Solid IT skills can be learned and practiced at a keyboard, but mindfulness, which is also an immensely valuable skill, requires you to think about the human brain like an operating system.
The Gift and Burden of Empathy
If you wonder, “why are people always telling me their life story!”, or “I feel everything from everyone and it’s exhausting!” – Then you’re probably empathic. This article is for you.
Listening Mindfully ‘Behind the Story’ for a Great, Connected Conversation
When listening to someone, take a step back (internally). Don’t focus on the “story” so much – but rather, pay close attention to the person speaking. Hear and respond to who is speaking, how they are presenting themselves, the language, the feeling you have from being in their presence, and ask yourself “what are they really saying to me that is beyond the words”.
How Mindfulness Helps You Make Meaningful Moments In Online Meetings
With Covid, we've all been spending quite a bit of time in virtual meetings. Using mindfulness during COVID is...
A Great Mindfulness Exercise – No Meditation Required
If you think “I just can’t be mindful” – this article is for you.
So you’re not a meditation person, and can’t think of anything worse than trying to sit still focusing on your “feelings.” You can practice mindfulness without having to sit still.
The Music of the Spheres
When you are present with another person, and you really listen, you can hear and see the universal speaking and moving through them, and talking to the universal in you. When you are in touch with that and respond from a place of being connected to such a unifying force – it changes you. It changes them. It changes everything
“How are you?” – Practicing the language of now
Here’s an easy way to practicing the language of now and bring more mindful moments into your life and model how to do so for others.
How to Create More Mindful Moments During a Conversation
There is a simple and powerful practice to improve your communications and capacity to be mindful. It is, quite simply, to pause before you speak and consider how you feel about what is going in the moment. Don’t stop reading here. This deceptively simple suggestion has profound power.