By Mo Edjlali, Founder and CEO, Mindful Leader; Author, Open MBSR: Reimagining the Future of Mindfulness A New Trend Emerges Something new is stirring in mindfulness: the language of open source. What began as a whisper is now entering real conversations. Ideas like community-centric and open-source alongside MBSR are no longer unthinkable, still not mainstream, but no longer off-limits. In August, Wiley published my book Open MBSR, a framework built on transparency, collaboration, and share...| Mindful Leader
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Session Summary A powerful session at the 2024 Mindful Leader Summit led by Marc Brackett PhD, founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, explored the complex nature of employee well-being. The talk highlighted research findings, live survey data, and practical implications for leaders seeking to create healthier and more resilient organizations. Key principles highlighted included understanding the multidimensional nature of well-being, interpreting employee emotions ...| Mindful Leader
AI-generated Audio Overview By The Mindful Leader Team What if mindfulness doesn't just help us cope with work stress, but actually changes how we perceive our jobs entirely? Can a smartphone app delivering just five minutes of daily meditation create lasting workplace transformation? Why are bite-sized mindfulness sessions proving more effective than traditional lengthy programs? And does workplace mindfulness function as a stress buffer, a resource builder, or both? This month's research ro...| Mindful Leader
An excerpt from "Open MBSR: Reimagining the Future of Mindfulness" by Mo Edjlali Unpacking the Buddhist DNA: A Blueprint for Transparency Cha...| Mindful Leader
Help shape the Future of Mindfulness. Pre-order Open MBSR: Reimagining the Future of Mindfulness (out August 12) Hello Mindful Leaders, Is the mindfulness movement secretly a tool for liberal indoctrination, or could it be the key to bridging America's deepening political divide? Who really controls mindfulness, and how can we reclaim it through collective, open dialogue? Is it time to disentangle mindfulness from Buddhism — and why does it matter? What happens to loving-kindness meditat...| Mindful Leader
By The Mindful Leader Team In the landscape of mindfulness practices, few techniques spark as much confusion and resistance as loving-kindness m...| Mindful Leader
Session Summary A powerful session at the 2024 Mindful Leader Summit, Mindful Leader founder and CEO and Open MBSR author, Mo Edjlali, explored the future of secular mindfulness. The talk tackled systemic issues within mainstream mindfulness training, particularly MBSR, and presented a new vision rooted in transparency, empowerment, and collaboration. Key principles highlighted include Buddhist disentanglement, dialectical balance, and community-led innovation. Key Highlights Buddhist Dis...| Mindful Leader
By Mo Edjlali, Founder and CEO, Mindful Leader; Author, Open MBSR: Reimagining the Future of Mindfulness A few days ago, we celebrated the 4th o...| Mindful Leader
AI-generated Audio Overview By Mo Edjlali (with AI help), Mindful Leader Founder & CEO Remember when mentioning AI in mindfulness circles fe...| Mindful Leader
By Mo Edjlali, Founder and CEO, Mindful Leader; Author, Open MBSR: Reimagining the Future of Mindfulness As I sit here, just outside the political pressure cooker of Washington D.C., I can't help but reflect on the state of our nation. The polarization in American politics has reached a fever pitch, and it's hard to ignore the tension in the air. It reminds me of a pivotal conversation I had years ago - one that challenged my thinking and led me to a profound realization about mindfulness in...| Mindful Leader
2025 Summit Final Days to save $300 with Super Early Bird (ends this Friday) Hello Mindful Leaders, Are you cultivating students' innate wis...| Mindful Leader
For those of you who have a close connection to Mindful Leader, you probably know that one of the things that really makes us different is our embr...| Mindful Leader
By Mo Edjlali I always thought that I needed to go for what I considered the middle path, the “gray” but I was wrong. We, humans, are biological...| Mindful Leader
By The Mindful Leader Team In our prior exploration, "Dialectic Thinking: The Secret to Exceptional Mindful Leadership," we explored the fascina...| Mindful Leader
By Mo Edjlali, Founder and CEO, Mindful Leader; Author, Open MBSR Open MBSR isn’t even out yet, and already the backlash is here. But it’s not l...| Mindful Leader
By Mo Edjlali, Founder and CEO, Mindful Leader; Author, Open MBSR A Crisis Across Mindfulness Education "The teacher must vanish. The teachin...| Mindful Leader
Session Summary A powerful session at the 2019 Mindfulness at Work Summit, led by Candy Gunther Brown, PhD, Rich Fernandez, PhD, David Forbes, P...| Mindful Leader
AI-generated Audio Overview By The Mindful Leader Team In the Age of AI, today's leaders face a high-stakes balancing act: How do you provid...| Mindful Leader
AI-generated Audio Overview By The Mindful Leader Team What if the key to workplace success lies not in resolving tensions, but in embracing ...| Mindful Leader
Whackfulness: The unexamined, sometimes silly, side of Mindfulness. (Formerly Mindfulness is Whack) Last month we started a series Mindfulness i...| Mindful Leader
AI-generated Audio Overview By The Mindful Leader Team Do long-term meditators' brains function differently even when they're not meditatin...| Mindful Leader
Session Summary At the 2024 Mindful Leader Summit, Meico Marquette Whitlock, a digital wellness expert and mindfulness facilitator, led a powerf...| Mindful Leader
AI-generated Audio Overview By The Mindful Leader Team This month's roundup brings us fascinating new insights into the role of mindfulness a...| Mindful Leader
Retreats are Live & Online (Zoom) lead by senior certified MBSR teachers. Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) was created by Jon Kabat-Zinn, ...| Mindful Leader
Session Summary At the 2024 Mindful Leader Summit, Dr. Jonathan Fisher, a Harvard-trained cardiologist and mindfulness expert, delivered a power...| Mindful Leader
As we step into 2025, the workplace and wellness landscapes are undergoing profound transformations, shaped by technological advancements, evolvin...| Mindful Leader
By The Mindful Leader Team What if the key to developing genuine servant leaders wasn't another leadership framework, but rather teaching them t...| Mindful Leader
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MBSR, or Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, is an eight week mindfulness and stress reduction program that was created by Jon Kabat-Zinn in 1979 a...| Mindful Leader
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By The Mindful Leader Team This month, we look at reports on global employee engagement and wellbeing as well as on workplace empathy. Then, we ...| Mindful Leader
By The Mindful Leader Team In the 1950s, legendary golfer Walter Hagen offered sage advice in his book "The Walter Hagen Story," reminding us, "...| Mindful Leader
