Resources

Georgetown University’s Institute for Transformational Leadership (ITL) has partnered with SIYLI to bring the Search Inside Yourself program to the Washington, DC area since 2013. Tara Aldridge, Assistant Director at ITL, shares her insights on why her organization chooses to host Search Inside Yourself every year and how she has seen it impact participants in her community.

In the midst of never-ending gift lists, countless holiday parties, and stressful holiday travel we can quickly wear ourselves down. Try a few of these eight self-care ideas to equip you to remain your most centered and resilient self this holiday season.

We tend to think that everyone else is the crowd or the traffic, that everyone else is getting in our way. But really, we’re all the traffic; we all share the same roads, buses and trains. We share the fears of running late to work, of being annoyed by being bumped or cut off. All of these feelings are universal parts of the frustration that we might face during our commute, making it a great place to practice compassion and integrate mindfulness into a daily habit.

What makes a great leader? There are many definitions of leadership and many characteristics of effective leadership. Learn about the attributes of a good leader and why emotional intelligence is essential to take your leadership skills to the next level.

Mindfulness practices help us identify and embrace disappointments, obstacles, and failures with humility and curiosity. We can actually come to the realization that they are gifts of enormous value and in the process, learn and grow.

It's hard to know what to do during complex and difficult times. When we can find ways to settle and calm our troubled minds and hearts, a sense of peace can be more accessible. Here are five mindfulness and emotional intelligence practices that can help during difficult times.

Don’t plan, edit or overthink—stream of consciousness works best here.

Don’t plan, edit or overthink—stream of consciousness works best here.

Don’t plan, edit or overthink—stream of consciousness works best here.

The Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute was first engaged to train all 10,000 school teachers nationwide and will also be training all 18,000 civil servants in the country.