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January Monthly Newsletter
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Final Days to Apply: Certified Facilitator Spring Cohort Hello Mindful Leaders, How will mindfulness teaching and practice evolve in 2025? Will 2025 be the year of the great detachment, change fatigue hitting its limit, and digital detox taking center stage? How can leaders integrate the mind-heart connection, supported by ancient wisdom and modern science, to enhance their well-being, leadership effectiveness, and impact on others? Curious about what articles stood out over the last … |
Just One Heart: Elevating Leadership with Heart
Session Summary
At the 2024 Mindful Leader Summit, Dr. Jonathan Fisher, a Harvard-trained cardiologist and mindfulness expert, delivered a powerful session on the mind-heart connection and its implications for leadership, health, and well-being. With his unique perspective bridging medicine and mindfulness, Dr. Fisher highlighted timeless wisdom and cutting-edge science to inspire a transformative approach to living and leading.
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The Ancient Connection of Mind and Heart: D…
Mindfulness and Wellness 2025 Trends: Highlights from Leading Reports
By The Mindful Leader Team
As we step into 2025, the evolving landscapes of mindfulness and workplace wellness are being illuminated by insights from leading reports by the World Economic Forum, Gallup, Gartner, Wellable, and CNET. This first article in our Mindfulness and Workplace Wellness Research Round-Up series explores key findings from these influential sources. From the rising prominence of mental health benefits and resilience programs to challenges like employee disengagement, leaders…
7 Trends Shaping Mindfulness in 2025
By Mo Edjlali, Mindful Leader Founder & CEO
The mindfulness landscape is transforming. Technology, social change, and evolving human needs are creating new possibilities—and challenges—for practitioners, teachers, and organizational leaders. Understanding these shifts isn't just about staying current; it's about adapting our practice to meet the deepening needs of a world in transition.
1. AI's Dual Impact: Existential Anxiety and Personalized Practice
2025 marks a pivotal moment in our relat…
December Monthly Newsletter
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Still time to Register for our 5-Day New Year's Silent Retreat Dec 27-31 Hello Mindful Leaders, As 2024 draws to a close, we're delighted to share our most impactful content that resonated with our Mindful Leader community this year. We've organized our top resources into three categories: hands-on mindfulness practices and exercises you can implement right away, thought-provoking articles diving deep into science, trends and critical thinking, and transformative summit sessions featur… |
2024 Research Highlights
By The Mindful Leader Team
What if the key to developing genuine servant leaders wasn't another leadership framework, but rather teaching them to be more present? Could team mindfulness be the secret weapon that helps organizations thrive under pressure? And what happens when we extend mindfulness training beyond the typical 8-week program?
As 2024 draws to a close, we've seen fascinating developments in mindfulness research that challenge conventional wisdom and open new possibilities for bot…
Wackfulness 2024: When the Mindfulness Honeymoon Ended
By Mo Edjlali, Mindful Leader Founder & CEO
Five years ago, I started a simple experiment: What if we examined the unexamined - and yes, sometimes downright silly - side of mindfulness? While everyone else was pursuing enlightenment with furrowed brows, we decided to peek behind the meditation cushion and ask the awkward questions.
Twenty-eight articles later, what began as playful provocation has revealed something unexpected. Through our willingness to poke fun and probe sacred cows, we've u…
November Monthly Newsletter
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Begin 2025 in Stillness - 5-Day New Year's Silent Retreat Dec 27-31 (Save $200 until Dec 13) Hello Mindful Leaders, How can you find peace when you feel powerless and uncertain about your country's future? Is MBSR more effective in treating anxiety than common antidepressants? Why do so many workplace wellness programs fail? How can leaders use mindful leadership to foster post-traumatic growth and resilience in their teams? Curious about what articles stood out over the last 30 days?… |
Leading Post-Crisis Growth – 3 Ways Leaders Make a Difference
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At the Mindful Leader Summit, Lili Powell, Ph.D., a renowned expert in mindful leadership and a faculty member at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business, delivered a compelling session on harnessing leadership strategies to foster post-traumatic growth (PTG). The session explored how leaders can cultivate resilience and growth in the aftermath of adversity. Key principles included guiding teams through reflection, creating safe spaces for growth, and modeling eff…
November Mindfulness and Workplace Wellness Research Round-Up
By The Mindful Leader Team
This month, we examine the effectiveness of treating anxiety with MBSR as opposed to the common antidepressant escitalopram. Then, we shift to the workplace, exploring why individual mental health initiatives tend to fail and why organizational changes are needed. Lastly, we review the findings of the Sapiens-Lab Work Culture & Mental Well-Being Report as well as the Mind the Workplace 2024 report from Mental Health America. We have summarized the main ideas and key t…