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Self-Compassion It
I was in a meeting at the Pentagon recently, seated at a table surrounded by uniformed military officers and dark-suited government officials. The meeting was tense, with the officials all insisting the Defense Department was doing the right thing and … Continue reading
Posted in change, coaching, compassion, happiness, health, jobs, mindfulness, neuroscience, positive psychology
Tagged coaching, compassion, Kristin Neff, Mindful self-compassion, mindfulness
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On “The Habits of Highly Cynical People”
Rebecca Solnit has a powerful essay in the May issue of Harper’s that gets at something I’ve been thinking about for a while. In “The Habits of Highly Cynical People,” Solnit writes about what she calls “naive cynicism” — a … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, change, compassion, service, social justice
Tagged activism, Bernie Sanders, change, cynicism, Harper's, mindfulness, naive cynicism, Rebecca Solnit
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The Demoralizing Science of Success
One of the most interesting subjects in the field of Positive Psychology is the science of human motivation and success. Why are some people so motivated and so successful? Why do some people not even bother to try? And how … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, change, coaching, compassion, environment, happiness, meaning, meditation, mindfulness, positive psychology, self-care, work
Tagged Buddhism, compassion, Ellen Langer, failure, Harvard, meditation, mindfulness, positive psychology, science, Seymour Krim, success, Tal Ben-Shahar
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The Happy Lawyer?
The other night I attended a training session at the New York City Bar Association called “Happiness for Lawyers: Mindfulness and Emotional Skills to Improve Our Professional Life (and Make us Happier).” As I was leaving, the security guard remarked that … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Buddhism, change, coaching, happiness, health, meditation, mindfulness, neuroscience, positive psychology, psychology, social justice, Uncategorized, work
Tagged anxiety, depression, emotional intelligence, happiness, lawyers, legal profession, mindfulness, mindfulness for lawyers, stress
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A Hole in the World
I came across Portia Nelson’s wonderful “Autobiography in Five Short Chapters” recently and wanted to share it here. It encapsulates perfectly the challenging and often painstaking process of changing our most entrenched and destructive patterns of mind. “There’s a Hole … Continue reading
Be Here Now
Whenever I start to do something, I have an annoying habit of wondering if I should be doing something else. Whether it’s reading, or writing, checking e-mail or doing household chores, or even relaxing on a Saturday afternoon, I often … Continue reading
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Tagged Helen Keller, mindfulness, presence, psychology, Ram Dass, Tal Ben-Shahar
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A Deceptively Simple Practice
I’ve written before about my difficulties with a daily meditation practice, but since I’m increasingly convinced of the benefits of mindfulness meditation and other forms of mind training on health and overall well-being, I was particularly pleased to come across … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, change, coaching, happiness, health, mindfulness, psychology, yoga
Tagged Buddhism, coaching, health, Jim Hopper, Kripalu, meditation, mindfulness, motivation, Rumi, yoga
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Advocacy + Complexity of Mind = Patience
One of the hardest things about being an advocate is the slow pace of change. As advocates, we assume we know the answer to how to fix some vexing problem, and it’s just incredibly frustrating that the powers-that-be don’t seem … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Buddhism, change, coaching, mindfulness
Tagged advocacy, change, change management, coaching, complexity, executive coaching, Immunity to Change, lisa lahey, mindfulness, patience, psychology, robert kegan
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Mindful Management: A No-Brainer
There are all sorts of books out there telling people how to be better managers – do these 5 things (e.g., “expect excellence”), etc. But having both been a manager and been managed for many years in lots of different … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Buddhism, change, coaching, happiness, jobs, service
Tagged bad jobs, Brainpickings, employee, Hot and Crusty, Jack Kerouac, labor relations, labor unions, management, managers, meditation, mindfulness, organizations, The Hand That Feeds, workplace
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