Class 2: Resonant Leadership and the Neuroscience Behind It Module 2.3: Strategies for Renewal and Building Resonant Relationships BASIC LEARNING POINTS 1. Without regular and periodic renewal experiences, chronic stress will make your performance non-sustainable. 2. Four key experiences have been shown in published studies to activate the parasympathetic nervous system: mindfulness, hope, compassion and playfulness. 3. These four experiences are the same ones that produce or enhance resonant relationships. 4. Types of activities that invoke the experience of: a. Mindfulness: meditation; yoga, tai chi; prayer if you are praying to a loving God (not a vengeful or blaming one); physical exercise in moderation but consistently; b. Compassion: being in a loving relationship; having pets you can pet (i.e., dogs, cats, monkeys or horses- not fish); volunteering and helping those less fortunate; helping family members, especially elderly or disabled; c. Hope: thinking and talking with others about a future dream, personal or shared; being hopeful about the future; d. Playfulness: laughing with others
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