More and more research is documenting a simple yet disturbing fact: going to work can be hazardous to our health. Medical studies are documenting that heart disease, weak immune systems, chronic worrying even drug addiction and broken families can result from trying to succeed in our often stressful and chaotic workplace. But what is it about our work lives that seems so stressful and unhealthy? Is it our jobs that are distressing or is it the mind that we bring to the task? Maybe we can overcome our feelings of being besieged by our livelihood and rediscover our lives as naturally open and at ease if we take the time to notice.

During this 2 hour discussion, we will explore how mindfulness meditation can help us transform our daily workplace frustrations, distractions and anxieties into a pliable sense of well being. We will learn meditation and explore mindfulness principles for developing clarity, wisdom and inspiration when facing life’s daily joys, demands and surprises.

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Michael Carroll is the author of Awake at Work (Shambhala 2004) and The Mindful Leader(Shambhala 2007) and over his 26 year business career has held executive positions with such companies as Shearson Lehman/American Express, Simon & Schuster and The Walt Disney Company. Michael has an active consulting and coaching business with client firms such as Procter & Gamble, AstraZeneca, Starbucks, Google, Lutheran Medical Center, Gilbane, Inc. and others

Michael has been studying Tibetan Buddhism since 1976, graduated from Buddhist seminary in 1980 and is an authorized teacher in the Kagyu Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. Michael received his bachelor’s degree in theology and philosophy from the University of Dayton and his master’s degree in adult education from Hunter College. He has lectured at Wharton Business School, Columbia University, Swarthmore College, Yale University, Kripalu, Zen Mountain Monastery, Omega Institute (assisting Pema Chodron) and many other practice centers throughout the US, Canada and Europe.