October

8

Mindfulness in Leadership

Dear friends   In the following talk given to Google’s staff, Michael Carroll author of The Mindful Leader dicusses  – Ten Principles for Bringing Out the Best in Ourselves and Others discusses the benefits of mindfulness in the context of leadership.       In this talk he argues that there is a new generation [...]

September

7

Coming to Our Senses – Healing Ourselves and the World Through Mindfulness

Dear friends,   In the following video clip renowned mindfulness meditation professor Jon Kabat-Zinn talks about  “Coming to Our Senses – Healing Ourselves and the World Through Mindfulness. As a pioneer into the research and the application of  Buddhist practices, Prof Kabat-Zinn explains what mindfulness is and discusses the value of mindfulness medidation for our [...]

September

7

Mindfulness

Dear friends,   The concept of mindfulness is one of the simplest in positive psychology, and yet one of the most fleeting.   Mindfulness is about being attentive – shutting down the automatic pilot for a while and giving something your full and undivided attention. Being mindful is the opposite of being mindless, and I [...]