Year: <span>2021</span>

Empathy in the Caring Professions

by Marguerite Ham Balancing Empathy and Burnout I recently read an interesting article in Quartz about the possibility that empathy could cause exhaustion and burnout. This can happen to anyone, but particularly to people in professions which involve caring for people in distress: the ill, the bereaved, the mentally ill, …

The 4 Attitudes for Outstanding Leadership

I recently became a Certified Mindfulness Facilitator with Wendy Quan, The Calm Monkey.  As I walked through the months of training, practicing and learning, one of the foundational pieces we learned was “The 4 Attitudes of Mindfulness for Successful Meditation”.  Each time we did a practice session, Wendy shared these …

The 3 Keys to Servant Leadership

I just recently listened to a great webinar at www.MindfulLeader.org with Jacqueline Carter from Potential Project.  In her presentation, she talks about “Leading with Mindfulness, Selflessness and Compassion.” Here are some of the highlights from this webinar along with some additional and relevant information to becoming a more Servant Leader. Mindfulness …