Authors: Gill Hasson
About the Author
Gill Hasson is a teacher, trainer and writer. She has 20 years experience in the area of personal development. Her expertise is in the areas of confidence and self-esteem, communication skills, assertiveness and resilience.
Gill delivers teaching and training for education organizations, voluntary and business organizations and the public sector.
Her writing includes books on the subject of resilience, communication skills, assertiveness and emotional intelligence.
Gill's particular interest and motivation is in helping people to realize their potential; to live their best life!
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Iain Campbell and Jonathan Shipley for the opportunity to write this book.
Thanks to my editor Jenny Ng for being able to differentiate the wood from the trees and pulling it altogether.
Index
acceptance
acknowledgement
actions
adrenaline
agreeing to disagree
alone, loneliness
alternate-nostril breathing technique
amygdala
anchoring oneself in the present moment
anger
anxiety
apologies
art
assertiveness
automatic behaviours
awareness
beginner's mind
behaviours
bird-song
blame mind trap
the body
books
boredom
brain structure
the breath
calmness
catastrophizing mind trap
change stages
changing the way one thinks
chattering minds
children
chocolate-meditation exercise
clarification of criticisms
clarity
cluttered minds
colour-breathing technique
comfort zones
commenting minds
communications
computers
confidence
confirmation mind trap
conformity mind trap
contentment
control issues
counter attacks, criticisms
creativity
criticisms
cycling activities
dancing, flow activities
daylight
debts
decision-making
denial
depression
detached feelings
distractions
doing
doubts
driving activities
duration of meditations
dying
eating
emails
emotions
empathy
the emperor's new clothes
emptying one's head by writing down worries
engagement
enjoyment
everyday activities
experiences
fears
feedback
feelings
films, flow activities
fishing, flow activities
flexible thinking
flow activities
focus
football, flow activities
forgiveness
frustration
the future
games and puzzles, flow activities
gardening activities
giving criticism
giving to others
goals
good things in life
gratitude
guilt feelings
habits
happiness
Harrison, George
health issues
helping others
here and now
hobbies/sports/pastimes
hopelessness
housework activities
human/animal contrasts
impulsive reactions
Internet
interviews
intuition
jealousy
judgements
judo, flow activities
jumping-to-conclusions mind trap
learning
letting go
listening
living in/for the moment contrasts
loneliness
making space
managing criticism
meditation
meetings at work
memories
meta-cognition
the mind
mind traps
mindfulness
see also
acceptance; acknowledgement; awareness; beginner's mind; engagement; focus; here and now; letting go; patience; trust
brain structure
definition
mindlessness
misunderstandings
mobile devices
monks-meditating story
motivations
moving on
music
negativity
neurons
new ways of thinking and doing
non-doing
non-judgement
non-verbal communications (NVCs)
observations
Ono, Yoko
other-people interactions
paintings
park-bench exercise
the past
patience
personal development
perspectives
persuading others
photographs
physical aspects of emotions
physical exercises
pink-elephant exercise
plans
plasticity of the brain
positivity
the practice of mindfulness
prejudice
the present
presentations at work
pride
prioritization
problem-solving, worrying contrasts
raisin-meditation exercise
reading activities
reflective listening
reframing situations, anger management
relapses, change efforts
relationships
religion
resentment
resisting things, willpower uses
respect
responsibilities
responsive/reactive contrasts
rock climbing, flow activities
routines
rumination
running
sadness
self-acceptance
self-actualization
self-consciousness
self-doubt
self-esteem
self-forgiveness
self-talk
the senses
serotonin
sex
shaking-hands breathing technique
shame
silence
simple activities, willpower requirements
singing
single/multi-task activities
sitting-up straight
skills
sleep
The Slow Movement
slowing down
small pleasures in life
smiling
smoking
spirituality
starting one's own business
sticky notes
stillness
stress
successes
sunk-costs mind trap
support groups
“surfing the urge” resistance technique
swimming, flow activities
talking over one's worries
tax returns
tea-making activities
teeth-brushing activities
tennis, flow activities
thinking diaries
“thinking outside the box” approaches
“This, too, shall pass!” approach to worry
thoughts
three-gates Arab proverb on giving criticism
trust
tunnel-thinking mind trap
uncertainties
uneasy mental images
unusual requests, persuading others
urges, “surfing the urge” resistance technique
volunteering
waiting-time activities
walking activities
wandering minds
washing-up activities
willpower
work
worry
worry time
worst-case scenarios
writing
yoga, flow activities
Zen proverbs