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The New Year: Begin Again

One of the profound dynamics we can embrace at the start of a new year is the opportunity to begin...

Gratitude: Replacing Suffering with Joy

Having a mindful and robust gratitude practice has a profound effect on our lives. And there are...

A Moment of Mindfulness Before a Meeting

Meetings can be a sore spot for many. Whether you find them stressful or pointless, practicing...

Mindfulness by the Dashboard Lights

There are spaces of time built into our day that are perfect for practicing mindfulness! Commuting,...

Awakening and Seeing

“In the ocean a lot goes on beneath your eyes,” wrote Hafiz. When I am meditating, those words...

Gandhi's Morning Resolution

Morning Resolutions (spoken like a mantra) are a great way to begin or complete a daily meditation....

Meditation Is Not a Selfish Practice

Investing time sitting quietly can be perceived as self-indulgent navel-gazing. Here I present nine...

Finding Peace: Finding Time for Your Practice

... So, I bought the magnet and put it on my refrigerator to remind myself to be more peaceful. My...

True, Kind, Necessary: Transforming Communication with Mindfulness

One of the benefits of mindfulness is, to paraphrase Viktor Frankl, the space it creates between...

Mindfulness Meditation and Creativity

There is a persistent myth that people are either born creative or they’re not. Yet research...

Finding Deep Relaxation: The Physical Body in Meditation

One of the things we attend to in meditation is our bodies. The longer we pay attention to relaxing...

Mindfulness & Meditation Guide: A Rewire Ebook Resource

Mindfulness is a concept and (more importantly) practice that we cover often inside of Rewire...

Four Strategies to Prevent Stress from Turning into Burnout

In my last post, I shared the story of Jim as a case study revealing the four components of job...

Four Ways To Fill Up Your Tank This Weekend (and Every Weekend)

Have you noticed that much of our social interaction at work revolves around the topic of weekends?...

7 Strategies for Effective Stress-management

Unfortunately, poor Sarah turned the bass on her music a bit too high. So a few minutes into class,...

If You Want Change, Start with Stillness

The original idea that fueled the birth of Rewire, Inc. was that human beings, throughout our...

The Sound of Silence: Questions and Answers from a Week Spent at a Silent Retreat

Max Hermann begins his famous poem, "Desiderata," with this piece of wonderful advice: “Go placidly...

Let's Rewire Two Common Holiday Wellness Problems

There’s a sense of excitement and possibility, lots of parties, old and new traditions, and good...

How To Overcome Cognitive Biases and Make Better Decisions (Or, "What I Learned from the Holiday Party")

Have you ever noticed how draining some decisions can be to make? Or how sometimes we make snap...

A Rewired Thanksgiving lasts 365 Days (Turkey and Pie Optional)

Chance are good that on Thursday, you’ll find yourself sitting down to a meal of turkey, stuffing...

Listen Deeply. Emotional Intelligence When It Really Matters.

Regardless of your particular response to the outcome, our hope is that you will practice high...

Getting A Handle On Anger

Anger is on display everywhere: the office, on streets (“road rage”), the internet, at sports games...

Awareness Changes Things

The topic of “Leadership” has got to be one of the most over-workshopped concepts around, and yet,...

Winning At Your Own Inner Game

Gallwey's answer was that there is a deeper game to play beyond footwork and shot mechanics. This...

Letting Go Is A Learned Skill

Recently, a client asked me how one goes about authentically caring without having to carry all the...

Hoop Dreams for Adults: How Can We Keep Growth Going?

Piaget understood that cognitive development is not about quantitative change – a matter of how...

Could We Make Change A Little Easier? Here Are Two Ideas.

What I’ve seen as I’ve worked with people is that the judgment and angst we sometimes add to the...

If Mindfulness Is So Good for Us, Why Is It Hard to Do? (And How Can We Make It Easier?)

"...this is just the tip of a very large iceberg that is being studied. And yet, when we are...

Three Reasons Humble People Are Better Leaders (and Three Ways to Become One)

In short, humble leaders bring out the best in their people, and rally them to perform collectively...

Your Technology Is Working Against Your Productivity In One Specific Area. Let’s Rewire This!

First off, let’s all appreciate the irony here. I used technology to compose this article. And...

Epic Lessons for Meeting Tough Goals at Work and in Life

In 2013, polar explorers Ben Saunders and Tarka L’Herpiniere became the first people to survive a...

Rewire Your Commute and You Can Rewire Your Work

Commuting by car is such a strange thing. Strange that, on the one hand, it can be so boring and...

Purpose Is More Than A "One-And-Done" Activity

I wrote a few weeks ago about the idea that "re-solving" old problems is actually a good thing. And...

The Power of Work-Place Rituals: Thriving and Changing Together

In an article in HBR “How Ritual Delivers Performance,” Paulo Guenzi offers some extraordinary...

It’s Friday! Here Are 3 Ways To Get More From The Weekend

Ah….the weekend. Over 48 hours of possibilities and opportunities. The chance to sleep, to get...

Five Things You Can Do Today to Increase Focus

In today’s article, I want to give another simple concept and skill as one solution to the “I have...

A Quick-Start Guide to Mindfulness (Part 2): Simple and Powerful...But Not Easy

...if we want to reap the extraordinary benefits of mindfulness, we'll need to commit to take those...

A Key Practice for Ruling Your World (Part One)

What if I told you that there is one activity that can make you smarter, happier, healthier and...