Lovingkindness + Agape
Mindful at the core ...
I am in awe with y’all 🙏
Your kind words and support means a lot.. I am beyond words to describe how grateful I am to have each of you in my life.
Thank you for your message/email/ phone call to just check in. I truly believe in the power of words and connection - it's uplifting and inspiring.
I can also see the power of a community coming together to help each other. Even though some of you are also looking for your next opportunity, you have been sharing roles and opportunities to help me. Thank you so much. Truly grateful 🙏
Lovingkindness is all we need
In this world where it feels like we're competing with each other or it is constant social comparison, it's nice to see that we genuinely care about folks in our lives. That we can all rise together. So thank you from the bottom of my heart n soul.
Have you heard of agape? I love this idea that I read in the book Conscious Business.
Agape.. The noblest form of love is agape - a commitment to the other’s well-being. Agape has to do with the mind, it is not simply an emotion which arises in our heart.
Let's cultivate agape. Agape comes from the soul. An act of will.
Agape is a commitment independent of our likes and dislikes.
We rise in agape - fostering care and concern for all beings equally and fully. A principle by which we live.
Agape is the foundation of all human interactions in life and in the workplace. Without agape, there is no teamwork, no leadership and no real commitment to customers.
I noticed that I had only taken 32 hours of timeoff this year and earlier the plan was to work from UK for a month. Even though it is unlimited or as needed time off. Now, I can spend time with my parents and sister. I'm looking forward to the trip. I haven't really traveled by flight since I came to San Francisco on 10.13.2023. Exactly 1 year to take my next flight to the UK on 10.12.2024.
I waited all year to take time off when I will be with my parents and celebrate my dad's 70th birthday together with my sister in the UK in September. It took time to get the visa and here we are. It feels like it's all part of a grand plan from the universe. Like I was supposed to be in this present moment and not as planned to go to the UK in September. We all create plans and then the universe has a plan of its own for us. Learning to go with the flow.
Mindful at the core
When you let go and go with the flow, the universe shapes experiences for you and you are a medium to bring that to the world. You create the space for the future and that's a beautiful thing to feel and see.
I feel like October is a milestone month for me.
October 2021 where I had a blackout in Chicago - changed the course of my life.
October 2023 - back to the US + rejoining the workforce after a 2 year healing.
And now October 2024 reshaping my thinking and life once again. Taking a leap into the unknown, the road less traveled.
After joining ADPList to be a mentor in December 2021, grateful for the opportunity to connect with amazing folks around the world and to be recognized as a top 1% mentor in product for September 2024. And in Jan 2024, I completed 6,600 minutes and mentored folks in 21 countries. Thank you for the opportunity to help folks!
Little did I know that in January taking the Chief Wellbeing Officer certification would be a step in shaping this moment right here.
To be or not to be
Something that started in 2020 and finally has taken its space in this universe. To better understand what well-being means at the workplace and how to bring teams together. From discovering the World Happiness Foundation in 2021 to the Chief Wellbeing Officer certification in 2024, this is bigger than all of me.
And I'm grateful to my HR leader who gave me an opportunity to practice mindfulness and well-being with a group of folks in the company.
To new beginnings…
When I started this year, I had three themes - connection, synergy, be fearless. This feels like the moment where all three are coming into my circle of life.
On Saturday, September 28, I had a moment of clarity during a gentle yoga session with Daniela. To co-create an essence of well-being with mindfulness, yoga, breath work, positive thinking and growth mindset. And in this past week, we are crafting a mindful at the core experience from Bayview to soaking in sunshine and brainstorming ideas outside at the Mission Bay creek. The best kind of workplace ever.
We are learning to be fearless and create a path filled with freedom, inclusion and trust - FIT - our 3 shared values for a conscious business for the soul. To learn to listen to our inner doubts and voices and move forward to create a community for folks to come together and share a sense of belonging with loving kindness.
The power of color
As we were looking at colors, we started with pink and gold glitter. As I started playing around on Canva to explore some options, I remember that salmon pink was one of the Pantone colors of the year.
So I checked online and guess what peach fuzz is the 2024 Pantone color of the year. And the description of the color just blew my mind. As if this color was to encompass everything we are trying to do in this mindful program
And who knew that the Pantone 2024 color peach fuzz represents healing for the mind, body and soul. Now that is wellbeing at best rooted in a color. This color became part of our design ethos and visual identity.
Global color authority Pantone has announced that Pantone13-1023 Peach Fuzz, described as “a velvety, gentle peach whose all-embracing spirit enriches mind, body, and soul,” is the Pantone Color of the Year selection for 2024.
Pantone 13-1023 Peach Fuzz, a warm and cozy shade highlighting our desire for togetherness with others and the feeling of sanctuary this creates, presents a fresh approach to a new softness.
… bringing a feeling of tenderness and communicating a message of caring and sharing, community and collaboration.
At a time of turmoil in our lives, our need for nurturing, empathy, and compassion grows ever stronger as do our imaginings of a more peaceful future.
I appreciate mi gente for helping to confirm the title of the mindfulness experience, 8 folks agreed on the name “mindful at the core” and even Gemini agrees. Gemini helped to identify the personas and pricing.
As a true product marketer, here are our personas :)
Who is this global mindfulness program for?
The Stressed Professional
Goal: Enhance work-life balance
The Health-Conscious Individual
Goal: Improve physical and mental health
The Spiritual Seeker
Goal: Develop a deeper sense of meaning
The Student or Educator
Goal: Improve focus and manage stress
The Caregiver
Goal: Improve emotional well-being
Our shared goal: To create the energy and divine light within each other.
To empower folks to foster well-being into our day-to-day lives and workplaces.
Join us on a journey to experience mindfulness at the core - Explore ways to nurture wellbeing by reconnecting to ourselves with our heart, mind, body and soul.
Awaken and activate your inner purpose and rhythm of being.
A three part mindful series of 30 minute sessions weekly starting November 7th.
This is our first session of a 3-month global collaboration from November 2024 to January 2025.
Session 1 | Week 1 What makes me ME? (present)
Session 2 | Week 2 What makes me Connected? (past)
Session 3 | Week 3 What makes me Grow? (future)
To endings and new beginnings…
As we approach the end of the year 2024, let's open our heart and soul to find equanimity, meaning and value in the ending.
And as we begin 2025 and welcome a new year, let's connect our mind and body to open new possibilities in work and life.
Thursday, November 7, 14, 21, 2024
US • UK • Europe • India
8 am PST • 10 am CST • 11 am EST • 4 pm UTC • 5 pm CEST • 9:30 pm ISTUS • Australia
1 pm PST • 3 pm CST • 4 pm EST • 8 am AEST Sydney
Register for November 2024
bit.ly/mindful-core2024
This is your opportunity to invite folks to give a gift to your team, friends and family.
We look forward to seeing you in November.
We honor the divine light that shines as you.
A sacred bow to you. Namaste!
In this past week - these messages from the universe feels just right.
Creating a conscious business and embarking on my next journey...
A path to finding our conscious soul within...
To creating the space to open our hearts and bring joy to the world…
To the endings that are meaningful and adding value…
To new beginnings and creating space for what truly matters...
Highlights from the book: Conscious Business 📖
Conscious Business is achieving what really matters in the workplace and beyond.
I honor the divine light that shines as you. I bow to you. Namaste! 🙏
Treat each other with extraordinary respect
Although the end is worth it, it is easy to get lost at times. When this happens the traveler needs a simple compass to point to true north.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful and committed citizens can change the world - indeed it's the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead
On the mountain discomfort is a sign of gaining altitude.. in life a sign of growth
We need to find meaning in the discomfort… a vision of possibilities that give you a reason to stay the course.
Taking one step at a time you may accomplish goals you assumed where impossible
The highest freedom is choiceless discipline
To practice, practice and practice using everything life gives you.