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The One Leadership Tool You Are Probably Overlooking
Mindfulness as a leadership tool is a key to success.

Mindful Leadership
Coach and Brand Strategist Jessie May interviews Dr. Dena Samuels on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Getting to Know Dena Samuels
Women Awakening podcast’s Cynthia James interviews Dena Samuels

MIND Your Own FULNESS
Dena Samuels, PhD, joins us for insight on mindfulness-based diversity, equity and inclusion. Listen, learn and become more mindful. And don’t forget to breathe…

Practicing Mindfulness
Episode 047: Practicing Mindfulness with Dena Samuels -Dena Samuels has taught on social injustice issues through mindfulness in the university setting for years and left her tenure position about a year ago to start her own consulting firm.

Wonder Woman in Business, Dr. Dena Samuels
“Freeman Means Business” podcasts, hosted by Susan C. Freeman on iHeart Radio, serve to raise awareness about the great things incredible people in business are doing to serve others.

On Conscious Relationships
Let’s talk about cultivating conscious relationships from fear/ego vs. soul/higher self. I’ll be joined by the lovely and illuminating Dena Samuels!

Cultivate Inner Belonging to Heal The World
Dena Samuels is my friend and colleague. Dena is a Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Consultant and Coach who uses mindfulness to reduce unconscious bias at work and in the world. Dena has a long standing background in academia but wanted to come out of the classroom
Radio

Living in the Moment
COVID-19 requires we all make major life style changes. As I talked with life style change experts, the term I hear over and over is Mindfulness Training, which is learning to live in the moment. So, what exactly is mindfulness and how can we learn

How to talk to your kids about race
KGNU Radio interviews Dena Samuels, PhD about How to Talk to Kids about Race

Colorado sociologist helps parents, teachers talk about Ferguson with kids
Colorado Public Radio interviews Dr. Dena Samuels, Colorado sociologist who helps Parents, Teachers Talk about Ferguson with Kids
Events

Time to Wake the F*** Up!
Critical Roles & Responsibility of Whites to Dismantle Racism and White Supremacy in These Times. A deep conversation moderated by Dr. Kathy Obear, The Center for Transformation & Change; Panelists: Dr. Dena Samuels and Beth Yohe, The Conflict Center.

The Mindfulness Effect – Book Launch
Book launch event held at Cleo Parker Robinson Dance in Denver. Interview by Kristin Suttles, a spoken-word piece written & performed by Boulder poet Norma Johnson, and a spoken-word piece by Dr. Samuels.

Choosing a DEI Consultant
Follow these expert tips for finding and hiring the right consultant to build or sustain a diverse workforce by Esther Shein

Why Diversity & Inclusion Training is Necessary
What is Diversity & Inclusion Training Effective diversity & inclusion training allows organizations, corporations, campuses and schools to mindfully reflect on their own attitudes, biases, and behavior in a compassionate, supportive atmosphere and to learn specific strategies for building culturally inclusive environments where every member feels

Interview with Harold Fields and Dena Samuels
Reparations4Slavery interviews co-facilitators of Second Tuesday Race Forum of Denver

University of Dayton interviews Dr. Dena Samuels
Flyer News of University of Dayton interviews Culturally Inclusive Mindful Leadership Coach Dr. Dena Samuels
Strategies for Controversial Topics
University of Colorado – Colorado Springs’ The Scribe asks faculty for strategies for controversial topics/discussions in class

White Privilege Conference Arrives in Philadelphia
WHYY (NPR affiliate) reports on the press conference before the White Privilege Conference in Philadelphia

Debate over Offensive Words Hits NCORE
Ongoing Debate over Offensive Words Hits the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity

Culturally-Inclusive & Trauma Sensitive Yoga
Huffington Post interviews Dr. Samuels on Culturally-Inclusive, Trauma-Sensitive Yoga for Addiction and Recovery
Film

How Does It Feel to Be a Problem?
Award-winning documentary on racism and bias (Thomas Keith, filmmaker; JW Wiley, writer/producer; 2021) featuring Danny Glover, Ed Asner, and educators and activists including Jackson Katz, Sean Hill, James Loewen, Kevin Powell, and Dena Samuels, among others.