The Loneliness Epidemic: Ripe for Collapse, or (R)evolution?
What’s your routine? Do you wake up still sleepy, rush to get some food into you, dash out the door, commute to work, have long […]
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How Startup Burnout is Affecting the Wellness Industry
Recently, I met with several fellow wellness professionals in the San Francisco Bay Area. We talked about the delicate balance between using technology to promote wellness, […]
Continue reading »3 Leadership Tips for Motivating Your Team
Think about it: everything you do is a behavior, whether it’s eating lunch or designing a new robot. The challenge is, as team leaders we don’t […]
Continue reading »4 Ways to Make Sure The Force is With You in 2018
[In case you STILL haven’t seen the movie – don’t worry, no spoilers here]. No doubt one of the most talked-about events of 2017 has […]
Continue reading »Awakened Living: Book Launch
As I started working on my new book, Awakened Living, I noticed that it was the right time. This book focuses on how inner trauma […]
Continue reading »Bioneers 2016: Highlights and Questions
Bioneers is, by definition, a recurring utopia. Sometimes it’s hard to believe it’s a conference! Everyone is happy: beaming, grateful, present, and kind. For example, […]
Continue reading »Earth Champions: Book Launch
This post serves to launch my third book; my second anthology of poetry. Called Earth Champions, it documents the journeys of authentic leaders who seek to […]
Continue reading »Reinventing Academia
I’m a lifelong learner and student, and have spent about 24 years in school. My stint at Stanford consisted of seven years. The first two years I […]
Continue reading »Gratitude for a Better Brain
I’ve often said that if I had a religion, it would be gratitude. These days I activate and maintain my gratitude through time in nature […]
Continue reading »Research: Meditation Boosts Compassion
Research from Northwestern University shows that those who practiced mindfulness meditation were three times more likely to exhibit compassionate behavior toward people who were suffering, compared to […]
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