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 [...]
heart energy
Posted in "resume writing services", career, change, coaching, communication, goals, how to, job search, leadership, mindfulness, motivation, tagged awareness, behavior, business, career, coaching, how to, leadership, mindfulness, resume, self awareness, stress reduction, The Secret on 04/22/2010 | Leave a Comment »
Finding a job takes opening your heart. This is where your passions reside. And it is your passion that gets you up off your chair and motivates you to seek in the world.
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, [...]
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.
driving in a snowstorm; incremental shifts
Posted in attention, awareness, breathe, leadership, life, mindfulness, psychology, tagged awareness, mindfulness, psychology, stress reduction on 01/18/2009 | 1 Comment »
Ohio usually is an ok place to be through the winter months, but driving home from consulting in Cincinnati has recently been a test of nerves and driving skills. If you live in northern climes, you know the drill when driving home. Winter daylight descends early, temperatures drop fast. Snow squalls and freezing rain demand the driver’s attention, [...]
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 [...]
