance, trauma, PTSD

What doesn't kill us, can make us stronger! On the two-year anniversary of a near death experience, I invite a friend of the podcast, John Evans to sit down for an extended conversation about post-traumatic growth. Post-traumatic growth refers to the positive psychological changes that a person can experience as a result of adversity.

After Violence: Reflections on Boulder

After Violence: Reflections on Boulder

Todd Brossart
Mental Health, Mindfulness

So often we feel hopeless and powerless after tragedy and trauma. I know I've felt that way recently with the tragedies in Atlanta and Boulder. Both events serve as reminders of how violence can devastate community, trust, and desecrate the ideals, values, and freedoms we hold as sacred. In this week's episode, I discuss what moral injurious events are, and offer a mindful approach to touch feelings of hopelessness and powerlessness.

Healthy and Unhealthy Discomfort

Healthy and Unhealthy Discomfort

Todd Brossart
Emotional Health, Mental Health, Mindfulness

Life serves up discomfort to us in many ways. At times we've all avoided challenges in order to escape the stress that goes with feeling uncomfortable. This week's episode examines how our struggle against discomfort can cause additional suffering in our lives. Think of unhealthy discomfort as something you do to avoid coming into contact with what doesn't feel good. Healthy discomfort on the other hand tends to be a more open, willing, and engaging way of managing what is already present.

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