This Derech Eretz Way of the World Mindful Leadership Broadcast (Click here to Play Video) is a wonderful opportunity of unpacking the ethics, morals, values, principles etc. that essentially are inherent within each one of us but unfortunately seem to have been lost along the wayside within South Africa and in fact globally. Sometimes [...]
Sanlam Private Wealth Many top business leaders swear by meditation as a means of controlling stress and increasing work focus. Think Elon Musk, Oprah Winfrey, David Letterman and Jeff Bezos. Psychologist and mindfulness trainer Linda Kantor tells us why it works. Given the significant costs associated with employee ill health, burnout and resignation, there’s [...]
SLOW DOWN, BE IN THE MOMENT Mindfulness - defined as being attentive to the present and alert to your thoughts and feelings - is increasingly being adopted as a way to reduce stress and find contentment. Cape Town psychologist and mindfulness specialist Linda Kantor says: "Our minds perpetually wander, usually to 'me, myself and [...]
Meditation has undergone a sort of re-branding lately, and as 'secular mindfulness' it is moving into schools, prisons, the corporate environment and universities. Mindfulness-Based Approaches are also proving hugely effective in the mental health fields, as in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for everything from anxiety to schizophrenia, and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) for [...]