Written by a practitioner with over 25 years of experience, Living Mindfully shows how mindfulness can be integrated with coaching in order to enhance motivation and achieve an authentic life.
* Combines mindfulness techniques designed to explore an individual’s relationships to thoughts, values and emotions with coaching strategies that build self-confidence and motivation
* Details the Living Mindfully program and the practical coaching intervention, Training Individuals in Mindfulness and Excellence (TIME), with tips, exercises, further resources and client testimonials
* Discusses important aspects of mindfulness, including awareness, staying present, acceptance, authenticity, and dealing with negative beliefs and emotions
* Outlines the requirements for setting up and maintaining a mindfulness program for mindfulness teachers, coaches, counselors, policymakers, and government departments
Cuprins
Preface vii
Acknowledgements x
Introduction 1
Sarah 9
1 Mindfulness 10
2 Living Mindfully: A Five?]Week Programme 21
3 The Art of Orientation 30
4 The Inquiry Process 42
Owena 56
5 Moving
Out of Automatic Pilot and Being More Aware of Our Bodies 57
Annaliese 73
6 Being
Present in Mindfulness of the Breath and the Body in Movement 74
Sue 89
7 Staying
Present and Dealing with Difficult Thoughts and Emotions 90
Catriona 101
8 Accepting and Letting Be 102
Amanda 109
9 Bringing it Together, Looking after Yourself, and Moving Forward 110
Angeline 127
10 Integrating Mindfulness and Coaching 128
Andrew 140
11 The TIME Programme: Development and Rationale 141
Maria 154
12 Authenticity and its Impact upon Confidence and Self?]Esteem 155
Stephen 166
13 Acceptance: Working with Negative Beliefs and Emotions 167
Melanie 179
14 Communication: Releasing Our Words to the Universe 180
Lynda 191
15 Planning the Way Forward: An Unfolding Journey 192
16 In Conclusion 202
Appendix 1 205
Appendix 2 207
Appendix 3: Further Reading 210
Appendix 4: Frequently Asked Questions 212
Index 217
Despre autor
Gary Heads is the founding Director of Living Mindfully CIC, one of the leading organizations in the delivery of mindfulness and mindfulness-based coaching in the UK. He has an MSc with distinction in mindfulness-based approaches and a personal meditation practice spanning 25 years. He has developed the Living Mindfully and TIME programs with clients, including the National Health Service, Public Health, and Jobcentreplus.
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