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Jan 2025
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1023: Finding More Purpose and Flow thro...

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About this episode

Francesca Sipma shares breathwork practices to help access more purpose and flow. 


— YOU’LL LEARN — 

1) How breathwork leads to greater clarity 

2) The science supporting breathwork 

3) The most important question to ask yourself 


Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep1023 for clickable versions of the links below. 


— ABOUT FRANCESCA — 

Francesca Sipma is the author of Unblock Your Purpose:  Breathwork, Intuition, and Flow State. She is the founder and CEO of Mastry, the creator of HypnoBreathwork®, and an international speaker who offers courses and training programs for C-suite executives, world-renowned producers, celebrities, artists, and athletes. She has led sessions for Deloitte, Snap, Upwork, and Athletic Brewing, and her work has been featured by Bloomberg, Forbes, NBC, and ABC. She lives in San Diego.

• App: Mastry 

• Book: Unblock Your Purpose: Breathwork, Intuition, and Flow State 

• Instagram: @francescasipma 

• Website: FrancescaSipma.com 


— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — 

•Study: “Brief structured respiration practices enhance mood and reduce physiological arousal” by Melis Yilmaz Balban, Eric Neri, Manueal M. Kogon, et al.  

•Book: Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson 

•Past episode: 954: Rewriting Your Source Code: How to Identify and Cure the 12 Patterns Holding You Back with Dr. Sam Rader 

•Past episode: 957: How to Push Past Discomfort and Expand Your Comfort Zone with Dr. Marc Schoen


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