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Why We Should Befriend Adversity

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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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Generation Meditation: Mindfulness for Emerging Adults

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Yael Shy at the 2018 @Work Summit discusses college level Mindfulness programs at NYU, and she is is the director of Mindful NYU and the senior director at Global Spiritual Life at NYU. From experiencing her own breaking point at NYU as an undergrad, she is now passionate to reach students who can benefit from meditation. She focuses on spreading mindfulness practices and serving the emerging adulthood (17-30 year old population) and people who are finding the…

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Beyond Self-Importance: Your Ego Got You Here, but it Won't Get You There

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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.

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Feeling Burned Out? Try These 8 Mindful Tips

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By John J. Murphy, guest contributor

Sometimes during my lectures and coaching sessions, I need to remind people that we all have 24 hours in a day, and it’s been that way for a while. Therefore, emotions like anxiety, stress, and feeling overwhelmed are not manifesting because we do not have enough time. They are revealing important lessons to us about how we are prioritizing the time we have. 

Think about this like closet space. Often, people assume they need more closet space because the sp…

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How Mindfulness Creates a Thriving Positive Organization: The 3 Key Psychological Factors to Success

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Emiliya Zhivotovskaya, MAPP, PCC at the 2019 Mindful Leadership Summit. With increased global volatility, companies rely on a strong positive organizational culture and a resilient workforce to thrive. Learn how to use the science of Positive Psychology to build your team's creative, social, mental and emotional capital. And discover how mindfulness practices can drive the psychological factors which lead to success.

Emiliya Zhivotovskaya is a leading voice in the world of positive psych…

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How Can We Transform the Effects of Racial Inequity in Mindfulness Spaces?

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By Rose Mina Munjee, guest contributor

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The social justice issues of racism and oppression of racialized people and their intersectionality, including social location and gender are explored here through examining the lived experiences of racialized mindfulness practitioners (1). Certain skills and approaches grounded in mindfulness and compassion and characteristics of mindfulness teachers, programs, and practice spaces are suggested as potential resources to help alleviate the …

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How to Practice Acceptance Without Being Complacent

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By Dave Potter, guest contributor

The concepts of “acceptance” and “non-striving" in mindfulness practice are difficult to understand because they seem to imply passivity and inaction. I don’t think I’ve ever taught a mindfulness class in which a student didn’t question mindful “acceptance” with concerns that it would lead to passivity:

“How does “acceptance” and “non-striving” apply when being attacked, verbally or physically?”

But “acceptance”, in the context of mindfulness, does not im…

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A Neuro-Somatic Approach to Activating Interoceptive Awareness for Enhanced Self-Regulation and Self-Leadership

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Speaker - Fleet Maull

Fleet Maull, PhD, CMT-P at the 2019 Mindful Leadership Summit. Given the serious social, economic, political and environmental challenges we face today, especially the potential for significant economic and social disruption caused by climate change, individual and collective resilience may become one of our highest priorities. In this session, you will learn the physiology and neurobiology underlying a deeply embodied approach to meditation called Neuro-Som…

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How Mindfulness Helps Musicians Perform - Research and Techniques

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By Larissa Hall Carlson, guest contributor

Working as a professional musician is incredibly demanding. Common challenges like intense competition, performance stress, long tours, burnout, and repetitive-movement injuries can prevent musicians from performing at their best. In their study of 2,536 adult musicians, Gembris, Heye, and Seifert (1) discovered that in addition to stage fright, when consistent pressure to perform well triggers music performance anxiety (MPA) in orchestral musicians pe…

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