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M2 Mindfulness Blogs


Look who's 2!
In honor of M2's 2nd birthday, we thought we'd recap 10 Awesome M2 Moments from the last year. Because every milestone deserves a good...
Susan West
Jan 15, 20201 min read


Meditation is now as popular as yoga
Meditation is now as popular as yoga! Yup, you read that right. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, the principal...
Susan West
Jan 7, 20202 min read


Wishing you moments of joy THIS HOLIDAY SEASON AND BEYOND
The holiday season can feel like you’re navigating the streets of a busy, bustling downtown city; everything is moving a mile a minute...
Susan West
Dec 16, 20191 min read


M2 In Your Morning Commute
Some Wednesday morning commuters heard about Valley companies that are introducing mindfulness training to promote relaxation and stress...
Susan West
Dec 14, 20191 min read


From SWAT to Sit
Sometimes careers take an unexpected turn. Ed Morales, Gilbert police officer and former SWAT team member and U.S. Marine, spent most of...
Susan West
Aug 14, 20192 min read


Let's Make This the New Normal
May is Mental Health Month. 1 in 5 people will be affected by mental illness in their lifetime. But despite its prevalence, many of us...
Susan West
Apr 30, 20192 min read


Show Your Heart Some Love
February is American Heart Month. Show your heart some love physically and emotionally too. Scientific studies show mindfulness practice...
Susan West
Feb 6, 20191 min read


Happy Birthday To Us!
“How’s it going?!?!,” well-meaning people often ask, inquiring how M2 is doing. I never know how to answer that question. Because in...
Susan West
Jan 16, 20192 min read


It's 10am... Must Be Time for a Wellness Break
So excited to be included in the article, "Breathe in... and out" from Chamber Business News. Of course I'm thrilled about the profile on...
Susan West
Jan 9, 20191 min read


Share Kindness
The holidays are here! I say that with an exclamation point because this season can intensify the many emotions we experience throughout...
Susan West
Dec 5, 20182 min read


Gratitude Practice Twelve Years in the Making
I have always loved Thanksgiving. Growing up, we didn’t observe many of the typical traditions. My Chilean parents never watched...
Susan West
Nov 21, 20183 min read


Culture Champion
Behind many workplace mindfulness programs is a passionate employee leading the charge-- over and above her/his day job. Today M2 was...
Susan West
Nov 5, 20181 min read


Happy Dogaversary!
About two and a half years ago we began to consider getting a dog. "For the kids," we said. Neither my husband nor I had ever had a dog...
Susan West
Oct 29, 20183 min read


Tandem with Tater Tot
It’s not every day that I glance out the studio window to see a miniature horse walking by. But that’s just what happened at A.T. Still...
Susan West
Oct 21, 20181 min read


The Luckiest Unluck
I knew the day would come when I would fail to execute a booking. I wondered, would the truck break down on the highway? A teacher...
Susan West
Oct 10, 20182 min read


Records Are Made To Be Broken
When I met Tyla at wellness roundtable hosted by Lovitt and Touche, she was planning the rollout of Carvana Fit’s employee well-being...
Susan West
Oct 9, 20181 min read


Infusionsoft: Quiet, Cold Brew, Cereal and Turf
Among the many reasons I love what I do is that I regularly bump up against the best intentions. The companies I meet recognize the...
Susan West
Sep 22, 20181 min read


Subject: "Arizona Republic: Interview Request."
A couple weeks ago I received an email with the subject, "Arizona Republic: Interview Request." That's music to a small business owner's...
Susan West
Sep 19, 20181 min read


Lope Country
The first time I met Chuck Howard, Corporate Wellness Administrator at Grand Canyon University, he shared that GCU would soon be...
Susan West
Sep 6, 20181 min read


One For the Record Books!
Employee engagement at PayPal hit it out of the park yesterday. The Opportunity group sponsored #MindfulMonday, and 57(!) people showed...
Susan West
Jul 31, 20181 min read
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