Gary Heads 
Living Mindfully 
Discovering Authenticity through Mindfulness Coaching

Written by a practitioner with over 25 years of experience, Living Mindfully shows how mindfulness can be integrated with coaching in order to enhance motivation and achieve an authentic life.

* Combines mindfulness techniques designed to explore an individual’s relationships to thoughts, values and emotions with coaching strategies that build self-confidence and motivation

* Details the Living Mindfully program and the practical coaching intervention, Training Individuals in Mindfulness and Excellence (TIME), with tips, exercises, further resources and client testimonials

* Discusses important aspects of mindfulness, including awareness, staying present, acceptance, authenticity, and dealing with negative beliefs and emotions

* Outlines the requirements for setting up and maintaining a mindfulness program for mindfulness teachers, coaches, counselors, policymakers, and government departments

Table of Content

Preface vii

Acknowledgements x

Introduction 1

Sarah 9

1 Mindfulness 10

2 Living Mindfully: A Five?]Week Programme 21

3 The Art of Orientation 30

4 The Inquiry Process 42

Owena 56

5 Moving

Out of Automatic Pilot and Being More Aware of Our Bodies 57

Annaliese 73

6 Being

Present in Mindfulness of the Breath and the Body in Movement 74

Sue 89

7 Staying

Present and Dealing with Difficult Thoughts and Emotions 90

Catriona 101

8 Accepting and Letting Be 102

Amanda 109

9 Bringing it Together, Looking after Yourself, and Moving Forward 110

Angeline 127

10 Integrating Mindfulness and Coaching 128

Andrew 140

11 The TIME Programme: Development and Rationale 141

Maria 154

12 Authenticity and its Impact upon Confidence and Self?]Esteem 155

Stephen 166

13 Acceptance: Working with Negative Beliefs and Emotions 167

Melanie 179

14 Communication: Releasing Our Words to the Universe 180

Lynda 191

15 Planning the Way Forward: An Unfolding Journey 192

16 In Conclusion 202

Appendix 1 205

Appendix 2 207

Appendix 3: Further Reading 210

Appendix 4: Frequently Asked Questions 212

Index 217

About the author

Gary Heads is the founding Director of Living Mindfully CIC, one of the leading organizations in the delivery of mindfulness and mindfulness-based coaching in the UK. He has an MSc with distinction in mindfulness-based approaches and a personal meditation practice spanning 25 years. He has developed the Living Mindfully and TIME programs with clients, including the National Health Service, Public Health, and Jobcentreplus.