How and Why Mindfulness is Spreading in Communities Companies and Public Organizations
Summer of Peace 2016 > Community Peacebuilding > Compassion in Action
Broadcast on July 13, 2016
With Barry Boyce
The word mindfulness is heard everywhere these days. The so-called mindfulness revolution seems to be exploding. What is really happening? Who is benefiting and why? Are there dangers? This talk will cover:
• What mindfulness really means
• Why mindfulness matters
• How mindfulness may transform our institutions and communities
Barry Boyce
Editor in Chief, Mindful magazine and mindful.org
Barry Boyce is editor in chief of Mindful magazine and mindful.org. A longtime meditation practitioner and teacher, as well as a professional writer and editor, he is the editor of and a primary contributor to the book The Mindfulness Revolution: Leading Psychologists, Scientists, Artists, and Meditation Teachers on the Power of Mindfulness in Daily Life.He also worked with Congressman Tim Ryan on his books A Mindful Nation and The Real Food Revolution. Barry is also co-author of The Rules of Victory, a commentary on the strategic principles that underlie Sun Tzu’s Art of War. He lives in Nova Scotia, Canada, but travels to see his daughters and granddaughters as often as he can.
