Mindfulness (15 page)

Gill Hasson is a teacher, trainer and writer. She has 20 years experience in the area of personal development. Her expertise is in the areas of confidence and self-esteem, communication skills, assertiveness and resilience.

Gill delivers teaching and training for education organizations, voluntary and business organizations and the public sector.

Her writing includes books on the subject of resilience, communication skills, assertiveness and emotional intelligence.

Gill's particular interest and motivation is in helping people to realize their potential; to live their best life!

Thanks to Iain Campbell and Jonathan Shipley for the opportunity to write this book.

Thanks to my editor Jenny Ng for being able to differentiate the wood from the trees and pulling it altogether.

acceptance

acknowledgement

actions

adrenaline

agreeing to disagree

alone, loneliness

alternate-nostril breathing technique

amygdala

anchoring oneself in the present moment

anger

anxiety

apologies

art

assertiveness

automatic behaviours

awareness

beginner's mind

behaviours

bird-song

blame mind trap

the body

books

boredom

brain structure

the breath

calmness

catastrophizing mind trap

change stages

changing the way one thinks

chattering minds

children

chocolate-meditation exercise

clarification of criticisms

clarity

cluttered minds

colour-breathing technique

comfort zones

commenting minds

communications

computers

confidence

confirmation mind trap

conformity mind trap

contentment

control issues

counter attacks, criticisms

creativity

criticisms

cycling activities

dancing, flow activities

daylight

debts

decision-making

denial

depression

detached feelings

distractions

doing

doubts

driving activities

duration of meditations

dying

eating

emails

emotions

empathy

the emperor's new clothes

emptying one's head by writing down worries

engagement

enjoyment

everyday activities

experiences

fears

feedback

feelings

films, flow activities

fishing, flow activities

flexible thinking

flow activities

focus

football, flow activities

forgiveness

frustration

the future

games and puzzles, flow activities

gardening activities

giving criticism

giving to others

goals

good things in life

gratitude

guilt feelings

habits

happiness

Harrison, George

health issues

helping others

here and now

hobbies/sports/pastimes

hopelessness

housework activities

human/animal contrasts

impulsive reactions

Internet

interviews

intuition

jealousy

judgements

judo, flow activities

jumping-to-conclusions mind trap

learning

letting go

listening

living in/for the moment contrasts

loneliness

making space

managing criticism

meditation

meetings at work

memories

meta-cognition

the mind

mind traps

mindfulness

see also
acceptance; acknowledgement; awareness; beginner's mind; engagement; focus; here and now; letting go; patience; trust

brain structure

definition

mindlessness

misunderstandings

mobile devices

monks-meditating story

motivations

moving on

music

negativity

neurons

new ways of thinking and doing

non-doing

non-judgement

non-verbal communications (NVCs)

observations

Ono, Yoko

other-people interactions

paintings

park-bench exercise

the past

patience

personal development

perspectives

persuading others

photographs

physical aspects of emotions

physical exercises

pink-elephant exercise

plans

plasticity of the brain

positivity

the practice of mindfulness

prejudice

the present

presentations at work

pride

prioritization

problem-solving, worrying contrasts

raisin-meditation exercise

reading activities

reflective listening

reframing situations, anger management

relapses, change efforts

relationships

religion

resentment

resisting things, willpower uses

respect

responsibilities

responsive/reactive contrasts

rock climbing, flow activities

routines

rumination

running

sadness

self-acceptance

self-actualization

self-consciousness

self-doubt

self-esteem

self-forgiveness

self-talk

the senses

serotonin

sex

shaking-hands breathing technique

shame

silence

simple activities, willpower requirements

singing

single/multi-task activities

sitting-up straight

skills

sleep

The Slow Movement

slowing down

small pleasures in life

smiling

smoking

spirituality

starting one's own business

sticky notes

stillness

stress

successes

sunk-costs mind trap

support groups

“surfing the urge” resistance technique

swimming, flow activities

talking over one's worries

tax returns

tea-making activities

teeth-brushing activities

tennis, flow activities

thinking diaries

“thinking outside the box” approaches

“This, too, shall pass!” approach to worry

thoughts

three-gates Arab proverb on giving criticism

trust

tunnel-thinking mind trap

uncertainties

uneasy mental images

unusual requests, persuading others

urges, “surfing the urge” resistance technique

volunteering

waiting-time activities

walking activities

wandering minds

washing-up activities

willpower

work

worry

worry time

worst-case scenarios

writing

yoga, flow activities

Zen proverbs