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Career Chat // Mindfulness & feeling good at work // Friday 1 July

NikNikSenior Contributor27 June 2016, 9:46 am AEST

Career Chat // Mindfulness & feeling good at work // Friday 1 July

You may have heard of Mindfulness. There’s a lot of information out there and seems to be a bit of a buzz word in the mental health sector at the moment.

But what exactly is mindfulness?

The basic notion is that mindfulness is an important mindset, that helps bring ourselves into the present moment. This means it releases us of anxiety producing thoughts, which reduces stress to help you feel good (or great! 😊 ).

This Friday's Career Chat hosted by Ostara we will be discussing what mindfulness is and isn't, plus learning techniques for developing the mindfulness mindset and understanding how we can use it at work (and anytime!) to feel good.

We have kicked off today's session a big welcome to @sadgirl and @mumsbestfriend who asked for a reminder 🙂

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In response to: Career Chat // Mindfulness & feeling good at work // Friday 1 July

RenstarSenior Contributor01 July 2016, 2:59 pm AEST

Re: Career Chat // Mindfulness & feeling good at work // Friday 1 July

Well we have come to the end of our forum for today ...

we discussed Mindfulness and how to best go about using it in a work context, the idea that Mindfulness makes you feel better and is good for your brain and body and how 'flow' is a mindful state of being ... Finally I mentioned ways to incorporate Mindfulness into therapies you may already be using.

Maybe you could research this further ...😀

Also, remember of course that as with any practice... You have to practice! And particularly when you're not stressed (thank you to @Former-Member for that contribution)

If you have other comments or want to chat further, the forum will remain open until 4pm, so feel free to keep chatting.

In the meantime, I hope you've gained something from today, I know I have - and thank you to @Bimby2, @Former-Member, @believeinme, @BlueBay and to @NikNik for contributing and making this a great forum.

Not just for today but always! Your contributions are always helpful and welcomed!

Stay safe and hope to chat again next week, same time same place on CareerChat, enjoy your weekend!

In response to: Career Chat // Mindfulness & feeling good at work // Friday 1 July

Bimby2Senior Contributor01 July 2016, 4:58 pm AEST

Re: Career Chat // Mindfulness & feeling good at work // Friday 1 July

Yes, my partner and I used to go to a Buddhist Meditation session which lasted an hour and found

we could use mindfulness during this time period. It does reqiure one to discipline their mind on the

keeping of letting go any intruding thoughts but is very good for one's mental health. The centre moved

too far away for us to continue going there but it was a very enlightening experience and can be practised

with rewarding results. Bimby2

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