The New York Times Health section, The Well, has an article today about the scientific findings of an 8 week course in Mindfulness Meditation. It helps grow the area of the brain, the pre-frontal cortex, which is associated with feelings of well-being. Mindfulness practice teaches you to focus, to observe internal feelings and the external situation all the [...]
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Mindfulness Meditation May Change the Brain
Posted in attention, awareness, brain research, breathe, career, change, coaching, creativity, Emotional Intelligence, goals, happiness, job search, leadership, mindfulness, motivation, psychology, relaxation, work life balance on 01/29/2011 | Leave a Comment »
exhaling
Posted in awareness, change, coaching, communication, creativity, Emotional Intelligence, goals, happiness, work life balance on 08/31/2010 | Leave a Comment »
From time to time a few essential quotes are worth a pause. Mind and heart can resonate with the wisdom gathered. Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there. Miles Davis I have just three things to teach: Simplicity, patience, compassion. The three are your greatest treasures. Tao Te Ching To fill the hour—that is [...]
relevance
Posted in business, career, career transition, change, coaching, communication, creativity, goals, how to, leadership, motivation, outplacement, work on 08/24/2009 | Leave a Comment »
When I was a recruiting manager years ago, resumes were essentially similar to a job description. Responsible for they would say. There would be lists of job duties that only implied the work involved. In the interview, the recruiter would have to ask questions to ferret out what the interviewee actually did with those job duties, [...]
about those new years’ resolutions
Posted in attention, awareness, change, coaching, creativity, culture, Emotional Intelligence, goals, happiness, how to, life, mindfulness, motivation, psychology, relaxation, work life balance, tagged change, coaching, Emotional Intelligence, goal setting, how to, mindfulness, stress reduction, work life balance on 01/10/2009 | 1 Comment »
OK, so here we go again, another year, another opportunity to set the record straight, move into new territory, finally do those things you think its time to do. Like: lose weight, read more, learn more, be friendlier/happier, cook like they do on the Food Network, get organized, start that new business, write the book that [...]