Session Quotes
Series 6 • Session 1 • Resilience
LESSON - Richard Davidson &
Jon Kabat-Zinn
PRACTICE - Jillian Michaels
Cultivate Resilience
LESSON
What Is Resilience
Further Reading on Resilience
“Challenges are what makes life interesting. Overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” - Joshua J. Marine “We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.” - Thomas S. Monson “Resilience is not what happens to you… resilience is how you respond and recover from what happens to you.” - Jeffrey Gitomer
Series 6 • Session 2 • Joy
LESSON - Richard Sheridan
A Builder's Definition of Joy
PRACTICE - Andy Puddicombe
Point of Light Visualization
LESSON - Headspace
What Does Joy Mean?
Session Quotes
Further Reading on Joy
“Joy is not for just the lucky few… it is a choice that anyone can make.” - James Baraz “Joy does not come from outside ourselves, nor is it dependent upon something in the future, it is available here and now.” - Anonymous “Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose it, and then keep choosing it.” - Henri Nouwen
Session Quotes
Series 6 • Session 3 • Emotional Learning
LESSON - Barbara Fredrickson
Positive Emotions Transform Us
PRACTICE - Jason Stephanson
Power of a Positive Mind
Further Reading on Emotional Learning
“If you always do what you’ve always done, you will always get what you always got.” - Henry Ford “Neurons that fire together, wire together” - Dr. Rick Hanson “Everything we think and feel is built deep within the brain we have.” - Joseph LeDoux
Series 6 • Session 4 • Inspiration
LESSON - Clint Pulver
Be a Mr. Jensen
PRACTICE - Deepak Chopra
Focused Inspiration
Session Quotes
“Always listen to your passion. And never ask if it is realistic or not.” - Deepak Chopra “When it rains look for rainbows, when it’s dark look for stars.” - Anonymous “Inspiration is not purely passive, it does favor a prepared mind” - Scott Barry Kaufman
Series 6 • Session 5 • Renewal
LESSON - Katherine Bailey
The Power of Rest + Renewal
PRACTICE - The Trustees
A Renewal Meditation
Further Reading on Renewal
Session Quotes
“We must always be open to change - through rejuvenation and renewal… otherwise, we harden.” - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe “Top athletes understand that to play at their best, they must alternate periods of intense performance with periods of strategic renewal.” - Robin Sharma “A color stands abroad, on solitary fields, that science cannot overtake, but human nature feels.” - Emily Dickinson
Series 6 • Session 6 • Non-Violent Communication (NVC)
LESSON - Peter Yin
NVC - New Way to Communicate
PRACTICE - Marianne van Dijk
Deep Self-Connection
Session Quotes
“When we focus on clarifying what we actually hear, feel, and need - rather than diagnosing or judging - we discover new depths of compassion.” - Marshall Rosenberg, PhD “Ultimately, what I seek in my life is compassion… which is the flow between myself and others, based on the mutual giving of our hearts.” - Marshall Rosenberg, PhD “Compassionate people ask for what they need - and really mean it. For its compassion that guides their boundaries, keeps them true, and away from resentment.” - Brené Brown
Series 6 • Session 7 • Power of Attention
LESSON - Jeff Klein
The Power of Attention
PRACTICE - Scott Gaul
Focused Attention
LESSON - Sam Harris
Your Full Attention
Further Reading on Power of Attention
Session Quotes
“Where your attention goes… so goes your time.” - Idowu Koyenikan “You can bring your attention to a deeper level by simply slowing down what you are doing.” - Sharon Salzberg “How we pay attention in the next moment defines the character of our experience, and therefore, the quality of our lives.” - Sam Harris “Attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. Stay eager.” - Susan Sontag
Series 6 • Session 8 • Life, Just As It Is
LESSON - Alan Watts
The Dream of Life
PRACTICE - Sarah Blondin
"Honoring Life"
Further Reading on Life, Just As It Is
Session Quotes
“You are the sum total of everything you’ve ever seen, heard, smelled, eaten, learned, or forgotten. It is all there… So, let us simply make the best of what is.” - Maya Angelou “What if you were to enjoy your life, right now, just as it is, with the people you love?” - Sheena Easton “Believe in your heart - that you are meant to live a life full of passion, purpose, magic, and miracles.” - Anonymous