Interview on Catching Z's: The Millennials Guide to Mindfulness

CZ 085: Mag Dimond, Heart Centered Human, World Traveler, and Author

“This podcast is my journey as a curious millennial figuring out what it means to live fully through meditation by bringing on the greatest minds of our day.”

(In the words of Podcaster Nick Zolfo)

“I left this interview feeling more connected to the world and felt like I had traveled around the world as well. Mag is a magnificent storyteller and has made traveling a center piece to her life and marrying those two things is wonderful to experience.”

We chat about:

How she got the travel bug at 11 years old when she lived in Italy for 3 years
Why she started journaling as an outlet from her difficult upbringing
Feeling at home in many places abroad
What travel allowed her to find out about herself
How connection is important for what she feels makes a place feel like home
Innate traits that we all possess as humans that she discovered in travel
The importance of journaling in her adventures
Common themes that arose in her journaling showing what she values in experiences
The impact that her grandmother had on her instilling compassion in her
Translating her journals to the book that she wrote, “Bowing to Elephants”
How a moving experience with Elephants led to the title of her book
Getting into meditation later in life after a masseuse advised her to
How to forgive deeply and how she forgave her mother
Her favorite food and country around the world
Loving Kindness meditation to conclude!