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Posts tagged with 'mindfulness'

Compassion, wisdom & wellbeing training: 4th session home practice

8th February 2018

These home practice suggestions link with the fourth session of the Compassion, wisdom & wellbeing training. There are half a dozen requests for this next week. 1.) Please would you glance back at the handouts from the fourth session of the course & jot down further thoughts/feelings on this week's …

Compassion, wisdom & wellbeing training: 3rd session home practice

2nd February 2018

There are seven requests for this third week of home practice: 1.) Please would you glance back at the handouts from the third session of the course & jot down further thoughts/feelings on this week's session 3 reflection sheet. What last night felt most interesting & potentially helpful for you …

Compassion, wisdom & wellbeing training: 2nd session home practice

27th January 2018

These home practice suggestions link with the "Compassion, wisdom & wellbeing: 2nd session content" blog post. There are seven requests for this next week. 1.) Please would you glance back at the handouts from the second session of the course & jot down further thoughts/feelings on this week's session 2 …

Compassion, wisdom & wellbeing training: 2nd session content

21st January 2018

So this is the second session of the "Compassion, wisdom & wellbeing: 8 week training". I posted a description of the initial session a few days ago ... "Compassion, wisdom & wellbeing training: 1st session content". This second meeting is also heavily based on the state-of-the-art structure described in the …

Compassion, wisdom & wellbeing training: 1st session home practice

20th January 2018

These 'homework' instructions are phrased to fit with the "Compassion, wisdom & wellbeing: 8 week training" that we're running. If you're going through this material independently of the structured group format, of course you can pace it to suit yourself and you may take longer or shorter than a week …

Compassion, wisdom & wellbeing training: 1st session content

15th January 2018

I've already introduced this course in an earlier blog post "Compassion, wisdom & wellbeing: an 8 week training". This post gives background for the first session of the training. It will be particularly relevant for participants, but others not coming to the course itself may well find these ideas interesting …

Compassion, wisdom & wellbeing training: the core message & five key principles

14th January 2018

The "Compassion, wisdom & wellbeing: 8 week training" is rich with information & ideas. It is informed by a state-of-the-art, positive psychology overview of how we can flourish more fully as human beings. Because there is so much good material here, at times we may become a bit disorientated. It …

Compassion, wisdom & wellbeing training: course questionnaires

10th January 2018

General details of this course have already been given in the blog post "Compassion, wisdom & wellbeing: an 8 week training". Before, during & after the course, there's encouragement to fill in questionnaires. This is suggested for at least three reasons. One is that when we measure something, we tend …

Compassion, wisdom & wellbeing: an 8 week training

1st November 2017

A good friend & I have just been sorting out the practical details of running an 8 week course together on "Compassion, wisdom & wellbeing", starting in January. Some aspects still need to be tweaked, but the basic publicity information runs like this: "If you want others to be happy, …

Recent research: articles from summer/autumn journals

23rd October 2017

I read a lot of research. When I find an article of particular interest I download it to my bibliographic database - Endnote - which currently contains well over 25,000 abstracts. I also regularly tweet about emerging research, so following me on Twitter, Facebook or Google+ (click on the relevant …