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This pioneering book introduces relational mindfulness - an exciting emerging approach that shifts the practice of mindfulness from the individual to the relational - to support coaches to enhance their capacity for presence, awareness, compassion and empathy, and their capability to support insight, understanding and wisdom.
List of contents
Section 1: Introduction, 1. Setting the scene, 2. Exploring mindfulness and compassion: definitions and origins, 3. Benefits of individual mindfulness and compassion in coaching, Section 2: Origins, underpinnings and benefits of Relational Mindfulness, 4. Exploring Relational Mindfulness, 5. Insight Dialogue-based Relational Mindfulness, 6. Benefits of bringing Relational Mindfulness into coaching, Section 3: Practising Relational Mindfulness, 7. Foundations for practising Relational Mindfulness, 8. Practising Pause, 9. Practising Relax/allow, 10. Practising Open, 11. Practising Attune to emergence, 12. Practising Listen deeply, 13. Practising Speak the truth, Section 4: Bringing Relational Mindfulness into coaching, 14. Different levels of bringing Relational Mindfulness into coaching, 15. Preparing for coaching sessions with the Relational Mindfulness guidelines, 16. Embodying the Relational Mindfulness guidelines during coaching sessions, 17. Directly offering individual mindfulness practices in coaching drawing on the Relational Mindfulness guidelines, 18. Mindful dialogue in coaching, Section 5: Indra's Net: A trove of additional gems to further enhance Relational Mindfulness, 19. Becoming fully present and aware, 20. Relating and connecting, 21. Insight and wisdom, Section 6: Next steps and beyond, 22. Where next?, 23. Vision for the future, Appendix 1: Resources accompanying Chapters 8-13: Formal Relational Mindfulness practice with each of the Relational Mindfulness guidelines, Appendix 2: Resources accompanying Chapter 18: Suggestions for coaching activities based on elements of mindful dialogue
About the author
Emma Donaldson-Feilder is a Relational Mindfulness and Insight Dialogue teacher, chartered coaching psychologist, coaching supervisor, leadership coach, and chartered occupational psychologist, who aims to support the development of kinder, wiser workplaces.
Liz Hall is the founding editor of
Coaching at Work magazine, a leadership coach, and a mindfulness teacher, with clients including the NHS. Her other publications include
Coach your Team (2019),
Mindful Coaching (2013), and
Coaching in Times of Crisis and Transformation (with others, 2015).
Foreword by Nicholas Janni
Summary
This pioneering book introduces relational mindfulness – an exciting emerging approach that shifts the practice of mindfulness from the individual to the relational – to support coaches to enhance their capacity for presence, awareness, compassion and empathy, and their capability to support insight, understanding and wisdom.
