In this episode, I’m joined by Nasim Badaghi — a mindfulness teacher who recently submitted her PhD.
We talk about mindfulness beyond the buzzword: where it actually comes from, what it really means, and what it doesn’t mean.

She shares insights from her PhD research on mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) and its impact on psychological distress in cancer patients. We speak about rumination, the “automatic pilot,” and what happens in the brain when we begin to practice awareness differently.

But this episode isn’t just academic.
We explore the personal side of mindfulness — how it changes the way we relate to our thoughts, and why mindfulness can feel almost rebellious in a world that constantly pushes productivity.

We also speak about the nuances — that mindfulness is powerful, but not necessarily for everyone. Especially for people with trauma, it requires care, pacing, and sometimes guidance.

This conversation is an invitation to slow down. To observe. To become aware of your inner patterns — not to fix them immediately, but simply to see them.
Because sometimes awareness alone is enough.

Chapters (compressed)
00:00 Introduction & Mindfulness Basics — definitions, origins, and practices
15:05 MBCT & MBSR Explained — interventions, automatic pilot, and rumination
36:30 Mindfulness in Cancer Care — study methodology, key findings, and brain activity
58:19 Practical Mindfulness — techniques for daily life and personal transformation
01:15:09 Collective Awareness & Trauma — mindfulness in community and cautious approach

Publications
Badaghi et al. (2024). Positive health outcomes of mindfulness-based interventions for cancer patients and survivors: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2024.102505
Badaghi et al. (2025). Online mindfulness-based cognitive therapy to reduce psychological distress in people with cancer: Randomized controlled trial. Psycho-Oncology. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.70286
Badaghi et al. (2024). Online delivery of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for people with cancer: Feasibility trial. JMIR Formative Research. https://doi.org/10.2196/52338

Books
Kabat-Zinn — Wherever You Go, There You Are
Brahm — Kindfulness
Kuyken & Feldmann — Mindfulness: Ancient Wisdom Meets Modern Psychology

Online Resources
home.mindfulness-network.org
oxfordmindfulness.org
dhamma.org

insighttimer.com

Contact Nasim Badaghi
Instagram: @nbadaghi

Linkedin: linkedin.com/nasimbadaghi

Contact me
Instagram: @annehochwald

Website: annehochwald.com

This episode is a powerful and deeply guided inner journey designed to lead you into a deep trance, support embodiment, and reconnection with your inner truth.

For a significant part of this session, I guide you into an altered, receptive state where the body can soften, awareness can widen, and the mind no longer leads. We work with the full energy system — grounding deeply into the earth, opening and aligning the chakras, and creating a sense of safety and containment so your system can fully relax into the experience.

From this state, I invite you to move into a lived visualization of your dream life — not as an abstract idea, but as something you can feel, inhabit, and recognize in your body. Rather than escaping the present, the journey then turns back toward your current life, helping you notice where these qualities already exist and how they can expand from there.

This session is not about positive thinking or bypassing reality. It is about nervous-system-level integration: allowing insight, desire, and embodiment to meet, and gently bridging vision with lived experience.

Disclaimer: Please listen in a safe, quiet space where you can fully settle into the journey. If at any point you feel overwhelmed, you can pause, open your eyes, and return to your breath and body.

Connect with me

If you want to share thoughts, questions, or wishes for future episodes — or if you feel called to connect or work with me — you can reach me here:

• Instagram: @annehochwald
• Website: annehochwald.com

I also share more personal insights and occasional special offers in my Telegram group for women, created as a safe space — only when there’s something meaningful to share:

• Telegram: HOME FREQUENCY

I introduce Human Design and how it can be used as a practical, body-based system for self-awareness and decision-making.

At the beginning, I briefly respond to a question about original frequency that came up.

I explain what HD is, what it’s useful for, and how you can work with it even if you’re completely new to it. I walk through the most relevant elements: your energy type, strategy, inner authority, and profile, and how these aspects can support you in understanding your energy, nervous system, and the way you’re designed to move through life.

This episode is not about memorizing concepts or becoming an expert. It’s about using HD as a tool — with awareness and discernment — to observe yourself more honestly and make decisions that are more aligned with your energy.

Human Design can be a helpful framework for personal growth when you stay connected to your own inner truth and responsibility, rather than outsourcing authority to a system.

Energy Types

• Manifestor → initiate
• Generator → respond
• Manifesting Generator → respond → act
• Projector → guide (invitation)
• Reflector → reflect / sample

Authorities (Decision-Making)

• Emotional → waves (wait for clarity)
• Sacral → gut (yes / no)
• Splenic → instinct (now)
• Ego / Heart → will (desire)
• Self-Projected → identity (hear yourself)
• Mental / Environment → sounding board (right place)
• Lunar (Reflector) → cycle (28 days)

Profiles
(2 numbers = how you learn + how you express)

• 1 – Investigator → research, foundation
• 2 – Hermit → natural, retreat
• 3 – Experimenter → trial & error
• 4 – Networker → relationships
• 5 – Heretic → solutions, projection
• 6 – Role Model → wisdom, perspective

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to the Podcast and Its Purpose

10:04 Exploring Human Design: An Overview

16:08 Understanding Human Design: The Framework

19:11 Human Design Types and Their Characteristics

25:26 Understanding Manifesting Generators

28:02 Exploring Projectors and Their Role

31:43 The Unique Nature of Reflectors

35:29 Decoding Inner Authority for Decision Making

43:02 Profiles in Human Design: Understanding Yourself

46:54 Applying Human Design in Everyday Life

Get your Human Design chart (BodyGraph)
International Human Design School Chart Calculator
Jovian Archive Human Design Chart

Connect with me

If you want to share thoughts, questions, or wishes for future episodes — or if you feel called to connect or work with me — you can reach me here:

• Instagram: @annehochwald
• Website: annehochwald.com

I also share more personal insights and occasional special offers in my Telegram group for women, created as a safe space — only when there’s something meaningful to share:

• Telegram: HOME FREQUENCY