Mindfulness for Sales Professionals
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Quiet Your Mind for a Good Night’s Sleep
in meditation, mindfulness, reduce stress/by Joy RainsA great way to shut off your brain and relax your body to prepare for sleep is to do a progressive muscle relaxation exercise. Here are the directions: Lie on your back and bring all your attention to your body. Begin a process of gently tightening and releasing each muscle group, starting with your feet […]
Shift to Positive Thinking!
in mindfulness, reduce stress/by Joy RainsThinking negatively is often due to a narrow perspective. Just by widening your perspective and focusing on positive aspects of a situation, you can change negative thoughts to positive thoughts! Consider Suzie. She hates putting utensils away once the dishwasher finishes its clean cycle. Every day she is annoyed as she sorts the knives, forks, […]
Mindfulness at Work: Take Time to Sharpen the Axe!
in Blog, meditation, mindfulness, mindfulness at work, reduce stress/by Joy RainsAs the old saying goes, you have to take time out from chopping the tree to sharpen the axe. Since your mind is one of your main tools, it’s vital to keep it sharp. By pausing to take 2 minute mini-meditation breaks throughout the day, you are doing the axe-sharpening work. Yet, often the most […]
Walking Meditation at Work
in meditation, mindfulness, mindfulness at work/by Joy RainsMany people find that managing stress at work can be helped with regular meditation. One effective tool to use in the workplace is a walking meditation. Here’s a situation where a busy executive uses walking meditation to deal with a challenging situation: While this executive is getting ready for a big presentation in her workplace, […]
Meditation Tips for Beginners
in meditation, mindfulness, reduce stress/by Joy RainsHere are three simple tips for the beginning meditator: 1-Just as it’s the nature of the heart to beat, it’s the nature of the mind to think. Meditation isn’t about stopping thoughts; rather, it’s about becoming aware of thoughts so you can choose to respond to life’s events consciously instead of reacting unconsciously. 2-Start small. […]
Build Your Mind’s Muscle
in meditation, mindfulness/by Joy RainsMeditation is a wonderful way to build mental strength! Consider this: Just as it’s the nature of the heart to beat, it’s the nature of the mind to generate thoughts. Meditation is not a practice of suppressing these thoughts, but it’s a process of coming into awareness of them–by shifting attention to a neutral object […]
Retraining the Anxious Mind
in mindfulness, mindfulness at work, reduce stress/by Joy RainsMeditation may not make your anxiety disappear if you are wired to have anxiety. What it can do, however, is to allow you to make a conscious choice about how to respond to the anxiety so you can manage it. The practice of meditation can be completely transformative, as it can actually retrain your brain! […]
