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In this episode of 'Passion for Dance,' host Dr. Chelsea talks with high-performance coach Amber Fahey about the benefits of integrating meditation, breath work, and journaling into dance practices. Amber, who has worked with nationally ranked dance teams, shares practical strategies for dancers to maintain focus and confidence during high-pressure moments. They explore specific visualization techniques, breathing exercises, and journaling prompts that can transform a dancer's mental fitness. Amber also introduces accessible methods for competitive teams to adopt these practices and shares a guided breathing exercise for confidence and positivity at the end of the episode. Tune in for actionable insights to create happier, more successful dancers. Connect with Amber: @shiftwithamber https://shiftwithamber.com Episode Breakdown: 00:11 Meet Amber Fahey: Meditation and High Performance Coach 05:53 Understanding Mindfulness vs. Meditation 11:27 Integrating Meditation into Dance Practice 17:08 Mindfulness Techniques for Competitions 25:15 The Power of Visualization in Dance 25:42 Guided Meditation for Competitions 29:12 The Importance of Mental Rehearsal 34:44 Breath Work Techniques for Dancers 39:48 Journaling for Personal Growth 42:06 Mindfulness Programs for Dance Teams 46:11 Confidence and Positivity Guided Meditation
Some people embrace practice and coaching in order to be ready for a certain moment, while others train to be fully present in any moment. When it comes to the most important moments, why not both? Amy and Mike invited educators Claire Russell and Aproteem Choudhury to explore how preparation and mindfulness go together. What are five things you will learn in this episode? How do test prep tutoring and mindfulness coaching overlap? What are the primary reasons a student would benefit from mindfulness preparation in test prep? How does mindfulness help students achieve in high-stakes events? How can we help students be more receptive to mind-body strategies? What is one mindfulness tip anyone can implement now? MEET OUR GUESTS Claire Russell is the founder of Russell Tutoring, a boutique, K-college tutoring, test prep, and mindfulness coaching company. Claire has been an educator for 30 years, and she first became interested in mindfulness strategies when she saw students achieve far lower on test day than in their practice work. RTC's Mindfulness Programs have evolved from there, and a third of RTC's tutors are certified mindfulness coaches. RTC invests in mindfulness coaching both because anxiety has become so rampant in our students nationwide, and because Claire has become passionate about self-care as a skill students need for life. Claire is an avid gardener and forever suffers being a fan of the Tottenham Hotspurs. Aproteem Choudhury is a Mindfulness Coach for Russell Tutoring. Apro brings a degree in Neuroscience and extensive clinical and healthcare systems experience to the teaching of mind-body science at RTC. More importantly, he is the Director of the Greater Houston Healing Collaborative at the Institute for Spirituality and Health. At GHHC, he integrates mind-body medicine to promote community health through innovative public health initiatives that are trauma-informed and community-led. At Russell Tutoring, Apro also applies his wealth of experience to empower students, equipping them with stress management skills and resilience-building techniques to optimize their test-taking potential. Claire previously appeared in episode 374 HOW TO BREATHE DURING STRESSFUL ACADEMIC SITUATIONS. Claire and Apro can be reached at https://russelltutoringandconsulting.com. LINKS 4-5-3 Breathing - A Mindfulness Technique for Test Anxiety! RELATED EPISODES MENTAL TECHNIQUES FOR PEAK TEST PERFORMANCE HOW PROCTORS CAN REDUCE TEST ANXIETY USING MINDFULNESS FOR TEST AND SCHOOL SUCCESS ABOUT THIS PODCAST Tests and the Rest is THE college admissions industry podcast. Explore all of our episodes on the show page. ABOUT YOUR HOSTS Mike Bergin is the president of Chariot Learning and founder of TestBright. Amy Seeley is the president of Seeley Test Pros. If you're interested in working with Mike and/or Amy for test preparation, training, or consulting, feel free to get in touch through our contact page.
Haben wir nicht alle Angst davor, bei Prüfungen durchzufallen? Ja, aber manche mehr und andere weniger. Diese Woche wollen wir im Podcast Achtsam mal checken, wie wir besser mit Prüfungsangst umgehen lernen können. **********Quellen aus der Folge:Priebe, N. P., & Kurtz-Costes, B. E. (2022). The Effect of Mindfulness Programs on Collegiate Test Anxiety. Mindfulness, 13(11), 2868-2878. **********Dianes und Main Huongs Empfehlungen:Warnecke, I. (2017). Prüfungsangst bewältigen: Ein Trainingsprogramm in sieben Schritten (Vol. 4857). UTB. **********Mehr zum Thema bei Deutschlandfunk Nova:Prüfungsangst: So behalten wir einen klaren KopfUnter Druck: Wie wir mit Prüfungsangst klarkommenPrüfungen - Wie wir unser Hirn beim Lernen austricksen**********Den Artikel zum Stück findet ihr hier.**********Ihr könnt uns auch auf diesen Kanälen folgen: Tiktok und Instagram.**********Ihr habt Anregungen, Ideen, Themenwünsche? Dann schreibt uns gern unter achtsam@deutschlandfunknova.de
Harriet Stein is the author of Perfect Attendance and a professional speaker. She brings Mindfulness Programs to organizations of all sizes to transform employee productivity, engagement, and satisfaction. Mindfulness is now being incorporated by organizations to lower healthcare costs, support employees in staying focused which improves their performance, and reduce levels of stress. This episode was created for you. It's 20 minutes of wisdom that you won't forget. Go ahead, create that memory. To continue the conversation with Harriet, check out her website, buy her book Perfect Attendance, or connect with her on LinkedIn. PODCAST RESOURCES Just in case you missed them, here are a few related episodes from Office Flip Flops: 104: Dave Raymond: Can Fun Save Your Life? 103: Dave Raymond: The First Philly Phanatic & Hero of Happiness 94: Why Does Organizational Culture Matter? with Angela Heyroth 77. How Does Compassion Fit in the Workplace? with Dr. Angela Dash To learn more about Francesca, checkout her website: DressedSmart.com Leave a message with Francesca on LinkedIn or Instagram. Like this episode? Watch it on YouTube or subscribe to the newsletter and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Spotify, or your favorite podcasting app. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/francesca-zampaglione/support
On Episode 381 of Impact Boom, Sonia Brown-Diaz from Yoga On The Inside discusses her experience in providing evidence-based yoga and mindfulness practices to people impacted by trauma and her key learnings from participating in the Elevate+ 2023 Accelerator program.
Public speaking, steep heights, and high stakes exams share at least one element in common: they really stress some people out! Luckily, response to all kinds of anxiety can be managed through easy, practicable techniques. Amy and Mike invited educators Claire Russell and Erin Brenneman to demonstrate how to breathe during stressful academic situations. What are five things you will learn in this episode? What happens physically when someone feels extreme anxiety? How can breathing regulate the nervous system? What is 4-5-3 breathing? (5-7 minutes) What changes when stressed individuals manage breathing? What other mind-body strategies have you found useful for students? MEET OUR GUESTS Claire Russell is the founder of Russell Tutoring, a boutique, K-college tutoring, test prep, and mindfulness coaching company. Claire has been an educator for 30 years, and she first became interested in mindfulness strategies when she saw students achieve far lower on test day than in their practice work. RTC's Mindfulness Programs have evolved from there, and a third of RTC's tutors are certified mindfulness coaches. RTC invests in mindfulness coaching both because anxiety has become so rampant in our students nationwide, and because Claire has become passionate about self-care as a skill students need for life. Claire is an avid gardener and forever suffers being a fan of the Tottenham Hotspurs. Erin Brenneman is the Director of Student Services and Mindfulness Programs at Russell Tutoring. Prior to joining RTC, she spent ten years working as a geoscientist. She has been an educator for over 20 years, and she advocates inquiry-based, hands-on science education. Erin is also a certified yoga teacher and has been teaching mindfulness to K-12 students and adults since 2018. Erin fell in love with teaching test prep at RTC, and her dual knowledge of test design and mind-body practices has made her an expert in helping test anxious students achieve on SAT and ACT. Erin loves making soaps and tinctures, and she's a devoted Philadelphia Eagles fan. Claire and Erin can be reached at https://russelltutoringandconsulting.com/. LINKS 4-5-3 Breathing - A Mindfulness Technique for Test Anxiety! RELATED EPISODES MENTAL TECHNIQUES FOR PEAK TEST PERFORMANCE HOW PROCTORS CAN REDUCE TEST ANXIETY USING MINDFULNESS FOR TEST AND SCHOOL SUCCESS ABOUT THIS PODCAST Tests and the Rest is THE college admissions industry podcast. Explore all of our episodes on the show page. ABOUT YOUR HOSTS Mike Bergin is the president of Chariot Learning and founder of TestBright. Amy Seeley is the president of Seeley Test Pros. If you're interested in working with Mike and/or Amy for test preparation, training, or consulting, feel free to get in touch through our contact page.
My guest Mark Williams is the real deal when it comes to being a Top Gun Fighter Pilot! We do cover his time as a fighter pilot and the approach you need to fly fighter jets at high speed (10 miles a minute). Mark is also a keen meditator and is a Director of Mindfulness Programs at Veterans PATH. In this episode we cover: What it takes to be a fighter pilot Similarities between military training and Bhuddist monks Meditation Self compassion - why it's important when you look to make changes in yourself or your life We touch on the three pillars to build any change and some thoughts today's stressful work and life. We are planning a second episode to delve further into meditation and psychedelics! If you have any questions for the episode, drop me a note - coach@comentra.com If you enjoyed this episode please give it 5 stars/thumbs up. You can help me immensely by subscribing and sharing with one friend. _____________________________________ How to connect with me: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/azzyaslam Twitter: https://twitter.com/AzzyAslam Subscribe to my new YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6UoRoVrNjXX2knbW_mlVoA Website: https://comentra.com Blog: https://comentra.com/blog
Matthew Tift talks with Dori Kelner, a mindfulness teacher, yoga teacher, and a long-time member of the Drupal community about evidence-based workplace mindfulness programs
Workers have more rights than maybe they've ever harnessed as a collective, and it's shaping the way leaders lead. We're starting to see the research bear out that when we move away from leading by power, into leading with emotional intelligence, that this is actually a way to build a more successful company, a more successful team, and it's a way to be more successful as a person.Scott Shute is the Head of the Compassion and Mindfulness Programs at LinkedIn, and the author of The Full Body Yes: Change Your Work And Your World From The Inside Out.This episode focuses on mindfulness and compassion, Scott's upbringing in rural Kansas, work as religion, and why haven't we been talking about this stuff all along.Episode Quotes:How do you define compassion:[00:03:39] The first part is having an awareness for the other person. The second part is having a mindset of kindness towards them, or a mindset of wishing the best for them. And then the third part is the courage to take action on their behalf. Now this works for our employees, it also works for our customers. What has changed about labor to bring us to this moment:[00:07:04] We've evolved in consciousness and our labor markets have changed. The two things have fit together. By being a good person, I can actually deliver better results for my company and be personally more fulfilled, but also help other people be personally more fulfilled. So it's a little bit of a golden age in work. The importance of feedback:[00:27:38] One of the beauties of getting older is that we see all the mistakes and we've been through enough cycles to see what went well and what didn't go well. And as a leader, that's super helpful because then we can help guide people that are younger or have less cycles of experience. In terms of getting feedback, when we are more comfortable in our own skin, we're not so worried about what everybody else says. It's interesting because then it allows us to be more vulnerable. And in that vulnerability, it allows us to take on feedback to say, I can really hear what you're saying without getting so triggered.Show Links:Guest Profile:Scott Shute's WebsiteScott Shute on LinkedinScott Shute on TwitterScott Shute on FacebookScott Shute on TEDxMountainViewHis Work:The Full Body Yes: Change Your Work and Your World from the Inside Out
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Are you interested in learning how to become more aware of yourself and your surroundings? In this episode, Scott shares how he became the VP of Mindfulness and Compassion at LinkedIn and why he took a chance to advocate and create the position. You will learn how mindfulness allows you to be more aware and therefore have more compassion for others. When we focus on small things to show compassion, you let others know that you care about them. Scott talks about micro compassions and what you can start doing today to take positive actions to be more compassionate. There is so much to learn in this episode that falls in line with the PIES. Pop in your headphones, go for a walk, and enjoy the episode! Today's Speaker: Scott Shute, LinkedIn VP Head of Mindfulness & CompassionScott Shute is at the heart of LinkedIn‘s quest to create a culture of compassionate leadership, serving as VP of Global Customer Operations and Head of Mindfulness Programs. In both of his roles, Scott is working every day to align himself, his coworkers, and the company with a deeper understanding of member needs—and human needs in general—through data analysis, intentional listening, and swift action, in order to elevate LinkedIn's collective wisdom and impact in the world. As a mindful leader, he has cultivated his mastery of meditation and awareness from his early days farming with his family in rural Kansas to leading thousands in meditation in Silicon Valley and beyond. Here we learn about the secret driver of his work and creative pursuits, including art photography and yoga, which is also the key to our happiness—with beautiful depth and a simple application that we can all put into practice.Website: www.scottshute.com/Order the book: The Full Body Yes Get the Attraction Assessment by visiting PIESUniversity.com, scroll down and wait for the pop-up. You'll LearnThe difference between mindfulness and meditationHow to start a mindfulness practice How to use mindfulness to be more compassionate Season 2, Ep 02: Tips for Mindfulness and Self-Care from LinkedIn VP, Scott Shute
A successful corporate leader, Laurel Geise had her first spiritual experience out of body experience during finals week in College. After College she met the love of her life Bob and they began their country club life until her young husband died of cancer. Spiraling downward to a deep depression, Laurel went to a dark place for a year. Screaming out to God one night, she heard the word meditation and shortly thereafter found herself at the Chopra Center where she learned meditation and eventually became a meditation teacher. After being relocated to Florida in her corporate position, in a meditation Laurel started hearing spirit guides. And then her story gets really interesting and fun...take a listen! As an author, she has written four books and is currently writing her fifth book.The Book of Life: Universal Truths for a New Millennium (2000)The New Laws of Spirit (2001)Prophetic Leadership: A Call to Action (2002)The Jesus Seeds: Igniting Your Soul-Guided Life (2013) http://www.laurelgeise.comDr. Laurel Geise, MBA, D.Min., is a leader in the Mindfulness at Work movement, a professional speaker, an author and an expert trainer.Combining 30 years as a global C-level executive in Fortune 500 companies with 25 years as an expert Meditation and Mindfulness Trainer, she founded The Geise Group, a corporate training and consulting company that helps organizations implement Mindfulness Programs to enhance personal and corporate wellness while positively impacting bottom line profitability. Her clients include high-performing Fortune 500 and Inc. 5000 companies in diverse industries that recognize the importance and impact of corporate wellness programs. http://www.TheGeiseGroup.comIG: Corrine Champigny, TurningPoints_Podcast, theseanronFB: Corrine Champigny, Turning Points PodcastYouTube: Corrine Champigny, Turning Points PodcastWebsites: www.blissed.com, www.theivyhouse.org, www.globalwatchfoundationchildrenshome.orgIG: Corrine Champigny, TurningPoints_Podcast, theseanron
Director of Mindfulness Programs at Johns Hopkins, psychologist Neda Gould unleashes the power of mindfulness and meditation to help participants manage stress, anxiety, and the challenges of uncertainty during this time, and leads a guided meditation for participants.
Dr. Jodi Cunniffe was moved by a presentation she attended about the increase in depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts in youth grades 6-12. She found the statistics alarming and sought to find a way to help families with mindfulness. Dr. Cunniffe worked with four different elementary schools for a four week timeframe introducing them to mindfulness activities that they could practice as a family unit and her findings were extremely positive.
Vikas P. Srivastava holds an MA in Education from Harvard (HGSE) in Education and a BA from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) in Sociology. Vikas specializes in integrating mindfulness, nonviolence, creative confidence and an entrepreneurial mindset in educational design. Vikas is currently serving as a full time Director of Mindfulness at Legacy Early College k-12 Charter School since 2018. His impact includes every grade level from kindergarten through high school, every department from teachers to counselors to HR to transportation, as well as parent workshops. Vikas has worked as a professional educator since 1997. His roles have included counselor, teacher, administrator, consultant and public speaker. He has worked with the extremes of affluent and poor communities, as well as high and low achieving students (including special education). His experience ranges from outdoor classrooms, preschool, elementary school, middle school, high school and college. School sites include district, charter and private schools. Vikas first presented Mindfulness based school design in 1999. However, it was a retreat with Thich Nhat Hanh in 2004 that served as the inspiration to commit to the practice and path of Mindfulness. As a full time classroom teacher from 2005 to 2013, he integrated Mindfulness into the culture of his classes. In 2013, he accepted a position as a school administrator and began integrating mindfulness schoolwide including administration, culture and curriculum. A breakthrough experience in 2016 at a Vippassana retreat in the spirit of S.N. Goenka significantly impacted his practice and framework in addition to the continued influence of Thich Nhat Hanh. Vikas's Book Recommendations Books by Thich Nhat Hanh Books by S.N. Goenka If you are interested in a Being Mindful Workshop, hosted by Vikas, go to https://lagracecenter.com/being-mindful-workshops/. If you are interested in connecting and collaborating with Vikas, you can e-mail him at Vikas@post.harvard.edu. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/todd-scholl0/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/todd-scholl0/support
"Anything dealing with meditation or anything dealing with children's emotional growth is difficult to quantify. And it's difficult to put a price on it. So, it's difficult for schools, principals in particular to bring programs when you have to pay some people to do some things inside of a school. So, meditation and things of that nature unfortunately will be put on the backburner. And a lot of people's levels of urgency tend be well, low on that on that scale. Because a lot of people just aren't into it themselves. And unfortunately, can't see a broader picture, outside of what's the immediate gratification." Special Guests: Monique Debi and Vance Benton.
Going through the motions of every day life may seem like you're a well oiled machine on auto-pilot through your day. But did you know that this unconscious flow in and out of life's events may have you bypassing some very important mindfulness benefits? In this episode I'm interviewing Lisa Wellstead -- an Educator of Mindfulness Programs with over 13 years experience teaching mindfulness-based approaches to alleviate stress, anxiety, and pain. Her clients include Fortune 500 executives, doctors, lawyers, fire-fighters, teachers, school administrators, counselors, and others. In the show, Lisa shared with us: a basic overview of what mindfulness is and is not how mindfulness gives you more choice and allows you to be more intentional about how you're showing up in the world how slowing down and learning our patterns can help us make better choices how the practice of mindfulness has a clinical basis in treating symptoms, such as pain and stress how the practice can actually provide mindfulness benefits to the brain and body why meditation is different than relaxation how people can begin to find a mindfulness practice I close out today's show with an Odds&Ends ending to the show that expands on some recent show topics, including how you can find BeachBody videos for free on Amazon Prime, an app recommendation and a browser extension recommendation that are follow ups to last week's show (The Apps Episode) plus an announcement about how listeners can now also find full-length episodes of the podcast on my business page (ReganJonesRD) on Facebook. If you have a show idea you'd like to hear about, let me know and submit a show idea here! Or connect with me via Instagram, Tweet Me @ReganJonesRD, leave me a voicemail, email me regan[at]thisunmillenniallife[dot]com or join the This Unmillennial Life Facebook Group . Thank you for listening and sharing with a friend! And of course, thanks for subscribing. If you enjoy the show, please leave a review! And if you've been listening to the show for a while or are a new listener and have thoughts about what you like/don't like, I'd love for you to share them with me through this very brief LISTENER SURVEY. Thanks for your feedback! Until next time, ~Regan This week's episode is brought to you the Soyfoods Association of North America. Soy is an easy way to enjoy a "Flexitarian" diet -- a fancy way of saying you're incorporating more plant based foods in your diet. Because of soy's versatility in recipes and heart health benefits, it's an easy addition to your diet. Visit www.soyfoods.org for more information and recipe ideas. Never miss another episode! This Unmillennial Life is available each week via iTunes, NPROne, Libsyn and Spotify. Musical support provided by Ben Williams at Kudzu Studio. Website support provided by Katy Widrick at MakeMediaOver.com. Additional support provided by Robin Plotkin of RobinsBite.com.
Scott Shute is at the heart of LinkedIn's quest to create a culture of compassionate leadership, serving as VP of Global Customer Operations and Head of Mindfulness Programs. In both of his roles, Scott is working every day to align himself, his coworkers, and the company with a deeper understanding of member needs—and human needs in general—through data analysis, intentional listening, and swift action, in order to elevate LinkedIn’s collective wisdom and impact in the world. As a mindful leader, he has cultivated his mastery of meditation and awareness from his early days farming with his family in rural Kansas to leading thousands in meditation in Silicon Valley and beyond. Here we learn about the secret driver of his work and creative pursuits, including art photography and yoga, that is also the key to our happiness—with beautiful depth and a simple application that we can all put into practice. For more information about the podcast and this week's show notes, visit www.aheadofourtime.com/lead-with-compassion.
Dawn Eshelman is Head of Programs at the Rubin Museum of Art in NYC. This amazing museum offers creative programs that pair meditation with art to explore a range of themes like listening, compassion, facing your fears, and happiness. It's a beautiful way to enhance the art experience and to cultivate a 'real life' mindfulness practice.
Dr. Candice chats with Ali Smith, co-founder of Holistic Life Foundation about teaching mindfulness to at-risk youth and how their school program has reduced detention and suspension.
Bill Duane is an engineer, meditation teacher, and head of the Well-Being and Sustainable Performance Learning Team at Google. His team’s mission is to help employees live and work in ways that allow them to be their most effective and happy selves. Bill shares how core mindfulness skills support google’s high-performance goals.
Mindfulness is the practice of maintaining a moment-by-moment awareness of one’s thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations, and environment. Dr. Kevin Barrows, the Director of Mindfulness Programs at the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine and a Clinical Professor at UCSF. explores mind-body medicine, with a special focus on the application of mindfulness practice in health care settings. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31007]
Mindfulness is the practice of maintaining a moment-by-moment awareness of one’s thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations, and environment. Dr. Kevin Barrows, the Director of Mindfulness Programs at the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine and a Clinical Professor at UCSF. explores mind-body medicine, with a special focus on the application of mindfulness practice in health care settings. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31007]
Anastasia welcomes Dr. Laurel Geise, founder of Soul Guided Leadership, who will share three tips on how to improve your happiness, productivity and energy. Laurel is the co-founder of The Science and Soul of Leadership, a new scientifically proven, breakthrough system focused on improving your bottom line. Dr. Laurel Geise is the CEO of The Geise Group, providing Soul-Guided Leadership training and Mindfulness Programs to organizations. Soul-Guided Leadership combines mindfulness, meditation and management tactics creating the next evolutionary step in leadership. To find out more about Dr. Laurel Geise, click here. For those of you ready to talk to me about bringing success into your life the easy way, go to http://scientifichealer.com/contact to send me a note or to http://scientifichealer.com/appointment when you’re ready to take action. Hear the radio program featuring Dr. Laurel Geise:
Dr. Judson Brewer is the Director of Research at the Center for Mindfulness and Associate Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He is also Adjunct Assistant Professor at Yale University School of Medicine and a Research Affiliate with the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT. He received his MD and PhD from Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine and completed his Residency, Chief Residency, and postdoctoral training at the Yale Univesity School of Medicine. Jud has received many awards and honors during his career, including the Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Fellowship for Excellence in Research, the College on Problems of Drug Dependence Early Investigator Award, and The Seymour L. Lustman Research Award for distinction in research during residency. Jud is here with us today to tell us all about his journey through life and science.
Sometimes we all need a little lift—something to put the bounce back in our step. If you are like many, you may struggle with self-confidence. You may also compare your successes and failures with those of others. If everything is going well in your life, this tactic may temporarily bolster your sense of self-worth. But what happens when things aren’t going so well? Based on the idea that true self-esteem is grounded in internal, rather than external factors, this book offers 50 easy-to-use mindfulness practices that will help you improve inner awareness and live a more fulfilled life without harsh self-judgment. Mindfulness can help you battle feelings of low self-worth by encouraging you to pay attention to your negative thoughts as they occur, accept them, and ultimately control of how you react to them. The exercises in this pocket-sized book are intended to be simple, brief, and powerful. These are practices to settle into each morning, perhaps before your cup of tea or coffee, and which can be sprinkled throughout the day when you are at work, play, or home. To help you keep track of your thoughts, the book also includes journaling exercises that will help you discover what actions may have led to feelings of positivity or negativity. By focusing on your own awareness and thought processes, you will begin to understand what factors cause you to feel bad about yourself, and honestly assess those factors without giving in to feelings of hopelessness. You will discover that true self-esteem has less to do with what the world is telling you, and has everything to do with what you tell yourself. About the author: Janetti Marotta, Ph.D. is the author of 50 Mindful Steps to Self-Esteem: Everyday Practices for Cultivating Self-Acceptance and Self-Compassion. She has been a psychologist in private practice since 1987 and is Coordinator of the Mind-Body Program at Palo Alto Medical Foundation Fertility Physicians where she founded the Fertility Support and Mindfulness Programs. Since completing her B.A. from Yale University and Ph.D. from University of Nevada, Reno she has served on the Medical Staff of Stanford University Medical Center and has treated issues of self-worth as it relates to the broad spectrum of life challenges. Since 1971, she has practiced transcendental meditation, zen meditation, kriya yoga, kundalini yoga, and vipassana meditation (mindfulness); traveled on pilgrimage to India, and co-led Vision Quests in the Native American tradition. Under the direction of Drs. Jon Kabat-Zinn, Saki Santorelli, and Bob Stahl, she participated in a professional training program in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). From her extensive clinical experience and long-term personal mindfulness practice, she brings the timeless teachings of the Buddha to discover that the person you yearn to be has been here all along. For more information visit janettimarotta.com
Dr. Kevin Barrows is the founding director of Mindfulness Programs at the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine in San Francisco. He works to combine mindful meditation practices with conventional western therapies and is involved in an exciting study exploring meditation as a treatment for HIV.If you or someone you know is HIV+ and would like to learn more about the study Dr. Barrows is conducting, You can call The Staying Well Project at 415-353-9744 Sync with iPod ResourcesThe Osher CenterThe Staying Well Project
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