Introduction: I

In this episode, we're joined by Brad Josling, co-founder of MeditateHere.com, who shares his journey from working with iconic bands like NSYNC and Cypress Hill to becoming a meditation expert and entrepreneur.

Insights and Discussion:

Brad reflects on how Ekhart Tolle and others sparked his interest in mindfulness and wellness. Transitioning from the high-energy world of music to the realm of meditation, Brad recognized the profound impact of mindfulness on mental health and productivity. This realization led him to co-found MeditateHere.com, an innovative platform offering guided meditation sessions and resources for individuals seeking balance in their lives.

In our conversation, Brad highlights the importance of micro meditations for remote workers. These short, focused practices provide an opportunity to pause, reset, and cultivate a sense of calm amidst the demands of remote work. By integrating micro meditations into their daily routines, remote teams can enhance their resilience, focus, and overall well-being.

Furthermore, Brad shares insights into effective stress management strategies for remote teams. Drawing from his own experiences leading a distributed team of trainers and collaborators, Brad emphasizes the value of mindfulness in navigating challenges and fostering a culture of thoughtful response rather than reactive behavior.

Thanks Brad for sharing your journey and expertise in micro meditations and stress management for remote teams!

Be sure to check out the MeditateHere.com app for guided meditation sessions and resources to support your well-being. There is a 14-day free trial available to get you started!

Direct links to the app- Apple   Google

Stay tuned for more episodes where we delve into strategies for thriving in the remote work landscape.

 

Here is the full transcript:

RBG Episode 5 Brad Josling

SUMMARY KEYWORDS

meditation, working, remote, talking, teachers, stress, meditate, brad, people, app, stress levels, put, developing, brands, entrepreneur, sitting, ideas, life, today, started

SPEAKERS

Brad Josling, Paul Urwin

Paul Urwin  00:01

Welcome to remote business growth, your go to source for all things remote work, and business growth. Join us as we delve deep into the strategies, insights and success stories that will help you thrive in the remote work landscape. Whether you're an entrepreneur, a remote team leader, or simply curious about how to grow your business, this podcast is your gateway to unlocking your full potential. So get ready to embark on a journey of innovation and success. Hey there, Paul here and welcome to episode five of the remote Business Growth Podcast. Today, I'm talking with Brad jostling about micro meditation about stress levels that entrepreneurs and remote workers go through and how to find a solution to that. So how to really focus on your, your health and your wellness and your well being as an entrepreneur as a remote worker or a remote team leader. So a really, really important topic and Yeah, wonderful discussion with Brad that's coming up in just a second. Just a quick reminder that if you would like to hire a virtual assistant or a remote worker to grow your business, then head on over to www.thereistalent.com that's www.thereistalent.com right let's get cracking with Brad Brad Joslin is a Business Development Executive with deep experience in media, and entertainment. His experience spans working with top tier music talent, founding and producing music events, and developing strategic media executions with Fortune 100 brands. He first discovered the power of meditation through readings of Eckhart Tolle, and then attending a sangha in Toronto, struck by the opportunity to make meditation accessible to the everyday person. Brand sees its power as a foundational part of work and personal life. He is one of the co founders of meditate here, Brad, welcome to the show.

Brad Josling  01:59

Oh, thanks a lot for having me. I'm excited to be here.

Paul Urwin  02:02

Yeah. Great to have you here really looking to talk in a little bit about remote work and, and mental health and, and lots of other great topics as well. So tell me a little bit about your background brand, please.

Brad Josling  02:13

Yeah, sure. I'll get started. My career sort of divided fairly neatly in half, but first half of it was in the music industry, actually working for record labels and managing bands and all sorts of fun stuff through my 20s and into my early 30s. And then I shifted gears into Dotto and

Paul Urwin  02:33

you can't skip. You can't skip all of that. Come on. Come on. Give us a bit more on that. Yeah. Yeah, of course. That sounds amazing.

Brad Josling  02:41

Yeah, I mean, I had like, I had the best time coming out of college. And then I worked for record labels right out of the gates and used to work for I basically represented them and Canada, working for artists like NSYNC and Backstreet Boys, and tulle and Cypress Hill, and wow, I had a wonderful I thought this was like the world. This is great. I get to work in a bar and going to events all the time. Yeah, I really, really enjoyed that. And then, you know, I sort of came through the age when Napster started and started to really tanked the music business. And at that juncture, I realized that needed to get more savvy on digital and I shifted into really sort of digital and brands. And so the second half of my career was really working with brands, programmatic advertising, entertainment, and brands and various startups, leading sales and marketing. And, and that's sort of like, that's been like the journey of my career up until we started the meditation business, which we'll talk about.

Paul Urwin  03:49

Brilliant. Brilliant. Yeah. What a career. Fascinating, fascinating. All right. Well, tell us a little bit about the meditation business then. Yeah.

Brad Josling  03:56

So I mean, maybe I'll start off just a little bit of the story of sort of how I evolved into it. You know, I've been meditating for probably, gosh, like, 15 plus years or something. Yeah. I discovered it through a variety of different places. But, you know, one writer that I really identified with was Eckhart Tolle, which he wrote The Power of Now and books like that. And that was really sort of eye opening to me of just this idea that, you know, almost like you are not your thoughts and being in the present moment and what that meant. It was kind of like, it's still such a simple idea, but it's quite groundbreaking when you spend time with it. So you know, I got really into meditation and and sat and singers and stuff like that and really kind of dove into it, different retreats and things like that, but it's been a part of my life really from 20 years and it would be a lot to like barely doing any, but it's always been something I could come back to you And then fast forward. I was at a large digital advertising firm, and I met my current business partner, Eric, who we were working together and turned out, we had a common interest in wellness and mental health. And he was just at that time starting to get into meditation and discovering it and really diving pretty deep into it, doing like, you know, 10 day silent meditation retreats. And so one night over beers when all good ideas come. He said, Look, I have this idea of meditation studios, and this is pre COVID. Okay. And, you know, like, I don't jump at ideas very quickly. But I was like, from all my background, I was like, yes, like, from a brand standpoint, no one had really taken a swing at developing meditation studios, lots of yoga studios, obviously, but no videos. So as fast entrepreneurs, we spun one up in about two months, we set up a meditation studio in the city that we live in Victoria, British Columbia, okay, in the nicest office building we could find. And it was through a friend of mine, that it was actually his family owned the office building, he was really into it. And so we set it up, we put together a collective of incredible meditation teachers, and we opened our doors. And the cool thing about it, just that experience to you know, that sort of started the path to where we are today is we had, there was such a high level of curiosity, even though there were apps like calm and headspace meditation was really starting to hit the mainstream, we got a huge amount of interest from HR teams, employees themselves from like tech firms and finance firms that were dealing with high levels of stress, right. And they were so interested in how meditation can help them so they would come down, sit with our teachers and get that experience. And that was like, I think that was sort of like our first sort of aha moment that, you know, in the work world, you know, we're all dealing with immense amounts of stress, and trying to find ways to deal with it. And so that was really the beginning. And then COVID hit, and everything stopped. And what didn't stop, in our opinion was stress. You know, everything sort of ramped up from there, it was already at a high level globally. There's a lot of studies to support that. But with COVID, so much uncertainty entered the world. And we were all isolated, right? Obviously, remote working took off. And we realized that that's where we started to really understand the beginnings of who we wanted to help and how we wanted to help them. We wanted to help people that were having, you know, very, you know, complex, busy lives, integrate meditation into their lives, and help them feel better. Because, you know, my personal, this is sort of my personal core belief is that we can't be at our best unless we feel our best, right. And there's lots of things that contribute to that, like eating well, and exercise and stuff. But certainly, putting focus on our mental state is really, really important. And that's what we're super focused. Yeah,

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