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Mindfulness is a way of paying attention to the present moment, helping us become more aware of our thoughts and feelings so that instead of being overwhelmed by them, we’re better able to manage them. Mindful Coaching is the complete resource to using mindfulness in coaching; It will help you work with clients on a range of issues including: Work-life balance Decision-making Dealing with crises Heightening focus and clarity Increasing presence Stress management Coping with ambiguity Increasing resilience Improved listening Communication Understand the right time to use mindfulness with your client and learn how to use it in practice with real-life examples and practical exercises throughout. About the Author Liz Hall is the editor and co-owner of Coaching at Work magazine. She is an award-winning journalist and coach with accolades including the Periodical Training Association’s Journalist of the Year award and the Association for Coaching’s Award for Impacting (Leadership/ External Focus) Service to the Wider Community for 2010-11, She has written and worked for publications including the Guardian, the Financial Times, the Observer, the Daily Mail, People Management, Personnel Today, Training magazine, Employers ‘Law, Spirituality & Health and Mandala magazine. She is the author of The Employers’ Guide to Screening Employees and The Employer’s Guide to Monitoring Employees. Table of Contents PART ONE: Overview Chapter 1: Definitions origins and relevance to coaching Defining mindfulness Present moment, happy moment A brief orientation to coaching Chapter 2: A brief history of mindfulness Not just Buddhist Chapter 3: The impact of mindfulness We can change our spots and learn new tricks Benefits of mindfulness. PART TWO: Fundamental principles Chapter 4: Presence Definitions Setting up a practice Chapter 5: Curiosity, enquiry and non-judgment Curiosity Enquiry Non-judgment Chapter 6: Attunement and resonance Mirror, mirror Defining attunement Resonance Chapter 7: Compassion Compassion in coaching Developing compassion through mindfulness Benefits Better outcomes Chapter 8: Being and doing Doing versus being? Letting go Emotion regulation systems Own goals? Acceptance Back to the future Pressing pause. PART THREE: Working with mindfulness in coaching and mentoring Chapter 9: Developing, supporting and nurturing the coach Session preparation Within the coaching session After the coaching session Chapter 10: Introducing mindfulness to clients Appropriateness Overcoming resistance Making the business case for mindfulness Running mindfulness programs Chapter 11: The FEEL model FEEL: a model for applying mindfulness The model Client issues Chapter 12: Stress, anxiety, depression and work-life balance The good guy and the bad guy How stress affects us Approach and avoidance orientation Discrepancy-based processing How mindfulness can help Remedial coaching The great god of busyness Chapter 13: Resilience, happiness and wellbeing Definitions What makes us resilient? How mindfulness can help Health and wellbeing Chapter 14: Uncertainty, change, complexity and interconnectedness Uncertainty Change and impermanence Complexity Systems and interconnectedness Chapter 15: Working with leaders What makes a leader resonant? Dissonance and burnout More mindful leaders Mindfulness within leadership models Emotional intelligence Chapter 16: Ethics Accountability Mindfulness and ethics Leadership characteristics Challenging Desire Tips on using mindfulness to promote ethics Chapter 17: Working with emotions Self-awareness Self-management Social awareness and relationship management Self-esteem, self-compassion and self-acceptance Growth in self-criticism Not easy Recommended mindfulness practices Chapter 18: Creativity Getting out of our own way ‘Mistakes’ and mindfulness Mindful music Helping our clients be more creative Creative thinking Using mindfulness with the client Tips for using mindfulness for creativity in clients Recommended mindfulness practices Chapter 19: Mindfulness and other approaches Mindfulness in movement Gestalt Integration Somatic Ontological coaching Transactional analysis Transpersonal coaching and psychosynthesis Cognitive behavioral coaching Acceptance and commitment therapy Thinking environment Inner Game. PART FOUR: The future Chapter 20: The Mindfulness in Coaching survey Coaches’ experience of mindfulness Direct benefits for coaches General comments Chapter 21: The future is mindful Trends Conclusion References Further reading Index