Improving Workplace Interactions
Reducing Workplace Stress and Anxiety
Improving Workplace Attention
Improving Workplace Decision Making
Mindfulness Science and Statistics
100

Interacting with someone while utilizing fresh perspective building, empathy, and self-monitoring

Mindful Communication

100

Short mindfulness exercise that focuses only on breath and calms the mind, can be done anywhere. 

Mindful Breathing

100

_________ is the ability to concentrate on what you’re doing in the moment 

Focus

100

Irrational escalation of commitment to a previous bad decision. Mindfulness can help prevent this process. 

Doubling Down

100

This practice can change the way different regions of the brain communicate with each other – and therefore how we think – permanently.

Mindfulness

200

Communicating on autopilot, being distracted by self-interest, and being quick to judge, criticize and contradict people if their opinions don't match our own are examples of ________ _________

Communication Barriers

200

This is how stress and anxiety are related

Experiencing stress can trigger anxiety

200

_________ is the ability to recognize and release unnecessary distractions as they arise

Awareness

200

A mindfulness practice that alternates between a wide and narrow focus of attention, training your mind to be able to move from detailed attention to a wider and more spacious awareness from one moment to the next.

 

Body Scan

200

Our feelings about people, things, and ideas manifest themselves much more quickly than our _________

Thoughts

300

Understanding what another person is experiencing

Empathy

300

1-3 Minute long meditations that should be done periodically throughout the workday. Benefits include reduced stress, anxiety, and a calmer mind. 

Micro-meditations

300

Mindfulness in Action and Micro-Meditations are helpful for breaking out of _________ and increasing workplace attention. 

Autopilot

300

By distancing themselves from their ________ and ________, mindfulness has the potential to help decision-makers make clearer, better quality choices

Emotions; thoughts

300

People spend this percentage of time thinking of something other than what they're doing

47%

400

Noticing colleagues as they are today without preconceptions developed from past experiences. 

Fresh perspective building

400

Mindfulness has this effect on stress

Changes how we experience stress

400

Activity used in today's module that is meant to bring trainees mind to the present, to what is right in front of them. As a result they are unlikely to be expending energy, time and attention on worrying or ruminating about other parts of their lives 

Raisin Activity (Mindful Eating)

400

People who are more mindful are also more aware of their ethical principles and make decisions aligned to those values . This links mindfulness with __________

Authenticity

400

Research has shown that practicing mindfulness can reprogram the brain to be more _________ and less _________

Rational; Emotional

500

Paying attention to and recognizing our internal state so that our reactions aren't dictated by emotion

Self-Monitoring 

500

S.T.O.P.

Stop what you're doing, take a breath, observe your thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations -- without judgement, proceed. 

500

Experiencing your daily routine differently, by paying attention in a particular way, for seconds at a time

Mindfulness in action

500

People who are more mindful have a greater tolerance of _________ and are more decisive when faced with making a choice despite many unknowns.

Uncertainty 

500

We release the most stress hormones during this part of the day

Waking up (morning)