Mindful Social Business

  On the show this week is Bryan Kramer. We’ve been friends for years, and seen the changes in social media marketing from what used to be seen as a …

My guest on Mindful Social this week is Molly Cantrell-Kraig. Boy, does this woman have a story! She's been through the wringer a few times in her …

When you ask someone their experience in the world of work, what kind of stories do you hear? Many of us go to work and come home feeling stressed, less than enough, exhausted. Friday is looked forward to. Monday? …

This chat with Bruce McIntyre covers a lot of topics, from his personal journey as a caregiver for his wife with Parkinson's disease to serving as the Executive Director of the Parkinson Foundation of Oklahoma. He’s …

This week on Mindful Social I talk with Christine Comaford about her newest book: Power Your Tribe. The book hits home on a lot of levels, …

This week I'm speaking with Heidi Sloss, another entrepreneur who has also made some major changes in her life and work. She's taken her experiences owning several businesses and feeling "stuck" and rigid in her life, …

  This week I’m talking with Immanual Joseph, PhD, about compassion. In the workplace, at home, for others and for ourselves. On the podcast, …

In his new book, “Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader: Lessons from Google and a Zen Monastery Kitchen” Marc offers an essential guide for leaders of …

If you think forgiveness is all about letting someone off the hook? You're wrong. And I forgive you! Find out what it really is in this MindfulSocial …

This was a very special episode with Non Wels, creator of the You, Me, Empathy podcast.

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This week I talk with Dr. Rick Hanson, Ph.D. about learning to actually change the structure of our brain through positive neuroplasticity and ways we can learn from our experiences to have more well-being, happiness …

That feeling of not being good enough, not worthy, self-judgment is rampant in our culture. But we can learn to be kind to ourselves and stop …

When something happens to an employee outside of work, how that company responds is representative of the company culture. In their newly released …

The people of Rwanda have embraced a policy of forgiveness, love, and reconciliation, even toward those who committed incredibly heinous acts during …

How do we show up at work? Is it our whole, authentic self or some avatar we hope will be what people trust, value and engage with? This week's …

Are you thinking of how, when, or why you should be mobilizing your employees to get more engaged with sharing and supporting your business online? …

I had the great pleasure of interviewing Leah Weiss on the Mindful Social Business podcast about the launch of her new book, “How We Work: Live Your …

Listening is good right? But what's your intention for listening to that new client, or even your partner? What if you could make that person feel …

Dorie's new book, "Entrepreneurial You: Monetize Your Expertise, Create Multiple Income Streams, and Thrive" is an easy yet information packed read. …

This meditation will help you see other people in a new way, that we all, every one of us wants the same basic things at the end of the day. Just like you, they want to be happy. This helps develop empathy and a new …

Stress is so common in our lives and our work. Getting to know how it feels can help us manage it more skillfully. Take a few moments and see how it …

People kind of freak out about meditation. "Am I doing it right?" is the biggest question I get. Here's my story of attempts at meditation, and a 3-minute meditation for you to try with me. Let me know what you think!

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There are some who feel that gamification diminishes the value of mindfulness or meditation practice, and I’ve had some fairly intense conversations …

I'm just back from the Conscious Company Leaders Forum, and so excited to meet more entrepreneurs like myself who have a passion for a mindful …

This week is all about listening, to learn what your market really wants, what voice they use and how to learn more before you write your marketing posts.

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Social media gets a lot of heat as distracting, negative, a time suck etc. But it's US that are responsible for what we get out of our social networks. Here are some thoughts on what to do about that.

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Creating a culture of mindfulness at work can dramatically impact the efficiency and effectiveness of your team. Human Resources professionals are in …

Can anyone be known? Mark Schaefer teaches us the ins and outs of creating a personal brand and being KNOWN on Mindful Social.

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Kathleen is a respected coach for entrepreneurs and authors on growing a business and marketing themselves with tons of experience in many stages of business. We talk about the value of a good business failure, keeping …

Christine Clifton is author of "You Don't Have to Shout to Stand Out" and owner of MindfulBusinessMatters.com. She is a self-described "SsurThriver": …

Park Howell, Park has been helping businesses and individuals uncover their story and connect with their customers for over 30 years. He's whittled his process down to some really doable steps that will help you …

This week’s guest is Gini Dietrich and we explore what it means to take a mindful approach to content creation and community around our businesses.
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We all know sales is a tough job. Some people excel at it naturally, others? Not so much. What’s the difference? I believe it comes from a genuine interest in the customer’s problem rather than a “gotta make this sale!” …

As we go through our lives certain types of events happen over and over and our awareness of these events (or lack thereof) and how we respond to them directly affects how things go from there in our personal and …

Leslie brought her experience as a marketer, to finding the right fit to marketing Go2Kitchens, taking a considered approach to building an active …

For hundreds of years, people shared ideas, values, and teachings through storytelling. Advertising interrupted our entire way of communicating. For …

Courtney's new book "Why Creativity is Like Sex" is a fun read and she's got the chops to know. We also talk about working with creatives a mindful …

Today’s employees are often overwhelmed with email and busy work. How can they be expected to get engaged and spend time with social media? Is there a way to have a life without email, still get work done and improve …

How is Creativity Like Sex? You had to ask? Then you need to read Courtney's new book by the same name. In the meantime though, listen to this podcast.

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I've always held the belief that who we work with and the causes we support should reflect our business values and goals. We make an effort to …

Bryan Kramer gives us insight into building and maintaining our own personal brand, and how the human approach makes a clear difference in how effective it is. Learn more at http://bit.ly/2jsAS4d

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This week’s guest is Allie Stark. Allie is a mindfulness-based wellness coach and health consultant. Through her work, she inspires her clientele to …

In her book, PIVOT Jenny discusses how to:

Double-down on existing strengths, interests, and experiences
Find new opportunities and identify skills to develop without falling prey to analysis-paralysis and …

With a myriad of options to market and sell through social media, how can we take a considered and mindful approach to social media strategy that …

Burnout is often held up as a badge of pride in for-profit and non-profit businesses alike. We talk about the incredible hours, service above and …

The same-old-same-old way of doing business is not going to cut it in the future. Mindsets have to change to create a more human and healthy work …

"Stop Boring Me!: How to Create Kick-Ass Marketing Content, Products and Ideas..." by our guest, Kathy Klotz-Guest is here to change how you create content. Using her experience with Improv, she'll share some …

There's no question that content marketing has replaced the old "yell and sell" strategies we are used to. That doesn't mean every marketer is taking …

My guest this week, Maddie Grant, recently wrote a post on Linkedin titled "Why We've Got It Wrong About Bringing Our True Selves To Work" and it gave us food for thought. Even with our true, authentic selves we still …

Creating and managing content for your social media platforms can be a daunting task, and time-consuming too. But taking a mindful approach and using …

My guest on Mindful Social this week is Tara Muldoon. Tara is the founder of The F-You Project, a movement she started when she did not find justice …

Many of us go through our lives day after day without realizing our purpose, much less our own story. But it’s there, and if we don’t tell it someone else may tell it for us and then we live that story instead of our …

My guest on Mindful Social this week is Arno Michaelis, a man who saw the truth in himself and decided to change. He has dedicated his life to …

Before, there was traditional PR. Before and during the email era, media outreach was still mostly one-one-one. We focused on targeting the outlet, …

Join as Megan Keane shares with us the good, the bad and the fun of being a community manager. When starting a new community or taking over an established community, one of the key things to think of is, “what is the …

Mindful Entrepreneurship: Be mindful of your own fear and accepting the fact that you’re going to be freaked out. Take a breath and focus. It’s not …

On social media: All of us need to hone our message. What is we’re trying to say, who are we trying to reach, and why are we doing this in the first place. Then when we need to look at where is our attention: Are we …

When a business owner starts out, it’s almost in a sales mode initially. You’re spending time outside the office and connecting with people, and there will come a time where there it’s a balancing act to balance selling …

How can we apply mindfulness in communicating and receiving business messaging? One of the things that is missing in business is mindful listening. …

For hundreds of years, people shared ideas, values, and teachings through storytelling. Advertising interrupted our entire way of communicating. For …

What does mindful leadership look like? We know it’s a completely different animal than when many of us were young. Things looked fine when we were …

Organic content is free, but is it accomplishing your goals? If you want to get your message in front of the right eyeballs, that may not happen organically. Whether you’re B2B or B2C, learn some techniques to move …

Maybe success begins with getting other people to join in with you on starting a community. One way or another, you're starting a conversation. Learn more about this episode on the blog: http://bit.ly/2k81jzs

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Besides getting to know what your customers want, social listening includes knowing how to control the content that is important to you and your …

"How do you talk to audiences, how do you provide information? The easiest way to impact the conversation is being trustworthy, providing accurate information, and making your argument and letting people decide." ~S. …

With Daron Larson. By doing something intentionally and consistently, like pausing when drinking a cup of coffee or taking a shower, we can gain insight. There's no one right way to notice your senses.

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Dawn E. Carter is one of those people who exemplifies the generous spirit of a good Twittzen. Her Periscope series, #Twitterscope has close to 50 episodes and each one has valuable insights and best practices about …

Join us this week to talk about mindful community management starting from the ground up.

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Social Listening. The why, the how, the WTH?

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There's no right or wrong way to practice mindfulness, and it this week's show I talk with Daron Larson. Daron helps people feel more at home in …

As we run headlong into 2016 let’s take a moment to reflect on what we want our businesses and our own personal brands to represent to the world, and what it means to be a conscious business. Learn more about this …

Our guest this week has one of the best taglines ever for her consulting practice. "Helping organizations succeed by turning marketing-speak and …

This week on Blab I had the pleasure of chatting with Aaron Kahlow, founder of Mindful Living about finding and keeping a little balance in our …

Shonali Burke is a world -class PR professional and this week on MindfulSocial we took the show to Blab to hear about her vision for social PR.

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Wanna learn how to mobilize and empower your employees to develop and support your content marketing strategy? Tune in!

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This week I'm talking with Roxanne Darling about applying mindfulness practices to business and marketing in particular.

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For today's marketer it's even harder to connect one on one with your customer. But it's not impossible, not at all. Do you know how to look someone in the eye digitally? +Ted Rubin  does and he's going to share some …

Join me for  a lively discussion with the remarkable +Jill Rowley about what it takes to enable your team with social selling strategies that really work in today's #AgeoftheCustomer   where it's no longer the …

Think all you gotta do is throw content at the wall and you'll make meeelions? Yeah, probably not. If you want to do it right you really have to give my guest +Mark Schaefer 's new book, The Content Code a read (or …

Kare Anderson, author of "Mutuality Matters," "Mutuality Matters More" and “Moving from Me to We” talks with me about mutuality, social media and …