I’ve long been fascinated by Conscious Business and Conscious Capitalism. The idea that business and our capitalist way of being can (and should) be a force for good in the world and that organisations have a responsibility in making this true.

Some meditation practices like Vedic Meditation teach the meditator to be self-sufficient. Others you need to rely on an app, person or guidance to do. There are great benefits to having a self-sufficient mediation practice that will help with meditating more consistently. Learn what they are and how you can move towards self-sufficient meditation.

Want to really make the most of your potential? Want to level up your impact in your your business, career, leadership and life? You can’t deny that being productive is important. And who doesn’t love a great productivity tool, right?

I’m going to tell you a truth that might change your life forever. But I'll warn you, you might not like it. At first.

That truth…?

You’ll never get there.

If you’ve gone anywhere near a personal or professional development book, blog or podcast in the last 10 years, you’ve probably read some generic phrase about reaching or living up to your highest potential. I’m all for potential, potential is awesome. But how the heck do you ‘reach’ or ‘live up’ to it?

It’s no secret. Work-life balance as a term seems to be a bit dead in the water. So what are the alternatives to work-life balance? Which ones should we really be aiming for? And what do they all actually mean?

Human centred being, it's what organisations need when human centred design no longer cuts the mustard. Human centred being addresses individual behaviour and collective culture. It is about being human centred, not doing human centred design.

Whether you’re a one woman or man show, a corporate employee, managing a large team or leading a whole organisation - meditation will help you operate in line with your highest potential by improving your wellbeing, clarity, creativity, focus and much more.

Here's a quick summary of the 10 reasons why meditation is good for you and your business.

There’s no denying we have become a bit ‘why’ fixated. Looking for meaning and purpose in our work and our businesses is the topic of a growing number of books, programs, articles. Simon Sinek’s famous book and talk ‘Start with Why’, years on from originally hitting YouTube is still widely renowned and quoted. But in all the WHY, we are forgetting the HOW, which can be just as important.

Work-life balance has long been the term used to describe how we find the sweet spot between life and work. But is work-life balance outdated for our modern working lives? I say yes. Work-life harmony is alternative that I believe, is far more appropriate (and interesting).

Our energy is a precious commodity. It’s one of the most important levers we have to work with for creating better work-life flow. We need to be conscious of what we give it over to. Unnecessary effort = unnecessarily expended energy. But can we really be effortless?

‘But have you ever considered becoming a teacher?’ A little bell went off inside my head. Actually...I had. At the end of 2017 I embarked on the journey of becoming a Vedic Meditation Teacher.