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Workplace Mindfulness barrier is down - the opportunity is now

Here's a good thing resulting from COVID-19 - there has been an evident shift in organizations clamoring for mindfulness to help their st...

[MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT] Collaboration with Mindful Leader

[MAJOR INDUSTRY ANNOUNCEMENT] Mindful Leader and Wendy Quan are launching a co-created Mindfulness Facilitator Certification program.

An honest dialogue - mindfulness, change and life purpose.

A video discussion with Luke Irio of IPEC coaching about the reality and struggles of mindfulness, change and life purpose.

Can Type 'A' personalities meditate?

How Type A personalities can enjoy meditation. Listen to a 7 minute guided meditation by Marc Lesser "Finding the one who's not busy".

How to start a meeting with a mindful minute

Having people’s quality attention in a meeting results in a much more productive and focused meeting. These days, it’s not such a rarity ...

Digital addiction: Get more productive

A quick 1 minute read to get more done during your day. UBC's Healthy Newsletter article Digital Addiction: Make a mindful switch to bett...

3 walking meditations for you to try

If you didn't know that there are different ways to do a walking meditation, it's time to explore this for yourself! I am grateful to be ...

Mindful Workplace Summit - my Top 3 take-aways

Attending and speaking at this conference was a peak experience for me! Here are the key things that stand out from my experience of bei...

An unexpected outcome of workplace mindfulness

I'm not going to talk about the benefits of workplace mindfulness. If you haven't seen such articles and research, you may have fallen be...

Do we need to resolve our inner conflict?

We all have our internal struggles, and sometimes these conflicts feel like dark clouds that hang above our head. Mindfulness is offered ...

Mindfulness in the Emergency Room

I don't think anyone can argue that working in healthcare is a stressful profession. The long hours, unpredictable patient needs, high d...

A meditation facilitator may not be what you think it is

Is there a difference between a meditation teacher and a meditation facilitator? You bet there is. A meditation teacher has deep, extens...

Finding purpose in your life - mindfulness meditation facilitators have found theirs

For most of my life, I wondered if I had a purpose in life. I knew I liked to help people, so took jobs where I felt I could do just tha...

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