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By Marc Brackett, guest contributor 

When we are overly stressed and worried, like many of us have felt lately with threats like the coronavirus, it becomes even more difficult to regulate our emotions with effective strategies.

But what exactly is effective emotion regulation?

Emotion regulation is how we deal with the feelings we experience from moment to moment to have wellbeing, build positive relationships, and achieve desired goals. When we’re feeling disappointed or joyful or anxious o…

By Joy Reichart, New Ventures West, guest contributor

Guidance is a concept that is easy to forget about, or dismiss altogether. It can be brushed aside as an ethereal, “woo-woo” concept that has no place in our contemporary western world, where will and self-determination are what lead to success. Actually, guidance is more readily available and far less mysterious than we might think. 

What might happen if we made room in our lives to more easily receive guidance? Mindfulness, of course, is …

By John J. Murphy, guest contributor

According to a recent Gallup study, 48% of American workers say they are actively looking for other job opportunities, and the United States has reached record highs in quit rates and unfilled positions. The study also reveals that 74% of employees are experiencing some degree of burnout. Given these statistics and the daily challenges of running a business, what is a mindful leader to do, especially when so many factors seem out of control? How can we culti…

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Cara Bradley at the 2018 Mindfulness @Work Summit. 

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By Larissa Hall Carlson, guest contributor 

If you’ve been seeking out mindful ways to reduce stress overload, but are still feeling tapped, it may be time to create space to just… do… nothing.  Oh yes!  There’s a stealthy workday power tool that resuscitates and revitalizes with no effort at all: meet Constructive Rest Pose.  

Constructive Rest Pose is a restorative yoga posture that works like a reviving balm when time is tight and tensions are running high. Restorative yoga is known for usi…

By Mark A. Campbell, guest contributor

The Latin poet Marshal once wrote, "Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well." Wellness is a concept that we use daily, but scholars cannot agree on defining it. We know for certain that wellness is multi-dimensional, influenced by how we live in all areas of our lives. The National Wellness Institute defines wellness as "an active process of becoming aware of and making choices toward a more successful existence." I have adopted this definition beca…

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By Cara Bradley, guest contributor 

Do you ever feel like you’re like a brain on a stick—you know that sensation of being stuck in your head, disconnected to what is happening below the neck, aka your body? Let’s just say, it’s not a comfortable (or productive) place to live—and, yet, it’s all too common.  

Somehow, moving through the world like that brain on a stick is acceptable in our culture. In some ways, we revere those supposedly productive minds that are always thinking.  The result of…

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 By The Mindful Leader Team

Jon Kabat-Zinn is an author, a leader in the mindfulness community, and the founder of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). A molecular biologist by education, Kabat-Zinn was introduced to the concept of meditation through Zen Buddhism, but applied the idea of focused attention to a secular paradigm. MBSR looks to use mindfulness as a regular practice to help people with stress reduction, awareness, and focus. The nine a…

Stephen Josephs at the 2018 Mindful Leadership Summit. A central task in leadership development is to help executives abandon their ego and lead with clear minds & open hearts. Experience first-hand how dropping the ego improves outcomes in high-stake challenges by integrating meditation into executive coaching.