http://www.mindfulpurpose.com Make a difference! Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:20:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/everyday-mindfulness/the-work-life-balance-trap http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/everyday-mindfulness/the-work-life-balance-trap#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 18:49:58 +0000 sunada http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/?p=1116 I think the idea of Work-Life Balance is off-base. It seems everyone is feeling busier than ever. There's never enough time. Not even for "life" things -- like family time and vacations. It seems harder than ever to maintain this alleged balance. So that got me thinking. I, too, often get caught in busyness traps. I was fortunate to be able to disconnect and go on a long retreat to chill and regain some perspective. Given my tendencies, I know working this out will be a lifelong project for me. But here's where my thinking is at the moment.]]> http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/everyday-mindfulness/the-work-life-balance-trap/feed 2 http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/the-surprising-truth-about-what-motivates-us http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/the-surprising-truth-about-what-motivates-us#comments Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:37:19 +0000 sunada http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/?p=971 This is a great 10-minute video that debunks the traditional notion that money incents us to work harder and better. When the task at hand calls for creativity and conceptual thinking, offers of money actually make us do WORSE! Fascinating stuff. And lots of implications for how we run organizations and create incentives. ]]> http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/the-surprising-truth-about-what-motivates-us/feed 0 http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/meditation-and-the-brain http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/meditation-and-the-brain#comments Sun, 09 May 2010 21:06:52 +0000 sunada http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/?p=928 This is a great page summarizing the latest research on how meditation affects the brain. It includes articles, videos, slides and links on how science describes the influence of meditation on the brain, as well as resources for making positive changes that will profoundly influence your brain, mind and spiritual wellbeing. ]]> http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/meditation-and-the-brain/feed 0 http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/practicing-compassion http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/practicing-compassion#comments Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:14:53 +0000 sunada http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/?p=910 Most of us probably think of the practice of compassion as synonymous with altruism. Giving. Helping. Being of service. Sunada flips that idea on its head — that it may be just as important to be vulnerable as it is to be strong, and to receive as it is to give. We can get ourselves into a bit of trouble when we think of compassion only in terms of “giving.” It leaves a huge opening for our ego to step in. I don’t know about yours,]]> http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/practicing-compassion/feed 0 http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/learning-to-love-ourselves http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/learning-to-love-ourselves#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:08:37 +0000 sunada http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/?p=885 It happens so often among spiritually-minded people. We give our all to love and care for others, and yet when it comes to ourselves, we’re full of criticism and judgment. Sunada shares her experience of working with the practice of loving kindness, specifically learning to love herself. It’s important to note that when the Buddha taught how to practice compassion, he always began with ourselves. This isn’t selfish. After all, if we can’t trust and open our hearts to ourselves – the one person on this earth that we know the best and are closest to – how could we possibly know how]]> http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/learning-to-love-ourselves/feed 0 http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/facing-samsara-making-a-difference http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/facing-samsara-making-a-difference#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:08:04 +0000 sunada http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/?p=806 Climate change. The economic downturn. Terrorism. And now there’s Haiti. A client and I were conversing recently about the mess our world is in. She was feeling overwhelmed. How do we, as individuals, respond in the face of such huge problems? I won’t be so presumptuous as to claim to know the answers. But I thought you might be interested in hearing what she and I discussed. ]]> http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/facing-samsara-making-a-difference/feed 0 http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/everyday-mindfulness/a-different-way-to-think-about-creative-genius http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/everyday-mindfulness/a-different-way-to-think-about-creative-genius#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:28:26 +0000 sunada http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/?p=741 This is a fun and funny video of Elizabeth Gilbert (author of Eat, Pray, Love) sharing her ideas on creativity. She says that that instead of the rare person "being" a genuis, all of us "have" a genius. And she shares how we might be in relationship with that part of ourselves. It's from www.TED.com -- a site that I highly recommend for many wonderfully thought-provoking and often moving talks.]]> http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/everyday-mindfulness/a-different-way-to-think-about-creative-genius/feed 0 http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/everyday-mindfulness/fear-is-my-ally http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/everyday-mindfulness/fear-is-my-ally#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:39:43 +0000 sunada http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/?p=738 Fearlessness isn’t the absence of fear, but the ability stay with one’s fear and use its energy wisely. In Sunada's monthly post on Wildmind's blog, she explains how welcoming our fears can point us toward our own place of freedom.
]]> http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/everyday-mindfulness/fear-is-my-ally/feed 0 http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/everyday-mindfulness/working-with-anger http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/everyday-mindfulness/working-with-anger#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:50:37 +0000 sunada http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/?p=685 I’ve been talking with some clients recently about anger. We all know what it’s like. It feels like an alien takes control of us. When in its grip, we can’t seem to stop ourselves from saying or doing things we regret later. Or it silently boils inside, leaving us simmering long after the incident is over. But the good news is anger can be overcome. I’d like to share with you some things I’ve learned about anger, and how we can loosen its grip on us. ]]> http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/everyday-mindfulness/working-with-anger/feed 4 http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/everyday-mindfulness/book-review-the-mindful-leader-by-michael-carroll http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/blog-home/everyday-mindfulness/book-review-the-mindful-leader-by-michael-carroll#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:05:56 +0000 sunada http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/?p=733 In The Mindful Leader, author Michael Carroll’s premise is that the best leaders aren’t those who take charge and make things happen. They’re the ones who are willing to be fully human and inspire the best in others. Sunada reviews this book that shows us how to pursue excellence at work and do so with decency, dignity, and authenticity.


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