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When workplace mindfulness feels performative

Our team does these mindfulness check-ins at meetings but everyone just goes through the motions and I can tell we're all still thinking about our to-do lists and no one wants to be the person who says it's not working.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A group practice becomes hollow when everyone feels pressure to appear mindful rather than actually being present.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Mindfulness and being here?”

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