What if the habits that soothe you today are keeping you stuck tomorrow? On The Healing Mindset, host Ria sits with Ray Schloss to explore why healing is a decision, and why it is rarely as easy as we expect.
Ray shares why repeated patterns are often old forms of self-soothing, how to start meditating without forcing your thoughts away, and the simple foundations every healing journey rests on.
About the Guest:
Ray Schloss is a Seattle-area musician, meditation content producer, lifestyle and wellness coach and certified hypnotherapist. He spent 17 years at Microsoft before retiring in 2024, and helps teach qigong meditation.
Key Takeaways:
- A healing mindset starts with a decision, then daily choices that serve your long-term self.
- Meditation is not switching thoughts off. Start with 30 seconds of stillness and build.
- Many repeated patterns began as ways to self-soothe. Make peace with the root, gently.
- Build on the foundations first: sleep, nourishing food, water and daily movement.
- Choose stillness over another 30 minutes of scrolling.
Connect With the Guest:
Website: https://thriving247.com
Episode Chapters (approx.):
[00:00] When Protection Becomes a Trap: opening reflection on surviving versus healing
[01:30] Meet Ray Schloss: music, meditation, coaching and life after Microsoft
[03:00] The Biggest Misconception: why healing is harder than we expect
[06:00] What a Healing Mindset Is: mastering impulses, one choice at a time
[08:30] Meditation Without Pressure: turning down the inner dialogue
[13:00] Why We Repeat Patterns: self-soothing and making peace with the past
[18:00] The Wellness Pyramid: sleep, nutrition, hydration, movement and kindness
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