As the New Year begins, many of us feel pressure to fix, improve, or overhaul our lives.

In this episode of Pay Attention, Holly McNeill is joined by osteopathic physician Dr. Neal Patel for a grounded, compassionate conversation about what healing can look like when we slow down and do less—not more.

Together, they explore the connection between stress, mental health, and the body, and how unresolved emotional patterns often show up as physical pain, inflammation, or chronic illness.

Dr. Patel shares his holistic, patient-centered philosophy—emphasizing fewer pills, fewer procedures, and greater awareness of the habits that quietly shape our health.

The conversation also touches on meditation, foundational practices like sleep, movement, and nutrition, and emerging research on the endocannabinoid system and energy-based healing.

Rather than offering resolutions or quick fixes, this episode invites you to pause, pay attention, and listen—to your body, your mind, and the signals you may have been ignoring.

#PayAttentionPodcast #LessIsMore #CompassionateCare #MindBodyConnection #HolisticHealing #StressAndHealth #MindfulnessInMedicine #PreventativeHealth #HealingJourney #NewYearReflection

The Mindfulness Architect, Holly McNeill, reflects on New Year's resolutions—and why intention alone is rarely enough to create real change.

Rather than offering another checklist or goal-setting framework, this episode invites listeners to pause and examine what they are actually paying attention to—day by day, moment by moment—and how that attention shapes identity, choices, and the direction of their lives.

As the year comes to a close, Holly explores the relationship between intention and attention, sharing how her own intention to find something better opened her to seeing new possibilities.

She closes by inviting listeners to create a New Year's resolution grounded in intentional attention, and to carry that awareness into the year ahead.

On this Christmas Eve, I invite you to pause.

In a season that can feel joyful for some and heavy for others, this episode is a quiet reflection on the gift of the human journey — with all of its beauty, struggle, tenderness, and possibility.

There is a natural flow to life, and much of our suffering comes from the habits, beliefs, and patterns we've unknowingly created in an effort to protect ourselves.

Part of this human journey is gently learning to recognize and unwind that conditioning.

The P.E.R.L.O.V.E. framework emerged from lived experience and years of exploration across mindfulness, neuroscience, and spirituality, offering one compassionate way to do just that.

This episode is not about fixing yourself — it's about remembering who you are beneath the conditioning.

Wherever you find yourself this holiday season, may this be a moment to breathe, soften, and reconnect with the quiet wisdom already within you.

Wishing you peace, presence, and love on this precious human journey.

#Mindfulness #SelfAwareness #InnerPeace #HumanJourney #PayAttention

This week, the Mindfulness Architect, Holly McNeill is joined by Dr. Lenka Schulze, an Intuologist, Author, Educator and Spiritual Guide.

Her lifelong experience, ongoing research, and ample knowledge in the area of intuition and consciousness, create a solid platform from which she invites others to view and to see life from the soul's point of view.

She is very passionate to share her unique perspective to subtle energies, vibrations and frequencies and bring them down to earth in a palatable way for people to not only comprehend easily but to take this information to apply easily into their daily life.

This week, the Mindfulness Architect, Holly McNeill is joined by Rita Ernst, the Amazon best-selling author of Show Up Positive (2022) and Culture Impact: Strategies to Create World-Changing Workplaces (2023).

Forbes, MSNBC, and over 30 podcasts worldwide have featured Rita as a culture and change management expert. TAP-In Magazine named her the Top Influential Leader of 2022.

She owns Ignite Your Extraordinary, which won the Most Positive Management Consultancy of 2023 and 2024 and the Excellence Award for Workplace Wellbeing Support 2024.

She holds an advanced degree in Organizational Psychology from Clemson University.

On this episode, the Mindfulness Architect, Holly McNeill is joined by Michele Phillips, President of Key Performance — a powerhouse in elevating happiness, excellence, and human potential in the workplace.

With more than 25 years of entrepreneurial experience, Michele blends neuroscience, habit formation, and positive psychology into a refreshingly practical formula for personal and professional success.

Michele's impact spans the globe, partnering with elite organizations like TAG Heuer, Pfizer, Verizon, Schott, Nomura, Barclays, The PGA, and The New York State Bridge Authority.

Through her dynamic workshops, transformational coaching, and high-energy keynotes, she empowers leaders to write their own outcomes — creating cultures where people thrive, teams rise, and organizations transform from the inside out.

If you're ready to shift your mindset, expand your awareness, and step into empowered leadership, this is an episode you won't want to miss.

Tune in, take a breath, and let's pay attention together. 💛✨

#PayAttentionPodcast #ConsciousLeadership #MindfulnessAtWork #PositivePsychology #NeuroscienceBased

This special Thanksgiving episode is a pause — a gentle breath — for anyone who feels alienated, estranged, or separated during the holidays. In one of the most personal episodes she's ever shared, Holly opens her heart and tells the story of her long, painful journey through parental alienation, estrangement, and years of fighting to stay connected to her children.

She speaks directly to anyone navigating complicated family dynamics: parents missing their kids, adult children distant from a parent, and anyone carrying the ache of disconnection during the holiday season.

And though Holly is deeply grateful for the relationship she has with her children today, this episode is about self-care, self-compassion, and staying open to even the smallest flicker of hope.

She reflects on how the hardest chapters of her life eventually led her back to herself — to awareness, healing, and the rebuilding of a relationship she once feared was lost forever.

If the holidays feel heavy this year, this message is for you.

A reminder that healing is possible.

A reminder that you're not alone.

And an invitation to soften, breathe, and stay open to something better.

#ParentalAlienation #Estrangement #HolidayHealing #MindfulnessJourney #SelfCompassion #MentalHealthSupport #HopeAndHealing #FamilyEstrangement #PayAttentionPodcast #TheMindfulnessArchitect

What if the chaos in your life was actually the beginning of something beautiful?

In this inspiring conversation, host Holly McNeill sits down with artist-turned-coach Marc Scheff to explore how creativity, risk-taking, and letting go can reshape the way we live and work.

From leaving behind a career in tech to building a thriving art and coaching practice, Mark shares how his Make a Mess framework helps people create, destroy, and emerge into their most authentic selves.

Key takeaways:

Why creativity is never linear—and why that's a good thing

How to recognize when you're on autopilot and choose differently

The power of identity work in building a fulfilling life

This episode is a reminder that it's never too late to start again, embrace the unknown, and design a life that truly feels like your own.

Connect with Mark:

Instgram: / marcscheff

Linkedin: / marcscheff

Facebook: / marcscheff