Janet Fouts

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Dr. Joel Bennett and the Quest for Presence

Janet Fouts

I’ve known Dr Joel Bennett since I enrolled in his Resilience and Thriving Facilitator training years ago. His work with Organizational Wellness and his many books have inspired so many to be more aware of themselves and relationships to others. Since then, we’ve become friends, and his five-book collection, Quest for Presence offers a deep look at our own relationship with time and uses philosophy, poetry, science and exercises to better understand this relationship with time and with ourselv

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Awakening Heart Energy: The Key to Human Connection and Mental Well-being

Janet Fouts

Something has been on my mind (and of my clients too) a lot lately, something that is missing in this hybrid world, and it’s human connection. This beautiful, subtle, yet amazingly powerful aspect of our humanity is often overlooked, especially in today’s noisy, digitized world. How can we ignore that our mental well-being is intrinsically linked to our ability to connect with others?

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The Mindful Professionals Network

Janet Fouts

This week’s guest on the Mindful Social Business podcast is Jonathan Reynolds, founder and host of the Mindful Professionals Network and CEO of Mindful Life, Mindful Work. Since joining this network I’ve had some great interactions with Jonathan and members who are practitioners of mindfulness at work or as teachers, coaches, and speakers on the topic from around the world.

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Empathy is a leadership superpower!

Janet Fouts

Empathy can help us navigate through life’s challenges and build stronger relationships with the people around us. With empathy as our guide, we can turn overwhelm into resilience and use communication as a tool for connection. In the Businesssolver 2022 State of Workplace Empathy report, about 70% of employees and HR professionals believe that empathetic organizations drive higher employee motivation. 59% of employees surveyed felt fearful that reaching out to HR or a manager about a ment

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Do we have a disconnect? Ann Latham on Mindful Social

Janet Fouts

How are we communicating what we need to others? Can we have a conversation, give feedback or direction and feel we’ve represented our best selves? What happens when we don’t and things start to go awry? Maybe we aren’t connecting as best we could. My guest on this week’s Mindful Social podcast is Ann Latham. She’s the author of several books on clarifying our thoughts and how we communicate them to others, improving our relationships at home and at work.

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Stop Procrastinating and Start DOing!

Janet Fouts

Do you procrastinate? I think we can all relate to putting things off until they are juuust right, can’t we? But at some point, we just gotta DO THE THING! While we already know putting it off isn’t really helpful, we still piddle around with distractions rather than doing that thing. Procrastination sparks a circular dance around the things we need to do and doing less “important things” especially if we are working from home.

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Karen Catlin on Belonging in Healthcare #MindfulSocial

Janet Fouts

As an author and speaker on inclusive workplaces, Karen Catlin saw the need to lend a voice to those underrepresented in the healthcare industry, especially after the last few years in which these workers have given so much to their communities. In her latest book; Belonging in Healthcare: The Better Allies® Approach to Creating More Inclusive Workplaces Karen gives us a practical approach to being a better ally for co-workers to create a more inclusive so everyone can thrive.