Peter Bregman

The courage and willingness to really see other people, and be seen by them, is critical to any successful relationship. And it can be hard and vulnerable and scary.

In 25 years of working with leaders, Kripalu presenter Peter Bregman has found a pattern: four essential elements that all great leaders demonstrate, four ways of showing up that predictably rally people to accomplish what’s important to them.

The more challenging the task you were working on, the less likely you are to go back to it after an interruption. In other words, we’re most likely to leave our most important work unfinished.

A true vacation can provide relaxation if we set healthy boundaries for ourselves.

The night before our wedding, Eleanor and I stood awkwardly in the center of a large room, surrounded by our family and our closest friends. We were in the spotlight and things weren’t going smoothly.

If love is all about union—finding your soulmate, your other half—then how do we maintain our individuality and autonomy within that merging?

Here are a few practices from our faculty and presenters that can simplify your life by bringing you into the moment and clarifying what matters.

Peter Bregman says that emotional courage is like a magic key, and he defines it as "the willingness to feel everything." Happily, there are simple exercises that can help us develop our emotional courage.