Workshops
Bring a customized workshop to your team or organization to cultivate greater effectiveness, mindfulness, and resilience in the digital age. Our workshops empower participants to embody new ways of being, responding, and connecting with themselves and others. Participants learn concrete practices and tools for integrating mindfulness, intentional solitude, and reflective practices into their work and life to become more present, resilient, and effective.
Workshop components generally include illustrating and exploring key concepts through research, stories, reflection, and discussion; guided and independent mindfulness practices; small group discussion and activities, journaling with prompts/guided reflection, and committing to take action.
Read below for examples of the types of workshops we offer for organizations, startups, teams, at universities, and at conferences. We can tailor workshops to meet your space, time available, and specific needs.
Thriving in the Digital Age: How Intentional Solitude & Mindfulness Can Help You Be More Effective & Resilient
“Invisibly, almost without notice, we are losing ourselves. We are losing our ability to know who we are and what is important to us. We are creating a global machine in which each of us is a mindless and reflexive cog, relentlessly driven by the speed, noise, and artificial urgency of the wired world.” - Alan Lightman
A world that is increasingly noisy, interconnected and complex calls for new ways of being and working. With the omnipresence of smartphones, the constant stream of messages, and noise within and without, we are more distracted and inundated with the thoughts, expectations, and demands of others than ever. Without intentionally creating space for tuning within, we can miss out on tapping into the intelligence of our own mind, heart and body to provide new creative insights and direction.
During this workshop, we will explore the power of mindfulness and intentional doses of solitude in supportive community and practices for cultivating mindful communication, resilience, and effectiveness in our work and life. We define solitude as intentionally being with yourself for periods of time free from the input of other minds (instant messages, emails, news, etc.). We can bring mindfulness and reflective practices into these periods of solitude. This can help us act and respond more intentionally rather than being in reactive mode.
Our time together will be filled with practicing mindfulness, self-reflection, deep listening, generous questions, individual and small group activities, and time in solitude. We will explore personal and interpersonal practices and tools and design concrete ways to integrate mindfulness and doses of intentional solitude into our work and life.
Learning Objectives
Explore the connection between intentional solitude and mindfulness and being effective and resilient in the digital age;
Connect authentically and support each other in fostering quiet competencies and skills (i.e. mindful communication, creativity, (self)-compassion, inner clarity, deep work, digital wellness, discernment, emotional intelligence, moral courage) to be more effective and resilient;
Explore simple personal and interpersonal tools and practices that you can apply immediately;
Identify and commit to 1-3 actions or practices to integrate your learnings into your life.
Leading in a Noisy World: How Intentional Solitude Can Help You Be an Effective and Resilient Leader
“In ancient times having power meant having access to data. Today having power means knowing what to ignore.” - Yuval Noah Harari
A world that is increasingly noisy, interconnected and complex calls for new ways of leading. In this session, participants will explore the connection between intentional doses of solitude and being an effective and resilient leader. We define solitude as intentionally being with yourself for periods of time free from the input of other minds (instant messages, emails, news, podcasts, social media, etc.). Solitude provides the space for leaders to cultivate inner clarity, creativity, moral courage, emotional balance, and deeper connection to self and others. It frees leaders to act and respond more intentionally rather than being in reactive mode. Our time together will be filled with exploring simple individual and interpersonal practices for integrating intentional solitude and mindfulness into our work and life so we can lead wisely amidst increasing uncertainty, complexity, and change.
Learning Objectives:
Explain the connection between intentional solitude and mindfulness and being an effective and resilient leader in the digital age;
Explore individual and interpersonal practices and tools to embed intentional doses of solitude, mindfulness, and reflection into your work and life;
Identify and commit to 1-3 actions for embedding intentional solitude, mindfulness, and reflection into your work and life.
Changemaking in a Noisy World: Cultivating Awareness and Conscious Change for Self, Other & Society
Mindfulness is a core aspect of being an effective, resilient changemaker and key tool for driving social impact. In this session, participants will engage in interactive exercises to explore the connection between mindfulness and changemaking within the domains of the self, others, organization, and society. They will leave with tools and actions to embed mindfulness into their own lives, work, and institution.
Learning Objectives:
Understand the relevance of mindfulness practices for effective changemaking; and
Learn tools and practices to embed mindfulness into your work and life at the levels of the self, others (colleagues/students), and organization.
Identify concrete practices you can implement immediately.
Being in a Noisy World: Fostering Mindfulness and Strengthening Resilience
The benefits of practicing mindfulness include improved focus, an increase in self-compassion and empathy, more skillful interactions with others, and reduction in stress and burnout symptoms. Mindfulness refers to paying attention to the present moment with curiosity and openness, so that you can access the ability to replace autopilot reactions with intentional responses. During this workshop, we will explore guided mindfulness practices and activities that cultivate clarity, perspective, compassion, focus, resilience, and mindful communication.
Learning Objectives:
Understand the importance of intentional mindfulness practices;
Explore mindfulness practices to integrate into daily life inside and outside of work,
Identify concrete mindfulness practices and tools you can implement immediately.