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Moving from Fear to Presence, Connection, and Collaboration
By Kathlyn T. Hendricks, guest contributor
“The enemy is fear. We think that it’s hate, but it’s fear.”
- Gandhi
How did we get so scared?
I’ve gotten pretty obsessed with fear over the last few years. I grew up with bomb shelters and “duck and cover” (no one back then thought this was traumatic or would create any long-lasting impact). The vision of the mushroom cloud seeped into dreams and decisions and led to everyone on our block—except us—having a bomb shelter for the annihilation we ex…
Emotional Intelligence: Do Feelings Really Matter?
Marc Brackett, Ph.D., is the founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and a professor in the Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine at Yale University. His grant-funded research focuses on the role of emotions in learning, decision making, creativity, relationship quality, wellbeing, performance, and organizational cli…
August Neuroscience Roundup for Mindful Leaders
For this month’s Round-Up, we explore mindfulness in schools, how mindfulness regulates pain, finding meaning in life by appreciating the little things, the cognitive benefit of self-reflection, and why the serotonin theory of depression might not be as compelling as we think. We have summarized the main ideas and key takeaways below with links to the full articles.
School Mindfulness Programs: Why Some Work and Others Don’t
In an updated meta-analysis, researchers of the My Resilience in …
7 Ways Great Leaders Can Stay Emotionally Healthy
by Dr. Tracy Brower, guest contributor
Great leadership has never been easy, especially if you’re doing it well. But it’s arguably harder now than it’s been in the recent past, and it requires a great amount of emotional labor. There are reasons for this—from the climate outside of organizations to mental health issues and the competition for talent. The impact is significant: Leadership requires more skills, capability, finesse, nuance, judgement and art today.
Emotional labor is the work peo…
We Need to Rethink Anxiety - 3 Actions to Take
By Max Strom, guest contributor
Why is it that so many people in urban environments across the world are now experiencing exponential growth in anxiety and depression? What can we make of the fact that anxiety is now an epidemic in America? It’s also alarming that suicide was the second leading cause of death among people between the ages of 10 and 34.
Most of us are thankful that we live in a time when we have medications for anxiety and depression, but I haven’t met anybody who wants to liv…
Navigate Uncertain Times with Emotional Intelligence, Mindfulness, and Compassion
By Michelle Maldonado, guest contributor
I love historic novels; especially ones that explore the plights, triumphs, and transformation of humanity. Today, as we are both participants and witnesses to what is happening in our local and global communities, I can’t help but be reminded of the Charles Dickens quote from A Tale of Two Cities: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness... it was the season of light, it was the season…
How to Manage Your Attention in a World of Distraction
By Mike Normant, guest contributor
You've engaged a mindfulness routine, and now you’re never disrupted by noise encountered in this busy world, right? Actually, I’m kidding...
Focusing your attention amidst life’s constant distractions is incredibly challenging, even for advanced practitioners. Hour to hour and day to day, it’s difficult not to get lost in thought or be pushed and pulled by the next interruption.
So that’s where the “superpower” of managing your attention comes in. I’d lik…
Overcoming Stress, Anxiety, and Fear at Work
Elisha discusses ways people can overcome anxiety and overwhelm in their professional and personal lives. He suggests using a four-part inquiry process to determine and clarify intentions and goals. For people who want to get into a regular practice of mindful meditation, Elisha shares a 3 part process of Forgive, Investigate, and Invite, to build a regular meditation practice. He explains how individuals need to pay…
July Monthly Newsletter
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Hello Mindful Leaders, How can "good change" be implemented in your organization? What does the latest Neuroscience have to say about the relationship between grit and executive function, how mindfulness may make you less guilty, and how travel boosts mental health? How can cultivating our own inner peace lead us to create greater world peace? Curious what articles stood out over the last 30 days? Having a hard time keeping up with our content-packed weekly newsletters? We've got you c… |
How Mindfulness Creates a Thriving Positive Organization: The 3 Key Psychological Factors to Success
With increased global volatility, companies rely on a strong positive organizational culture and a resilient workforce to thrive. Learn how to use the science of Positive Psychology to build your team's creative, social, mental and emotional capital. And discover how mindfulness practices can drive the psychological factors which lead to success.
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