Mindful Life: Feedback from Richard - Week 1 - June 2018 HD

Course Educator Dr Richard Chambers responds to the first week of learner activity in our online course ‘Maintaining a Mindful Life’ by Monash University, currently running on FutureLearn https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/mindfulness-life?utm_campaign=monash_university_mindfulness_life_june_2018&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_source=youtube_feedbackvideo #FLMindLife Topics this week include: 00:05 Hello and welcome from Richard. Craig is overseas. 00:36 About the feedback videos. Follow the mentors. 00:40 Challenging aspects of mindfulness. Reminder about our other introductory course. 01:11 Noticing emotions, discomfort and unpleasant sensations. Negativity. Suffering. 02:35 Meditations this week. Relaxation as a side effect. Mind wandering. 04:13 Sounds during meditation. Awareness. Habits and tendencies. 05:12 Establishing a regular meditation routine. Richard’s experience with daily meditation. 06:28 Meditation when times are hard, difficult, stress. Ghandi quote. * 07:15 Productivity. Learner quote: “The more meditation I do, the more I get done” 07:38 Communication. Unmindful behaviour. Attention. Acceptance. Non judgement. 08:57 Listening for meaning and emotion. Non-verbal communication. * 09:40 Listening mindfully when someone else is talking for a long time. 10:27 Clinical psychologist perspective. Listening and connecting. 11:00 Tips for how to speak mindfully. Harder than listening mindfully. 11:22 Wrap up. Keep sharing etc. *Links or References: (NB you may only be able to access some of these links if you are enrolled in the course): (From time to time we provide links to free abstracts and/or research papers, which we offer as optional additional reading for those who may be interested. Please note there is never a requirement to purchase or read the full papers, which in many cases may require a fee or a paid subscription in order to access.) “10 Life Changing Tips Inspired by Gandhi” compiled by Robert Piper for @MindBodyGreen https://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-4754/10-Life-Changing-Tips-Inspired-By-Gandhi.html “I have so much to accomplish today that I must meditate for two hours instead of one." Wikipedia entry about Mahatma Ghandi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi “Non-Verbal Communication” https://www.otherpapers.com/Social-Issues/Non-Verbal-Communication/34324.html Follow your course mentors on FutureLearn: Jen Opie and Susan Beaton to stay up to date with the main discussion threads and course news. Follow course mentor Jen Opie: https://www.futurelearn.com/profiles/2102263 Follow course mentor Susan Beaton: https://www.futurelearn.com/profiles/8047773 ‘Maintaining a Mindful Life’ by Monash University, available on FutureLearn. https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/mindfulness-life?utm_campaign=monash_university_mindfulness_life_june_2018&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_source=youtube “Mindfulness for Wellbeing and Peak Performance” also by Monash University on FutureLearn, starts again on 1