After a successful entrepreneurial career that included leading the unprecedented turnaround of Esquire magazine during the 1980s, Phillip Moffitt left his position as editor-in-chief and chief executive officer of the publishing enterprise he created to begin what he calls his “third life.” Subsequently, he developed a process for skillfully managing one’s life, which he calls Life Balance work. More
Phillip Moffitt offers private Life Balance consulting to individuals and leaders, as well as group trainings and workshops. Life Balance for Individuals programs focus on developing life skills that are essential to a sustained sense of well-being. Life Balance for Leaders programs help executives become enduring, effective leaders through a process of strategic analysis.
To schedule an appointment, book a workshop or keynote, or obtain additional information, please phone the Life Balance Institute at 415-435-3141, or info [at] lifebalanceinstitute [dot] com (send an email).
In my role as a Buddhist meditation teacher, I’ve observed a phenomenon that I call the “stigma of suffering syndrome” among many beginning students. They are uneasy with the fact that their lives contain suffering; therefore, they are ineffective in coping with whatever difficulties and disappointments arise. For such individuals to admit to suffering would mean defeat, humiliation, or shame because they did not measure up to our culture’s view that winners don’t suffer. Their ineffectiveness manifests as passivity, helplessness, guilt, or self-hatred. ... more
