by Shalini Bahl, Ph.D. | Jan 25, 2019 | Confidence, Mindfulness, Politics
Continuing with the blog series on integrating mindfulness in everyday life, this is the second post on overcoming feelings of inadequacy to experience true confidence. We’ve all encountered situations where we felt inadequate, especially in first time situations like... 
by Shalini Bahl, Ph.D. | Dec 26, 2018 | Business, Mindfulness, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, Politics
As a mindfulness practitioner, researcher, and facilitator I have been interested in the benefits of mindfulness in our lives. Beyond the obvious benefits of stress reduction, how does mindfulness impact our decision making, our relationships, and our experience in... 
by Shalini Bahl, Ph.D. | Dec 12, 2018 | Insight, Mindful Communication, Mindfulness, Uncategorized
We all judge all the time, consciously and unconsciously. We are judgy about others and ourselves. In mindfulness we practice bringing attention in a special way that is intentional and non-judgmental. What does it mean to be non-judgmental? One explanation is that we... 
by Shalini Bahl, Ph.D. | Mar 9, 2018 | Uncategorized
“You should sit in meditation for twenty minutes every day — unless you’re too busy. Then you should sit for an hour.” ~Zen proverb Have these thoughts ever crossed your mind? I don’t have time to meditate. I want to, but don’t have time to exercise. I always seem to... 
by Shalini Bahl, Ph.D. | Feb 5, 2018 | Business, change, Insight, Lifestyle, Mindfulness, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, Three Mindfulness Trainings, Transformation
I felt relaxed after guided meditation. Reminded me how I feel after exercising. I do yoga. I don’t need mindfulness. I meditate everyday so I must be mindful. I feel calm when I meditate and wish I would have the same quality of inner calm when I am at work. I am... 
by Shalini Bahl, Ph.D. | Jan 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
Mindfulness invites us to look beyond duality. One duality I was contemplating on recently is the desire for my work to have impact and letting go of my attachment to this desire. In mindfulness we see the stress caused by wanting things to be a certain way. Since... 
by Shalini Bahl, Ph.D. | Jan 22, 2018 | Happiness, Health, Mindfulness
“There is no path to happiness; Happiness is the path.” ~ Buddha People’s happiness is correlated with money up to $75,000 in a year. After that number, money doesn’t increase people’s happiness. So what does? On vacation in India I had... 
by Shalini Bahl, Ph.D. | Jan 10, 2018 | Health, Insight, Lifestyle, Mindfulness, Uncategorized
Every year I go back to India to visit my family. Generally the jet lag allows me to wake up before everyone and get my meditation in. This time was different. We went to Dubai first. We were a group of 17 people with many activities planned in advance and there was... 
by Shalini Bahl, Ph.D. | Dec 20, 2017 | Business, change, Mindfulness, Transformation
Very often there is a gap between what we want and what we end up doing. For example: You want to be a creative problem solver. However, when a challenging situation arises, you go back to addressing the problem in ways you have always done in the past even when old... 
by Shalini Bahl, Ph.D. | Aug 24, 2017 | change, compassion, Mindfulness, Transformation
“I am cognizant of the interrelatedness of all communities and states…We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” –Letter from a Birmingham Jail [King, Jr.] I... 
