Be Mindphl

THIS IS EVERYTHING.

I was invited to speak to the graduating nursing class at Rowan College of South Jersey this morning.

I presented “Mindful at the Bedside” — 90 minutes of insights and practices for finding more ease and clarity at the bedside and beyond.

It’s an introduction to mindfulness, and yet so much more.

We discuss mindfulness. The nervous system. We discuss how ease and calm are not boring, but instead are the platforms that make it possible to bring the best of ourselves to a situation. How calm helps us show how differently for ourselves, our colleagues and our patients. We talked about stress. What it is. How it shows up in the body. We talked about how even low grade stress can, over a long enough timeline, lead to burnout. THAT. We had THAT conversation — naming burnout, and talking about how prevalent it is.

And even amidst all this content there were three different mindfulness practice sessions. And there was laughter. So much laughter.

Nothing helps learning so much as laughter.

This is what I needed in nursing school.

I am honored to be in the position I am — to name some and the best and most difficult parts of bedside care, as well as provide tools to navigate both.

These are the mornings and opportunities that fill my heart. This is why I did the Meditation Teacher Training I did. So one day I could turn to my colleagues and offer meaningful help.

Home is not a place we find, but a space we create.

Mindfulness practices help us to recognize that in any place, at any time we can connect with a felt sense of ease, openness, connection, warmth and creativity. When we change ourselves, we change the world!

Join me for this evening workshop to explore TWO KEY WAY of how we can find ourselves at home the world:

1. Discovering peace and ease in the body.

For so many people, calm and peace are only words — disconnected from our lived experienced. We’ll explore mindfulness practices to relieve tension, and in doing so begin connect with a direct experience of ease and well-being.

2. Countering the Inner Critic.

One of the biggest obstacles to engaging more fully in our lives and the world comes from the aspect of ourselves that tells us I Can’t Do It, I Am Not Enough, Whatever I Do Won’t Make a Difference, — or some variation thereof. We are stopped before we ever begin! In this class we’ll explore a practice for recognizing and countering this Inner Critic, so we can cultivate the confidence and courage we need to bring our skills into the world.

Join me for
Becoming Home
Monday February 23 6:30 - 8PM EST
via Zoom
$12

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