Humanity’s Imperative: Heart-Based Creative Leadership

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At a time when the multi-dimensional crises facing humanity are more severe and existentially threatening than ever, a call for “heart-based leadership” could seem tone-deaf, impractical, and irrelevant, even if vaguely comforting.
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5 ways to become endlessly creative! with Bruce Cryer and Eva Andrea

5 ways to become endlessly creative!
Ever felt too silly to be playful? Or not indulged your wild creative urges because of a belief that it's not productive and therefore of no value? Bruce Cryer is a master of creativity and inspiration.
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Creativity, Heart Math & Becoming a Renaissance Human with Bruce Cryer

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Bruce Cryer has had a diverse career spanning musical theater, biotech, personal development, health and well-being, and executive coaching. He began as a singer/dancer/actor on Broadway...
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You Can Be 1 of my 6 Mentoring Clients in 2017: Align. Energize. Implement. Grow.

  What a wild first quarter this has been! Pretty disorienting isn’t it, with so many changes and turmoil. Consider these questions: Are you feeling on track with your business and personal goals so far? Are you feeling this year has been a real uphill battle so you need to be super-focused, clear, balanced, and
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Birth of the Renaissance Human — An Elegant Revolution

In late 2009 a two-year health and personal crisis began for me — surgery for cancer, life-threatening staph infections, the death of my mother after a long bout with Alzheimer’s, double hip replacement, stepping down from the CEO job of a visionary organization I helped to found, and the dissolution of my marriage. It was
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6 Reasons Kindness Matters in Work and in Life

I’m sitting in my study on a glorious almost-summer morning. The coastal fog is still swirling in its morning dance with the sun. “Who will win today?”, they seem to say as they challenge each other daily (I’m rooting for the sun!). My heart is full from the beauty I see from this hillside home perched
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Birth of the Renaissance Human, Part 2 — Renaissance Mentoring for Your Business

For more than a thousand years, and up until about six hundred years ago, the world was mired in the Dark Ages, a time of horrific plagues, religious wars between Christians and anyone non-Christian, and utter chaos. In the midst of this deep darkness a new age of art, music, and culture was being born.
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Want to Supercharge Your Business with Full Passion & Creativity? Renaissance Mentoring Starts Now

I’m excited to announce a new program I’m launching today called RENAISSANCE MENTORING, designed for visionary entrepreneurs, business owners, and leaders. My 35+ years in business as a CEO, entrepreneur, marketing and sales executive, mentor, coach and consultant, and my love of all things beautiful and transformative — music, dance, art, meditation — blend to create a
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Pull the Plug on Stress — this time with feeling!

Recently I learned that the Harvard Business Review was planning to republish an article I wrote for them in 2003 entitled “Pull the Plug on Stress”. The reason was a new HBR OnPoint Magazine issue on the theme of “How to Be Productive—Without Burning Out.” Twelve years after the original publication of the piece, the
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The Science of Why the Heart Matters in Business

I was privileged to speak at a powerful inspired conference in June 2015 called the Love Summit, a gathering of executives and organizational leaders at the headquarters of the legendary ad agency, Wieden + Kennedy. Organized by DreamChange and produced by the remarkable Samantha Thomas, it was an empowering memorable day for all of us
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“Nothing happens unless first we dream.” — Carl Sandburg

Nothing happens unless first we dream -- Carl Sandburg
What silent wishes of your heart have never arrived in the bright sunshine of a vivid dream? What dreams in your heart have yet to come true? Carl Sandburg was so accurate when he said: “Nothing happens unless first we dream.” How could this profound statement change how you work with clients, with co-workers? How
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Imagination and art: the fountainhead of human experience, the birth of the renaissance human

Having had careers spanning publishing, biotech, nutrition, wellness, music, theater and art, I deeply believe and know in my bones that artistic expression and creative imaginings represent the highest manifestation of our humanity. What if imagination and art are not frosting at all, but the fountainhead of human experience? — Rollo May      
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Beauty awakens the soul to act

Beauty awakens the soul to act
I awoke again this morning as a stunning pastel sunrise formed over the Bay. I never tire of these glorious mornings, even when the sun is hiding behind fog or clouds. There is no question for me that “beauty awakens my soul to act.” Beauty inspires me to share my heart, share my feelings, to
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The Tracks We Leave Behind

“We will be known forever by the tracks we leave.” – American Indian Proverb I’ve thought a lot in recent months about the legacy I’m leaving, the tracks left behind by my life. I know that if my life ended now I would have left a lot to the world: the ground-breaking, soul-enriching work of
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“Change or Die” sounds scary. How about “Change and Live Fully”!

“To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.” — Henri Bergson Are you creating yourself endlessly, as Henri Bergson suggests is the key to life? Or does that sound hopelessly exhausting? I have found in my own life, and as a physical reality of
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May 19–22 Whole Health Medicine Institute — Join Lissa Rankin, Deepak Chopra, Joan Borysenko, and Me — San Diego, CA

Calling All Visionary Healers Doctors, Nurses,Therapists, Acupuncturists, Naturopaths, Chiropractors, Dentists, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Midwives, Energy Healers, Health & Fitness Coaches, Nutritionists, and Other Health Care Providers: Healing Health Care Starts With YOU!  Are You Ready To Wake Up Health Care & Transform  Your Practice? Heal Yourself, Grow Your Wisdom, Reclaim Your Calling & Revolutionize
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Why Goodness Should be a Core Value in Every Business

I grew up steeped in the idealism of the 60s. I and many of my generation envisioned a world that was good, where people were treated humanely, where war was rejected as inhumane and inherently bad, where human and personal rights were regarded as sacred. Implied in so many of the movements of that era,
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My mantra: Love deeply, do good every day, and never grow old

Some of my connections know I went through a serious health crisis several years ago when I was still CEO of HeartMath, an organization I helped to found in 1991. I learned a lot about life, death, fear, and love while experiencing two life-threatening illnesses. I went through a painful and scary rollercoaster involving multiple surgeries, multiple tests,
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How Gratefulness Can Change Your Life

“In daily life we must see that it is not happiness that makes us grateful, but gratefulness that makes us happy.” — Brother David Steindl-Rast I had the good fortune of having a three hour conversation with Brother David Steindl-Rast about 30 years ago as we drove together to a monastery and retreat center along
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Are You A Visionary Entrepreneur Who’s Tired of Being the “Best-Kept Secret”?

Four years ago when I stepped down as CEO for HeartMath, an innovative research and education organization in the stress and well-being space, I was a recovering cancer patient in the middle of bilateral hip replacement. I had started to feel optimistic after a very scary two years which included life-threatening staph infections and the
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Sept 10 Webinar: Stop Being the World’s Best-Kept Secret: 10 Ways to Attract your Tribe and Grow Your Platform

Join me, NY Times Bestselling author Dr Lissa Rankin, and award-winning author and entrepreneur Amy Ahlers tomorrow Thurs Sep 10th for a fantastic webinar on being a VISIONARY ENTREPRENEUR. It’s gonna be a terrific, informative and inspiring 90 minutes! Time is 1pm PDT, 4pm EDT. I’ve been working with Amy and Lissa, who co-created the
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The Greatest Strength is Gentleness.

I’m traveling to the East Coast of the US today for a two week trip of reflection, deep inquiry, meditation, vacation, and some business. This quote struck a chord as my journey starts. “The greatest strength is gentleness.” I am meditating deeply — and gently — over the direction of my life spiritually and professionally. As
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Announcing the New BruceCryer.com

Dear friend and colleague, I’m excited to announce the launch of my new Cryer Consulting services through my new website and blog, BruceCryer.com. I’ve combined my 35 years in business as an executive, coach, facilitator, speaker, business development guy and strategist — as well as my life experience in theatrical performance and overcoming serious health challenges
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March 12 Workshop: Finding Your Inner Balance: Optimizing Health, Resilience and Vitality While Lowering Stress – Stanford University

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Bruce has been leading quarterly HeartMath workshops for the Stanford Health Improvement Program since 2008. This half-day program features the Inner Balance app and Sensor technology developed by HeartMath. This award-winning stress feedback technology enables your iOS device to help you train your physiology out of habitual stress reactions into more optimal performance and healthier
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April 30 Workshop: Finding Your Inner Balance: Optimizing Health, Resilience and Vitality While Lowering Stress – Stanford University

Bruce Stanford Talk
Bruce has been leading quarterly HeartMath workshops for the Stanford Health Improvement Program since 2008. This half-day program features the Inner Balance app and Sensor technology developed by HeartMath. This award-winning stress feedback technology enables your iOS device to help you train your physiology out of habitual stress reactions into more optimal performance and healthier
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July 30 Workshop: Finding Your Inner Balance: Optimizing Health, Resilience and Vitality While Lowering Stress – Stanford University

Bruce Stanford Talk
Bruce has been leading quarterly HeartMath workshops for the Stanford Health Improvement Program since 2008. This half-day program features the Inner Balance app and Sensor technology developed by HeartMath. This award-winning stress feedback technology enables your iOS device to help you train your physiology out of habitual stress reactions into more optimal performance and healthier
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Oct 15 Workshop: Finding Your Inner Balance: Optimizing Health, Resilience and Vitality While Lowering Stress – Stanford University

Bruce Stanford Talk
Bruce has been leading quarterly HeartMath workshops for the Stanford Health Improvement Program since 2008. This half-day program features the Inner Balance app and Sensor technology developed by HeartMath. This award-winning stress feedback technology enables your iOS device to help you train your physiology out of habitual stress reactions into more optimal performance and healthier
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