As a follow-up to my post on mindfulness last week, these are some of the resources and tools that have been vital in my quest for a healthier mind and life. I hope they're helpful to you as well. You can also view and/or print these resources as a...
This week, I had the opportunity to discuss stress and mindfulness in a Facebook Live interview at work. In the video, I offer three tips anyone can use to become more mindful. In countries around the world, work-related stress is cited as a leading cause of anxiety, mental distress, fatigue and even illness. The World Health Organization has called stress the "health epidemic of the 21st century." How are we dealing with this as individuals, as leaders, as organizations? Check out the video.
Some people tune out when they hear the word “mindfulness.” They may think it means meditating on a mountaintop or sitting cross-legged on the floor, squirming while a teacher chants mantras, burns incense and rings a soft bell. But practicing mindfulness doesn’t require taking up meditation. Anyone can practice mindfulness -- from your desk at work, even.
In the final weeks of 2017, I did that thing many dream of: I navigated to my iPhone settings and tapped everything to off. Email, phone calls, news alerts, social media, calendar notifications. Everything. Off. For two weeks, I hiked and cycled through the mountains of northern Thailand. Several days into that journey, I realized I wasn’t thinking anymore, and I started to hear something else: ...
Heather Pownall 