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Mindful Social Justice

Mindfulness can help us to discern, interrupt and transform power differentials and biases.

Mindfulness & Inner Work, Social Justice & ActivismGRETCHEN STEIDLESeptember 3, 2021

Mindful by Design by Rev. angel Kyodo williams

Welcome to Mindful by Design, a podcast all about mindfulness, meditation, evidence of how it all works and some guidance to make it work for you. Over five episodes and accompanying meditations, Rev angel Kyodo williams introduces core principles of the mindfulness practice through both science and lived experience.

Mindfulness & Inner Work, Social Justice & Activism, New Science & Research, Systemic Transformation, Anti-RacismGRETCHEN STEIDLESeptember 3, 2021

How Self Discovery Catalyzes Social Change with Gretchen Steidle

In this episode of Inspire Your Life Podcast, host Arthi Rabikrisson is joined by Gretchen Ki Steidle, the founder and President of Global Grassroots, a US based NGO that operates a mindfulness-based social venture incubator and women's leadership program in post-conflict East Africa.

Leadership, Mindfulness & Inner Work, Social Entrepreneurship, Systemic Transformation, Wellbeing, Social Justice & ActivismGRETCHEN STEIDLESeptember 3, 2021social entrepreneurship, mindful social change, conscious social change, mindfulness, self-awareness

Leadership Moves with Mallika Dutt

As old systems collapse, it has become more urgent than ever to embrace leadership that advances justice, equality and belonging. Explore Cultivating a Culture of Care by host Mallika Dutt, with Virisila Buadromo and Tatiana Cordero Velázquez from Urgent Action Fund, Asia/Pacific and Latin America.

Social Justice & Activism, Wellbeing, Mindfulness & Inner WorkGRETCHEN STEIDLESeptember 3, 2021

It’s time to put an end to supremacy language in international development

The words we use in NGOs and aid agencies draw imaginary lines between ‘us’ and ‘them,’ stifling our imagination.

Social Justice & Activism, Systemic Transformation, Community & Belonging, Organizational Change, LeadershipErin chmelikAugust 4, 2020

Mindful Education for Anti-Racist Allies

Sharing his own lived experience along with compassion, Emmanuel Acho helps us learn about important issues to have more constructive conversations about race—and ultimately lead to change.

Mindfulness & Inner Work, Wellbeing, Social Justice & Activism, Leadership, Organizational Change, Community & Belonging, Systemic Transformation, New Science & Research, New Offerings, Anti-RacismErin chmelikJuly 24, 2020

Buddhists and Racial Justice: A History

How have American convert Buddhists understood racial justice?

Mindfulness & Inner Work, Community & Belonging, Social Justice & Activism, Systemic Transformation, Anti-RacismErin chmelikJuly 24, 2020

A Guided Meditation for Turning Awareness into Action

Michelle Maldonado, coauthor of A Bridge To Better: An Open Letter To Humanity and Resource Guide, shares a guided meditation for strengthening our ability to be self-aware, self-actualized, and self-determined as we co-create our emerging new reality and world together.

Mindfulness & Inner Work, Social Justice & Activism, Organizational Change, Community & Belonging, LeadershipErin chmelikJuly 17, 2020

Using Mindfulness to Break Racial Bias

Anu Gupta, founder and CEO of BE MORE with Anu, offers five portable compassion-based tools to face and transform racial bias at work and in day-to-day life.

Mindfulness & Inner Work, Social Justice & Activism, Anti-RacismErin chmelikJuly 2, 2020

Can mindfulness help us in the midst of COVID-19 - and beyond?

If we connect our contemplative practices with social realities we can fashion a healthier present and a better future.

Community & Belonging, Mindfulness & Inner Work, Social Justice & Activism, Systemic Transformation, Wellbeing, Organizational Change, Leadership, Anti-RacismErin chmelikMay 3, 2020

Cultivating Compassion in Uncertain Times

Learn how compassion can help us cope with today's challenges.

Mindfulness & Inner Work, Community & Belonging, Social Justice & Activism, Systemic TransformationErin chmelikApril 18, 2020

Your Liberation Is on the Line

“No one who has ever touched liberation could possibly want anything other than liberation for everyone,” says Rev. angel Kyodo williams. She shares why we must each fully commit to our own path to liberation, for the benefit of all.

Mindfulness & Inner Work, Social Justice & Activism, Systemic Transformation, Anti-Racism, Community & BelongingErin chmelikFebruary 2, 2020

Conscious Social Change: Investing in mindfulness for fierce compassion and social impact

Those of us working towards a more just society must embody the same principles we envision for the world. This begins with mindfulness, which in turn drives compassion.

Mindfulness & Inner Work, Wellbeing, Social Justice & Activism, Social Entrepreneurship, LeadershipErin chmelikJuly 27, 2018