In reality, what draws a person to a Mindfulness practice is generally a heart-felt yearning to stop the madness within and without. And the curiosity to see if this might work when everything else hasn’t.
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crazy clown car busyness
Posted in attention, brain research, career transition, change, culture, Emotional Intelligence, how to, mindfulness, motivation, psychology, tagged career, coaching, MBSR, mindfulness, stress reduction on 04/15/2012 | Leave a Comment »
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 »
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 [...]
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 [...]
growth amidst change
Posted in awareness, business, career, career transition, change, coaching, communication, Emotional Intelligence, goals, how to, job search, leadership, mindfulness, outplacement on 02/05/2010 | Leave a Comment »
Change happens, as the Zürich Insurance commercial states. Yes, it is ongoing, with each moment that passes. But growth, the ability to flex, reflect, learn, stretch out of your comfort zone, that is the potential that change offers.
Never confuse motion with action. Benjamin Franklin
Posted in "resume writing services", career, career transition, change, coaching, Emotional Intelligence, leadership, mindfulness, outplacement, work life balance on 11/12/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Action is fuelled by intention. What do you want to accomplish? That’s the easy part, for the job seeker, it is an offer for employment, (the End Goal).
beginner’s mind
Posted in awareness, business, career, career transition, change, coaching, communication, Emotional Intelligence, goals, how to, leadership, life, mindfulness, motivation, outplacement, psychology, work, work life balance on 07/29/2009 | Leave a Comment »
That is all it takes to get started, when you have Beginner’s Mind. Getting over a little fear. There is a freshness, -a golly gee whiz, look what I’m doing- feeling that emerges. Call it naïve, call it simplicity, but when I started writing that book, I didn’t have a clue what the pitfalls might be.
seeing the forest and the tree
Posted in business, career, career transition, change, coaching, communication, Emotional Intelligence, goals, how to, mindfulness, outplacement, work life balance, tagged business, career, coaching, goal setting, how to, mindfulness, resume, self awareness on 04/26/2009 | Leave a Comment »
The client who told me he worked for the Proactive department was looking just at the tree, not the forest. My professional opinion was, he needed a serious resume rewrite
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 [...]
acceptance
Posted in business, career, change, coaching, culture, Emotional Intelligence, life, mindfulness, work life balance, tagged business, change, coaching, Emotional Intelligence, life, mindfulness, self awareness on 10/03/2008 | 1 Comment »
I gave a presentation yesterday to a group at Ohio State University. While it wasn’t about this topic, I touched on the concept of Acceptance. Its not a word we use often; it might bring up for you competing ideas, such as: action is better than non-action, never give up, be pro-active, its not the American way. This may be [...]
opening doors
Posted in attention, awareness, change, coaching, Emotional Intelligence, life, mindfulness, work life balance, tagged change, Emotional Intelligence, engaged action, life, mindfulness, neurology of change, service, work life balance on 09/14/2008 | Leave a Comment »
5 steps to initiate change within and without. It starts with me, and it starts with you. And what really matters is the dual objective of becoming aware and acting responsibly. I encourage you to consider my list and create your own workable ideas and action steps along the theme of service. 1. Busy-ness is a mind [...]
7 values for being; engaged in life and work
Posted in business, career, change, coaching, Emotional Intelligence, life, mindfulness, work, work life balance, tagged awareness, change, coaching, how to, life, values on 08/24/2008 | 2 Comments »
My work is informed by a personal philosophy developed through years of teaching Mindfulness and Wellness practices. Here is the lens through which I see the world and consult with others. These ideas are successfully applied in coaching/training individuals as well as organizations. 1. Change is the only constant. This ancient principle is more evident today than ever. (As [...]
