Discovery

By Jamie Bristow and Rosie Bell, guest contributors

To mindful leaders, practice means more than just wellbeing. A new account of mindfulness training explores its crucial role in developing agency.

If you’re involved in mindful leadership, you likely know that the benefit of mindfulness goes further than simple wellbeing – but this value isn’t always easy to articulate. After six years at the leading edge of contemplative practices in public policy, we’re offering a new “why” for mindfulness …

By John J. Murphy, guest contributor

The year 2020 has clearly introduced some major challenges to our personal lives and our business practices. Travel has been severely restricted, and in many cases, canceled all together. Obviously, this means we need to pivot and adapt to succeed, especially if we travel for a living. In my case, I had a major contract with a new client in San Diego come to a temporary halt and several speaking engagements around the country canceled. What is a speaker, coa…

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By Patrick Briody, guest contributor

As mindfulness teachers, how can we best create a sense of trust and community in our online mindfulness classes? One tool I’m very grateful for learning in my Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) teacher training is the practice of sharing guidelines for engagement with the group. As a closet anarchist, I initially felt some resistance to explicit guidelines, but over time I learned how important this can be in …

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Charles Morris speaks at the 2019 Mindful Leadership Summit. Hear about the lessons learned, important realities, and opportunities faced when a former engineer transitions into scaling mindfulness for the competitive business environment at Microsoft.

By Mo Edjlali and Meditate Together Volunteer Facilitators

It’s hard with all the chaos, injustice, death, and suffering we are collectively witnessing to celebrate much... and, more then ever, we need to celebrate the things that inspire us and remind us of our vast potential for compassion towards one another. 

About 6 months ago as the gravity and impact of COVID-19 hit, I thought to myself: What can I do? What can Mindful Leader do?  Then I thought to myself... I’m not alone. I’m not the o…

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Bill Duane at the 2018 Mindful Leadership Summit. Google depends on leaders who can adjust to a landscape that is increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous. Learn from Google’s former Superintendent of Well Being about how mindfulness helps you develop resilience, and how connecting deeply with yourself and others is the foundation for leading with authenticity.

Please be advised: Contains mature language.

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By Gus Castellanos, guest contributor

I practiced Neurology and Sleep Medicine for 25 years before retiring. I came to MBSR in 1998 while still practicing medicine. So, when a colleague brought MBSR to the Medical Center we were working at, he asked me to refer patients, “We have this new program called Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction - MBSR. Please send your chronic pain patients, insomniacs, caregivers that are burning out - anyone who is stressed,”…

By Mo Edjlali, Mindful Leader President and Chief Community Organizer

Recently, it seems everywhere I turn marketing is taking a bit more of a mindful-esque approach. Organizations are flaunting their social consciousness, tech companies are sending me robo messages that they love me, and kindness is now a campaign slogan. Whether you are in a leadership position trying to convene a compelling message, trying to share the benefits of mindfulness within your organization, or a vendor of mindfuln…

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Hammad Atassi at the 2017 Mindful Leadership Summit. What does it mean to be a 3BL, sustainable business? Why is there a demand for sustainable/mission-driven businesses? And why do we need those businesses to engage in systemic policy work that is authentically aligned with sustainable commitments?

By John J. Murphy, guest contributor

Meditation is an immensely helpful practice to bring harmony, balance, and inner peace into one’s life. It’s also a great way to boost creativity and improve performance. That’s why I do it every day to center myself, open my heart, clear my mind, and let go of anything weighing me down. Having said this, I am often asked about alternative practices or “tools” one can use to boost consciousness and elevate awareness. It’s not a bad idea to have more than one…