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.

By the time we get to the last business day before the December holidays many of us are frazzled. Even if we delight in this season there are no shortage of context and situations that can overstimulate us and push our minds, bodies, and energy into hyper drive. Then instead of being present, peaceful, and patient on our days off it ends us passing in a blur and we are fried, short-tempered, and exhausted.

Whether it's trying to get through the busy onslaught yourself, or coaching your teams throughout it all, it can be tough.

What if you spent intentional time over the next 21-days cultivating creativity, calm, and capacity? What if an intentional focus on mindfulness practices could help you, and your team do more than just "make it through" the holiday season and year end. Check out WPI's 21-Day Mindfulness Challenge linked below or pinned to the top…

When we think of mindful leaders, we often name the visible traits like presence, compassion, clarity, or calm. But what about the subtler qualities that rarely make the list?

Maybe it’s the courage to pause when others rush. Or the willingness to hold discomfort without needing to fix it. Perhaps it’s curiosity, or the quiet confidence to listen more than speak.

What qualities do you think mindful leaders embody that don’t get enough attention, and how have you seen them make a difference?

One of the most motivating inticements for folx to start engaging mindfulness practices is increased peace. Mindfulness practices can definitely cultivate peace in your life, as well as inner peace. However, mindfulness practices impact you and your responses to what you encounter in the world, not the world itself. So when you encounter a person or situation that isn't peaceful do you know what your options are when it isn't possible or beneficial to just completely disengage? Understanding the various types of conflict interventions that could be available to you, especially in the workplace, is critical information to protect the peace that practicing mindfulness affords you.