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Mindfulness in Social Situations
We link mindfulness to alone time, meditation and recognizing and labeling one's own thoughts. How can we apply mindful practices to real-world social situations?
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Reflect Beforehand🤔
Before a (say) meeting, create a list of three to five clearly stated issues or questions to discuss, and also distribute them for others to comment a few days beforehand.
This gives everyone time to think about the topics deeply and give their most valuable input. Live situations tend to f...
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Labeling Thoughts in Conversation🌟
Postpone your own interpretations, and assume that everyone wants to find the best solution with their set of skills.
One exercise is to accept not the first, but the second interpretation that comes to your mind when you listen others speak.
Also learn to recognize and label your o...
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Reflect Afterwards↩️
Create a short narrative (one or two chapters) of what was covered with a list of next steps. Don't be afraid to use emotional adjectives, such as challenging, difficult or complex, if they describe well how the conversation went.
Word choi...
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Appreciate the Empty Space💡
You don't need to rush to fill the empty moments in the conversation. Aim to not always be the person to break the silence. This promotes individual thinking in the participants.
On the other hand, having no silent moments is interpreted as a competition, the discussion instantly becomes a ...
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Being more mindful to others brings more value to interactions. It means actively listening to the other person as well as our own thought processes.
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Mindfulness meditation
Mindfulness meditation encourages the practitioner to observe wandering thoughts as they drift through the mind.
Through mindfulness meditation, you can see how your thoughts and feelings tend to move in particular patterns.
Good ways to get started in mindfulness
Mindfulness is a great way to train and control your attention - what you choose to focus on. Mindfulness can help you stop worrying and instead focus on the positives in your life; it can help you stop criticizing yourself and prevent you from procrastinating.
Contemporary mindfulness
Research findings conclude that regular mindfulness meditation reduces stress and builds resilience.
Yet, those who practice contemporary mindfulness find, instead of engaging in careful thought about oneself, that they are encouraged to be nonjudgemental of your thoughts - to disregar...
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