The Mindful Leadership Blog
Change your brain, leadership, and life.
All Feelings Are Helpful – If We Let Them Be
How to start using feelings – even “bad” ones – to help us and our brains.
Creating a Simple Intention for Change
Want change without fear of failure or commitment? 5 steps to a brain-friendly intention for meaningful change.
2 Gifts for Your Brain This Season
With long to-do lists and the busyness of the holidays – and life – what could our brains really use?
Rewiring the Brain to Maximize Our Potential
To reach your greatest potential, start rewiring your brain – here’s why and how
Why the Best Decisions Take More Than Smart Thinking
Sometimes no matter how much thinking we do, we can’t make the best decision unless we check this first
Improving Stress Tolerance by Letting Go
Why we stress about what we can’t control, what happens in the brain, and 7 ways to let it go
How to Help Others Without the Burnout
It’s easy to get overwhelmed and burnout when helping people in distress. Research shows how to shift the brain toward a healthier and more helpful response.
A Green Chill Pill to Reduce Stress
When stress builds up, our brain and nervous system get off balance. Science reveals a green way back to calm equilibrium.
A Simple Strategy for Improving Social Connections
Social connections are important, but can be hard. How we can create new neural pathways to improve our social connections?
Not Sure? Getting Comfortable with Uncertainty
Why our brain always craves certainty, and why and how to tolerate not knowing.
7 Steps to Control the Chaos and Get Stuff Done
When the to-do list keeps mounting, and everything feels a bit chaotic, give the brain what it wants – a sense of control.
How to Work with Anger
Is anger showing up for you? Understand anger’s purpose, how it arises in the brain, and 6 tips for working with it.
How to Reduce Overwhelm and Build Your Focus
About our modern-day, overwhelmed and distractible brain – and 9 tips for improving your focus
From No to Go: How to Beat the Self-Control Battle
If self-control feels like a struggle, it is. How to support the brain for change without the battle of wills.
Sick of Goals? 6 Tips to Plan for Future Happiness
When goals haven’t been working, it’s time to plan our futures differently, supporting our brains and happiness.
free download
6 minutes to greater presence
A guided practice for calming and clearing the mind, body and nervous system. Sign up to receive the monthly newsletter & free audio file.