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"I allowed myself to stop and appreciate that my mind is very busy and I need more practice in keeping focussed"
Mindfulness helps us to manage our focus. Being able to focus our minds allows us to concentrate when we need to and switch off when we need to.
This helps us to get more done and feel less stressed. That is a useful skill
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From a recent mindfulness training session in the workplace, some of the feedback included:
"I wasn't sure what mindfulness was before. I'm now very aware of how distracted I am!"
"I realised how hard I find it even to sit still for 10 minutes"
Realising these things is the first step towards changing them.
Many of us are constantly distracted and unable to concentrate or prioritise effectively.
Mindfulness can help us to work more efficiently and effectively.
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Since I started asking everyone to write down what they found most useful about the session, I have learnt a lot.
Some people are grateful to know that their brain is not uniquely disruptive, and that everyone struggles with distraction and negative thinking.
Some people are grateful for some simple strategies to help manage their stress and get to sleep.
Some people are grateful for the understanding of how meditation works and they leave the session determined to use it.
Some people have managed to change their lives for the better just from one session.
To be honest it is hard to walk into a new place with new people and speak about something that many people are cynical about even before I have started. After every session though, the feedback in touching and some people stay behind to thank me repeatedly for coming and talking about this. They tell me how much they needed it, although they had no idea that they needed it. They write to afterwards and tell me how it has helped. And that is why, for the moment, I keep doing it
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Two clients this year have started therapy and have told me both that they have found it is hugely useful and also that they are being told to try everything that I told them to try. "You were right", one said today, "it all comes back to mindfulness. You know it's right when more than one person tells you the same thing".
Often we hope there's going to be a magic fix but most things come back to the same thing. We need to ground ourselves and be kind to ourselves and take small steps in the right direction.
We mostly know what we need to do but it is the doing it that can be hard. It is good to know when I have helped and that the help continues to be useful long after the sessions
"Penny delivered a series of brilliant and very helpful regular mindfulness sessions to our staff. We ran these sessions with Penny every two weeks over the course of a few months and have had very positive feedback from those who attended, many of whom have commented on how have they have been apply what they've learnt to their everyday lives, both at and away from work and seen a positive difference from doing so.
Penny also kindly recorded the sessions for us and we were able to share these on our Intranet, making it accessible to those who weren't able to join the live sessions, or simply wanted to revisit techniques and tips covered. We would highly recommend using Penny as part of company staff health and wellbeing initiatives."
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"Penny did a session for our team and it was such a valuable hour, with some practical takeaways to start putting into practice to bring more mindfulness to each day. Thanks Penny!"
Mindfulness has been shown to:
Increase creative thinking and problem solving
Increase ability to manage stress
Increase focus and efficiency
Increase well being and reduce the risk of burnout
Increase ability to communicate effectively
Increase ability to manage change and conflict
This training will include strategies to help your brain function better and feel better, and a short meditation.
If you know a bit about how your mind works, you can make it work more efficiently and feel less like you have fried your brain by the end of the day.
Mindfulness can help you to realise your potential. Small tweaks in priorities can bring about huge leaps in performance.
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