Mindfulness Beyond the Hype - Mindful Leader
By Dr. Gus Castellanos, Guest Contributor Earlier this year, I wrote about my concerns regarding the future of mindfulness. These centered aroun...| Mindful Leader
By Dr. Gus Castellanos, Guest Contributor Earlier this year, I wrote about my concerns regarding the future of mindfulness. These centered aroun...| Mindful Leader
AI Generated Article Audio By Mo Edjlali, Founder and CEO, Mindful Leader; Author, Open MBSR Imagine waking up to the news that a sweepin...| Mindful Leader
Session Summary A thought-provoking session at the 2024 Mindful Leader Summit led by Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D., explored the hidden forces that shape human behavior and well-being. Drawing on psychology, neuroscience, and lived experience, Dr. Goldstein discussed how invisible “sparks” of energy—within us and between us—impact emotional health, connection, and the ability to sustain positive change. Key Highlights Invisible Influences (“Sparks”): We are constantly shaped by unse...| Mindful Leader
By Mo Edjlali, Founder and CEO, Mindful Leader; Author, Open MBSR: Reimagining the Future of Mindfulness There is a chill in the air. Not the ki...| Mindful Leader
By Piero Falci, Open MBSR Teacher As we celebrated ten years of the Mindful Leader Summit in Washington, D.C., one theme resonated throughout the weekend — the growing need for wisdom, connection, and mindful leadership in our world. Below, Open MBSR teacher Piero Falci shares his reflection on the experience. --- I’m deeply grateful for the experience of being part of the 10th Mindful Leader Summit — a gathering that felt both intimate and profoundly energizing. As an Open MBSR teacher...| Mindful Leader
Hello Mindful Leaders, How could genuine open-source principles reshape mindfulness to be more community-centric? Are we at the edge of a mental health crisis — or at the threshold of reimagining how workplaces care for employees? What would your workplace look like if leadership was guided more by love than by fear? What new possibilities will appear... if you trust the wisdom of letting go? Tools & Insights Open Source Explained: Why the Future of Mindfulness may Depend on It Mo Edjlal...| Mindful Leader
By The Mindful Leader Team Autumn reminds us that release is part of life’s rhythm. Just as the trees shed their leaves, leaders and teams too m...| Mindful Leader
Session Summary A powerful session at the 2022 Mindful Leader Summit led by Marvin Riley and Dr. Susan Sweeney, discuss their roles as CEO and Chief Human Resources Officer at EnPro, a multibillion dollar publicly traded manufacturing company. The conversation focused on how leaders can transform themselves, their teams, and their institutions to create workplaces that nurture both people and performance. Key Highlights Leadership sets the ceiling for transformation: Organizations cannot ...| Mindful Leader
By The Mindful Leader Team Quick Summary Engagement crisis: Global employee engagement fell to 21% in 2024, with managers hit hardest. Clo...| Mindful Leader
By Mo Edjlali, Mindful Leader Founder & CEO In today's fractured political landscape, disagreements have escalated beyond mere differences of op...| Mindful Leader
By The Mindful Leader Team In the realm of mindfulness practices, we often seek new ways to deepen our awareness and connection with the presen...| Mindful Leader
By The Mindful Leader Team In today's climate, anger permeates our society. Political divisions run deep, fueling fear and resentment. Leaders f...| Mindful Leader
By The Mindful Leader Team In an era defined by political upheaval, global conflicts, climate uncertainty, and rapid technological change, our e...| Mindful Leader
By The Mindful Leader Team The Benefits of Breathing Exercises Practicing breathing exercises offers several benefits for both physical and m...| Mindful Leader
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
Final days to Save $200 - 2025 Summit Early Bird ends this Friday! Hello Mindful Leaders, Could the key to reinventing mindfulness be hidde...| Mindful Leader
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
An excerpt from "Open MBSR: Reimagining the Future of Mindfulness" by Mo Edjlali Unpacking the Buddhist DNA: A Blueprint for Transparency Cha...| 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
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 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
Learn Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), the most scientifically tested and well-established mindfulness training program. Created by Dr. J...| Mindful Leader
The World’s 1st Global Mindfulness Community Center. Real people. Real practice.| Mindful Leader
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
Unlock your leadership potential and a thriving people-centric organization at the Annual Mindful Leader Summit this Fall in Washington D.C.| Mindful Leader
The gold standard in Workplace Mindfulness Facilitation training customized to address the unique challenges you face bringing Mindfulness into th...| Mindful Leader
The gold standard in mindfulness training, created in 1979 at the UMASS Center for Mindfulness.| 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
