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How Can Mindfulness Help You Become a More Agile Learner?
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By Andy Lee, Mindful Leader CWMF and MBSR Instructor
There’s an old adage that in ten years on the job, some people amass ten years of learning while others gain one year of learning ten times over. The difference between these two types of people can be described as a difference in learning agility.
Learning agility, a term coined by Lombardo and Eichinger (2000), is the capacity of a person to learn and develop as a result of their on-the-job chall…
How Do You Practice MBSR?
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By Dr. Gus Castellanos, Mindful Leader MBSR Instructor
Stress is a normal human response to external causes that we experience as demanding or threatening. Good stress is short-term, and it inspires and motivates you. It increases your focus and enhances your performance. Bad stress or distress, however, leads to anxiety, overwhelm, confusion, poor concentration, and decreased performance. Mindfulness-based practices are key to reducing stress and anxiet…
Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness: Learn how to Recognize Trauma, Respond Skillfully, and Prevent Retraumatization
David Treleaven at the 2019 Mindful Leadership Summit
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8 Take-Aways to Mindfully Advance Your Life & Career
By John J. Murphy, Guest Contributor
During this epic time of uncertainty, adversity, and the “Great Resignation,” it is wise to ask oneself, “What can I do to step up my performance and meet these challenges successfully?” What would a sensible and proactive leader do? How do highly effective people manage these challenges with poise, confidence, and grace?”
The 8 Take-Aways:
Here are eight “take-aways” my clients find very helpful, both personally and professionally. I use the term take-a…
The Best Mindfulness Apps
By The Mindful Leader Team
With so many meditation and wellness apps that focus on mindfulness available, how do you decide which one to use? Ultimately, the best mindfulness app for you is the one that encourages you to get started with a regular mindfulness practice, or effectively supplements the individual practice that you already have.
We want to acknowledge that there are valid concerns with app-based mental training. From privacy concerns to addictive gamified elements to monetization…
Simple Ways to Integrate Mindfulness into the Workplace
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Lindsay Kugel at the 2018 @Work Summit.
The Shape of Our Lives: How We Grow
By Joy Reichart, New Ventures West, guest contributor
“Sounds like you need to work on your sword cuts,” a fellow Integral Coach said to me recently.
My response to this was so vivid that even now I can feel it in my body: a sort of bunching in my solar plexus, moving upward, clawing at my throat and threatening to erupt in a petulant scream.
“Gah, THIS AGAIN?” I managed in a somewhat civil—though not altogether mature—reply.
The sword cuts to which she was referring were both literal and …
5 Common Misconceptions About Mindfulness
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By Anna Smyth, guest contributor
I’ve noticed in my years of teaching mindfulness–including MBSR classes–that it’s often misunderstood. Headlines often highlight the benefits of mindfulness, and doctors across the world recommend it to patients, but people often have reservations about trying it. Over the years, I’ve identified five common misconceptions. They’re outlined below with some clarification.
1. Are meditation and mindfulness the same thing?
…3 Simple Ways to Create More Tech-Life Balance Today
By Meico Marquette Whitlock, the Mindful Techie, guest contributor
The pandemic has disrupted your life and blurred the lines between working at home and living at work. Your job role may have shifted as we grapple collectively with how to provide essential services with little to no human contact. The volume of emails, texts, tweets, and meetings has increased exponentially. And you’re emotionally spent from all the change, disruption, and uncertainty.
If you wish things could magically go b…
Can taking MBSR help with Workplace Burnout?
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By Peter Calin, Mindful Leader MBSR Instructor
An unprecedented phenomenon might be one way to describe the tsunami-like changes in the way we work now, compared to pre-COVID-19. COVID completely changed the work landscape. There was a seismic shift from working in offices to working from home remotely. What had been an infrequent concession to employees became the norm, emerging from protocols to restrict the spread and lessen the exposure.
The work…