Where to Begin Mindful Leadership? Centering
Our world is overwhelming. This is the third week of the last fifteen that a major shooting has been in the news as I write.
Our fear of being alone, or missing out on something important makes us feel we need to sift through the constant, unprecedented deluge of information coming at us, even though we know most of it is just noise. We have less recovery time between events, and we’re getting less of the sleep we need to rejuvenate. It’s unsustainable, it’s exhausting, and it leads to a mindlessness that takes a toll on our personal and professional lives.
Enter mindfulness.
Mindfulness is the practice of becoming fully present in the moment. It is often confused with meditation. While meditation is one form of mindfulness practice, it’s not the only one. In today’s 24/7/365 world where stress is rampant, mindfulness has been scientifically proven to reduce stress, decrease health challenges, and increase focus, resulting in a better quality of home and work life.
Mindfulness has seven practices. I’m going to guide you thru these steps. I intend this series will educate, connect, and hopefully inspire you to try each of the seven for just two to five minutes on the next seven posts—and all week long.
Week 1 Mini-Practice: Centering
Centering is practicing the process of reconnecting to the still, small voice inside of you. Centering in partnership with breathing and small hand motions will bring you back to you.
Today, push yourself away from your desk for just two minutes. Yes, you can set a timer if it reduces your stress. Feel your breath enter through your nose and move through to your heart center, then exhale through your mouth. Do this three times. When was the last time you took a mindful breath?
Next time you are heading to a conversation that may be less than mindful, try centering. This practice, while simple, is not easy. The more you try it this week, the more you are likely to let go of mindless and become more mindful.
Mindful Matters!
Are you looking to lead your business in a different, more sustainable way? If so, then a conversation with Holly Duckworth is a must. Holly believes we are human beings, not human doings and teaches leaders how to bridge the personal practice of mindfulness into profitable business culture.
Founder of the C-Suite Network Mindful Leadership Council the premiere community for where mindfulness and leadership connect. The council she leads creates, contributes, and advances mindful leadership as a practice in the workplace. This is an elite group of professionals dedicated to the application of what mindfulness is, and the advancement of personal and emotional support for leaders to grow the income and impact of their businesses.
Holly Duckworth, CAE, CMP, LSP is CEO of Leadership Solutions International, is a trailblazer transforming businesses and industries as a contributor to the New York Times, Producer/Host of the Everyday Mindfulness Show with more than 150 episodes Holly has provides training programs on applied mindful leadership around the world. Bring Holly to your company conference or event to educate, connect or inspire.
Overcoming Leadership Stress Through Mindfulness
The importance of being present while having a positive and resilient mindset has never been as vital as it is in today’s world of information overload, social media, and short attention spans. Cut through the challenges and learn how mindfulness can benefit you personally and create more opportunities for your productivity and business growth.
For all leaders, from aspiring through executive who need to perform in high stress or uncertain situations.
Everyday Mindfulness: From Chaos To Calm In A Crazy World
The stress of living today requires us to have stress reduction and focus techniques. Science has proven that mindfulness-based stress reduction is reducing health care costs and improving productivity and happiness. Mindfulness teaches you how to be fully present in each experience to become your best self. This session teaches you 7 applied mindfulness practices you can do at your desk, in your car, everywhere you go.
For leaders of all levels in need of inspiration and motivation to get through the most challenging days.
How To Increase Your Strength, Pride & StaminaAs A Mindful Sales Professional
The stress of living as a sales professional today requires us to have focus and stress reduction techniques while selling. Look at your business mindset and the sales process in a different way. As a result of this session, you will make a commitment to be your most empowered and confident self while selling your unique product, or service.
For sales leaders (especially commissioned professionals and top producers) when you need to increase sales in a sustainable way.
Leadership Begins With Visionary Questions: How Inquiry Increases Your Innovation & Solutions
With all the changes in our lives and workplace, the need for a greater inquiry, and the opportunity to imagine the future, why are we not asking visionary questions? When you don’t, much is left on the table and you have minimized your and others’ influence, leadership, curiosity, and change perspectives. Join us to discuss simple yet often not practiced, methods that lead to different types of questions. Notably, visionary questions.
For all leaders when you need to increase creativity, provide clarity, and innovation.
Today Holly takes the best of her strategic vision expertise, blends it with mindful leadership practices and her event background to curate conversations, and experiential events that change hearts, minds and companies.
Holly’s is among Biz Bash most influential thought leaders for 2019, Meetings Today 2018 Trend Setter for her applied mindfulness work and 2016 Smart Meetings Woman of the Year. Holly’s current best-selling book, Sell More, Stress Less: 52 Tips To Become A Mindful Sales Professional offers mindful tips for sales leaders. Her daily motivational book Everday Mindfulness From Chaos to Calm in A Crazy World is a best seller.
|Are you looking to lead your business in a different, more sustainable way? If so, then a conversation with Holly Duckworth is a must. Holly believes we are human beings, not human doings and teaches leaders how to bridge the personal practice of mindfulness into profitable business culture.
Founder of the C-Suite Network Mindful Leadership Council the premiere community for where mindfulness and leadership connect. The council she leads creates, contributes, and advances mindful leadership as a practice in the workplace. This is an elite group of professionals dedicated to the application of what mindfulness is, and the advancement of personal and emotional support for leaders to grow the income and impact of their businesses.
Holly Duckworth, CAE, CMP, LSP is CEO of Leadership Solutions International, is a trailblazer transforming businesses and industries as a contributor to the New York Times, Producer/Host of the Everyday Mindfulness Show with more than 150 episodes Holly has provides training programs on applied mindful leadership around the world. Bring Holly to your company conference or event to educate, connect or inspire.
Overcoming Leadership Stress Through Mindfulness
The importance of being present while having a positive and resilient mindset has never been as vital as it is in today’s world of information overload, social media, and short attention spans. Cut through the challenges and learn how mindfulness can benefit you personally and create more opportunities for your productivity and business growth.
For all leaders, from aspiring through executive who need to perform in high stress or uncertain situations.
Everyday Mindfulness: From Chaos To Calm In A Crazy World
The stress of living today requires us to have stress reduction and focus techniques. Science has proven that mindfulness-based stress reduction is reducing health care costs and improving productivity and happiness. Mindfulness teaches you how to be fully present in each experience to become your best self. This session teaches you 7 applied mindfulness practices you can do at your desk, in your car, everywhere you go.
For leaders of all levels in need of inspiration and motivation to get through the most challenging days.
How To Increase Your Strength, Pride & StaminaAs A Mindful Sales Professional
The stress of living as a sales professional today requires us to have focus and stress reduction techniques while selling. Look at your business mindset and the sales process in a different way. As a result of this session, you will make a commitment to be your most empowered and confident self while selling your unique product, or service.
For sales leaders (especially commissioned professionals and top producers) when you need to increase sales in a sustainable way.
Leadership Begins With Visionary Questions: How Inquiry Increases Your Innovation & Solutions
With all the changes in our lives and workplace, the need for a greater inquiry, and the opportunity to imagine the future, why are we not asking visionary questions? When you don’t, much is left on the table and you have minimized your and others’ influence, leadership, curiosity, and change perspectives. Join us to discuss simple yet often not practiced, methods that lead to different types of questions. Notably, visionary questions.
For all leaders when you need to increase creativity, provide clarity, and innovation.
Today Holly takes the best of her strategic vision expertise, blends it with mindful leadership practices and her event background to curate conversations, and experiential events that change hearts, minds and companies.
Holly’s is among Biz Bash most influential thought leaders for 2019, Meetings Today 2018 Trend Setter for her applied mindfulness work and 2016 Smart Meetings Woman of the Year. Holly’s current best-selling book, Sell More, Stress Less: 52 Tips To Become A Mindful Sales Professional offers mindful tips for sales leaders. Her daily motivational book Everday Mindfulness From Chaos to Calm in A Crazy World is a best seller.
|Are you looking to lead your business in a different, more sustainable way? If so, then a conversation with Holly Duckworth is a must. Holly believes we are human beings, not human doings and teaches leaders how to bridge the personal practice of mindfulness into profitable business culture.
Founder of the C-Suite Network Mindful Leadership Council the premiere community for where mindfulness and leadership connect. The council she leads creates, contributes, and advances mindful leadership as a practice in the workplace. This is an elite group of professionals dedicated to the application of what mindfulness is, and the advancement of personal and emotional support for leaders to grow the income and impact of their businesses.
Holly Duckworth, CAE, CMP, LSP is CEO of Leadership Solutions International, is a trailblazer transforming businesses and industries as a contributor to the New York Times, Producer/Host of the Everyday Mindfulness Show with more than 150 episodes Holly has provides training programs on applied mindful leadership around the world. Bring Holly to your company conference or event to educate, connect or inspire.
Overcoming Leadership Stress Through Mindfulness
The importance of being present while having a positive and resilient mindset has never been as vital as it is in today’s world of information overload, social media, and short attention spans. Cut through the challenges and learn how mindfulness can benefit you personally and create more opportunities for your productivity and business growth.
For all leaders, from aspiring through executive who need to perform in high stress or uncertain situations.
Everyday Mindfulness: From Chaos To Calm In A Crazy World
The stress of living today requires us to have stress reduction and focus techniques. Science has proven that mindfulness-based stress reduction is reducing health care costs and improving productivity and happiness. Mindfulness teaches you how to be fully present in each experience to become your best self. This session teaches you 7 applied mindfulness practices you can do at your desk, in your car, everywhere you go.
For leaders of all levels in need of inspiration and motivation to get through the most challenging days.
How To Increase Your Strength, Pride & StaminaAs A Mindful Sales Professional
The stress of living as a sales professional today requires us to have focus and stress reduction techniques while selling. Look at your business mindset and the sales process in a different way. As a result of this session, you will make a commitment to be your most empowered and confident self while selling your unique product, or service.
For sales leaders (especially commissioned professionals and top producers) when you need to increase sales in a sustainable way.
Leadership Begins With Visionary Questions: How Inquiry Increases Your Innovation & Solutions
With all the changes in our lives and workplace, the need for a greater inquiry, and the opportunity to imagine the future, why are we not asking visionary questions? When you don’t, much is left on the table and you have minimized your and others’ influence, leadership, curiosity, and change perspectives. Join us to discuss simple yet often not practiced, methods that lead to different types of questions. Notably, visionary questions.
For all leaders when you need to increase creativity, provide clarity, and innovation.
Today Holly takes the best of her strategic vision expertise, blends it with mindful leadership practices and her event background to curate conversations, and experiential events that change hearts, minds and companies.
Holly’s is among Biz Bash most influential thought leaders for 2019, Meetings Today 2018 Trend Setter for her applied mindfulness work and 2016 Smart Meetings Woman of the Year. Holly’s current best-selling book, Sell More, Stress Less: 52 Tips To Become A Mindful Sales Professional offers mindful tips for sales leaders. Her daily motivational book Everday Mindfulness From Chaos to Calm in A Crazy World is a best seller.
Founder of the C-Suite Network Mindful Leadership Council the premiere community for where mindfulness and leadership connect. The council she leads creates, contributes, and advances mindful leadership as a practice in the workplace. This is an elite group of professionals dedicated to the application of what mindfulness is, and the advancement of personal and emotional support for leaders to grow the income and impact of their businesses.
Holly Duckworth, CAE, CMP, LSP is CEO of Leadership Solutions International, is a trailblazer transforming businesses and industries as a contributor to the New York Times, Producer/Host of the Everyday Mindfulness Show with more than 150 episodes Holly has provides training programs on applied mindful leadership around the world. Bring Holly to your company conference or event to educate, connect or inspire.
Overcoming Leadership Stress Through Mindfulness
The importance of being present while having a positive and resilient mindset has never been as vital as it is in today’s world of information overload, social media, and short attention spans. Cut through the challenges and learn how mindfulness can benefit you personally and create more opportunities for your productivity and business growth.
For all leaders, from aspiring through executive who need to perform in high stress or uncertain situations.
Everyday Mindfulness: From Chaos To Calm In A Crazy World
The stress of living today requires us to have stress reduction and focus techniques. Science has proven that mindfulness-based stress reduction is reducing health care costs and improving productivity and happiness. Mindfulness teaches you how to be fully present in each experience to become your best self. This session teaches you 7 applied mindfulness practices you can do at your desk, in your car, everywhere you go.
For leaders of all levels in need of inspiration and motivation to get through the most challenging days.
How To Increase Your Strength, Pride & StaminaAs A Mindful Sales Professional
The stress of living as a sales professional today requires us to have focus and stress reduction techniques while selling. Look at your business mindset and the sales process in a different way. As a result of this session, you will make a commitment to be your most empowered and confident self while selling your unique product, or service.
For sales leaders (especially commissioned professionals and top producers) when you need to increase sales in a sustainable way.
Leadership Begins With Visionary Questions: How Inquiry Increases Your Innovation & Solutions
With all the changes in our lives and workplace, the need for a greater inquiry, and the opportunity to imagine the future, why are we not asking visionary questions? When you don’t, much is left on the table and you have minimized your and others’ influence, leadership, curiosity, and change perspectives. Join us to discuss simple yet often not practiced, methods that lead to different types of questions. Notably, visionary questions.
For all leaders when you need to increase creativity, provide clarity, and innovation.
Today Holly takes the best of her strategic vision expertise, blends it with mindful leadership practices and her event background to curate conversations, and experiential events that change hearts, minds and companies.
Holly’s is among Biz Bash most influential thought leaders for 2019, Meetings Today 2018 Trend Setter for her applied mindfulness work and 2016 Smart Meetings Woman of the Year. Holly’s current best-selling book, Sell More, Stress Less: 52 Tips To Become A Mindful Sales Professional offers mindful tips for sales leaders. Her daily motivational book Everday Mindfulness From Chaos to Calm in A Crazy World is a best seller.
|Are you looking to lead your business in a different, more sustainable way? If so, then a conversation with Holly Duckworth is a must. Holly believes we are human beings, not human doings and teaches leaders how to bridge the personal practice of mindfulness into profitable business culture.
Founder of the C-Suite Network Mindful Leadership Council the premiere community for where mindfulness and leadership connect. The council she leads creates, contributes, and advances mindful leadership as a practice in the workplace. This is an elite group of professionals dedicated to the application of what mindfulness is, and the advancement of personal and emotional support for leaders to grow the income and impact of their businesses.
Holly Duckworth, CAE, CMP, LSP is CEO of Leadership Solutions International, is a trailblazer transforming businesses and industries as a contributor to the New York Times, Producer/Host of the Everyday Mindfulness Show with more than 150 episodes Holly has provides training programs on applied mindful leadership around the world. Bring Holly to your company conference or event to educate, connect or inspire.
Overcoming Leadership Stress Through Mindfulness
The importance of being present while having a positive and resilient mindset has never been as vital as it is in today’s world of information overload, social media, and short attention spans. Cut through the challenges and learn how mindfulness can benefit you personally and create more opportunities for your productivity and business growth.
For all leaders, from aspiring through executive who need to perform in high stress or uncertain situations.
Everyday Mindfulness: From Chaos To Calm In A Crazy World
The stress of living today requires us to have stress reduction and focus techniques. Science has proven that mindfulness-based stress reduction is reducing health care costs and improving productivity and happiness. Mindfulness teaches you how to be fully present in each experience to become your best self. This session teaches you 7 applied mindfulness practices you can do at your desk, in your car, everywhere you go.
For leaders of all levels in need of inspiration and motivation to get through the most challenging days.
How To Increase Your Strength, Pride & StaminaAs A Mindful Sales Professional
The stress of living as a sales professional today requires us to have focus and stress reduction techniques while selling. Look at your business mindset and the sales process in a different way. As a result of this session, you will make a commitment to be your most empowered and confident self while selling your unique product, or service.
For sales leaders (especially commissioned professionals and top producers) when you need to increase sales in a sustainable way.
Leadership Begins With Visionary Questions: How Inquiry Increases Your Innovation & Solutions
With all the changes in our lives and workplace, the need for a greater inquiry, and the opportunity to imagine the future, why are we not asking visionary questions? When you don’t, much is left on the table and you have minimized your and others’ influence, leadership, curiosity, and change perspectives. Join us to discuss simple yet often not practiced, methods that lead to different types of questions. Notably, visionary questions.
For all leaders when you need to increase creativity, provide clarity, and innovation.
Today Holly takes the best of her strategic vision expertise, blends it with mindful leadership practices and her event background to curate conversations, and experiential events that change hearts, minds and companies.
Holly’s is among Biz Bash most influential thought leaders for 2019, Meetings Today 2018 Trend Setter for her applied mindfulness work and 2016 Smart Meetings Woman of the Year. Holly’s current best-selling book, Sell More, Stress Less: 52 Tips To Become A Mindful Sales Professional offers mindful tips for sales leaders. Her daily motivational book Everday Mindfulness From Chaos to Calm in A Crazy World is a best seller.
|Are you looking to lead your business in a different, more sustainable way? If so, then a conversation with Holly Duckworth is a must. Holly believes we are human beings, not human doings and teaches leaders how to bridge the personal practice of mindfulness into profitable business culture.
Founder of the C-Suite Network Mindful Leadership Council the premiere community for where mindfulness and leadership connect. The council she leads creates, contributes, and advances mindful leadership as a practice in the workplace. This is an elite group of professionals dedicated to the application of what mindfulness is, and the advancement of personal and emotional support for leaders to grow the income and impact of their businesses.
Holly Duckworth, CAE, CMP, LSP is CEO of Leadership Solutions International, is a trailblazer transforming businesses and industries as a contributor to the New York Times, Producer/Host of the Everyday Mindfulness Show with more than 150 episodes Holly has provides training programs on applied mindful leadership around the world. Bring Holly to your company conference or event to educate, connect or inspire.
Overcoming Leadership Stress Through Mindfulness
The importance of being present while having a positive and resilient mindset has never been as vital as it is in today’s world of information overload, social media, and short attention spans. Cut through the challenges and learn how mindfulness can benefit you personally and create more opportunities for your productivity and business growth.
For all leaders, from aspiring through executive who need to perform in high stress or uncertain situations.
Everyday Mindfulness: From Chaos To Calm In A Crazy World
The stress of living today requires us to have stress reduction and focus techniques. Science has proven that mindfulness-based stress reduction is reducing health care costs and improving productivity and happiness. Mindfulness teaches you how to be fully present in each experience to become your best self. This session teaches you 7 applied mindfulness practices you can do at your desk, in your car, everywhere you go.
For leaders of all levels in need of inspiration and motivation to get through the most challenging days.
How To Increase Your Strength, Pride & StaminaAs A Mindful Sales Professional
The stress of living as a sales professional today requires us to have focus and stress reduction techniques while selling. Look at your business mindset and the sales process in a different way. As a result of this session, you will make a commitment to be your most empowered and confident self while selling your unique product, or service.
For sales leaders (especially commissioned professionals and top producers) when you need to increase sales in a sustainable way.
Leadership Begins With Visionary Questions: How Inquiry Increases Your Innovation & Solutions
With all the changes in our lives and workplace, the need for a greater inquiry, and the opportunity to imagine the future, why are we not asking visionary questions? When you don’t, much is left on the table and you have minimized your and others’ influence, leadership, curiosity, and change perspectives. Join us to discuss simple yet often not practiced, methods that lead to different types of questions. Notably, visionary questions.
For all leaders when you need to increase creativity, provide clarity, and innovation.
Today Holly takes the best of her strategic vision expertise, blends it with mindful leadership practices and her event background to curate conversations, and experiential events that change hearts, minds and companies.
Holly’s is among Biz Bash most influential thought leaders for 2019, Meetings Today 2018 Trend Setter for her applied mindfulness work and 2016 Smart Meetings Woman of the Year. Holly’s current best-selling book, Sell More, Stress Less: 52 Tips To Become A Mindful Sales Professional offers mindful tips for sales leaders. Her daily motivational book Everday Mindfulness From Chaos to Calm in A Crazy World is a best seller.
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