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Developing Mindfulness through Managing Making Mistakes in Tennis

You might wonder what mindfulness has to do with making mistakes at tennis. If you learn to effectively manage making mistakes at tennis you can achieve two important mindfulness skills, (1) accepting what is and (2) reducing negative self-evaluation. Accepting what is – you will always make mistakes in tennis Tomaz Mencinger, Slovenian tennis coach, … Continue reading “Developing Mindfulness through Managing Making Mistakes in Tennis”

Focused Attention: A Guided Meditation

In this era of constant, disruptive distractions we need to be able to develop the capacity to calm our minds and focus our attention on what is important in our lives. Without this capacity, we are at the mercy of stress and anxiety as we try to deal with the incessant demands on our minds. … Continue reading “Focused Attention: A Guided Meditation”

Some Simple Gratitude Exercises

The expression of gratitude does not have to be confined to extended gratitude meditations.  In fact, the more often you can find simple ways to express gratitude, the more readily will you achieve a brain makeover from negative thoughts to a positive outlook and impact positively on those you interact with.  It is a two-way … Continue reading “Some Simple Gratitude Exercises”

Ways to be More Mindful at Work

Shamash Alidina, in a very recent article on mindful.org, offered multiple ways to be more mindful at work.  I want to discuss one approach which entails short mindfulness exercises and expand on what Shamash has written. Using short mindfulness exercises In the work environment today, everyone tends to be time-poor and under pressure – conditions … Continue reading “Ways to be More Mindful at Work”

Developing Inclusion through Mindfulness

In a previous post, I discussed the six core traits of inclusive leadership and acknowledged the role that mindfulness plays in developing inclusion in our thoughts and behaviour.  In this post, I would like to develop this theme further. Inclusion involves openness and receptivity to what is different and diverse.  It is the foundation of … Continue reading “Developing Inclusion through Mindfulness”

Cultivating Inclusive Leadership

Leadership in the future world of work presents many challenges, not the least of these being managing the diversity that will confront leaders. Diversity takes many forms – diversity of markets, of customers/clients, of technologies and of the workforce. As countries around the world become more strongly interdependent, connected through international trade agreements and treaties, … Continue reading “Cultivating Inclusive Leadership”

How Does Mindfulness Impact Our Behaviour?

Research on mindfulness suggests that through meditation practice we become more connected with ourselves and more in control of our thoughts, emotions and resulting behaviour.  In particular, mindfulness improves the frequency and quality of our paying attention in the present. Research by scientists on the outcomes of mindfulness point to the development of compassion, reduced … Continue reading “How Does Mindfulness Impact Our Behaviour?”

Overcoming the Obstacle of Doubt During Meditation

I have previously discussed a range of obstacles that can impact on our attempts at meditation – aversion, sleepiness, desire and restlessness. Today I want to concentrate on “doubt” as an obstacle or source of distraction during meditation. Doubt is a common experience during meditation, particularly for people who are at the early stages of … Continue reading “Overcoming the Obstacle of Doubt During Meditation”

Mindfulness in Busy Workplaces

At the recent 19th International Mental Health Conference, Dr. Shahina Braganza explained how she and her colleagues introduced mindfulness into the Gold Coast Health Emergency Department.  Her presentation, oneED – Can we Embed a Wellness Program into a Busy Emergency Department?, was one of the highlights for me at the Mental Health Conference. The wellness … Continue reading “Mindfulness in Busy Workplaces”

Being Grounded

So often we can be off-balance, caught up in concerns about the future or worry about the past.  Alternatively, our minds can be racing from one thought to another. If we lack awareness in the present moment, we will miss opportunities, make poor decisions, create work and  stress for ourselves and find that our productivity, … Continue reading “Being Grounded”