Mindfulness is the new corporate buzzword, trending on Twitter and pretty much everywhere else. If meditation has been on that (ever-growing) list of things you’ll get to when you’re on vacation or things “finally quiet down,” you’ve come to the right place. As one of the first 30 certified teachers of the Search Inside Yourself [...]
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What happens to your brain when you “flip your lid”?
February 20, 2015 – Posted in: Mindfulness, Neuroscience, Positive PsychologyDr. Siegel has a unique ability to make complicated scientific concepts exciting and easy to understand and here he is explaining that “flip”. Dr. Siegel is currently clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine where he is on the faculty of the Center for Culture, Brain, and Development and the founding co-director [...]
Starved for time? Overwhelmed? Here is how to recharge
November 21, 2014 – Posted in: Emotional Intelligence, Life Balance, Mindfulness, NeuroscienceThe Holiday season often brings us more time pressures, with additional family and social obligations and activities. So instead of enjoying the holidays we end up stressed out and scramble to juggle it all. This makes me wonder why do we always feel starved for time? It seems that we have all forgotten how [...]
What Do Meditation and Emotional Intelligence Have in Common?
May 15, 2013 – Posted in: Emotional Intelligence, Life Balance, MindfulnessMeditation can help you enhance your emotional intelligence, especially your self- awareness, which is the foundation of EI. Meditation was developed within the framework of religions in the past, but nowadays meditation practices have been taken out of the religious context and their benefits are available to everyone. So how does meditation work? Ever wondered [...]