How Elementary Mindfulness Teaches Adult Leaders
Mindfulness meets minimalism. Elementary mindfulness in practice: “Sometimes when I get mad I just breathe deep… I just, like I picture me being in a certain place I like… I think of being a bigger person and doing something maybe a wise man would do…” All clutter is removed. Mindfulness clears a path. Together, mindfulness…
How Mindfulness Shapes Effective Strategic Leadership
Strategy provides the clarity for any organization. Even though this is true, many struggle with defining a strategy and gaining momentum around it. Ignoring strategy or floundering on the pursuit of one is no fun. The lack of a strategy weighs on the business culture and many of the team initiatives that try to gain…
Paths: Generations, Mindfulness, Small Beauty
In my life, one of the busiest seasons is the first quarter. New projects kick-off at work and one of our industry’s largest trade shows occurs (HIMSS). All in all, there are many parts that begin to move all at once, or so it seems. In my pastime of writing on Thin Difference, I have…
3 Tips for Better Living in the Moment
The inability to live in the moment is troubling and widespread. How do we keep from diverting our focus from the here and now and remain present?
Combating the Sunday Scaries: What Can Be Done?
Recent studies report that more than 70% of Americans wrestle with the Sunday Scaries. What can we do to combat this common, anxiety-related affliction?
Reaping the Benefits of Wandering: The Meditative Nature of Walks
Feel stuck in an office or bored on the weekend? Discover the benefits of wandering. Getting outside for a bit may be just the remedy you’re looking for.
Considering Citizenship
How much thought have you put into your citizenship? Writer Maya James, has decided she no longer wants hers to just happen to her.
Work Gets a Bad Name (Time for a Work Shift)
Work gets a bad name. Impatience may be at fault but so are bad leaders. We need to restore the value of work and do the work that provides a blessing to ourselves and others.
In the Middle, Be Still
To gain empathy, we need to be still. Added to stillness, we need to energize our middle and commit to action in which we construct more common ground. A result – mindfulness activated.
How to Be Mindful in Motion
Mindfulness is described as being present in the moment. Too many moments are in motion thought. Being mindful in motion creates space.
The Need for a Culture of Belonging
Belonging is an essential human expectation. More than an expectation, belonging is community. We need to develop a culture of belonging.
Drawing Your Own Circle of Gratitude
A vicious cycle is a series of events that continues to round themselves back to one another, making a bad situation worse, usually ending up with no resolve. I recently got caught up in a circle, but it wasn’t vicious at all. In fact, I’m calling it a circle of gratitude. It’s been proven there…