Category Archives: Listening

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Are You Using Mindful Listening To Your Advantage?

How and Why To Become A Mindful Listener

You aren’t listening to me! An accusation that we’ve no doubt heard when our attention is somewhere other than on the person in front of us. Guilty as charged. And yes, no matter how great your reputation of being a good listener, we all do it sometimes. Especially when the stakes are high and conflict is in the air.

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On flip side – you’ve probably been a recipient of less than stellar listening a time or two. Perhaps when someone has been more invested in a text, the latest episode of what’s popular on Netflix or just in disagreement with what you were saying. So what goes around comes around.

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Need A New Mindfulness For Your Busy World?

Try This Simple Five Day Experiment

Being present can be easy. And do you remember the benefits? More peace, clarity, focus and happiness. I mean hello! Who doesn’t want that? It’s not an add to your to-do list or even an added mental chore. Instead, it’s a new way of experiencing what you are doing everyday anyhow.

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Below I share a few simple practices that you can use to create a new mindfulness that will blend beautifully with your average day. So keep reading.

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Your Most Important To-Do Of The Day

The Real Value in Active Listening

It was a busy morning for me. A longer than normal to-do list nagging me along.

Just as I’m settling in to get focused, a loud knock on the door. Answer it or keep working? Heavy knock again. Okay, definitely not the UPS man. Fine. I’ll get it, could be important.

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Resources You Don’t Want To Miss – My Wisdom 2.0 Conference Shares

Are you ready for my Top 7 Wisdom Shares from the Wisdom 2.0 Conference 2016? There was so much juicy stuff to choose from that this was actually a very challenging exercise! The list reflects what’s resonating with me the most – at least for right now. This post is also loaded with valuable links for exercises, videos and meditations. Give yourself the gift of making time to click into them and get to know these folks a little – it’s worth it.

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You’ll notice an interesting combination of accomplished business people, pop culture players and highly regarded mindfulness gurus – which is why the conference is so amazing. You’re provided with lots of different perspectives and practices to consider, and perhaps integrate into your own journey.

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Disconnect From Your Drama In 5 Easy Steps

It's Worth Your Time and Effort

Two years ago this month I left my corporate job to go solo. And while there are certainly aspects of the job, the people and the environment that I miss, there is one big thing that I don’t – THE DRAMA.

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Don’t get me wrong, I recognize that corporate America isn’t the only breeding ground for ugly comments, self-absorbed complaining and harsh scrutinizing of others. We are all more than capable of committing these crimes in any situation including conversations with friends, family and neighbors. Sometimes even innocently. But for me personally it was one of the most likely places of occurrence.

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