Full Catastrophe Living

Savor the benefits of integrating “slow” into your life. Fast food. Instant messaging. Efficiency tools. Learning sprints. The pace at which we consume, from food to knowledge and experiences, keeps accelerating. But at what cost? As life in the fast lane continues to accelerate, many people yearn for a slow lane less traveled. People from […]

In the face of unsettling technological change, ease the panic and show a way forward – with these eight action steps. Will I be out of work soon? Is my company going to survive? How can I upskill so I remain relevant in five years? These are probably just some worries preoccupying people’s minds as […]

Three Ways to Begin a Meditation Practice Meditation carves out a little oasis of peace for yourself amid the hustle and bustle of your busy life. You likely know this, and maybe you’ve thought you’d like to try meditation but don’t know how to begin. The beauty of meditation practice is all you have to […]

Humankind cannot complain about a lack of bad news in recent years. Here you can learn how to deal with media-induced anxieties as they arise – or how to prevent those worries in the first place. Back in 2018, a large-scale study discovered that American adults spend about half of each day interacting with some […]

A new take on stress, willpower and movement. Kelly McGonigal is a health psychologist who specializes in understanding the mind-body connection. She is the best-selling author of The Willpower Instinct and The Upside of Stress. Her latest book, The Joy of Movement, explores why physical exercise is a powerful antidote to the modern epidemics of depression, […]

It also means managing your time and energy wisely and practicing emotional intelligence.

Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost TimeOr: The Art of Connecting With the Meaning-Making Riches of Life It’s fine to slow things down, but few will have the luxury of sifting through all seven volumes of Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time. “Life is too short, and Proust is too long,” the French novelist […]

British psychologist Audrey Tang discusses how introducing small nuggets of mindfulness into your workday can lead to powerful changes over time. As a trained psychologist, Audrey, when did you first become interested in mindfulness? Audrey Tang: My grandfather was a Buddhist teacher back home in Melaka, Malaysia. As a young child, I would sometimes get […]

Back-to-back meetings cause a lot of stress. Here's what you and your organization can do to prevent meeting fatigue.

How to mourn properly, and how to deal with mourners properly. It is rare that we are asked by corporate clients about how they deal with highly private feelings. 2020 marks a trend reversal here. A current example is the increased demand for information on how to deal with grief and mourners in the wake […]