Mindful Leadership

Research shows that meditation increases creativity, stress resiliency, and the ability to self-regulate. You can support your capacity to access peace and calm in your personal and professional life through mindfulness practices. Join this free 21-day program to build your mindfulness "muscle" muscle. You will receive daily prompts and meditations to support your sit meditation practice plus mindfulness checks at the end of each day.

Well, no; mindfulness practices won't make you psychic. However, the presence, awareness, and increased reflection that mindfulness practices cultivate can increase your ability to recognize patterns and disruptions to those patterns of connection. This means that you may be able to notice when disruptions in connection are unfolding, seemingly in slow motion, and can practice conflict engagement proactively (as opposed to conflict resolution).

Check out this article from Workplace Peace Institution to learn more about shifting your culture from reactive crisis response to early, skillful, and relationship-centered resolution.

It's an awkward time of the year for motivation and mindfulness. Our schedules are getting busier as holiday preparations and holidays begin unfolding and adding tasks and events to our to do lists. Its also that time of year where you just want to get things done and checked off, but also don't have the motivation to do the extra labor that is generated from engaging with unhealthy workplaces and colleagues.

Check out this past webinar from Workplace Peace Institute to help you practice mindful navigation for tough conversations. It's a much better strategy than letting dread and avoidance diffuse your motivation for closing out the year the way you intend.