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Don’t Hold Back: Speaking Your Truth at Work
Loving-Kindness & Compassion
Don’t Hold Back: Speaking Your Truth at Work 

Your perspective matters—but that doesn’t mean speaking up is easy. Conflict management expert Elaine Lin Hering provides key insights on why we often silence our own voice. Read More 

  • Elaine Lin Hering
  • November 28, 2024
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Creativity
Bring Back Your Spark 

How do you let your inner light shine, even when things get tough? It begins with a spirit of curiosity, writes beloved mindfulness teacher Elaine Smooker. Read More 

  • Elaine Smookler
  • November 28, 2024
Why Emotional Self-Control Matters / Illustration of a man holding a sad face in one hand and a smiley face in the other.
Mindfulness For
Why Emotional Self-Control Matters 

Releasing anger and frustration can actually help you regain control over a hectic day or win back productivity after feeling frazzled. But you have to do it with awareness. Read More 

  • Daniel Goleman
  • October 4, 2024
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Expert Interviews
How Leaders Build Trust at Work Through Authenticity 

It’s no surprise that successful companies are built on trusting relationships. In this excerpt, Carley Hauck, author of Shine: Ignite Your Inner Game to Lead Consciously at Work and In the World, explores how we harness authenticity to fuel the process of building trust. Read More 

  • Carley Hauck
  • September 16, 2024
Friends and Family Support. A young woman comforting her crying best friend. The mother supports her daughter in a difficult situation.
Loving-Kindness & Compassion
Compassion Is Key to Our Survival 

From an evolutionary standpoint, “survival of the kindest” is no exaggeration. When we respond with kindness in the face of suffering—including our own—we’re affirming the reality that our lives and well-being are all interconnected. Read More 

  • Susan Kaiser Greenland
  • July 19, 2024
From heart to head. Distorted path from soul to brain. Psychology concept about yourself listening for your psychology therapy blog article image or post.
Physical Health & Pain
Values to Live By: A Cardiologist on the Importance of Wisdom 

Wisdom is something we all wish to possess, but how do we actually cultivate wise qualities (or know what those are)? In this second excerpt from Just One Heart, author and cardiologist Dr. Jonathan Fisher reveals powerful ways we can tune in to the body to develop the wisdom of our emotional heart. Read More 

  • Jonathan Fisher
  • June 27, 2024
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Focus & Attention
Increase Your Agency By Responding, Instead of Reacting 

Ever wonder why your emails tend to be better when you wait a little before replying? Choosing to take a pause before we act may sound simple, but it yields powerful results. Longtime mindfulness teacher and author Andrew Safer shares a few ways we can practice pausing, both at our job and everywhere in our life. Read More 

  • Andrew Safer
  • June 11, 2024