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Leah Weiss, Ph.D., MSW, is a teacher, researcher, and meditation expert at Stanford University specializing in the application of mindfulness and compassion in secular contexts. Her perennially waitlisted course at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, Leading with Mindfulness and Compassion, is breaking new ground in an MBA program already famous for innovation. Her other courses at Stanford include Compassion and the World Religions and A Philosophical and Experimental Introduction to Buddhism. In 2015, she was given the role of Women in Management Facilitator at Stanford business school. As Principal Teacher and Trainer for Stanford’s Compassion Cultivation Training program, founded by the Dalai Lama, Leah developed the curriculum to t ...more

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A Grandmother’s Heart with Roshi Joan Halifax

A grandmother’s heart is not sappy.  It is strong and has perspective.  We spoke with Roshi Joan about the moral suffering that doctors, nurses and clinicians are feeling in 2020.  She reminds us that contemplative practice allows us to bear witness, but NOT to bypass or “zen out” from our moral challenges.


 


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Published on October 19, 2020 12:51
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“We come to know what our heart really wants, and we improve our ability to listen to it.”
Leah Weiss, How We Work: Live Your Purpose, Reclaim Your Sanity, and Embrace the Daily Grind

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