Podcasts about search inside yourself

I veckans avsnitt av ”Så in i Själen” får ni möta Carl Lindeborg. Carl har under tjugo år arbetat med personlig utveckling, ledarskap och förändring - som lärare, rådgivare och författare. Sin första bok ”Ditt briljanta jag”, skrev han efter att ha genomfört en större förändring i sitt eget liv. Han är också författare till ”Modig” tillsammans med Sofia Sivertsdotter,(som även hon varit gäst i ”Så in i Själen”.) Carls senaste bok heter ”Det autentiska skiftet – Inre utveckling för en föränderlig värld”, den lanseras nu både i Sverige och internationellt. Carl har genom åren föreläst och utbildat människor i många olika sammanhang, bland annat har han varit gästföreläsare vid Harvard Business School och varit lärare för Search Inside Yourself, ett mindfulness och EQ-program som ursprungligen skapats av Google University. Under sin inre resa har Carl sökt lärande och fördjupning runt om i världen - studerat med shamaner i Anderna och hos Dalai Lama, utforskat heliga platser i Indien, Egypten och Japan. Idag leder han djupgående utvecklingsprogram på sin egna retreat utanför Nyköping. Det här är ”Så in i Själen”.Carl Lindeborgs två hemsidor: https://www.lindeborgs.com eller www.carllindeborg.comProducerat av Silverdrake Förlagwww.silverdrakeforlag.seRedaktör: Marcus Tigerdraakemarcus@silverdrakeforlag.seKlipp: Patrik Sundén Följ denna länk för att del av Så in Själens första ljudbok, samt välja att lyssna på podden reklamfritt, få tillgång till avsnitten och hela intervjuserier tidigare. https://plus.acast.com/s/sa-in-i-sjalen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this Live Greatly podcast episode, Kristel Bauer sits down with Amy Sandler, Principal Coach and Podcast Host at Radical Candor, to discuss how to successfully give and receive feedback at work and in life.  Tune in now! Key Takeaways From This Episode How to give feedback at work without being a jerk What is radical candor  Should you give positive and negative feedback at the same time? Tips to be better at giving and receiving feedback About Amy Sandler: Amy Sandler is Principal Coach and Podcast Host at Radical Candor, where she's also served as Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Content Officer. Amy has trained tens of thousands of people worldwide, ranging from CEOs and leadership teams to recent graduates just starting their career. Her leadership philosophy focuses on empowering people to develop greater awareness, resilience and compassion, essential foundations for teamwork and shared success.   A pioneer in bringing mindfulness-based leadership practices to the workplace, Amy was selected in 2014 to be one of the first 30 certified teachers of the Search Inside Yourself leadership program developed at Google. Amy brought mindfulness training and breathwork meditation to executive coaching organizations Vistage and YPO, where she also served in leadership roles.  Amy has an AB and MBA from Harvard University and an MFA in Screenwriting from UCLA. A certified breathwork meditation teacher, Amy is in the third year of a medical Qi Gong teacher certification program. She has performed stand-up comedy and walked on fire seven times.  Connect with Amy: Website: https://www.radicalcandor.com/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amysandler/  About the Host of the Live Greatly podcast, Kristel Bauer: Kristel Bauer is a corporate wellness and performance expert, keynote speaker and TEDx speaker supporting organizations and individuals on their journeys for more happiness and success. She is the author of Work-Life Tango: Finding Happiness, Harmony, and Peak Performance Wherever You Work (John Murray Business November 19, 2024). With Kristel's healthcare background, she provides data driven actionable strategies to leverage happiness and high-power habits to drive growth mindsets, peak performance, profitability, well-being and a culture of excellence. Kristel's keynotes provide insights to “Live Greatly” while promoting leadership development and team building.   Kristel is the creator and host of her global top self-improvement podcast, Live Greatly. She is a contributing writer for Entrepreneur, and she is an influencer in the business and wellness space having been recognized as a Top 10 Social Media Influencer of 2021 in Forbes. As an Integrative Medicine Fellow & Physician Assistant having practiced clinically in Integrative Psychiatry, Kristel has a unique perspective into attaining a mindset for more happiness and success. Kristel has presented to groups from the American Gas Association, Bank of America, bp, Commercial Metals Company, General Mills, Northwestern University, Santander Bank and many more. Kristel has been featured in Forbes, Forest & Bluff Magazine, Authority Magazine & Podcast Magazine and she has appeared on ABC 7 Chicago, WGN Daytime Chicago, Fox 4's WDAF-TV's Great Day KC, and Ticker News. Kristel lives in the Fort Lauderdale, Florida area and she can be booked for speaking engagements worldwide. To Book Kristel as a speaker for your next event, click here. Website: www.livegreatly.co  Follow Kristel Bauer on: Instagram: @livegreatly_co  LinkedIn: Kristel Bauer Twitter: @livegreatly_co Facebook: @livegreatly.co Youtube: Live Greatly, Kristel Bauer To Watch Kristel Bauer's TEDx talk of Redefining Work/Life Balance in a COVID-19 World click here. Click HERE to check out Kristel's corporate wellness and leadership blog Click HERE to check out Kristel's Travel and Wellness Blog Disclaimer: The contents of this podcast are intended for informational and educational purposes only. Always seek the guidance of your physician for any recommendations specific to you or for any questions regarding your specific health, your sleep patterns changes to diet and exercise, or any medical conditions.  Always consult your physician before starting any supplements or new lifestyle programs. All information, views and statements shared on the Live Greatly podcast are purely the opinions of the authors, and are not medical advice or treatment recommendations.  They have not been evaluated by the food and drug administration.  Opinions of guests are their own and Kristel Bauer & this podcast does not endorse or accept responsibility for statements made by guests.  Neither Kristel Bauer nor this podcast takes responsibility for possible health consequences of a person or persons following the information in this educational content.  Always consult your physician for recommendations specific to you.

Welcome to the latest episode of the "Mind Your Leadership" podcast! In this episode, we are thrilled to have Amy Sandler as our guest. Amy is an executive coach, corporate mindfulness trainer, and professional speaker with over 20 years of experience in senior roles. She is the lead coach and podcast host at Radical Candor, where she brings her expertise in leadership and communication to audiences worldwide. Amy holds an AB and MBA from Harvard University and an MFA in Screenwriting from UCLA. She is also a certified teacher of Search Inside Yourself, Google's leadership program.

Ever wondered how embracing failure can transform your career? Join us as Amy Sandler, the lead coach and podcast host at Radical Candor, reveals the secrets behind her remarkable journey from academia to executive coaching, and even stand-up comedy and firewalking. Through her personal anecdotes, Amy shares the significance of preparation, community, and intention-setting in overcoming extreme challenges, offering listeners a unique perspective on personal and professional growth.Discover the foundational principles of Radical Candor and how they've evolved from a digital platform to impactful in-person workshops. Amy, along with insights from co-founder Kim Scott's experiences at Apple and Google, unpacks the delicate balance between caring personally and challenging directly to foster trust and collaboration in any organisation. Learn how these principles can be applied to create a culture of guidance through kind and clear feedback, making it essential not just for managers, but for everyone in the workplace.Navigating career changes and leadership challenges can be daunting, but Amy's story of transitioning from secure job roles to becoming a certified instructor for Google's "Search Inside Yourself" program provides invaluable lessons. We discuss the importance of honest feedback, the dangers of "ruinous empathy," and effective feedback models like SBI (Situation-Behavior-Impact). By addressing real-life struggles with identity and perfectionism, Amy offers practical strategies for managing transitions, fostering a culture of trust, and enhancing your leadership and communication skills.Podcast: RadicalCandor.com/podcastBook: RadicalCandor.com/the-bookTakeawaysThe principles of radical candor emphasise the importance of care personally and challenge directly in building trusting relationships at work.Feedback, both praise and criticism, should be specific, sincere, and focused on helping the individual grow.Building safety and trust in workplace relationships requires ongoing communication, asking for feedback, and rewarding candor.Coaching-style feedback allows for co-creation of next steps and encourages authenticity and understanding between individuals.Overcoming discomfort in giving and receiving feedback involves recognizing the intention to help the individual grow and building a culture of open communication and trust. The importance of expressing care personally and challenging directly in the workplaceThe significance of feedback and understanding intention versus impactThe behavioural quadrants of radical candor and their impact on workplace dynamicsThe introduction of the new book 'Radical Respect' and its focus on creating respectful workplacesThe concept of 'beautiful business' as the expression of humanity in the workplaceChapters00:00 Introduction and Amy's Background03:05 The Impact of Mindfulness and Emotional Intelligence on Leadership and Personal Growth09:04 Amy's Career Journey and the Importance of Radical Candor14:02 Understanding Radical Candor: Principles and Application36:32 Exploring Radical Candor and Workplace Relationships42:02 Understanding Feedback and Intention vs. Impact57:17 Behavioral Quadrants of Radical Candor01:06:21 Introducing 'Radical Respect'

This week on the UpLevel Podcast, we delve into the profound impact of coaching within organizations. Our special guest, Susie Ade, shares her extensive experience and insights from working over a decade at Google, where she utilized coaching skills in various roles, and reveals how embracing a coaching mindset can transform individual careers and enhance overall workplace well-being. As a certified professional Co-Active coach and an advocate for mental health, Susie discusses her journey from discovering coaching to implementing it as a tool for personal and organizational growth.In this Episode:Hear about Susie's background in mindfulness and meditation and her decade-long career at Google, leading various programs.Discover how she transitioned from corporate roles to pursuing a full-time coaching practice.Listen to powerful insights into overcoming limiting beliefs through professional coaching support.Explore the strategies used by Google managers, such as a two-day training course called “Search Inside Yourself,” to foster psychological safety and emotional intelligence.Discover learning techniques such as deep listening (Levels 1–3) that lead to better understanding and problem-solving within teams.Hear Susie share stories addressing imposter syndrome among employees and empowering them to navigate remote work complexities amid the pandemic.Learn Susie's advice on how to integrate coaching tools into management practices while building rapport and trust with direct reports.About Susie:With a mission to guide individuals toward their inner calling and life's purpose, Susie Ade combines her background in mindfulness, meditation, and coaching to help people discover what they want out of life and how to get it. She's a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) and Associate Certified Coach (ACC) through the International Coaching Federation. Susie spent the last 10 years at Google leading programs across Marketing, Trust and Safety, and People Development. Most notably, she spent several years creating sustained well-being and psychological safety within organizations as the Global Program Manager for Mental Health and Well-Being. During her time at the company, she coached hundreds of employees on reaching the next level or pivoting into a new career. In September of 2023, she left Google to pursue her career coaching practice full-time. Susie lives in Atlanta, GA with her husband and daughter. She enjoys running, reading about the mystics and spirituality, and traveling the world with her loved ones. Website: https://www.susieade.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susie-ade-514a2626/www.uplevelproductions.comhttps://www.instagram.com/uplevelproductions/https://www.linkedin.com/company/uplevelproductionscompanyhttps://www.facebook.com/uplevelproductionscompany

Rich Fernandez is the CEO of SIY Global. SIY Global comes from the renowned Search Inside Yourself program, mindfulness and emotional intelligence training originally developed at Google, where Rich was director of executive education and people development. He was also one of the first SIY teachers. Rich has also served in senior roles at eBay, J.P. Morgan Chase and Bank of America. In this episode Rich shares insights about the importance of mindfulness and meditation for product leaders, as well as the critical ingredients for leadership.

Podcast: This week on the show, we present a pre-recorded conversation with Sessei Meg Levie, head priest of Stone Creek Zen Center in Graton, CA. She assumed this role in April 2022, succeeding Dojin Emerson and Korin Pokorny, who had served in the role since 2014. Sessei serves with Founding Teacher Jisho Warner to offer the Dharma through talks, classes, individual practice discussion and other programs. Among the topics we address are what draws people to Zen practice, the role of ritual in practice, the importance of nature practices in the current situation, and the impact of emerging AI technology and Buddhist practice. Sessei Meg Levie, Head Priest, lived and trained at the San Francisco Zen Center and also has had a career teaching mindfulness and emotional intelligence in Silicon Valley and beyond. She received ordination as a Zen priest in 2003 from Tenshin Reb Anderson and held the position of shuso (head student) in 2007. She has studied Buddhism in Thailand and Japan, and for several years served as the teacher for the Bolinas branch of the Mountain Source Sangha. Since 2008 Meg has taught mindfulness and emotional intelligence in business, primarily through the Search Inside Yourself program created at Google. She holds an AB in English Literature from Stanford University and an MA from the University of Texas at Austin. More information about Sessei Meg Levie's work can be found at: Stone Creek Zen Center Website: stonecreekzencenter.org, Sessei Meg Levie at the SF Zen Center: www.youtube.com.

Ekaterina Kamenskaya has a PhD and was a successful Lead Engineer at Google in the recent past. In addition to her job, she led the company's education and Diversity & Inclusion communities. She taught hard and soft skills courses for Googlers, such as Search Inside Yourself. Ekaterina is also a certified coach and conscious dance teacher and has explored many modalities of personal development and psychology. Today, she helps to increase well-being and fulfilment through online and in-person workshops in Switzerland and worldwide. She creates space and tools for deep self-awareness, authentic connection, and creative self-expression. She is currently exploring performance art and practicing physical theatre to further enhance her approaches.   https://www.the-humans.ch BOOKS:

Amy Sandler is the Lead Coach & podcast host at Radical Candor, where she's also served as Chief Marketing Officer & Chief Content Officer. Amy has trained tens of thousands of people worldwide, ranging from CEOs and leadership teams to recent graduates just starting their careers. Her leadership philosophy focuses on empowering people to develop greater awareness, resilience and compassion, essential foundations for teamwork and shared success. A pioneer in bringing mindfulness-based leadership practices to the workplace, Amy was selected in 2014 to be one of the first 30 certified teachers of the Search Inside Yourself leadership program developed at Google. Amy brought mindfulness training and breathwork to executive coaching organizations Vistage and YPO, where she also served in leadership roles. Amy has spoken about the value of mindfulness at work and living authentically on podcasts including SuperManagers by Fellow, The Digital Workplace, and the Unplug meditation app, where her Mindful Meeting was voted the top work meditation in 2021. In her interview with the Simple Habit app on "Mindfulness in the Workplace and Loving Yourself,” Amy shares her journey of being a recovering perfectionist, the continual sense of “not enough-ness” many high achievers struggle with, and how coming out as a member of the LGBTQ community in the mid-1990s set her on the path of inner inquiry and healing. Amy shared more about her life journey on a recent episode of the Radical Candor podcast “Coming Out at Work.”Amy has an AB and MBA from Harvard University and an MFA in Screenwriting from UCLA. She has performed stand-up comedy, walked on fire seven times, and is in the third year of a Qi Gong teacher certification program.Here's a video intro of Amy in her own words and a keynote she delivered to the Society for Marketing Professional Services. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the tech industry, where success is typically gauged by milestones and metrics, Miroo Kim introduces a wellness dimension to this conventional definition. In this episode of The Conscious Entrepreneur, host Alex Raymond explores Miroo's transition from her roles at leading tech companies like Apple, Microsoft, and Facebook to establishing her own venture, People & Culture. This story is about redefining success to prioritize well-being and personal values in the entrepreneurial journey. Miroo shares the pivotal moment that shifted her perspective: a breakdown on a bus ride home, leading her to seek a support system that resonated with her personal struggles and values. She discusses her efforts to integrate mindfulness and compassion into the workplace, starting an employee-run Mindfulness Club at Facebook, and offering programs like Search Inside Yourself and Compassion Cultivation Training. This initiative revealed a hidden community of individuals silently seeking support and underscored the importance of a culture that nurtures individual well-being. Reflecting on her transition to solopreneurship, Miroo emphasizes redefining success based on personal values and the necessity of both internal and external support systems in navigating entrepreneurial challenges. She advocates for the creation of a personal board of directors for guidance and the formation of coaching circles with peers for shared learning and support. Listeners will find in this episode a wealth of insights into the challenges and rewards of being a conscious entrepreneur, with a strong emphasis on the importance of well-being, values alignment, and the power of a supportive community.   Key Takeaways: Embracing mindfulness and compassion in the tech industry can enhance individual well-being and create a more supportive work environment. There is a need to expand the definition of success in entrepreneurship to incorporate alignment with personal values rather than traditional metrics. Creating a robust support system, including a personal board of directors and coaching circles, is a good technique for entrepreneurs who are trying to succeed in tech.   Quotes: “If you expect people to bring their whole self to work then there's got to be a system that actually really can contain that whole self. The whole self contains all that suffering from the previous, the personal life and all that too, right?” (9:06 | Miroo Kim)  “We know that the secret to success and happiness is a good relationship, a meaningful kind of work, and all that. But when you actually see people around, there are not many people who are actually practicing it. And why? It's because these measures of success feeling kind of a satisfaction that you have from the good relationship, things like that are not really measurable, so to speak, quantifiable. And then as a result, we kind of take that out from the evaluation. So I don't know if the answer is to quantify it necessarily. So I don't know if the answer is to quantify it necessarily. Maybe that's one way. But the other thing is that you really proactively think about how do I take that as part of my self-evaluation of the life or work and create our own kind of measure of success instead of kind of adopting what was given to us.” (19:34 | Miroo Kim)  “What we are trying to do as conscious entrepreneurs might seem counterintuitive to what entrepreneurship is viewed in society. So it actually requires extra courage for us to be who we want to be and then really stay grounded.” (53:33 | Miroo Kim)  Links Connect with Miroo Kim: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mirookim/   Connect with Alex Raymond: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/afraymond/ Website: https://consciousentrepreneur.us/ HiveCast.fm is a proud sponsor of The Conscious Entrepreneur Podcast. Podcast production and show notes provided by HiveCast.fm

sign up for our wait listexclusive to female physician entrepreneurshttps://www.soulpreneurmd.com/coursemake money and find freedom You want to go from a medical doctor to a meditation teacher?Are you nuts?What a waste? What an embarrassment!What are you thinking? Dr Reena Kotecha studied Medicine and undertook a research degree in Neuroscience and Mental Health at Imperial College London and following this spent the early part of her career serving in the National Health Service (UK) as a hospital doctor. Alongside this she is trained in the therapeutic use of Mindfulness Meditation at the British Mindfulness Institute and is a certified teacher of 'Search Inside Yourself'; a Mindfulness based Emotional Intelligence training programme developed at the Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute, USA. She is a professional stakeholder in mindfulness research being conducted at the University of Cambridge, UK, and also a former International Advisory Board Member of Headspace Health; one of the world's largest meditation Apps,Having spent the early part of her career in the National Health Service as a hospital doctor Reena experienced burnout, work related stress, anxiety & depression whilst serving on the frontline. Two weeks off-sick turned into two years. In those two years she discovered mindfulness & self-compassion practice through which her well-being started to improve. This fuelled her curiosity and expanded her focus onto evidence-based approaches that enhance staff health and wellbeing on a personal level, along with productivity, performance and engagement on a professional level.In May 2023, Reena launched the 'Mindful in Healthcare Digital Course' designed to support the wellbeing and performance of healthcare staff. This self-paced, evidenced-based course created for clinicians by clinicians is packed with videos, guided meditations, reflective exercises, downloadable infographic handouts and experiences from the ‘humans of healthcare', to help healthcare staff to thrive in clinical practice. Click below to find out more. https://drreenakotecha.com/mindful-in-healthcare-course/

Episode Page with video, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #228 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Marc Lesser. He is the CEO of ZBA Associates, an executive development and leadership consulting company – and he's a Zen teacher and coach. He founded and was CEO of three highly successful companies and has an MBA from New York University. Prior to his business and coaching career, he was a resident of the San Francisco Zen Center for ten years, and director of Tassajara (Tassa-hara), Zen Mountain Center, the first Zen monastery in the Western world. Marc helped develop the world-renowned Search Inside Yourself program within Google – a mindfulness-based emotional intelligence training for leaders which teaches the art of integrating mindfulness, emotional intelligence, and business savvy for creating great corporate cultures and a better world. Marc's most recent book is Finding Clarity: How Compassionate Accountability Builds Vibrant Relationships. His podcast is called “Zen Bones: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Times.” Having spent a decade steeped in the teachings of Zen, Mark highlights his experiences, from living the life of a monk to taking over as the director for Tassahara Zen Mountain Center. But, the shift from Zen life to the corporate world was not seamless. Despite successfully launching a publishing company, Mark shares his ‘favorite mistake' of avoiding difficult conversations that led to his departure from the company he built from scratch. Is it a mistake to refer to him as a “former monk”? Questions and Topics: Using a better relationship to small mistakes as a way to prevent big catastrophes? What causes the fear of conflict?? What exactly are we afraid of? What advice would you give your younger self about that? Courage? Safety?  Avoiding a repeat of that mistake at the next company?  How do you choose which difficult conversations to address? The risk or danger of deciding to avoid a difficult conversation or not? R.D. Lang – “The Politics of Experience” book Buddhism and the view on mistakes? “Buddhists don't sweat mistakes”?? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/favorite-mistake/support

Zen Priest Marc Lesser brought emotional intelligence training into Google. A resident of the San Francisco Zen Center, the first Zen monastery in the western world for 10 years, Marc developed Google's world-renowned Search Inside Yourself program, a mindfulness-based emotional intelligence training for leaders which teaches the art of integrating mindfulness, emotional intelligence and business savvy for creating great corporate cultures. Deeply rooted in science, the program teaches executives about dealing with life by simply being still and looking inward.   LINKS   Marc Lesser website https://marclesser.net   The Mojo Sessions website www.themojosessions.com   The Mojo Sessions on Patreon www.patreon.com/TheMojoSessions Full transcripts of the show (plus time codes) are available on Patreon.   The Mojo Sessions on Facebook www.facebook.com/TheMojoSessions   Gary on LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/gary-bertwistle   Gary on Twitter www.twitter.com/GaryBertwistle   The Mojo Sessions on Instagram www.instagram.com/themojosessions   If you like what you hear, we'd be grateful for a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Happy listening!   © 2023 Gary Bertwistle.  All Rights Reserved.  

In this enlightening episode, I engage in a meaningful (and productive) conversation with Marc Lesser. Marc is a multifaceted leader with roles as a CEO, executive coach, and Zen teacher. With an MBA from New York University, he has founded three companies and authored five books, notably "Finding Clarity". His passion for integrating mindfulness into leadership culminated in the "Search Inside Yourself" program at Google, an influential initiative that married emotional intelligence with mindfulness. Marc also brings unique insights from his ten-year residency at the San Francisco Zen Center and his stint as the director of Tassajara, the first Zen monastery in the Western world. His distinct blend of business expertise and Zen principles positions him as an exceptional figure in the spheres of mindful leadership and business strategy. The episode moves forward with a fascinating discussion about the concept of clarity. Contrary to common belief, Marc proposes that clarity is not just a state of complete understanding or transparency but also includes elements of mystery and the unknown. This ties into what he refers to as the "fifth discipline of leadership", emphasizing the practice of finding clarity within these nuances. Furthermore, Marc shares unconventional "anchors" or strategies that can assist individuals in finding clarity, including his unique 'no festering' rule. Key Discussion Points The importance of understanding clarity as a concept that incorporates mystery and not just a state of perfect lucidity. Unconventional strategies for finding clarity, including the 'no festering' rule. An exploration into the role of ego in compassion and accountability, demonstrating how curiosity can replace judgement and anger. The trap of ego and the role of confidence and deep listening in avoiding this trap. Lesser's views on the role of will in meditation, distinguishing between will and willpower. The transformative power of turning breakdowns into breakthroughs, accepting change and discomfort. There's also a mention of Ted Lasso that makes its way into our discussion – a discussion that is well worth your time. Enjoy. Links Worth Exploring Connect With Marc: Website | Facebook | X (née Twitter) | LinkedIn | Instagram The Book We Discussed: Finding Clarity: How Compassionate Accountability Builds Vibrant Relationships, Thriving Workplaces, and Meaningful Lives Marc's Other Books: Check them out here An Article That Channels A Touch Of Ted Lasso: Read It Here Related Conversation: Episode 473: Oscar Trimboli talks about Deep Listening Related Blog Post: Why You Need A Clarity Day (And How To Make It Happen) Thanks to all of the sponsors of this episode. You can find all of the sponsors you heard me mention on this episode on our Podcast Sponsors page. Want to support the podcast? Beyond checking out our sponsors, you can subscribe to the show wherever you listen to podcasts. Click on any of the links below to make that happen. Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher You can also click on this link to paste the podcast feed into your podcast app of choice. Thanks again for listening to A Productive Conversation. See you later. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this enlightening episode, I engage in a meaningful (and productive) conversation with Marc Lesser. Marc is a multifaceted leader with roles as a CEO, executive coach, and Zen teacher. With an MBA from New York University, he has founded three companies and authored five books, notably "Finding Clarity". His passion for integrating mindfulness into leadership culminated in the "Search Inside Yourself" program at Google, an influential initiative that married emotional intelligence with mindfulness. Marc also brings unique insights from his ten-year residency at the San Francisco Zen Center and his stint as the director of Tassajara, the first Zen monastery in the Western world. His distinct blend of business expertise and Zen principles positions him as an exceptional figure in the spheres of mindful leadership and business strategy.The episode moves forward with a fascinating discussion about the concept of clarity. Contrary to common belief, Marc proposes that clarity is not just a state of complete understanding or transparency but also includes elements of mystery and the unknown. This ties into what he refers to as the "fifth discipline of leadership", emphasizing the practice of finding clarity within these nuances. Furthermore, Marc shares unconventional "anchors" or strategies that can assist individuals in finding clarity, including his unique 'no festering' rule.Key Discussion Points The importance of understanding clarity as a concept that incorporates mystery and not just a state of perfect lucidity. Unconventional strategies for finding clarity, including the 'no festering' rule. An exploration into the role of ego in compassion and accountability, demonstrating how curiosity can replace judgement and anger. The trap of ego and the role of confidence and deep listening in avoiding this trap. Lesser's views on the role of will in meditation, distinguishing between will and willpower. The transformative power of turning breakdowns into breakthroughs, accepting change and discomfort. There's also a mention of Ted Lasso that makes its way into our discussion – a discussion that is well worth your time. Enjoy.Links Worth Exploring Connect With Marc: Website | Facebook | X (née Twitter) | LinkedIn | Instagram The Book We Discussed: Finding Clarity: How Compassionate Accountability Builds Vibrant Relationships, Thriving Workplaces, and Meaningful Lives Marc's Other Books: Check them out here An Article That Channels A Touch Of Ted Lasso: Read It Here Related Conversation: Episode 473: Oscar Trimboli talks about Deep Listening Related Blog Post: Why You Need A Clarity Day (And How To Make It Happen) Thanks to all of the sponsors of this episode. You can find all of the sponsors you heard me mention on this episode on our Podcast Sponsors page.Want to support the podcast? Beyond checking out our sponsors, you can subscribe to the show wherever you listen to podcasts. Click on any of the links below to make that happen.Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | StitcherYou can also click on this link to paste the podcast feed into your podcast app of choice.Thanks again for listening to A Productive Conversation. See you later.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Marc Lesser is a speaker, workshop leader, and executive coach. He is the CEO of ZBA Associates, an executive development and leadership consulting company and has led mindfulness and emotional intelligence programs at many of the world's leading businesses and organizations including Google, SAP, Genentech, and Kaiser Permanente. Marc helped develop the world-renowned Search Inside Yourself (SIY) program within Google - a mindfulness-based emotional intelligence training for leaders. He was also the founder and CEO of the Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute (SIYLI). He has authored 5 books. His most recent is: Finding Clarity (which we explore in depth in this conversation). Prior to his successful business and coaching career, he was a resident of the San Francisco Zen Center for 10 years, and director of Tassajara, Zen Mountain Center, the first Zen monastery in the Western world. For more on Marc please visit marclesser.netIn this episode:Marc's inspiring story about his somewhat non-traditional career path, and how he found the clarity and courage to pursue itThe importance of finding time to get quiet, and the practice of listening to our inner voice that may offer insight into what will contribute to deeper meaningThe role of compassion and an open heart when it comes to performance and accountabilityHow to receive feedback more skillfullyInsights from helping to build the world renowned Search Inside Yourself mindfulness and emotional intelligence at GoogleMarc's answer to the age old question, what's the least amount of meditation I  can do to get the most benefit?How to turn breakdowns, failures, and missteps into breakthroughsMoving from reactivity to responsiveness and how this can contribute to vibrant relationshipsSome of Marc's favorite practices for cultivating an open heart and greater compassion in life and leadership Please rate the show on iTunes!Did you enjoy this episode? Here are two others we think you will find inspiring:Parker Palmer Part Two: Reflections on the Power of Living With an Open HeartTal Ben-Shahar: Letting go of Perfection and Finding HappinessThanks for listening! Support the show

What steps are you taking to build your emotional intelligence and mindfulness as a leader? An inspirational and mindful leader is aware of their own feelings and their teams' feelings and how they impact their effectiveness. To become this leader, you must intentionally build your relationships by being accountable and leading with compassion. In this episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, I speak with Marc Lesser, a CEO, executive coach, and Zen teacher known for his engaging, experiential presentations that integrate mindfulness and emotional intelligence practices and training. Before his business and coaching career, Marc was a resident of the San Francisco Zen Center for ten years, and director of Tassajara, Zen Mountain Center, the first Zen monastery in the Western world. He helped develop the world-renowned Search Inside Yourself program within Google – a mindfulness-based emotional intelligence training for leaders which teaches the art of integrating mindfulness, emotional intelligence, and business savvy for creating great corporate cultures and a better world. Listen in to learn how to become a better leader by building trust and connection with your team to make it easier to have difficult conversations. You will also learn the importance of bringing awareness and curiosity to your feelings and other people's feelings to become better at solving conflict. Key Takeaways: How to start appreciating your sacredness to become a better human and leader. How to understand other people's perspectives and our shared humanity with the 3-minute listening exercise. How to build trust and connection with your team to make it easier to have difficult conversations. How to become more aware of your patterns with conflict to notice when you overreact or underreact. How to create psychological safety in the workplace by bringing your vulnerability. Standout Quotes: “It takes some looking inward and some stopping in order to become aware of those beliefs we have beneath the surface.”- Marc [12:08] “Beginning an advanced lesson in working with conflict is separating the impact that someone's words or actions have on us and being curious about their motivation or intention.”- Marc [25:51]

Are you an overthinker? On this episode of the Live Greatly podcast Kristel Bauer sits down with former monk, developer of Google's mindfulness intelligence training and author of 'Finding Clarity', Marc Lesser, to discuss mindful leadership, how to navigate overthinking, the importance of curiosity, how to navigate difficult relationships and more.  Tune in now! Key Takeaways from This Episode: A look at mindful leadership Why you should be curious, not furious How to shift your thinking around “difficult people” and behaviors..and how to know if you are the difficult person The importance of not getting caught by your story How to deal with strong emotions Tips to build self-compassion  How to handle overthinking About Marc Lesser: Marc Lesser is a CEO, executive coach, and Zen teacher known for his engaging, experiential presentations that integrate mindfulness and emotional intelligence practices and training. He is the CEO of ZBA Associates, an executive development and leadership consulting company, with a client roster that includes Google, Twitter, Genentech, San Francisco Airport, Kaiser Permanente, Global Fund for Women, and Beneficial State Bank. He founded and was CEO of three highly successful companies and has an MBA degree in business from New York University. Prior to his business and coaching career, he was a resident of the San Francisco Zen Center for ten years, and director of Tassajara, Zen Mountain Center, the first Zen monastery in the Western world. Marc helped develop the world-renowned Search Inside Yourself program within Google – a mindfulness-based emotional intelligence training for leaders which teaches the art of integrating mindfulness, emotional intelligence, and business savvy for creating great corporate cultures and a better world. Deeply rooted in science, the program has been taught to thousands of executives worldwide. Marc founded and served as CEO for 5 years of the Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute, which offers programs, tools and content on mindfulness-based emotional intelligence, empathy, compassion, resilience, leadership with training programs in over 50 countries. Marc's books include Finding Clarity: How Compassionate Accountability Builds Vibrant Relationships, Thriving Workplaces, and Meaningful Lives, Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader: Lessons from Google and a Zen Monastery Kitchen, Know Yourself, Forget Yourself, Less: Accomplishing More By Doing Less, and Z.B.A. Zen of Business Administration. His work has been featured in Entrepreneur, The New York Times, Huffington Post, and Mindful, and he has developed audio and video programs for Insight Timer, Simple Habit, and the Mindful Leadership Summit. Marc's blog is syndicated to many major websites, including Medium, Thrive Global, and Mindful.org. Marc's podcast Zen Bones: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Times features cutting-edge interviews, supportive tools for creating more meaningful work, and potent mindfulness practices to develop yourself, influence your organization, and change the world. Marc's Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader program is available as an online, on-demand course and as a live training. He has led mindfulness and emotional intelligence trainings in Asia, Europe, Canada, Australia, and throughout the United States, and has been a keynote speaker at Mindful Leadership Summits in Washington DC, Toronto, and Sydney. Learn more at  www.marclesser.net Instagram: @marclesser Linkedin:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/marc-lesser-zba/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/marclesser  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marclesserzba/  About the Host of the Live Greatly podcast, Kristel Bauer: Kristel Bauer is a corporate wellness expert, popular keynote and TEDx speaker, and the host of top-rated podcast, “Live Greatly,” a show frequently ranked in the top 1% for self-improvement.  Kristel is an Integrative Medicine Fellow & Physician Assistant with clinical experience in Integrative Psychiatry, giving her a unique perspective into optimizing mental well-being and attaining a mindset for more happiness and success in the workplace and beyond. With a mission to support companies and individuals on their journeys for more happiness, success, and well-being, Kristel taps into her unique background in healthcare, business, and media, to provide invaluable insights into high power habits, leadership development, mental well-being, peak performance, resilience, success, wellness at work, and a modern approach to work/life balance. Kristel decided to leave clinical practice in 2019 when she founded her wellness platform “Live Greatly” to share her message around well-being and success on a larger scale. Kristel is a contributing writer for Entrepreneur and she is an influencer in the business and wellness space having been recognized as a Top 10 Social Media Influencer of 2021 in Forbes. A popular speaker on a variety of topics, Kristel has presented to groups at Bank of America, General Mills, Northwestern University, Santander Bank, and many more. She has been featured in Forbes, Forest & Bluff Magazine, and Podcast Magazine, has contributed to Real Leaders Magazine, and has appeared on ABC 7 Chicago, WGN Daytime Chicago, and Ticker News. You can learn more at https://www.livegreatly.co/  To Book Kristel Bauer as a speaker for your next event, click here. Website: www.livegreatly.co  Follow Kristel Bauer on: Instagram: @livegreatly_co  LinkedIn: Kristel Bauer Twitter: @livegreatly_co Facebook: @livegreatly.co Youtube: Live Greatly, Kristel Bauer To Watch Kristel Bauer's TEDx talk of Redefining Work/Life Balance in a COVID-19 World click here. Disclaimer: The contents of this podcast are intended for informational and educational purposes only. 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“For Marc Lesser, the key to healthy relationships and effective workplaces is compassionate accountability - a practical and trainable way to clarify and achieve visions of success.” We often discuss accountability, but what is compassionate accountability? Those words do not typically belong together, but today's guest shows up just how important the distinction is. Marc Lesser has an extensive and absolutely fascinating background. From a zen teacher and mindfulness coach to CEO, Marc is also an author and has been involved with Google through his Search Inside Yourself program. In our conversation today, we discuss a lot about his interesting background and experiences, but we focus a lot on his newly released book Finding Clarity. What We Talked About in This Episode: Marc's interesting background and experience The Search Inside Yourself program Self awareness practices and mindfulness integrating into leadership The benefits of emotional intelligence in business Marc's new book Finding Clarity Compassionate accountability The impact on success with a lack of accountability Clarity's involvement in all aspects “Be Curious, Not Furious” and “Drop the Story” Why we should be leaning into mindfulness What needs to be in place for psychological safety Balancing conflict and safety Marc's book recommendation and daily rituals About Our Guest: Marc Lesser is a speaker, facilitator, workshop leader, and executive coach. He is known for his engaging, experiential presentations that integrate mindfulness and emotional intelligence practices and training. He is the CEO of ZBA Associates, an executive development and leadership consulting company. Marc has led mindfulness and emotional intelligence programs at many of the world's leading businesses and organizations including Google, SAP, Genentech, and Kaiser Permanente, and has coached executives and led trainings in Fortune 500 companies, start-ups, health care, and government. He helped develop the world-renowned Search Inside Yourself (SIY) program within Google - a mindfulness-based emotional intelligence training for leaders which teaches the art of integrating mindfulness, emotional intelligence, and business savvy for creating great corporate cultures and a better world. Marc is also an author of several books including the recently released Finding Clarity. Connect with Marc Lesser:  Marc Lesser's Website Marc Lesser on LinkedIn Finding Clarity: How Compassionate Accountability Builds Vibrant Relationships, Thriving Workplaces, and Meaningful Lives by Marc Lesser Connect with John Murphy: LinkedIn Twitter YouTube Facebook If you liked this episode, please don't forget to subscribe, tune in, and share this podcast. Thanks for tuning in!

Marc Lesser is a CSO, executive coach, and Zen teacher known for his engaging, experiential presentations that integrate mindfulness and emotional intelligence practices and training. He is the CEO of ZBA Associates, an executive development and leadership consulting company, with a client roster that includes Google, Twitter, Genentech, San Francisco Airport, Kaiser Permanente, Global Fund for Women, and Beneficial State Bank.He founded and was CEO of three highly successful companies and has an MBA degree in business from New York University. Prior to his business and coaching career, he was a resident of the San Francisco Zen Center for ten years, and director of Tassajara, Zen Mountain Center, the first Zen monastery in the Western world.Marc helped develop the world-renowned Search Inside Yourself program within Google – a mindfulness-based emotional intelligence training for leaders which teaches the art of integrating mindfulness, emotional intelligence, and business savvy for creating great corporate cultures and a better world. Deeply rooted in science, the program has been taught to thousands of executives worldwide. Building on the success of the Search Inside Yourself program, Marc founded and served as CEO for 5 years of the Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute, which offers programs, tools and content on mindfulness-based emotional intelligence, empathy, compassion, resilience, leadership with training programs in over 50 countries.Marc's books include Finding Clarity: How Compassionate Accountability Builds Vibrant Relationships, Thriving Workplaces, and Meaningful Lives, Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader: Lessons from Google and a Zen Monastery Kitchen, Know Yourself, Forget Yourself, Less: Accomplishing More By Doing Less, and Z.B.A. Zen of Business Administration.

Marc Lesser has an extensive and absolutely fascinating background. From a zen teacher and mindfulness coach to CEO, Marc is also an author and has been involved with Google through his Search Inside Yourself program. In our conversation today, we discuss a lot about his interesting background and experiences, but we focus a lot on his newly released book Finding Clarity.

Tất cả chúng ta đều biết công cụ tìm kiếm Google và công ty Google với văn hóa doanh nghiệp tuyệt vời nổi tiếng khắp thế giới, nhưng liệu có bao nhiêu người trong số chúng ta biết được điều gì đã làm nên nền tảng cho sự nổi tiếng đó? Chade-Meng Tan – tác giả cuốn sách Search Inside Yourself sẽ giải thích cho bạn bí mật đó. Mỗi năm, có đến hàng nghìn kỹ sư Google tham gia một trong 12 khóa đào tạo về thiền để tăng cường khả năng “cân bằng nhận thức” về những gì đang diễn ra xung quanh. Khóa học nổi tiếng nhất – mang tên “Search Inside Yourself” (Tìm kiếm bên trong bạn) – luôn là khóa học được trông đợi nhất và thu hút nhiều người tham gia nhất với danh sách học viên chờ tham dự dài đến 6 tháng. Khóa học do Chade-Meng Tan khởi xướng, ông là người rất có ảnh hưởng đến văn hóa Google, là người mà bất cứ nhân vật nổi tiếng nào khi đến thăm công ty cũng đều muốn gặp. Tham vọng của Meng chính là: “Soi sáng tâm trí, mở rộng trái tim và tạo ra hòa bình thế giới”. Cuốn sách Search Inside Yourself đã được ông viết lại dựa trên các kinh nghiệm đúc kết từ khóa học cùng các bài tập thiền để mọi người có thể áp dụng mà không cần phải tham gia khóa học của Google. Cuốn sách được viết bằng ngôn từ đơn giản, dễ hiểu, cùng các bước luyện tập cơ bản nhằm giúp con người kiểm soát trí thông minh cảm xúc – làm chủ được cảm xúc bản thân, từ đó trở thành con người hạnh phúc nhất thế giới và lan tỏa niềm vui đến mọi người. “Tôi không thích mang Phật giáo vào Google”, Meng nói. “Tôi thích giúp đỡ mọi người ở Google tìm kiếm chìa khóa hạnh phúc”. Đúng như Eric Schmidt, Giám đốc điều hành của Google chia sẻ: “Cuốn sách và khóa học này đại diện cho một trong những khía cạnh tuyệt vời nhất của văn hóa Google – một cá nhân với một ý tưởng thật sự vĩ đại có thể thay đổi thế giới”. --Về Fonos:Fonos là ứng dụng sách nói có bản quyền. Trên ứng dụng Fonos, bạn có thể nghe định dạng sách nói của những cuốn sách nổi tiếng nhất từ các tác giả trong nước và quốc tế. Ngoài ra, bạn được sử dụng miễn phí nội dung Premium khi đăng ký trở thành Hội viên của Fonos: Tóm tắt sách, Ebook, Thiền định, Truyện ngủ, Nhạc chủ đề, Sách nói miễn phí cho Hội viên.--Tải ứng dụng Fonos tại: https://fonos.app.link/tai-fonosTìm hiểu về Fonos: https://fonos.vn/Theo dõi Facebook Fonos: https://www.facebook.com/fonosvietnam/Theo dõi Instagram Fonos: https://www.instagram.com/fonosvietnam/Đọc các bài viết thú vị về sách, tác giả sách, những thông tin hữu ích để phát triển bản thân: http://blog.fonos.vn/

In this episode of The Lifehack Show, we have invited Connor Swenson to be our guest. Connor runs an education company called Forgewell with his wife Claire that helps businesses transform their culture and achieve greater performance, engagement, and well-being across their workforce.He is a certified teacher of Make Time, Search Inside Yourself, and Adaptive Resilience and he has taught these programs to the likes of Google, YouTube, L'Oréal, Klarna, and many other leading businesses. In this episode, Connor is sharing with us how to make time and space to do what truly matters to our lives.

Finding Clarity: How Compassionate Accountability Builds Vibrant Relationships, Thriving Workplaces, and Meaningful Lives with Marc Lesser "An important and fundamental distinction to make is between 'difficult people' and behaviors or actions that we find difficult," Marc says in his book Finding Clarity: How Compassionate Accountability Builds Vibrant Relationships, Thriving Workplaces, and Meaningful Live. "The pattern of labeling difficult behavior as a kind of 'character flaw' is so pervasive that it has a name: attribution error. This refers to how, when someone does something that hurts or angers us, we tend to judge that person's entire character—and once we label them a 'difficult person,' all of their actions fit under that umbrella." Marc Lesser is a CEO, executive coach and Zen teacher with more than 25 years of experience supporting leaders in reaching their full potential, both in business and in life. Lesser helped develop the world-renowned Search Inside Yourself program within Google – a mindfulness-based emotional intelligence training for leaders which teaches the art of integrating mindfulness, emotional intelligence and business savvy for creating great corporate cultures and a better world. For more information visit: https://marclesser.net *************************************************** For more information about BITEradio products and services visit: http://www.biteradio.me/index.html To view the photography of Robert at: rpsharpe.picfair.com

In this episode: mindfulness and compassion, overcoming anxiety and depression, cultivating compassion, finding meaning and purpose, and writing and creativity with Claire E. Parsons.In today's episode, I'm joined by my new friend, Claire E. Parsons, a mindfulness and compassion teacher, lawyer, writer and author of “How to Be a Badass Lawyer”.Claire shared her struggles with anxiety and depression and how meditation helped her overcome these challenges. She emphasized the importance of compassion in mindfulness practice and how it can help us cope with suffering and stress.Claire also talked about how cultivating compassion can help us find meaning and purpose in our lives, especially for those in the legal profession. It was a great conversation and I learned so much from her.Guest BioClaire E. Parsons is a lawyer, mindfulness and compassion teacher, and writer. She is the author of "How to Be a Badass Lawyer" and runs the Brilliant Legal Mind blog.Connect with Claire E. ParsonsWebsite: https://www.brilliantlegalmind.com/Claire's Book: “How to Be a Badass Lawyer”Resources & Books Mentioned"How to Be a Badass Lawyer" by Claire E. Parsons"The Gifts of Imperfection" by Brené Brown"Self-Compassion" by Kristin Neff"Search Inside Yourself" by Chade Meng TanLoving Kindness (Metta) meditationKey TakeawaysMindfulness and compassion go hand in hand. You cannot have true awareness without some level of compassion.Compassion is the ability to be present with suffering and stay willing to help without taking on the suffering.Lawyers often overemphasize service to others and underemphasize what they want to do and what they want in their lives.Cultivating compassion can help lawyers find meaning and purpose in their lives.Compassion and mindfulness practices can help individuals cope with suffering and stress and improve their overall well-being.Writing and creativity can be helpful tools for lawyers to find meaning and purpose in their lives.

An enlightening conversation with Amy Sandler: professional speaker, executive coach, and corporate mindfulness trainer. Amy was one of the first 30 people chosen by Google in 2007 to deliver the mindfulness based emotional intelligence training program Search Inside Yourself. She is currently serving as chief content officer and coach at Radical Candor. An early adopter of mindfulness and spiritual development in executive coaching, Amy has since built a career from sharing these practices. In this episode of Coaches on Zoom Drinking Coffee, she explains how important it is to catch what a purely rational approach to coaching would otherwise miss.Of course, encouraging CEOs to open their hearts and invest time and energy on spiritual development can be a challenge. During their discussion, Amy talks about how she meets these people where they are, often using data and science to justify more spiritually-inclined activities.One of the topics Amy discusses with Coaching.com CEO Alex Pascal is her work with Radical Candor, which basically asks “how can I succeed at work without being a jerk?”. According to Amy, it's all about finding the right balance between caring for people and challenging them. Care and challenge may look different to different people, though. Talking through the Radical Candor framework, Amy shares examples of how obnoxious aggression, manipulative sincerity, and ruinous empathy show up at work.Relating these ideas to the coaching industry, Amy and Alex talk about the paradox that coaches face: coaches have to be liked to keep clients; however, being liked isn't always the same as being effective and achieving results. To learn more about how Amy herself is working to overcome people-pleasing and perfectionism through her own personal spiritual curriculum, listen to the full episode.

Carolina Lasso is originally from Columbia, Bogata, South America.  She advanced through mega companies like American Express and Google and discovered that those positions did not give her joy. Carolina is passionate about self-help, self-development, meditation, and mindfulness and so Carolina searched for principles to live by and has written a book, The Path to Flourishing. The discussion today applies to anyone who has a job, wants an advancement in their career, or is discouraged about life. These are principles that anyone can cultivate.  Carolina's life changed, and she wants to share these principles with the world.     IN THIS EPISODE: [03:00] Carolina's background [15:14] She begins to write a book about principles she has cultivated that changed her life [19:21] Immigrants or minorities in the world of tech [25:31] Seven principles that changed Carolina's life [37:00] The role of female managers [48:55] Principles as they apply to immigrants or any minority KEY TAKEAWAYS: Take a step away from your job if you need to do some self-care or deep exploration of your life. First, explore the things that give you joy and pursue those.  Then take action in your career so that it can be aligned with your life purpose. Perspective can be deceptive.  It can be the way we explain our situation or the story we tell ourselves about what is happening in our lives.  What we focus on is essential. Female leadership is lacking in the corporate workforce.  The word “female” doesn't equate to just women but rather the empathy and caring a female brings to the table.  Workers want to be appreciated.   RESOURCE LINKS: Podcast - SYCK Facebook - Carolina Lasso LinkedIn - Carolina Lasso Twitter - Carolina Lasso Website - Carolina Lasso BIOGRAPHY:   Carolina Lasso is the Marketing Director at SIY Global, author of the Amazon bestseller The Path to Flourishing: Seven Principles for a Joyful, Fulfilling, and Purposeful Life, and the creator of the Spanish language personal development platform, Plenitud. Passionate about creating practical tools to help organizations and individuals flourish, Carolina combines her business background with her passion for personal development as a teacher, marketer, and consultant. She holds a bachelor's degree in International Business from the University of Maryland, an MBA from New York University, and has worked at Google, American Express, and Telemundo. Carolina is a certified Search Inside Yourself teacher, mindfulness facilitator, and marketing instructor. She enjoys oil painting, Latin dancing, spending time with her family in her native Colombia, and discovering new places around the world.

On today's episode, Adam Coelho is joined by his good friend Susie Ade. Susie works as a global program manager for driving mental health and wellbeing programs for Google's data centers and is a certified professional coactive coach. Together, they discuss the FIRE movement, designing your life and career in a way as if you've already reached financial independence.Key TakeawaysDeveloping a FIRE mindset can help you change your lifeDesign your life and career in a way as if you've already reached financial independencePull in from the future what you think you want and bring it into your life right nowLive every day and align with what's most important and brings you the most joy and connection.Find joy in maximizing your savings rate by optimizing for what brings you the most joy.Guest BioSusie Ade joined Google eight and a half years ago and has had a career across sales, marketing, trust and safety, and learning and development. She is currently working towards becoming a certified professional coactive coach and coaches people at Google and outside of Google. She is also a facilitator for Search Inside Yourself, a leadership and emotional intelligence course that teaches emotional intelligence through mindfulness. Susie and her husband are working towards achieving financial independence through a mixed strategy of taking high risks and investing in low cost index funds.Resources & Books MentionedYour Money or Your LifeThe Simple Path to WealthConnect with SusieSusie Ade on LinkedIn

My conversation with Sessei Meg Levie works with the possibility that sitting in stillness, attending to what is without judging yourself or the world, and simply noticing, can open whole new doorways of possibility in your life and the lives of those around you. Sessei Meg Levie is the head priest of the Stone Creek Zen Center in Sonoma County, CA, and she has been practicing Soto Zen for 30+ years. Over the past decade, she has pioneered the development of awareness practices in organizations around the world.As a senior teacher for Search Inside Yourself, the mindfulness-based emotional intelligence and leadership program created at Google, she has trained hundreds of other meditation and mindfulness teachers and impacted thousands more participants. She's also a professional coach who works with executives to bring meditation and mindfulness to their leadership.I invite you to start with the advice Meg offers at the end: simply pay attention. If you are feeling that sense of exhaustion, fatigue, or overwhelm, or even a hint that things could be different, then start by paying attention. Who knows what doorways might open?Get Connected:The Wonder Dome Newsletter http://bit.ly/3dTfdPi​Follow Andy on Twitter http://twitter.com/cahillaguerillaFollow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/thewonderdomepod​Like us on Facebook http://facebook.com/mindfulcreative.coachConnect with Meg:meglevie.comlinkedin.com/in/megleviestonecreekzencenter.orgsfzc.orgsiyli.orgSunryu Suzuki Roshiwordsfortheyear.com/2015/09/04/the-breeze-at-dawn-by-rumiynharari.com/book/sapiens-2Find Meg's essay 'Home-leaving and Home-making' here: wisdomexperience.org/product/buddhas-apprentices

Mỗi năm, có đến hàng nghìn kỹ sư Google tham gia một trong 12 khóa đào tạo về thiền để tăng cường khả năng “cân bằng nhận thức” về những gì đang diễn ra xung quanh. Khóa học nổi tiếng nhất – mang tên “Search Inside Yourself” (Tìm kiếm bên trong bạn) – luôn là khóa học được trông đợi nhất và thu hút nhiều người tham gia nhất với danh sách học viên chờ tham dự dài đến 6 tháng. Khóa học do Chade-Meng Tan khởi xướng, ông là người rất có ảnh hưởng đến văn hóa Google, là người mà bất cứ nhân vật nổi tiếng nào khi đến thăm công ty cũng đều muốn gặp. Tham vọng của Meng chính là: “Soi sáng tâm trí, mở rộng trái tim và tạo ra hòa bình thế giới”. Cuốn sách Search Inside Yourself đã được ông viết lại dựa trên các kinh nghiệm đúc kết từ khóa học cùng các bài tập thiền để mọi người có thể áp dụng mà không cần phải tham gia khóa học của Google. Cuốn sách được viết bằng ngôn từ đơn giản, dễ hiểu, cùng các bước luyện tập cơ bản nhằm giúp con người kiểm soát trí thông minh cảm xúc – làm chủ được cảm xúc bản thân, từ đó trở thành con người hạnh phúc nhất thế giới và lan tỏa niềm vui đến mọi người. --Về Fonos:Fonos là ứng dụng sách nói có bản quyền. Trên ứng dụng Fonos, bạn có thể nghe định dạng sách nói của những cuốn sách nổi tiếng nhất từ các tác giả trong nước và quốc tế. Ngoài ra, bạn được sử dụng miễn phí nội dung Premium khi đăng ký trở thành Hội viên của Fonos: Truyện ngủ, Nhạc thư giãn, Thiền định, Tóm tắt sách.--Tải ứng dụng Fonos tại: https://fonos.app.link/tai-fonosTìm hiểu về Fonos: https://fonos.vn/Theo dõi Facebook Fonos: https://www.facebook.com/fonosvietnam/Theo dõi Instagram Fonos: https://www.instagram.com/fonosvietnam/Đọc các bài viết thú vị về sách, tác giả sách, những thông tin hữu ích để phát triển bản thân: http://blog.fonos.vn/

Saya membahas buku Search Inside Yourself karya Chade-Meng Tan. Buku ini membahas cara mencapai hidup yang bahagia dimulai dari pencarian di dalam diri. Sejak kecil, kita sudah diajarkan pentingnya pendidikan. Kita diminta untuk belajar yang rajin hingga bisa lulus kuliah. Namun, apakah kamu tahu, ada tipe kecerdasan yang tidak diajarkan di sekolah? Tidak ada kelas atau mata pelajaran soal kecerdasan emosional, namun kecerdasan ini sangat menentukan kesuksesan karir profesionalmu. Buku ini ditulis oleh salah satu engineer Google pertama yang bekerja di sana. Ketika penulis mulai mencari tahu lebih banyak soal mindfulness dan kecerdasan emosional, akhirnya dia diminta untuk memberikan pelatihan bagi karyawan Google untuk menerapkan latihan ini untuk meningkatkan kebahagiaan mereka di tempat kerja dan juga aspek lain dalam hidup.

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One of the most important (free!) tools for strengthening our communities is gratitude. On this week's episode of 12 Minute Meditation, Shalini Bahl-Milne shares a guided practice to help you notice, appreciate, and shift your mindset toward ways of being in community with others that benefit us all, while respecting our differences. Shalini Bahl-Milne, PhD., is an award-winning researcher, Certified MBSR and Search Inside Yourself teacher, TEDx speaker, and town councilor. With 15 years of research, Dr. Bahl develops mindfulness skills to help people disrupt harmful default habits to cope with stress and be more resilient. This practice is part of our month devoted to gratitude. Our first-ever Gratitude Journal will be on newsstands now, or available in our shop at mindful.org. Show notes: Find more of Shalini Bahl-Milne here:  Shalini Bahl-Milne, Author at Mindful  Shalini Bahl-Milne in the Mindful Directory  Shalini Bahl-Milne, TEDx Talk Order our brand new gratitude journal here: Shop Mindful    And find more from Mindful at mindful.org and on our conversation podcast, Real Mindful. Let us know what you thought of this episode of 12 Minute Meditation by leaving a review or by emailing yourwords@mindful.org.  

Listen in as Wendy Horng Brawer, cofounder and Chief Innovation Officer of Intune Collective, and I talk about her journey from growing up in the U.S. to becoming an Organizational Leadership and Development creator. InTune collective website: https://intunecollective.com/about/ Intune Soundcloud channel: https://soundcloud.com/user-499423436 Wendy's podcast: "The Business of Being Human" https://intunecollective.com/the-business-of-being-human/ Books: “Sequencing” by Michael Metzger “Woman Warrior” by Maxine Hong Kingston Seth Godin – AltMBA program; Book: "Linchpin" "Choose Yourself" by James Altucher Apps: SyncTuition Insight Timer Additional recommendations: Law of Attraction Invest some money in yourself and your growth Coaching: Somatic Trauma Therapy - Strozzi Institute Coaches Rising David Trelevin -Trauma-informed somatics “Search Inside Yourself” from Google https://siyli.org --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/older-and-bolder/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/older-and-bolder/support

Welcome to The Mindful FIRE Podcast, where we explore living mindfully on the path to financial independence and beyond. I'm your host, Adam Coelho and I'm so glad you're here. On today's episode. I'm joined by my friend Mounira Latrache. Mounira is the founder of Connected Business, which helps companies and individuals develop self-leadership and co-leadership, which empowers them to live more meaningful, connected, and compassionate lives. Mounira brings 15 plus years of leadership experience at international brands like Google, Red Bull and BMW. Mounira was a pioneer of Google's mindfulness community and it's success led her to teach mindfulness and train teams at other companies around the world. Mounira is a member of The Mindful Leadership Institute and internationally certified Search Inside Yourself facilitator, and she gives mindfulness and compassion, keynotes and training all over the world.Mounira's own mindfulness practice gave her the tools to become a more effective leader and she is passionate about empowering others to lead more meaningful, connected, and compassionate lives.In this conversation Mounira shares her journey through life and  how an insight that came out of suffering of not fitting in as a young person, helped her to realize that she could craft and create her own life and way of showing up in the world.And that has guided her to really design her life in a way that is meaningful and purposeful for her. And she's brought this to bear both in the corporate world and now as an entrepreneur, leading trainings and working with companies to help them develop more self-leadership and co-leadership within their teams.And we really dive deep into these ideas of self-leadership and co-leadership as well. I really enjoyed this conversation with my friend Mounira and I hope that you enjoy it as well. Full Show Notes | https://bit.ly/2YGOHohMore Inspiring Interviews | https://bit.ly/3BKOFKIMore Guided Meditations | https://bit.ly/2YFoQx0

Words To Your Mother: ACTUAL PRO talk show interview with featured guest Jason Gant - from September 6, 202. We talked about mindfulness, wellbeing & the interrelation between mental health & DEI (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion) plus answered YOUR mindfulness related questions LIVE! Video version --> https://youtu.be/WHqDostcj8I Jason Gant is a learning designer and facilitator with a specific interest in mindfulness and athletics. He has helped support healthy and inclusive communities, youth, workplaces, and teams globally. Jason is a certified Mindfulness, EQ Coach trained through Search Inside Yourself, the global mindfulness platform developed at Google. He is also a business development lead- designing the first Youth and Teen Mindfulness Stress Reduction & Relaxation (YTMSR) Program in Northern California for Kaiser Permanente. His experience and practice allowed him to join Calm, as a global behavioral health coach & corporate meditation instructor for the wellbeing app. Originally aired LIVE on twitch - come join the community and tune in every M/W/F for new mental health talks and interviews on Mondays, well-being & wine Wednesdays featuring peer support, plus community Fridays with gaming and lots of laughs: https://www.twitch.tv/mommafoxfire mommafoxfire is a mental health advocate and variety gaming streamer on twitch! well-being, life advice, real talk, community --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mommafoxfire/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mommafoxfire/support

Today's episode is about how to search inside yourself in order to change the world with Rich Fernandez, the CEO of the Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute “known as SIYLI”, a non-profit organization developed at Google that now offers Google's mindfulness and emotional intelligence programs to communities and organizations around the world. Rich previously founded Wisdom Labs and received his PhD in Psychology from Columbia University and is a frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review. I want to personally thank my dear friend Tyler Peterson who used to work with Richard for the introduction! We talk about: ✅ What it means to Search Inside Yourself ✅ The talk he gave at the United Nations about the topic of mindfulness and emotional awareness at work today ✅ What neuroscience has to do with mindfulness ✅ The kinds of company/organization that usually hires Search Inside Yourself and the results he has seen with the work ✅ Why he decided to become the Search Inside Yourself CEO after working at Google and founding Wisdom Labs https://siyli.org/ Please tag us and tell us what you loved! You can follow @Gateways_To_Awakening on Instagram or Facebook if you'd like to stay connected.

Welcome to the mindful fire podcast, where we explore living mindfully on the path to financial independence and beyond I'm your host, Adam Coelho and I'm so glad you're here. On today's episode.  I'm joined by my friend Ruchika Sikri.Ruchika is the founder of Mandala Ventures. After a successful corporate career of 25 plus years at Google, Microsoft and Cisco, she was following her life's purpose and mission to create a better world by supporting globally accessible mindfulness, compassion and wellness offerings.Ruchika's inspiration to do this work comes from leading wellbeing and mindfulness learning programs and strategy at Google for eight plus years out of her 15 years at the. company. Ruchika has successfully architected, facilitated and curated several wellbeing and mindfulness programs for over 120,000 employees at Google. She helped establish a self-sustaining culture where tens of thousands of Googlers regularly practice mindfulness for better wellbeing, healthy interpersonal relationships and sustainable high performance.Outside of Google she's activating communities of wellness and mindfulness learning and practice in workplaces by accelerating growth of wellness, innovation, and good for humans technology and by cultivating physical and digital spaces for human flourishing and healing.  Ruchika is a board member and advisor to several nonprofits that empower women living in shelters, support mental health of at-risk students and provide a safe home to orphan children around the world. She also advises the founders of wellness technology and conscious living startups. Ruchika is also a mother of two loving kids and lives with her wonderful husband and the Bay area of California.In today's episode, Ruchika and I explore her journey through life, which started in India and led her to the United States and ultimately working for Google.  And she shares how she came to find out about mindfulness when she really needed it after finding out herself, working 15 to 16 hours, when Google was just a small, fast growing company of around 5,000 people.  She shares how following her interest in this area ultimately led her to getting a job leading wellbeing and mindfulness programs at Google.  In this conversation, Ruchika also share some very practical tips on how we can start to bring our own passion and purpose into our workplaces to create our own programs that can impact the wellbeing and lives of those who we interact with and work with on a daily basis. I've seen this in my own life. Getting involved in these programs has really allowed me to have a deeper sense of purpose at work beyond just the normal job aspect of things. You can find the full show notes for today's episode, including any links, books, or resources mentioned in the episode at mindfulfire.org/28.I really enjoyed this conversation with my friend Ruchika Sikri, and I hope that you enjoyed as well. Full Show Notes | https://bit.ly/3o7XwjDMore Inspiring Interviews | https://bit.ly/3vZctaOMore Guided Meditations | https://bit.ly/3vT0Odt

Watch this week's episode to learn about how Amy Sandler overcame perfectionism through meditation and mindfulness and how she has shared that gift with the world. One of the first certified teachers of Search Inside Yourself and a coach for Radical Candor, Amy helps leaders succeed at work and build great teams by optimizing performance through neuroscience-based mindfulness training.

Heather Crider is a mom and business owner on a mission to make the world a more mindfully productive and kinder place! She credits all of her success and growth to her two children, Audrey and Sawyer. After seeing the effects her stress and anxiety had on them, she realized she had to find the courage to search from within to have the life of her dreams. Heather has worked with leaders and organizations ranging from Fortune 50 companies to start-ups across the world. She was recently featured in “Forbes"" discussing the impact of mindfulness and business success and featured on USA Today as A Top Online Entrepreneur. She's a regular contributor for Thrive Global and StartUp Nation. Heather is honored to be part of an elite group of ""Search Inside Yourself” facilitators, part of Google's groundbreaking evidence-based emotional intelligence leadership system. No matter what hat Heather is wearing, her goal is simple -- to empower leaders, business owners, and entrepreneurs to achieve exponential growth, success, and well-being. She mindfully harmonizes business and life, and profits and dreams by implementing skills backed by evidence-based neuroscience, driving measurable results. Heather is a dynamic facilitator, speaker, and coach; she is also the proud mom of two and a self-proclaimed coffee addict. In her spare time, she loves to read, attend STL Sports events, and practice mindful moments to enjoy every moment of the day. LINKS Heather Crider's LinkedIn Go Reflect Yourself Podcast Heather Crider's Website

Nowadays, companies are filled with overachievers. We see ambitious, passionate, and well-meaning people who turn the work environment into a super productive space. This infectious atmosphere encourages people to push themselves, improve, and grow constantly. While this work ethic propels companies to achieve extraordinary levels of profit and productivity, some workers pay a high price in the form of exhaustion, frustration, depression, or even burnout. In this episode, speaker, writer, facilitator, and coach, Connor Swenson, enlightens all of us by answering today's question, how can you practice mindful productivity? Connor has a deep commitment to helping us rethink our definition of productivity to create happier and healthier organizations. In his 7 years of experience as a Googler, Connor taught internal programs on productivity, mindfulness, and emotional intelligence, including the highly regarded Search Inside Yourself course. Connor now shares that knowledge with businesses and entrepreneurs around the world. We talked about mindful productivity and how it can help people in their workspace and personal lives. Connor shared some techniques we can add immediately to our routines to have outstanding results in both the short and long term. We also talked about a manager's role in helping their employees to have healthy experiences at work.To learn more, tune in to Episode 12 of The Right Questions!In This Episode, You Will Learn:The prize we get and the price we pay when we say yes to everything that falls in our laps (6:58)The VUCA world we live in. Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous (13:50)Starting with ourselves when looking for a change (21:32)Mindfulness, productivity, and how can we combine both concepts (25:57)Making time for what is really important, putting time aside to do it, and protect it (28:38)The rule of the thirds. Accepting and embracing every moment in our daily routine (41:39)Resources:Connor Swenson websiteConnor's newsletter - One Percent WisdomBook: John Zeratsky, Jake Knapp - Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every DayBook: Alexi Pappas - Bravey: Chasing Dreams, Befriending Pain, and Other Big IdeasConnect with Connor:LinkedInTwitterEmail: connor@connorswenson.comConnect With Bridget Sampson:WebsiteInstagramLinkedInConnect With Todd Parker:InstagramLinkedInSampson Coaching and Consulting:Sampson Coaching and ConsultingThe Right Questions Podcast on YouTubeSampson Coaching and Consulting Videos on YouTubeTED TalkInstagramFacebook Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's not always the case that our formal mindfulness practice carries seamlessly into daily life—especially in conversations that spark tension. Shalini Bahl-Milne offers a practice to help you remain present for these difficult moments. Show notes: Meditation by Shalini Bahl-Milne. Shalini Bahl-Milne, PhD, is an award-winning researcher and Certified MBSR and Search Inside Yourself teacher. Dr. Bahl develops mindfulness skills to help disrupt harmful default habits, cope with stress, and more.

On this episode of the Quiet Life Michael talk to Connor Swenson, Speaker, Coach, Writer and Just Breathe Meditation teacher about what productivity really means, and finding the balance between success and wellbeing. This episode is packed-full of real world advice and support on finding a work-life balance, without the expectation of being super-human. Drawing on his experience at Google and working with startup founders across the globe, Connor now teaches a combination of science-backed productivity methods and modern mindfulnesses practices that enable high performers to rise above the chaos and do the work that matters most. After 7 years at Google, Connor began teaching and coaching on how to sustain high-performance and improve wellbeing. He is a Certified Facilitator for Search Inside Yourself, a leadership program grounded in emotional intelligence, neuroscience, and mindfulness and he also published his writing on Google's thought-leadership platform, Think with Google, and developed lessons on productivity and time management for Google Primer, an educational app. He has been a keynote speaker at world-renowned events and has facilitated dozens of workshops in cities from Zurich to Dubai for teams at Google, as well as for startups, non-profits, and universities. To find out more about Connor visit connorswenson.com

Chade-Meng Tan (Meng) is an award-winning engineer, international bestselling author, thought leader, movie producer and philanthropist. He is Co-founder of the Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute and Co-chair of One Billion Acts of Peace, which has been nominated eight times for the Nobel Peace Prize. He was also Executive Producer of the movie Walk With Me, and Adjunct Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in the National University of Singapore. He retired from Google as its Jolly Good Fellow at the age of 45. Meng led the creation of a groundbreaking mindfulness-based emotional intelligence course at Google called Search Inside Yourself, which is also the title of Meng's New York Times bestselling book which has been endorsed by world leaders such as President Carter of the United States, business leaders such as Eric Schmidt of Google and John Mackey of Whole Foods Markets, and spiritual leaders such as the Dalai Lama. Meng hopes Search Inside Yourself will eventually contribute to world peace in a meaningful way. Meng delivered a TED talk on compassion at the United Nations and spoke at the White House about the development of kindness. His personal motto is, “Life is too important to be taken seriously”. To learn more visit http://chademeng.com.

I'm joined by Charles Morris for a very special episode focused on meditation and mindfulness. Charles is a fellow Microsoftie and is currently Director, Global Learning & Development where he's helping to bring those concepts into Microsoft life. Charles is also a father himself so he's our first "two-fer" of expert and dad. We cover a lot of ground on this one and jump around a bit so I edited the order of our discussion to lead off with a "what is meditation" discussion for any newbies. From there we cover common misconceptions of meditation, the science behind the practice, where meditation and religion overlap (or don't) and then into a discussion of Charles' personal history with meditation and Microsoft. He's bringing the two together through his Mindful Growth program (links to more info on that below). Here are all the links to concepts we discussed: Victor Frankel - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Frankl Google's "Search Inside Yourself" program + institute - https://siyli.org/ Other corporate mindfulness programs: Aetna - https://www.aetna.com/health-guide/yes-can-stop-multi-tasking-successful-executives-share-mindfulness-secrets.html Salesforce - https://medium.com/@salesforce/how-i-started-practicing-mindfulness-at-work-d2964cf95ec1 Charles' Proposal for the "Mindful Growth" program - https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/mindful-growth-accelerating-microsofts-transformation-charles-morris/ The Mindfulness Studies masters program Charles mentioned - https://lesley.edu/academics/graduate/mindfulness-studies-masters London cabbies - larger hippocampus due to having to memorize streets - https://www.wired.com/2011/12/london-taxi-driver-memory/ Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction - Mindfulness-based stress reduction Meditation apps: Insight Timer - https://insighttimer.com/ Headspace - https://www.headspace.com/ Calm - https://www.calm.com/ Digital Detox - http://digitaldetox.org/ Waldorf education - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldorf_education Finally, I talked a bit about a product we love in our house called K+. K+ is an organic sports drink formulated specially for young athletes. It has the right amounts of the good stuff your kids need and none of the stuff they don't. And it tastes great (I like it too!). You can buy it on their site - https://kplusorganics.com/, at select healthy grocery stores like PCC and on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/Organic-Beverage-Vitamins-Replenish-Electrolytes/dp/B07H445K9H/ref=sr_1_2_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1551118084&sr=8-2&keywords=K+plus

Today on episode #3 of 'The Dad The Best I Can Show', we're talking to Marc Bromley (Part 2), a 41-year-old Dad living in Maui with his wife, Katie, and their kids (8, 6 and 2) about: TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES [01:13] Marc and Rob talk about screen time with the kids, and what to do about it (if anything) [01:36] When screens annoy Marc the most around his kids (I feel this too) [02:18] Why Marc and Katie have banned YouTube Kids in their house [02:53] Why games seem more addictive and a bigger issue today than when we were kids [03:18] Leaving your phone downstairs when you put your kids to bed [03:45] Setting relationship and family goals (in addition to career and health goals) [05:00] Living on the ocean in Maui...and staring at the phone [06:00]

This guided meditation helps to find the similarities among us all. We are asked to look at each other with compassion and see how we all relate. This practice can be done while you think of a friend or a difficult person in your life. Alternatively, it can be done with a partner sitting across from you. Show notes: Meditation by Mirabai Bush Mirabai Bush is a senior fellow at the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society. She has led mindfulness training for lawyers, judges, educators, environmental leaders, activists, students, and the army, and was a key developer of Search Inside Yourself at Google.

This week we talk to Rich Fernandez, the CEO of the Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute and the co-founder of Wisdom Labs. He's awesome, and we can't wait for you to hear his description of what it means to live a life of mindfulness in this present moment and to watch and witness what unfolds. The Search Inside Yourself program actually partners with us at the Achieving Optimal Health Conference. It's a great program that started at Google, and it deals with combating stress in the workplace. Rich's perspective on teaching Search Inside Yourself is really mind-blowing. The idea that you can actually unhinge stress, the idea that maybe stress isn't really there, that it might be a story you tell yourself is something that I thought was really interesting. This podcast was sponsored by Aetna. Learn how Aetna is working to build a healthier world by visiting www.aetnastory.com We hope you enjoy our conversation with Rich Fernandez. To learn more about Rich Fernandez: Search Inside Yourself Institute (https://siyli.org/) Wisdom Labs (https://wisdomlabs.com/) Twitter: @_richfernandez To learn more about BB&R: BBRconsulting.us

In Episode 021 of A Medicinal Mind: Wisdom and Wellbeing, we get into the world of mindfulness, meditation and the capacity of these practices, to relieve suffering and promote flourishing with founder of the Long Island Center for Mindfulness, Cory Muscara.   To put it simply, Cory is one of the most fascinating people I have ever met. While we are all unique, yet paradoxically all of one collective whole, Cory's background and experiences are quite astonishing.   Cory Muscara is the founder of the Long Island Center for Mindfulness, where he utilizes his extensive professional training in Mindfulness, Positive Psychology, and Integrative Health Coaching to facilitate a client's creation of, and movement toward, their optimal vision of health and wellbeing.   Cory has undergone professional training to integrate mindfulness within healthcare, schools, and businesses, through teacher training programs in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) at UMass Medical School with Jon Kabat-Zinn, Mindful Schools, Search Inside Yourself, and Breathworks Chronic Pain. He has completed his Integrative Health Coach training at Duke Integrative Medicine, is a 200-Hour Certified Yoga Instructor, and holds a Masters degree in Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) from the University of Pennsylvania. In 2012, Cory spent six months in silence practicing mindfulness meditation 14+ hours a day as a Buddhist Monk in Southeast Asia. The experience taught him how powerful mindfulness can be as a transformative practice for cultivating greater peace, clarity, wisdom, and wellbeing in one's life, and became the inspiring force behind his mission to share this work with others. Cory currently serves as faculty at Columbia Teachers College where he teaches mindfulness to school leaders and principals, and is an assistant instructor for the Master of Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) at the University of Pennsylvania, where he completed his graduate work. Cory has presented mindfulness to organizations such as Johnson & Johnson, Travelers, Prudential Insurance; universities such as NYU, Wharton Business School, and Dartmouth; a number of hospitals and healthcare systems in the New York area; and he regularly appears on the Dr. Oz show as a guest expert in the topic of mindfulness meditation. Cory's teachings and work with students stem from a deep passion for helping others, and personal experience with the transformative power of mindfulness, coaching, and positive psychology. He looks forward to helping you realize the same benefits he and his students have come to experience through this work.     Formally speaking, Cory has undergone professional training to integrate mindfulness within healthcare, schools, and businesses, through teacher training programs in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) at UMass Medical School with Jon Kabat-Zinn, Mindful Schools, Search Inside Yourself, and Breathworks Chronic Pain. He has completed his Integrative Health Coach training at Duke Integrative Medicine, is a 200-Hour Certified Yoga Instructor, and holds a Masters degree in Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) from the University of Pennsylvania.   Positive Yoga Coaching anyone?   And just to make things interesting, in 2012, Cory spent six months in silence practicing mindfulness meditation 14+ hours a day as a Buddhist Monk in Southeast Asia. The experience taught him how powerful mindfulness can be as a transformative practice for cultivating greater peace, clarity, wisdom, and wellbeing in one's life, and became the inspiring force behind his mission to share this work with others.   In our show, Cory and I have a curious discussion about mindfulness and meditation. What in the world do we mean when we say mindfulness anyway?   Cory reflects on his background and rather remarkable course to get to his current work with the Long Island Center for Mindfulness.   As part of the discussion, Cory lays out in exquisite detail, some of his approaches to cultivating a meditative practice with others, providing one of the most insightful practical examples I have ever heard when it comes to describing the meditative experience.   Digging deeper, I push Cory to explore the word spirituality and ask him to draw upon his unique experiences to share his views of the world “spirituality” and perhaps what we should adopt as a more unifying collective perspective.   Not wanting to forget the medical applications, Cory shares some of his knowledge having trained as a health coach incorporating principles of mindfulness and positive psychology into his work. In the end, we conclude the discussion exploring Cory's work expanding the practices of mindfulness and meditation with youth and the family environment.   Cory even closes the show with one of the best endings we have had to date, perhaps only second to the hauntingly beautiful story told by my mentor Dr. Greg Gelburd at the end of Episode 010.   I am so excited to share this conversation with you and incredibly grateful to have connected with Cory, thanks again to the thoughtfulness of another previous podcast guest, our resident positive Mapster Grace Cormier.   And don't worry, Cory and Grace will certainly be back for more discussions and we further unpack the power of positive psychology coupled with a dedicated mindfulness practice.   If you enjoy the show, please don't forget to share your thoughts as part of a review in I-Tunes. I struggle enough trying to figure out Facebook and the best ways to grow our community, so from all of us at A Medicinal Mind, we would be grateful for your kind words as part of a review in I-Tunes. And as always, we encourage you to share the show and all the offerings on our main page to others in your life that you believe would benefit, all in the effort furthering this joyful conversation.   Thank you as always and we hope you enjoy the show!   To learn more about Cory's current work with the Long Island Center for Mindfulness click on the link below: http://www.mindfulnessmeditationnyc.com/mbsr-nyc-teachers/cory-muscara   To learn more about Cory's exciting and powerful work use the link below to access his website: http://www.corymuscara.com   To access all of our previous podcasts you may use this link: http://www.amedicinalmind.com/podcast-wisdom-and-well-being   Disclaimer: The content at A Medicinal Mind and the content of our podcast are educational and informational in nature. They are not intended to be medical advice, spiritual counsel or a substitute for working with a health professional or a trained spiritual counselor. We cannot guarantee the outcome of any of the recommendations provided on our page or by the guests on our podcast and any statements written or made about any potential outcomes are expressions of opinion only.