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Workplace Training
How do we equip individuals and organizations to meet the challenges and opportunities of an increasingly complex and unpredictable world?
Mindfulness – a purposeful, clear and available quality of awareness that allows us to relate in more skillful, agile and innovative ways to whatever arises moment-to-moment. Mindfulness training strengthens the ability to be more fully aware of the nuances of the moment, rather than being driven by how things used to be or should be or you want them to be. The increased ability to manage attention allows for “real choice,” not the kind of automatic decision-making that comes from deeply ingrained and automatic habits. Add to this the stability and calm that flow from a regular mindfulness practice, and individuals and organizations are well-positioned for peak performance, optimal outcomes and sustainable well-being.
The Harvard Business Review article Mindfulness Can Literally Change Your Brain, concludes that: “Mindfulness should no longer be considered a “nice-to-have” for executives. It’s a “must-have”: a way to keep our brains healthy, to support self-regulation and effective decision-making capabilities, and to protect ourselves from toxic stress.”
Similarly, a National Task Force on Lawyer Well-Being issued a report recommending mindfulness training as it can enhance a host of competencies related to effectiveness, including increased focus and concentration, working memory, critical cognitive skills, reduced burnout, and ethical and rational decision-making.
According to the World Health Organization, the average person spends 90,000 hours, 1/3 of their life, at work. Employers are thus uniquely positioned to both benefit from and provide the tools and strategies necessary for individual and organizational effectiveness and well-being.
Other frequently requested programs:
- Introduction to Mindfulness: Cultivating Resilience, Focus and Well-Being
- Finding Peace in a Frantic World – an 8-week evidence-based curriculum from the University of Oxford, UK Mindfulness Center
- The Power of Mindful Communication
- Mindfulness-Based Leadership
- Mindful Meeting Practices
- Preventing Errors and Unintentional Ethical Violations through Mindfulness
- Navigating Uncertainty and Change Through the Practice of Mindfulness
Brenda works with organizations of all sizes including major corporations, small businesses, law firms and legal organizations, non-profits, government and educational institutions and offers a variety of formats from single session programs to weekly series and multi-day intensives. Training is provided both in person and online and includes a wealth of written, audio and online resources.
We are happy to provide you with detailed program descriptions upon request as well as a list of organizations that we have worked with.
That was fantastic! Everything I was hoping it would be.
Tim Gustavson
Wellness Manager | Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Speaking Engagements
Brenda is a widely-respected speaker on topics relating to mindfulness and workplace wellness. She has been invited to offer keynote addresses, meeting and conference presentations and sit on panels at a variety of events, both in person and online, by a variety of organizations including:
- Mass Municipal Association Annual Meeting and Trade Show
- National Association for Arts Agency Leaders Annual Meeting
- National Association of Law Placement Annual Recruiting Conference
- Chicago Bar Association
- Association of Corporate Counsel
- Worcester County Bar Association
- International Practice Management Association
- Northeastern University Law School – Women in Law Conference
- International Society of Certified Employee Benefit Specialists

Photo credit David Leifer
Public Programs
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) – Live Online, Center for Mindfulness at UMass Memorial Healthcare.
Fall 2022 – Tuesday evenings 6pm – 8:30pm ET (first and last classes are 30 minutes longer)
Required Orientation: September 13, 2022
Course Dates: September 20 – November 8, 2022
All Day Retreat: Sunday, October 23, 2022
More information is here on my website and on the UMass Center for Mindfulness website at the link below. Feel free to reach out if you have questions.
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NOTE: if you can’t make my Tuesday evening course, there are other wonderful teachers leading MBSR courses on different days and at different times at UMass Memorial, Brown Mindfulness Center and Mindful Leader. Check them out.