By Lisa Weitzman — 2019
From finding humor in a tough situation to trying creative problem-solving, you can develop a more resilient spirit.
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“The one non-negotiable is to create a culture of what we call ‘compassionate directness’, where people are empowered to express concerns, dissatisfactions, good ideas they have—and to do it in a compassionate way,”
Seligman has spent three decades researching failure, helplessness, and optimism. He created a program to help young adults and children overcome anxiety and depression, and has worked with colleagues from around the world to develop a program for teaching resilience.
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It can be tough enough to manage your own stress. But how can you, as a manager, help the members of your team handle their feelings of stress, burnout, or disengagement?
Psychologist Rick Hanson discusses how to strengthen our capacity for wisdom, peace, and enlightenment.
When burnout wipes the canvas clean, it is an invitation to pick through the ashes and make life new again.
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We all know that unmanaged stress can be destructive. But are there positive sides to stress as well?
As Buddhist teaching says, suffering has the potential to deepen our compassion and understanding of the human condition. And in so doing, it can lead us to even greater faith, joy and well-being.
A steady dose of toxic energy in the workplace encourages valuable team members to update their resumes rather than their to-do lists.
My hope is that the G.R.A.C.E. model will help you to actualize compassion in your own life and that the impact of this will ripple out to benefit the people with whom you interact each day as well as countless others.
Our mindfulness practice is not about vanquishing our thoughts. It’s about becoming aware of the process of thinking so that we are not in a trance—lost inside our thoughts.