Mindfulness

This Moment Matters: Three Simple Words to Transform Your Life & Work

Do you ever feel like life is moving too fast? Like there’s just too much to do and never enough time to do it? Do you ever wish things would slow down… for a minute?! (Who doesn’t, right?) In a recent survey of 5,000 households, 63 percent of people said they have high levels of […]

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The Greatest Gift: What They REALLY Want for Christmas

  “The most wonderful time of the year” is here, marked by scrumptious dinners and desserts, snowmen, ribbons, lights, ugly sweaters — so many good things — and… STRESS!  I was just talking with my mom a couple of days ago and she outlined their schedule for the next few weeks: This weekend we’ll do

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The Power of Negative Feedback — It Stings and It Sticks

Negative feedback stings. No way around that. But not only does it sting; it sticks. Recognizing that, we can better manage the negative feedback we receive, and we can be more mindful of the negative feedback we give. More on that in a moment, but first, I’m reminded of one of my favorite scenes from

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Rick Hanson Interview: “Hardwiring Happiness”

Dr. Rick Hanson, a neuropsychologist, is the author of New York Times best-selling books including Buddha’s Brain, Just One Thing and Mother Nurture.  On this episode of the Better Life, Better Business Podcast, Shawn speaks with Rick about his latest book (already a New York Times bestseller!), Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment,

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Facing Difficulty? Let Be, Let Go, Let In

In his new book, Hardwiring Happiness, Dr. Rick Hanson identifies three key ways to manage your mind: “Imagine that your mind is like a garden. You could simply be with it, looking at its weeds and flowers without judging or changing anything. Second, you could pull weeds by decreasing what’s negative in your mind. Third,

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