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mindfulness in the workplace
We recognise that teams and individuals are under ever increasing demands and pressures in the workplace and are passionate about offering mindful solutions to help them manage those demands, build resilience and improve performance.
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I am always happy to visit your office to discuss how mindfulness could benefit your organisation and you can read below for some examples of the services we offer.​
courses & workshops
mindfulness workplace research
the science behind the mystery
There is a wealth of published research papers specific to the workplace and as of 2016, 32 of those have been Randomised Control Trials (RCT) - considered the gold standard of research studies. In the paper, 'Mindfulness, Behaviour Change and Decision Making: An Experimental Trial, Jessica Pykett, Rachel Lilley, Mark Whitehead, Rachel Howell, Rhys Jones (January 2016)' it summarises:
"Research studies in workplaces have primarily emphasised the role of mindfulness programmes on staff wellbeing, mental health and stress-reduction - tackling problems of sickness absence, presenteeism, high staff turnover, depression and anxiety.
Research and commentary has also explored the business role of mindfulness in terms of improving employee performance, resilience and social relationships in the workplace, work engagement and in reducing emotional exhaustion and improving job satisfaction".
Transport for London (TFL) reduced by 71% the number of days off for stress, anxiety and depression among employees who attended mindfulness training. *
Source: * mentalhealth.org.uk ** nhs.uk
A recent study at Unilever showed a significant reduction of 45.8% to 16.4% in stress-related drop-out rates of employees who completed an 8-session mindfulness course. **
how could mindfulness benefit our employees and organisation as a whole?
Practising simple and accessible mindfulness techniques strengthens the pre-frontal cortex of the brain that plays a vital role in what we call ‘executive functioning’, which allows us to do things on purpose, plan for the future, make decisions, and regulate our emotions more skilfully.
You could view Mindfulness as brain training and through regular mindfulness practice your employees could see an improvement in the following:
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Stress and anxiety management with less absenteeism from stress-related illnesses
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Resilience – more able to learn and move on from difficult challenges
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Communication and relationship skills with improved compassion, empathy and ability to listen
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Remaining attentive and focused on tasks for longer
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Regulation of emotions, having awareness of them but not being driven by, or basing all decisions upon them
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Learning how to respond rather than reacting in an unconscious, automatic way
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Management of chronic pain
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Creativity and agile thinking
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Sleep
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General wellbeing
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"We regularly ask Tricia back to join our team meetings, as we always receive great feedback from our participants after the sessions she runs. She is a great support to us for our Corporate Wellbeing Program.
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Sandra, Coca-Cola Enterprises, Uxbridge
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what mindfulness services do you offer?We offer a range of individual, corporate and bespoke workshops and 1:1 coaching and you can read more about those on the Services page of our website. Both the pubic and corporate MBCT mIndfulness 8-session workshops follow the programme that was developed at Oxford University and is the only mindfulness course recommend by National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and used within the NHS. Tricia Wilkie is a fully qualified teacher of MBCT and is registered on the UK Mindfulness Teachers Network.
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how can we embed mindfulness into our organisation?Starting with a free initial consultation to discuss the individual needs of your organisation we can then work together to embed a mindfulness strategy that best suits you. Typically, an 'Introduction to Mindfulness' workshop is held to gather interest before implementing a full course, bespoke sessions or mindfulness drop-in sessions.
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what facilities do we need to be able to offer mindfulness?We can work with whatever space you have for us to deliver our workshops. We have smart Powerpoint slide sets that accompany each session but if you do not have any A/V available, sessions can run perfectly well with flipcharts, which we can bring with us! A space big enough to seat all of your attendees is all that is required.
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are you able to deliver a workshop at our off-site event?Yes! We love to travel and can create a range of bespoke workshops to fit within the theme of your event. Past off-site events have included, mindful movement, mindful walking, mindful driving, introduction to mindfulness and intention setting at various meetings, kick-offs and conferences.
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how can our remote workers benefit from your workshops?We love to travel and can take mindfulness on to the road to reach your remote workers. Other options would be for them to dial-in to workshops or join a live online workshop specifically for them using your in-house conferencing facilities or Zoom/Skype.
