By Christine O’Shaughnessy, Founder of Mindful Presence Feedback is one of the most valuable currencies in the workplace yet, many of us dread it. When we don’t have a clear framework for giving feedback effectively or staying groundedwhen receiving it, it can quietly undermine trust, collaboration, and motivation. Conversationsthat should help us grow often become charged with tension, resentment, or…
Are You Getting the Results You Want? Every individual and organization operates within a framework of deeply ingrained mental patterns—paradigms. Paradigms are habitual thinking. These paradigms shape our logic, direct our behaviors, and ultimately determine the results we achieve. If you find yourself stuck in a cycle of unsatisfactory outcomes, negativity, or unskillful thinking, such as blaming or obsessive, unproductive…
Culture profoundly shapes how individuals approach ambition, authority, and communication—factors that directly impact the ability to set and achieve professional goals. While goal setting may seem like a universal process, the internalized beliefs and social norms from one’s upbringing can either propel or inhibit progress. For example, someone raised in a culture that emphasizes deference to authority may struggle to…
BOSTON, MA — Mindful Presence and Clarity Brain Wellness are pleased to announce a strategic partnership combining Mindful Presence’s mindfulness training and executive coaching with Clarity Brain Wellness executive function and injury prevention services. This alliance means that both individuals and corporations will be offered a more expansive and flexible range of services and resources encompassing the following: “Right now,…
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In this Holistic Health Collaborative podcast with Kate Maslowski, you will hear how Christine O’Shaunessy, owner of Mindful Presence, found her way to teaching mindfulness meditation, the benefits and science behind the practice, and how corporate and individual training sessions can improve your corporate environments even with remote employees. Mindfulness meditation is a state of active, open attention to the…
Mindfulness training is the foundation of emotional intelligence and affects every emotional and social intelligence leadership competency. These competencies are: self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, the ability to manage relationships These competencies are essential for creating mindful leaders. Learn mindful meditation exercises to build emotional intelligence through emotional regulation, self-awareness, and concentration practices. Mindfulness training can change our brains in way…
Engage in meaningful conversations through the art of mindful listening. Improve communications at work, home and in life with the core skill of mindful listening. Mindfulness cultivates attention and present moment awareness while strengthening our ability to listen to others. Often, we listen to our own inner voice and not to the person we are communicating with. Learn to cultivate…
“To be able to really listen, one should abandon or put aside all prejudices…When you are in a receptive state of mind, things can be easily understood…but, unfortunately, most of us listen through a screen of resistance. We are screened with prejudices, psychological or scientific, or with daily worries, desires and fears. And with these fears for a screen, we…