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By Dan Nixon, guest contributor

Between the busyness of our work lives and shifts towards flexible and hybrid working patterns, the ability to remain grounded, and to be fully present, becomes ever more challenging. Add to this the bottomless newsfeeds on our phones and the blurring of home/work boundaries, and it can easily feel as though our lives become a series of “to-do list” tasks and back-to-back meetings, with any spaces in between quickly filled with emails and other updates.

All of t…

Peter Weng at the 2019 Mindful Leadership Summit

By the Mindful Leader Team

For this month’s Round-Up, we explore ways to combat doomscrolling and burnout, how to get healthier dopamine highs, tricks to enhance your wisdom, and the future of mindfulness intervention science. We have summarized the main ideas and key takeaways below with links to the full articles.

1. Ukraine Doomscrolling Can Harm Your Cognition As Well As Your Mood – Here’s What to do About it

Doomscrolling – spending excessive amounts of time reading and consuming negativ…

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By Ted Meissner, Mindful Leader MBSR Instructor 

When I first joined a meditative community, they were in the midst of a schism. Past inappropriate behaviors from leadership had recently surfaced, and the group was deeply divided by hurt and different ideas about how to continue.  Over time they recovered, but it was a long and winding road to mend the fractures. Those events left a mark on everyone involved, and I was no exception. Though there were no painful m…

 

Darren Good and Christopher Lyddy at the At Work 2018 

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By Joy Reichart, New Ventures West, guest contributor 

This article has several questions for reflection in blue italics. In these places, you’re invited to pause, feel into your response, and perhaps explore a bit with some notes or journaling. 

In the fall of 2017, New Ventures West founder James Flaherty wrote this invitation.

"As I write, another category five hurricane is bearing down upon the Caribbean, President Donald Trump has just threatened to “totally destroy” North Korea, the U…

By Peter Calin, Mindful Leader MBSR Instructor

The level of stress we’ve experienced in the past two years has increased significantly due to an environment full of uncertainty created by the pandemic, climate change, social unrest, inclusivity and diversity issues, a heightened awareness or concern for work-life balance, and a myriad of other factors.  As a result, the workplace is a fast-paced and stressful environment. How do leaders now lead their organizations in a global market that has c…

David Forbes at the 2019 Mindful Leadership Summit.

By Alex Tzelnic, guest contributor

According to the most recent Chapman University Survey on American Fears, 29.3% of those polled were very afraid or afraid of death while 29% said the same about public speaking. The fact that ceasing to exist ranks just a hair above standing in front of people and making legible noises is hardly surprising: dying is a tough concept to grasp, but anyone who has ever felt their pulse thump, their throat go dry, or their knees knock during a presentation can rel…

By Mark Coleman, guest contributor

Spring is now upon us. Where would we be without the infinite joys of nature? 

The first time I hiked in late spring in the Colorado Rocky Mountains, I couldn’t believe the vast oceans of wildflowers that carpeted the hillsides. Every color imaginable stretched as far as I could see. I suddenly understood the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson: “The earth laughs in flowers.”  Walking amidst such bounty, I began to feel the fruits of practice, since being mindful ou…