“The goal of meditation isn’t to control your thoughts, it’s to stop letting your thoughts control you.” Jon Andre started practicing meditation 20 years ago as a way to find calm and reduce stress. It’s made such an impact on his life that he transitioned to becoming a meditation teacher through his work at meditationSHIFT. He…
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How I Meditate: Change Strategist Jonathan Rosenfeld, Ph.D.
“Meditation and aggression are completely compatible. Think about it: Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant meditate in the service of being as effectively aggressive as possible.” Jonathan Rosenfeld, Ph.D., is a Change Strategist who coaches CEOs and companies in mindful leadership, including Medium.com where he leads Leadership and Change Strategy. Jonathan is extremely passionate about building mindful workspaces…
How I Meditate: RRE’s Steve Schlafman
“In the morning, I’ll roll out of bed, drink a glass of water and immediately start my practice. No email. No TV. Just water and mediation.” Steve Schlafman is a Principal at RRE Ventures, where he focuses on investing in early-stage startups including Breather (by Coach.me user Julien Smith), Giphy, and The Black Tux. He’s also…
How I Meditate: RRE's Steve Schlafman
“In the morning, I’ll roll out of bed, drink a glass of water and immediately start my practice. No email. No TV. Just water and mediation.” Steve Schlafman is a Principal at RRE Ventures, where he focuses on investing in early-stage startups including Breather (by Coach.me user Julien Smith), Giphy, and The Black Tux. He’s also…
Building Self-Compassion: Our Interview with Dr. Kristin Neff
“If I have an emotionally upsetting experience, I don’t get so derailed by it.” Dr. Kristin Neff is a leading researcher in self-compassion, “extending compassion to one’s self in instances of perceived inadequacy, failure, or general suffering.” You tap into your self-compassion when you forgive yourself for a mistake or muster up confidence to overcome a…
How I Meditate: Jeena Cho
“My biggest rule is no email before meditation.” Jeena Cho started meditating to relieve the stress from her high-pressure job as a lawyer. Meditation made such a positive impact in her life that she now teaches meditation to other lawyers and is even writing a book on meditation for the American Bar Association. Cho is also…
How I Meditate: Derek Flanzraich
“Meditation is like defragging my personal hard drive. If I don’t meditate, everything is slower. If I do meditate, I think and feel more clearly throughout the day no matter what the task.” Derek Flanzraich is the founder and CEO of health media website Greatist, which aims to be your top source of health information on the…
Meditation For Creativity: Interview with Dr. Lorenza Colzato
Sign up to receive free chapters and interviews included in Lift’s book: The Strongest Mind in the Room “[Our studies found that] Open Monitoring meditation induces a control state that promotes divergent thinking, a style of thinking that allows many new ideas of being generated. Second, Focused Attention meditation does not sustain convergent thinking, the process of generating one…