BookGary Heads.
Summary: 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.
Contents:
Mindfulness
Living mindfully: a five-week programme
The art of orientation
The inquiry process
Moving out of automatic pilot and being more aware of our bodies
Being present in mindfulness of the breath and the body in movement
Staying present and dealing with difficult thoughts and emotions
Accepting and letting be
Bringing it together, looking after yourself, and moving forward
Integrating mindfulness and coaching
The TIME programme: development and rationale
Authenticity and its impact upon confidence and self-esteem
Acceptance: working with negative beliefs and emotions
Communication: releasing our words to the universe
Planning the way forward: an unfolding journey
In conclusion.