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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
List of contents
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
About the author
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.
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.
