Meditation: Your Secret Weapon in Today's New Normal
Can meditation change your brain? That’s a question that neuroscientists have been seeking to answer for decades – and there appears to be some evidence that it can, in a positive way. In today’s New Normal, the pressure to perform can be overwhelming. The good news is that you CAN find tools to relax and release your tension and anxiety. Meditation is one of those stress-releasing tools. And one, I’d suggest, that could become your “secret weapon” to overcome personal or professional hurdles and challenges you may be facing.
This summer, I completed a 21-Day Meditation “Challenge” led by the Chopra Center for Wellbeing. Even as a stress management coach, the challenge helped me to deepen my meditation practice to become a daily ritual. I’ve found that it has helped more easily access a mantra or positive phrase to “flip my script” when things get stressful.
With my regained interest in meditation, I thought it would be great to create a podcast to help others learn more about the benefits of regular meditation. And, so my latest podcast is my conversation with Stacey Shipman, author of Experience Less Stress, More Success: Networking for Business.
In the podcast, Stacey and I talk about the different types of meditation, and how easy it can be to begin meditating using the type you most enjoy. We share tips to remove distractions (internal thoughts and external things) that can get in your way, and discuss how you can build meditation into your daily schedule to help you focus on your true priorities.
For me, guided meditations that include breathing tips and mantras around ways to counteract limiting beliefs have been very powerful for me. The suggestion to “breathe in possibilities, and breathe out limitations,” for example, really resonates and makes me feel empowered.
After you’ve listened to the podcast, let me know what you think; and share your successes (or challenges) with meditation. Where is the best place, and when is best time for you to meditate? Tweet me on Twitter via @Coach_Colette. Until we next connect, Namaste!
Colette D. Ellis is an international coach and consultant who helps leaders leverage their passion, power and relationships to achieve sustainable results. A dynamic communicator, she is trusted advisor to executives of Fortune 500, government, and not-for-profit organizations. She helps clients discover their competent advantage™ through Executive Coaching, Career Management seminars, and Career Assessments.
Colette’s coaching and consulting experience spans the Consumer Products, Financial Services, and Healthcare industries. Previously, she worked as a Learning Consultant for Towers Watson, responsible for the design and global implementation of training programs to further the firm’s business goals and increase productivity. Her company, InStep Consulting LLC, has provided Leadership Training and Strategic Planning services to retained clients since 1998. Firm expertise includes Organization Development, Team Building and Workplace Diversity.
In 2010, Colette facilitated Leadership and Capacity Building training for grantees of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in Brussels, Belgium. She led a series of skill-building sessions for directors, advocacy specialists and government officials from countries including Botswana, Bulgaria, Chile, Lithuania, Mexico, Poland, and Vietnam.
Colette coaches executives and managers in effective communication and how to lead their teams through change. Her signature approach, Discover Your Competent Advantage™, helps leaders realize results faster – as they discover their strengths and realize ways to promote their accomplishments to key decision makers.
Colette shares her insight by writing articles as the NY Career Coach for Examiner.com. She encourages innovative and continuous learning as Adjunct Professor with New York University, teaching graduate courses on Managing Diversity. She has been a featured speaker for 85 Broads, 100 Women in Hedge Funds, Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, Citibank at Work, Downtown Women’s Club, HSBC Bank USA, National Coalition of 100 Black Women, and Women for Hire.
Colette holds a BA in English from Dartmouth College (cum laude), and an MPA in Public Finance from New York University, where she was a Dean’s Scholar. She is certified by FranklinCovey in 7 Habits of Highly Effective People® and FOCUS: Achieving Your Highest Priorities. She also earned certification from Yale University School of Medicine in Coping with Work & Family Stress™, a research-based health and wellness curriculum.
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