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…
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…