According to the Mindfulness Association, mindfulness is a way of being in our daily lives as well as a way of being that is central to most types of meditation. We practice mindfulness meditation as a way of becoming more mindful in our daily lives. But what do we mean by mindfulness or being mindful?

During my training at the Mindfulness Association, we used the following operational definition of mindfulness, which was devised by Rob Nairn:

            'Knowing what is happening, while it is happening, without preference'.

This means being present and directly attentive to our thoughts, emotions, sensations and perceptions. In meditation practice we apply the technique by noticing whenever the mind has become caught up in thinking and so out of touch with the experience of the present moment. Whenever we notice this, we come back to being present, for example by attending to sensations of breathing as focus in the present moment (Choden & Regan-Addis, 2018).

Therapeutic coaching 

Therapeutic coaching is a hybrid of therapy and coaching. It is solution-focused, helping you to find answers that are right for you, while providing the benefits of traditional therapy. This can be useful to help work with blockers to your personal and professional development, working with confidence, resilience, underlying unresolved matters from the past.

Integrative counselling

Integrative counselling is a flexible and holistic approach that combines elements of different counselling theories and techniques to suit the needs of each client.