Ep 26. Meditation as a Leadership Practice with Michelle Grant (Founder The Great Full)

In this episode, Michelle Grant (Founder of The Great Full) explores meditation as a leadership practice. Michelle integrates meditation into her leadership trainings and uses this episode to answer common questions participants have around what meditation is and what makes it a leadership practice. The aim is to help you explore how mediation might be a tool that supports you on your journey to lead change, and help you get started with your own practice.

In this episode, Michelle shares:

• What led her to meditation and how she finally started a regular practice (3:42)

• What meditation is and isn’t (8:59)

• What we are actually doing when we are meditating (25:04)

• Why mediation is a leadership practice (31:45)

• What the science says about mediation as a leadership practice (41:29)

• What the difference between mindfulness and meditation is (47:52)

• Which meditation is the ‘best’ type (50:40)

• When the best time to meditate is (52:50)

• If meditation can be addictive (53:48)

• How to start, and stick with, a meditation practice (57:21)

• A 10 minute guided practice that you can come back to anytime you need it! (1:02:01)

Further information:

Looking for an inspiring community to support your leadership journey? Join the next cohort of women in the Lead The Change leadership and facilitator training program starting on 26 April 2023: www.thegreatfull.com/leadthechange

You can read the full research paper on mindfulness and leadership development here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053482221000164

Here is the link to Insight Timer, the free meditation app mentioned in the episode: https://insighttimer.com/ 

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