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.

• Preface viiAcknowledgements xIntroduction 1Sarah 91 Mindfulness 102 Living Mindfully: A Five]Week Programme 213 The Art of Orientation 304 The Inquiry Process 42Owena 565 MovingOut of Automatic Pilot and Being More Aware of Our Bodies 57Annaliese 736 BeingPresent in Mindfulness of the Breath and the Body in Movement 74Sue 897 StayingPresent and Dealing with Difficult Thoughts and Emotions 90Catriona 1018 Accepting and Letting Be 102Amanda 1099 Bringing it Together, Looking after Yourself, and Moving Forward 110Angeline 12710 Integrating Mindfulness and Coaching 128Andrew 14011 The TIME Programme: Development and Rationale 141Maria 15412 Authenticity and its Impact upon Confidence and Self]Esteem 155Stephen 16613 Acceptance: Working with Negative Beliefs and Emotions 167Melanie 17914 Communication: Releasing Our Words to the Universe 180Lynda 19115 Planning the Way Forward: An Unfolding Journey 19216 In Conclusion 202Appendix 1 205Appendix 2 207Appendix 3: Further Reading 210Appendix 4: Frequently Asked Questions 212Index 217

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