Delivering or receiving feedback to or from a colleague, friend, or loved one can be difficult and often emotional. So today we’re sharing some strategies and tips to help you have meaningful, authentic conversations with the people in your life.
Read MoreHaving difficult conversations can be hard work, but they can become easier with practice. In fact, when we enter a conversation focused on awareness, connection and empathy, it can make a world of difference. Here’s a 5 step model for accessing connection with other human beings and having difficult conversations with more skill throughout the holiday season and beyond.
Read MoreBefore you pull up a chair to the Thanksgiving table, we thought it might be helpful to share three mindful listening practices designed to unlock connection, mutual understanding, and empathy. Notice that we call these practices because they do, in fact, take practice to become more natural and authentic. But we’re willing to bet you’ll notice a positive impact in your relationships if you give them a try.
Read MoreI’ve realized that acceptance and forgiveness are integral to dealing with change. It’s important to accept that it’s okay to let go and allow things to be different, and it’s essential to forgive ourselves for our own resistance and the suffering it often causes.
Read MoreRecently, I facilitated a leadership retreat for a group of women executives from a large, global organization, who were interested in building new skills and heightening collaboration on their teams. Our time together prompted me to reflect that perhaps other like-minded individuals might want to know more about what goes on at one of our mindful leader retreats and what outcomes to expect. Here’s the lowdown using that retreat as an example.
Read MoreAt its root, mindfulness is simply "the awareness that arises when we pay attention, on purpose, to the present moment, without judgment"—and that can manifest in a multitude of different ways. So what does mindfulness look like in the lives of college students?
Read MoreIn this month dedicated to celebrating women and the impact they make in this world...I would like to honor women who create the space to hear their hearts speak and who act on what they hear.
Read MoreIn the spirit of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, we’re sharing this moving poem “Breathe” by Becky Hemsley. This poem reminds us that our dreams are important and our voices matter.
Read MoreSelf-compassion helps us relate to ourselves with greater kindness, sympathy, and understanding. And with self-compassion, you don’t have to feel better than others to feel good about yourself.
Read MoreResistance may start out as exactly what is needed to protect us in a given moment. But it can also turn into a stumbling block that keeps us stuck in old habits and spin cycles of thoughts and emotions. Simply put, resistance is wanting things to be different than they are. And what we resist, persists.
Read MoreI’m closing out 2021 with the last in a series of blogs chronicling my firsthand experience with the power of mindfulness in moments of personal upheaval.
I don’t hate cancer. Rather, I love life. And, surprisingly, the two are intrinsically connected.
Read MoreThis is the third post in a series chronicling my firsthand experience with the power of mindfulness in moments of personal upheaval.
I freely admit that acceptance can be one of the hardest things for me to practice. I also know that, just as there’s a time and place for it, there’s also a time and a place for questioning and discernment. I can attest, however, that acceptance applied properly can bring a true sense of peace, serenity, and purposeful living.
Read MoreThis ongoing series is written from my firsthand experience with the power of mindfulness in moments of personal upheaval.
The interval [between diagnosis and treatment of my breast cancer] was a lot longer than I thought it should have been…six long, hard weeks during which I could either allow fear to metastasize or face it mindfully. Because I’m an avid practitioner and teacher of mindfulness, I chose to face it. But because I’m human, that path wasn’t always perfectly smooth or straight.
Read MoreThis is the first in a series of blogs written from my firsthand experience with the power of mindfulness in moments of personal upheaval.
After being diagnosed with breast cancer, I’ve experienced what I have come to recognize as a progressive series of wake-up calls—perhaps more accurately re-awakenings—that have brought me closer than ever to my mindfulness practice...
Read MoreIn order to progress, we must shift our focus away from what makes us different and focus instead on what makes us similar.
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