Series 3 • Session 1 • Mindful Leadership
LESSON - Michael Chaskalson
"The Mindful Leader"
PRACTICE - Angela Kontgen
"Inspiring Others Around You"
LESSON - Mark Bilton
"Mindful Leaders Are Present"
Further Reading on Mindfulness Recap
Session Quotes
“Paying attention… in a particular way… on purpose… in the present moment, without judgment.” - Jon Kabat-Zinn “Mindful leadership begins when we recognize the folly of believing that if we could just move faster, we would eventually catch up.” - Janice Marturano “Mindful leaders take a moment to pause, notice, and feel… before charging ahead.” - Matthew Tenney “Mindful leaders trust in themselves at a deep level, because they’ve dug below the shifting soil of thought and feelings, to find strong roots.” - Robbie Steinhouse
Series 3 • Session 2 • Focus & Concentration
LESSON - Dandapani
"Control Your Mind"
PRACTICE - Mark Williams
"Mindfulness Meditation"
Further Reading on Focus & Concentration
Session Quotes
“That which we frequently think of and ponder – will become the inclination of our minds.” - Joseph Goldstein “It's not what's happening that's important. What's important is our relationship to what's happening.” - Joseph Goldstein
Series 3 • Session 3 • The Fear Body
LESSON - Tara Brach
"Healing the Fear Body"
PRACTICE - Emma McAdam
"The Body Scan"
Further Reading on A Fear Body
Session Quotes
“Even with no actual threat… our mind can narrow to what could go wrong. And that fear can take hold in our bodies.” - Tara Brach “The body that can seems so solid and permanent is actually always moving and changing.” - Sharon Salzberg “Listen to your body, for it is the only place you have to live.” - Jim Rohn
Series 3 • Session 4 • Anger & Awareness
LESSON - Eckhart Tolle
"Dealing With Anger"
PRACTICE - Cheryl Brause
"Letting Go of Anger"
Further Reading on Anger & Awareness
Session Quotes
“Anger is an acid, that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored, than to anything on which it is poured.” - Mark Twain “Anger without awareness is madness… Anger with awareness is wisdom.” - Unknown “Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around with awareness.” - James Thurber
Series 3 • Session 5 • Acceptance & Healing
LESSON - Greg Dorter
"Mindfulness & Acceptance"
PRACTICE - Deepak Chopra
"Self-Healing Meditation"
Further Reading on Acceptance & Healing
Session Quotes
“For after all, the best thing one can do when it is raining, is to let it rain.” - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow “Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be healing.” - J.K. Rowling “My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations.” - Michael J. Fox
Series 3 • Session 6 • Naming Practice
LEARNING - Human Improvement Project
PRACTICE - Naomi Goodlet
"Observing & Naming"
Further Reading on Naming Practice
Session Quotes
“Naming a difficult emotion, is the first step one can take toward disarming it.” - Susan Johnson “In ancient cultures, shamans learned that to name what you feared – was the way to begin to have power over it.” - Jack Kornfield “Your thoughts will only trouble you, when you don’t call them by their name.” - Sri Satish Kaku
Series 3 • Session 7 • Empathy
LESSON - Brene Brown
"Brene Brown on Empathy"
Further Reading on Empathy
PRACTICE - Iman Kishawi
"Guided Meditation on Empathy"
Session Quotes
“You never really understand a person until you consider things from their point of view… until you climb inside their skin and walk around for a while.” - Harper Lee “No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.” - Theodore Roosevelt “It’s hard to empathize with people who have different values than you. But learning to stand in another’s shoes is how peace begins.” - Barack Obama
Series 3 • Session 8 • You Are Home
LESSON - Adam Roa
"Who You've Been Looking For"
PRACTICE - Elena Brower
"Flow State"
Session Quotes
“If I ever go looking for my heart’s desire, I won’t go any further than my own back yard.” - Dorothy Gale “No one can make you feel inferior… without your consent.” - Eleanor Roosevelt “And may the next breath carry us home, again, and again.” - Elena Brower