When Arianna collapsed from exhaustion, injuring her head, it was a rude awakening for her about how she was running her business and her life. She tells Barry: When I collapsed in April 2007, I was—by our society’s definition—very successful, but by any sane definition of success, I was not […] As long as our culture defines success as money and power, we’re stuck on a treadmill of stress, sleep deprivation, and burnout....
Anniversaries come once a year, they deserve quite a bit of attention, and a little spice to make your special day memorable! We are helping you create the perfect anniversary celebration. You are going to find so many anniversary dates in this post that you won’t know which to pick! So if you’re looking for things to do for an anniversary, or one year anniversary ideas, you’ve landed in the right place!...
It might be a sense of bringing full awareness and attention to our experience, to the people around us, to a conversation with our children. It might be a sense of letting go of reactivity and coming back to resolve with more patience and clarity. It might also be balancing the tendency most of us have to get caught up in stress and giving more attention to gratefulness, positive moments, and things we enjoy....
Having interviewed 70 business leaders, Bryant identified five such qualities – all of which resonate with a mindful approach to business — that all these leaders shared: “Passionate curiosity, battle-hardened confidence, team smarts, a simple mind-set, and fearlessness.” See Bryant’s article here. And for more on mindful leadership and mindfulness in the workplace: Mindfulness as a Tool for Organizational and Social Change Mindfulness, Work, and You! Finding the Space to Lead
The more we practice sitting with our whole selves nonjudgmentally (the good, bad, beautiful, and painful), the better we get at opening ourselves up to every kind of moment with discernment and acceptance, rather than judgment, reactivity and remorse. Meditation gives us the opportunity to sit with discomfort—bored, achy, restless, and distracted, we choose to stay with it, anyway. We can find ourselves caught up in fear, disappointment, and self-criticism in any part of our day....
