Episode Details

In this episode of the Mindfulness Exercises Podcast, Sean Fargo sits down with Sophie Chiche—life strategist, therapist, author, TEDx speaker, and founder of several impactful ventures dedicated to helping people live with more purpose and play.

Sophie shares her path from trading pencils in the sandbox as a child to building multi-million dollar businesses and facilitating sessions alongside global icons like Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu. With humor and raw honesty, she dives into what it really means to do “more of what matters” in a world filled with distraction and pressure.

Sean and Sophie explore how mindfulness intersects with accountability, creativity, and emotional awareness and why giving yourself permission to rest is more than just a luxury.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

✔ Why doing “more of what matters” requires inner alignment, not just better productivity

✔ How mindfulness supports radical personal accountability

✔ The difference between “mental health” and true inner freedom

✔ What it means to show up in the world as your whole self

✔ How play and joy can be integrated into meaningful work

Sophie brings fierce intelligence and lighthearted wisdom to this conversation, reminding us that the deepest healing often begins with being radically honest with ourselves, and each other.

🌿 Tune in for a refreshing take on presence, purpose, and play.

Connect with Sophie:

Website - sophiechiche.com

Podcast - beplaylove.com⁠LinkedIn - Sophie Chiche

Instagram - @sophiechicheMedia kit

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Mindfulness Exercises with Sean Fargo is a practical, grounded mindfulness podcast for people who want meditation to actually help in real life.

Hosted by Sean Fargo — a former Buddhist monk, mindfulness teacher, and founder of MindfulnessExercises.com — this podcast explores how mindfulness can support mental health, emotional regulation, trauma sensitivity, chronic pain, leadership, creativity, and meaningful work.

Each episode offers a mix of:

• Practical mindfulness and meditation teachings
• Conversations with respected meditation teachers, clinicians, authors, and researchers
• Real-world insights for therapists, coaches, yoga teachers, educators, and caregivers
• Gentle reflections for anyone navigating stress, anxiety, burnout, grief, or change

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• Trauma-sensitive and compassion-based practices
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