Mindful coaching

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Mindfulness is a way of paying attention to the present moment, helping us become more aware of our thoughts and feelings so that instead of being overwhelmed by them, we are better able to manage them. Mindful Coaching is a comprehensive guide to using mindfulness effectively in coaching. It enables coaches to work closely with their clients on a range of issues, including work-life balance, stress management, decision making, coping with ambiguity, dealing with crises, employee engagement, heightening focus and clarity, improving listening and communication, and increasing presence. Mindful Coaching includes a range of real-life examples and practical exercises to enable coaches to become more resilient in their practice, something that is of particular importance at a time where coaches are facing increasing challenges in defining clarity in their work.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Acknowledgements (p. x)
• Foreword (p. xi)
• What you wilt find in this book (p. xiv)
• Introduction (p. 1)
• Part 1 Overview (p. 1)
• 01 Definitions, origins and relevance to coaching (p. 9)
• Defining mindfulness (p. 10)
• Present moment, happy moment (p. 12)
• A brief orientation to coaching (p. 16)
• 02 A brief history of mindfulness (p. 21)
• Not just Buddhist (p. 21)
• 03 The impact of mindfulness (p. 25)
• We can change our spots and learn new tricks (p. 25)
• Benefits of mindfulness (p. 33)
• Part 2 Fundamental principles (p. 39)
• 04 Presence (p. 41)
• Definitions (p. 42)
• Setting up a practice (p. 47)
• 05 Curiosity, enquiry and non-judgement (p. 53)
• Curiosity (p. 53)
• Enquiry (p. 54)
• Non-judgement (p. 54)
• 06 Attunement and resonance (p. 59)
• Mirror, mirror (p. 60)
• Defining attunement (p. 61)
• Resonance (p. 63)
• 07 Compassion (p. 67)
• Compassion in coaching (p. 67)
• Developing compassion through mindfulness (p. 70)
• Benefits (p. 73)
• Better outcomes (p. 76)
• 08 Being and doing (p. 79)
• Doing versus being? (p. 82)
• Letting go (p. 84)
• Emotion regulation systems (p. 85)
• Own goals? (p. 86)
• Acceptance (p. 88)
• Back to the future (p. 89)
• Pressing pause (p. 90)
• Part 3 Working with mindfulness in coaching and mentoring (p. 91)
• 09 Developing, supporting and nurturing the coach (p. 93)
• Session preparation (p. 93)
• Within the coaching session (p. 97)
• After the coaching session (p. 102)
• 10 Introducing mindfulness to clients (p. 103)
• Appropriateness (p. 103)
• Overcoming resistance (p. 104)
• Making the business case for mindfulness (p. 107)
• Running mindfulness programmes (p. 107)
• 11 The FEEL model (p. 109)
• FEEL: a model for applying mindfulness (p. 109)
• The model 109 Client issues (p. 113)
• 12 Stress, anxiety, depression and work-life balance (p. 115)
• The good guy and the bad guy (p. 116)
• How stress affects us (p. 116)
• Approach and avoidance orientation (p. 119)
• Discrepancy-based processing (p. 120)
• How mindfulness can help (p. 121)
• Remedial coaching (p. 122)
• The great god of busyness (p. 123)
• 13 Resilience, happiness and wellbeing (p. 131)
• Definitions (p. 131)
• What makes us resilient? (p. 131)
• How mindfulness can help (p. 133)
• Health and wellbeing (p. 137)
• 14 Uncertainty, change, complexity and interconnectedness (p. 143)
• Uncertainty (p. 143)
• Change and impermanence (p. 147)
• Complexity (p. 148)
• Systems and interconnectedness (p. 151)
• 15 Working with leaders (p. 157)
• What makes a leader resonant? (p. 157)
• Dissonance and burnout (p. 158)
• More mindful leaders (p. 159)
• Mindfulness within leadership models (p. 161)
• Emotional intelligence (p. 167)
• 16 Ethics (p. 169)
• Accountability (p. 169)
• Mindfulness and ethics (p. 170)
• Leadership characteristics (p. 172)
• Challenging (p. 173)
• Desire (p. 174)
• Tips on using mindfulness to promote ethics (p. 175)
• 17 Working with emotions (p. 177)
• Self-awareness (p. 180)
• Self-management (p. 181)
• Social awareness and relationship management (p. 184)
• Self-esteem, self-compassion and self-acceptance (p. 189)
• Growth in self-criticism (p. 192)
• Not easy (p. 192)
• Recommended mindfulness practices (p. 193)
• 18 Creativity (p. 195)
• Getting out of our own way (p. 196'Mistakes)
• Mindful music (p. 198)
• Helping our clients be more creative (p. 198)
• Creative thinking (p. 199)
• Using mindfulness with the client (p. 200)
• Tips for using mindfulness for creativity in clients (p. 203)
• Recommended mindfulness practices (p. 205)
• 19 Mindfulness and other approaches (p. 207)
• Mindfulness in movement (p. 208)
• Gestalt (p. 210)
• Integration (p. 211)
• Somatics (p. 213)
• Ontological coaching (p. 215)
• Transactional analysis (p. 217)
• Transpersonal coaching and psychosynthesis (p. 220)
• Cognitive behavioural coaching (p. 223)
• Acceptance and commitment therapy (p. 225)
• Thinking environment (p. 226)
• Inner Game (p. 226)
• Part 4 The future (p. 229)
• 20 The Mindfulness in Coaching survey (p. 231)
• Coaches' experience of mindfulness (p. 231)
• Direct benefits for coaches (p. 233)
• General comments (p. 240)
• About the survey (p. 241)
• 21 The future is mindful (p. 243)
• Trends (p. 246)
• Conclusion (p. 248)
• References (p. 249)
• Further reading (p. 257)
• Index (p. 259)