Living
the Dream: MindfulnessThe potential of mindfulness to transform the way you work and
live your life is immense.
The extent to which you benefit from it is entirely up to you and the
effort that you’re put into it.
When discovering how to become more mindful, remember ABC:
A is for
awarenessBecoming more aware of what you’re thinking and doing and
what’s going on in your mind.
B is for ‘just being’
with your experiencesAvoiding the tendency to respond on auto-pilot and feed
problems by creating your own story.
C is for choiceBy
seeing things as they are, you can choose to respond more wisely and by
creating a gap between an experience and your reaction, you can step
out of auto-pilot, which opens up a world of new possibilities.
As
with all new skills, the more you practise mindfulness, the easier it
becomes. Canadian psychologist Donald Hebb coined the phrase ‘neurones
that fire together, wire together’. In other words, the more you
practise mindfulness, the more you develop the neural pathways in the
brain associated with being mindful.