Happy Soul Food Friday!
This week- Social Impact Anyone?
With my dear brother Dr. Danny Friedland when we Co-Chaired the Cause Conference in 2017
The 25th Annual San Diego Cause Conference:
For nearly a decade during which I co-chaired this conference 3 times, the focus of this gathering has been about uplifting society, initially through the nonprofit sector but more recently through all purpose-driven enterprise, regardless of their tax designation.
Here is a link to this year’s conference, in the brand spanking new Sharp Prebys Innovation and Education Center on Sept. 14th 2023.
By Way of Background…
Here is a CloudCast podcast with host Drew S that we did recently featuring Staci Reidinger, who along with DeLinda Forsythe are the Cause San Diego Co-Executive directors and are co-producing the conference with the help of an amazing group of volunteers.
Enjoy the story and hopefully find your place in it, wherever you find yourself!
The Zen Room at the 25th Cause Conference: Warning: Experiences could lead to unbridled joy and delight!
To harmonize vocational and avocational passions, this year Mission Fed is sponsoring a Zen Room at the conference (deets below):
Ever noticed that as a society, we seem to seem to venerate action and vilify reflection? As critical as self-care and self-compassion are today, why do relegate them to “nice to haves” v. “must haves”?
At this year’s cause conference, we have intentionally incorporated a Zen room with a variety of Zen experiences (Zen Ex), designed to help you tune up, tune in, and bring your best self to the day, in just a few minutes!
Even a world class symphony begins by tuning and don’t just jump outright into the “playing”. We all can benefit from short bursts of re-centering to be fully present, but if it’s easy to do, it’s easy not to do.
Forget the charge on your smartphone. Charge up your intention, attention, and attitude!
From massage stations, to yoga, to singing bowls, to breath breaks (today’s far better version of smoke breaks), you will have the opportunity to experience a variety of modalities and therapeutics to keep you in flow and in a peak state.
Why? Be Cause.
Conscious leaders intentionally and consistently incorporate micro habits into their schedule, and you can experience and incorporate some of these Zen Ex’s as part of your conference experience- all for free, courtesy of the practitioners and their gifts of service.
The choice is simple. Critical self-care now, or critical care later…
If you are coming, check the Whova app or visit the Zen Room #211 anytime you feel the need to decompress, reset and recharge!
Even the heart pumps blood to itself first, so listen to your most authentic self.
We’ve got you…
PS. “All our (Zen) Ex’s don’t live in Texas 😊”
Thanks this week go to Staci R, DeLinda F, Drew S, Niki C, Rebecca T and all the Cause Conference volunteers!
We hope to see you there…
Pay it forward!
Love,
Neville
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