Main description:

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:

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