Key takeaways

• The chapter recommends consideration of engaging in the following mindfulness-related practices: taking a moment to rest/breathe, practicing mindfulness, using meditative anchors, adding meditation into daily routine, cultivating self-compassion, expressing gratitude, and honoring transitions and rituals.
• Many health care professionals have pursued formal training in mindfulness. Mindfulness-Based Stress Reductions (MBSR) is an 8-week training program involving structured teaching of practices.
• Here is a free (Palouse Mindfulness) MBSR online training: Online MBSR by certified instructor Dave Potter
• Studies have found that clinicians who practice mindfulness report gains in emotion regulation, decreases in stress and rumination, and improvements in empathy, presence, and self-compassion.
• Sign up for free self-compassion virtual mediations: Self-Compassion Meditation Sign Up Page (From: Center for Mindful Self-Compassion).
• Part of mindfulness is awareness of transition moments- acknowledgment of changing activities and people (Geller, 2017). Mindfully put space in between events, and arrive at the new moment or activity with intention.
• An effective way to do this could be through applications such as: 1) Breathwrk: Breathing Exercises and 2) Meditation with Calm: Meditation and Sleep Stories