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By John J. Murphy, guest contributor

For the past 33 years I have worked as a transformational business consultant, helping organizations worldwide build high-performance work environments. The keyword here is environment. Albert Einstein once said, “The field is the sole governing agency of the particle.” In my experience, the field is the culture. It is the environment we live and work in. It is a form of energy that impacts the way we think, feel, look at things, and behave. Like gravity, we…

By Joy Reichert, New Ventures West, guest contributor 

Do this, if you would: Google “René Magritte, Clairvoyance.” Bring up an image of the painting.* Sit with it for 30 seconds, one minute, two minutes. Five. 

Receive it through your heart. Notice its effects on your body. Analyze it with your mind (you probably started doing that the second you saw it. We can’t help it, we humans! However, if that’s where you automatically went, perhaps try amping up the focus in your heart, your gut).

How…

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Larissa Hall Carlson at @Work 2018. Discover simple, safe, effective movements to relieve physical tension and reduce stress at the office. Larissa's clear instructions, thoughtful sequencing, and soothing approach will empower you to take these mindful chair and standing practices back home with you and share with your colleagues.

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By Ted Meissner, guest contributor

As I write this article, many of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) teachers for Mindful Leader are reviewing applications to our upcoming courses, and having one-on-one conversations with those who are interested in mindfulness. What brings people to MBSR varies, but one aspect is fairly common: the usual coping mechanisms may not be helping as much as they used to.

For some it may be simple curiosity about…

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By Karyn Sandelman, guest contributor

This really IS the question… whether you recently completed an MBSR course or other mindfulness program, how do you keep up the momentum of a steady practice without the structure and support of the program and the people who were in it with you? And, you might wonder, do you really have to? 

Research tells us the answer to the latter question is yes! Consistency of practice is key to reaping and growing the benefit…

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By Cassie Schindler, guest contributor

Your unique perspective, or the lens through which you view your life, influences your current state of mind and overall experience of balance and wellness.

So, how do you see your world?

We humans are creatures of habit. We automate in order to be the most efficient version of ourselves, and in doing so, we inadvertently paint our moments with the same brush. History repeats itself, over and over, and we often mi…

By Georgina Miranda, guest contributor 

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The alarm clock goes off and it’s time to start a new day. Those first initial thoughts and words that run through your mind will play a factor in how your day carries on. Just like those parting thoughts and words before you dozed off to sleep the night prior likely had an impact on the quality of your night's rest. Are you waking up to and going to sleep with a critic or a friend each day? It can be easy to run though the …

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Rich Fernandez at the @Work Summit 2018. Rich shares how to teach mindfulness in organizations, particularly creating a blend of foundational concepts, experiential exercises, and evidence-based science. The SIYLI program is based on mindfulness and how to train and to certify teachers to share the methodology in organizations. Rich provides the structural foundation, the core elements necessary to teach mindfulness in organizations, and his key element of s…

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By the Mindful Leader Team

People interested in mindfulness and stress reduction have many options to begin or supplement their practice. Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is a long-standing, evidence-based program with lasting benefits, which makes it an attractive option. But how much does MBSR cost? Short answer: a Live and Online MBSR course can be a minimum of $300, but there are other options.

The least expensive and committal way to exp…

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By the Mindful Leader Team

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is well supported as an option to increase mental well-being and health-related quality of life. Since the 1980s, encouraging studies have consistently shown MBSR to help both healthy people and those with various chronic diseases. One new but promising area of study is the impact of MBSR and similar interventions on people struggling with addiction. Typically, people addicted to substa…