We can leverage the power of routines by personalizing them to meet our needs and to match our goals. Using a design thinking mindset, three elements to consider when crafting a routine are habits, practices, and rituals.
Jan Stanley
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Instead of a Resolution, Try a New Year Routine (Part 1)
by Jan Stanleyby Jan StanleyA new year is here! With the turn of the calendar page comes a fresh start and a new hope for achieving our dreams. Yet each year only about eight percent of us successfully follow through with our New Year’s resolutions. With the odds apparently stacked against us, why not change it up? This year, …
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How can we follow Neil’s lead in living our lives? One way is by going after our dreams, as he certainly did. As we accomplish good things, we can savor and highlight them in a well written rĂ©sumĂ©. But we should also remember that we are more than our rĂ©sumĂ©s. How we move through our …
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Contemplation in Practice
by Jan Stanleyby Jan StanleyNow I turn my attention to the practice side of the International Symposium on Contemplative Studies. Here’s a practice that I experienced at the conference and how it affected my well-being. I include step-by-step instructions for trying it out at home.
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Promises of Contemplative Science: Creating a Caring Society
by Jan Stanleyby Jan StanleyOf the 470 presenters at ISCS, none had a message more compelling than that of Tania Singer, a social neuroscientist from The Max Planck Institute. Singer seems vitally alive as she presents her work, a scientist who has clearly found her calling and is excited to share her findings. She is also studying a neglected …
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Promises of Contemplative Science: Plasticity and Aging Well
by Jan Stanleyby Jan StanleyThe Mind & Life International Symposium on Contemplative Studies was a beautiful mix of opportunities to learn about the scientific study of contemplative practices and to experience the practices themselves. In this first article on the conference, I explore why this area of study is booming and why it matters that aging brains are more …
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Comfortable in Your Own Skin (Part 2): Three Avenues to Authenticity
by Jan Stanleyby Jan StanleyLiving authentically comes naturally to those with the signature strength of Integrity, Honesty, and Authenticity. For others, more thought and action may be required to ramp up authenticity levels. Here are three evidence-driven approaches to consider, along with three ways authenticity benefit us in addition to increasing well-being.
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Comfortable in Your Own Skin (Part 1): Authenticity and Well-Being
by Jan Stanleyby Jan StanleyWhen temperatures drop with the coming of autumn, I love wrapping up in my most comfortably warm wool sweaters. A favorite is my fine gauge taupe cardigan with the gold buttons. It looks, smells and feels like genuine wool down to its smallest visible fibers. What can we say about ourselves that is true in …
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What if Workplaces Were a Primary Source of Well-being?
by Jan Stanleyby Jan StanleyThe American Psychological Association’s 2013 Work and Well-Being Conference in Chicago made me wonder. What if there was a way to tip the scales from workplaces being primary sources of stress to workplaces providing knowledge and skills to overcome life stressors, whether the stressors originate in the workplace or elsewhere?
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Jan brings all her experience to her current private practice and passion, leading others in the art of living well through the creation of habits, practices, and rituals of well-being.