Course Description
The following is the course description for the Improving Mindfulness Course:
With our Improving Mindfulness workshop, your participants will begin to identify their own patterns of thinking. As they learn to practice mindfulness, they will cultivate positive emotions that will have a dramatic effect on the work environment.
You Will:
At the end of this workshop, participants should be able to:
Define mindfulness
Develop techniques to make oneself more attuned to the present moment
Understand the value and utility of one’s emotions
Learn how to identify and counter distorted thinking
Learn how to cultivate genuine positive emotions
Become more fully present in social interactions
Agenda
Course Core Competencies:
Module 1: What Is Mindfulness?
Topic A: Buddhist Concept
Topic B: Bare Attention
Topic C: Psychological Concept of Mindfulness
Topic D: Memory
Module 2: Practicing Mindfulness
Topic A: Attention
Topic B: Acceptance
Topic C: Mindfulness Meditation
Topic D: Scanning
Module 3: Emotional Intelligence
Topic A: The Purpose of Emotions
Topic B: High Performance Emotions
Topic C: Swing Emotions
Topic D: Blue Emotions
Module 4: Cognitive Distortion (I)
Topic A: Dichotomous Reasoning
Topic B: Magnification and Minimization
Topic C: Filtering
Topic D: Jumping to Conclusions
Module 5: Cognitive Distortion (II)
Topic A: Destructive Labeling
Topic B: Personalizing
Topic C: Blaming
Topic D: The Tyranny of the Should
Module 6: Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy
Topic A: Mental Modes
Topic B: Doing Mode
Topic C: Being Mode
Topic D: Metacognitive Awareness
Module 7: Mindfulness and Gratitude
Topic A: What is Gratitude?
Topic B: Gratitude Journal
Topic C: An Exercise in Mindfulness and Gratitude
Topic D: Forming a Habit
Module 8: Cultivating the High Performance Emotions
Topic A: The Emotion-Cognition-Behavior Triangle
Topic B: Cultivating Enthusiasm
Topic C: Cultivating Confidence
Topic D: Cultivating Tenacity
Module 9: Mindfulness in Customer service
Topic A: Individually Focused
Topic B: Active Listening
Topic C: Building a Rapport
Topic D: Timing
Module 10: Mindfulness and Leadership
Topic A: Mental Resilience
Topic B: Focus
Topic C: Compassion
Topic D: Creativity