Search Inside Yourself

Search Inside Yourself bridges age-old practices of mindfulness with emotional intelligence and modern neuroscience. It teaches participants to navigate opportunities and challenges with more resilience, engagement, and happiness. It’s about living and leading fully.

Emotional Intelligence. Workplace studies show that having strong emotional competencies predict employee performance, leadership effectiveness, and wellbeing.

Mindfulness. Research shows that mindfulness is a foundational skill that underpins personal growth, especially self-awareness, self-management, and emotional skills.

Neuroscience. Scientific research indicates that how we direct our attention determines the mental habits we form, the emotions we develop, and the results we experience.

Gayle Van Gils is one of fewer than 100 individuals worldwide certified to teach this curriculum born at Google from one engineer’s dream to change the world.

Program Options

The full SIY Program is an interactive 2-day in-person training – followed by 4-weeks of recommended peer-to-peer practices to sustain and integrate learning and self-directed growth from the inside-out.

Keynotes/Half Day Introductory Program – an introduction to mindfulness practices to develop perspective and presence

ENGAGE with Mindfulness

Using the acronym ENGAGE, we will explore the many benefits that will accrue in a Mindful Workplace.  We will explore how simple mindfulness practices can help to energize, focus, expand and enrich both the employee experience and the company culture.

Energize * Notice * Grow * Act * Give * Enjoy

What Gayle promises you will take away from her presentation:

• Mindfulness techniques that can disrupt distraction and increase attention and focus
• Ability to energize your workforce and enhance flow experiences
• Mindful practices to enhance communication, collaboration and inclusivity

HAPPIER AT WORK: The Power of Love to Transform the Workplace

The Gallup organization confirms what most employers know:  employee disengagement is a huge problem, and growing among millennials who don’t respond to last century’s management practices.  The tools of mindfulness and compassion offer the possibility to create an atmosphere in which relationships will flourish, emotional intelligence will grow, and leaders can command loyalty and love from their employees.  On top of that everyone will be happier at work!

What Gayle promises you will take away from her presentation:

• An understanding of “what love has to do with it” – reinvigoration of the workplace.
• Understanding of how a mindful workplace holds the keys to engagement and thriving.
• An optimism that you can be the agent of the changes you wish to see in the workplace.
• Mindfulness techniques that can disrupt distraction and increase attention and focus
• Compassion practices to enhance communication, collaboration and inclusivity