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• B.C. university offers Canada's first for-credit, graduate program in mindfulness
  Vancouver Sun
• How to Work with a Leader Who Lacks Emotional Intelligence
  Lolly Daskal
• A New Dome of Yoga, Meditation and Music Has Popped Up in the Entertainment Quarter
  Concrete Playground
• Navigating The Light And Dark Sides Of Your Personality
  Forbes
  
• Three Ways Your Emotions Can Warp Your Decisions
  Mindful
• What Can 11 Hours of Meditation Training Do? It can Rewire Your Brain
  Psychology Today
  
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This Week's TOP 10

• Thich Nhat Hanh’s final mindfulness lesson: how to die peacefully
  Vox
  
• Dalai Lama appears on the cover of Time magazine
  Lion's Roar
• How to Choose a Healthy Life in an Unhealthy World: The Way of the Healthy Deviant
  Mindful Leader
• Mindfulness at work is not quite what it’s cracked up to be
  Financial Times
  
• How Meditation Can Improve Your Travels
  The New York Times
• Alan Watts and the art of meditation
  Big Think
  
• 8MM+ watched Meditation won’t fix Burnout, its...

Burnout is a kind of victim shaming…
Maybe you should meditate… it’s all bulls@#t…
We’re not suffering from burnout…
We’re surfing from “Moral injury”…

When I watched this video it left me excited and defensive.  Wait a minute… our organization encourages meditation into the workplace.   We talk about resilience, promote wellness, and...

By Pilar Gerasimo

Deviant:

1. One that differs from a norm, especially a person whose
   behavior and attitudes differ from accepted social standards.
   — American Heritage Dictionary, 4th Ed.

Healthy Deviant:

1. One who willingly defies unhealthy norms and conventions in
   order to achieve a high level of vitality, resilience, and autonomy.
   — Pilar Gerasimo, 1st Ed.

For a lot of my life, I tried hard to pass for normal, to go along with what society told me would make me worthy,...

This Week's TOP 10

• “Be yourself” is terrible advice
  The Outline
  
• Why knitting can lead to more mindfulness
  Today
• It’s Not All Love and Light: Why We Can’t Ignore the Dark and Just “Be Positive”
  Tiny Buddha
• The Surprising Power of Simply Asking Coworkers How They’re Doing
  Harvard Business Review
  
• How to Let Go of an Ideal That Does Not Exist
  Elephant Journal
• Hip offices are part of our mental health crisis, here’s why
  FastCompany
  
• Why So Many...

By Edi Pasalis

Yoga is offered in almost every corporate gym across the world but can be overlooked, perhaps because it is equated with exercise, as a tool for cultivating a mindful leader. Yoga is more than a chance to get fit or flexible. Yoga is a suite of practices, often known as the eight-limbed path, that includes lifestyle practices, breathing techniques, physical postures as well as various meditation practices. This suite of practices serves the leader who faces a myriad of...

Each of us has patterns that arise when we are confronted with a challenging situation. Often our mind understands what is needed to create a more skillful interaction, yet we are not able to do what we so clearly understand.Under duress, the body always wins.

In this session with Wendy Palmer, she teachesus how our body (limbic) learns in a different way and at a different pace than our mind (neocortex). In order to be congruent, our body needs to learn in clear, simple, patterns that allow...

This Week's TOP 10

• Workism Is Making Americans Miserable
  The Atlantic
  
• 4 Reasons Why Slowing Down Will Actually Make You More Successful
  Inc
• Why We Need an Empathy Revolution
  Mindful
  
• Uncovering the Brain's Reward System
  Psychology Today
  
• Why Schools in England Are Teaching Mindfulness
  Mindful
• Not All Sleep is Equal When it Comes to Cleaning the Brain
  Neuroscience News
  
• 10 Smart Ways to Discover Your True Purpose in Work and Life
  Thrive Global
  
• Being present: Mindfulness program fostering student...

By Christopher Willard

According to most studies, people’s number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two! Does that sound right? This means to the average person, if you go to a funeral, you’re better off in the casket than giving the eulogy! –Jerry Seinfeld

Public speaking is always in demand, in personal or professional life. Whether it’s Powerpoint-backed business pitches, retirement parties, marriages or memorials, countless requests...

By Marc Lesser

Perhaps most important, meditation helps lighten our hearts and let go of fear and hopelessness.

Leadership is a way to bring our hearts, courage, and optimism into our work and all our relationships to help make this world healthier and more compassionate.

I’ve noticed there is a good deal of misunderstanding about the practice of meditation. I’ve also noticed there is lack of clarity and understanding regarding the role and relationship of meditation with...

By Seth Hickerson and Zach Morton

Meditation is NOT hard.  Learning to meditate is hard.

The mind of a Navy SEAL is an amazing tool. The mind controls the body, and it takes training to control the mind. When it comes to individuals needing to have complete control of both body and mind, the tip of the spear is the U.S. military special operations community. The strength of the U.S. military has always been dependent upon the strength of the soldiers within its ranks. The strength of...