A self-paced, evidence-based mindfulness course for navigating work stress and demands of daily life
Mindfulness in Working Life
At work, we often develop routines and habits that make us more efficient. However, if we don't pay attention, we might find ourselves operating on autopilot, stuck in a 'hamster wheel' where we go through the motions without really thinking. This can make us feel productive, but in this state we are out of touch with the immediate and dynamic context of work. We will fail to question our methods and new information can pass us by. We're likely unaware of our unawareness - more likely to react than respond, and to default rather than decide.
In this state, we often ignore our mental wellbeing, pushing through each day without properly detaching and recovering. It's not a conscious choice but an automatic, unthinking pattern.
Mindfulness training can help break this cycle. It brings back the essential skills of awareness and active attention, acting as a 'wake-up' call that provides opportunities for choice, discernment and curiosity. The skill of mindfulness enhances productivity, increases our effectiveness, and promotes wellness and mental resilience.
In this state, we often ignore our mental wellbeing, pushing through each day without properly detaching and recovering. It's not a conscious choice but an automatic, unthinking pattern.
Mindfulness training can help break this cycle. It brings back the essential skills of awareness and active attention, acting as a 'wake-up' call that provides opportunities for choice, discernment and curiosity. The skill of mindfulness enhances productivity, increases our effectiveness, and promotes wellness and mental resilience.
Building the Habit
Practising mindfulness is easy - so why do so many people find it near impossible to do?
Often, it’s because we think mindfulness is purely meditation, and if you’re new to mindfulness, suddenly introducing a 10-minute meditation into a day of back-to-back meetings, or a target or deadline driven schedule, is just too big of a jump, or may feel impractical. You watch another day go by where you’ve not meditated, feel a sense of failure, and start to think, “this just isn’t for me.”
The Mindfulness Habit is here to prove that anyone can practise mindfulness. The key is to, 1) find what works practically, because if it’s achievable you’ll do it, and 2) find what is enjoyable, because if it feels good and helpful you’ll want to repeat it.
The Mindfulness Habit provides choice and flexibility through different formats of training, with actionable and buildable learning. You’ll flex and hone your “mindfulness muscles” through a variety of:
- Active Awareness – bringing a mindful attitude to what you already do both in- and outside of- work
- Focused mindfulness practices – over 50 original meditations, from traditional MBSR meditations to contemporary practices tailored for common workplace challenges.
- Disruptor activities – to change things up in small ways - ‘circuit-breaking’ opportunities that encourage curiosity for seeing and feeling things afresh.
- Routine mindfulness – the opposite of unconscious repetition, really experiencing life as you live it, right here, right now with zero time commitment.
Incorporating mindfulness into our daily lives can be as easy and natural as brushing our teeth or pouring that first cup of coffee in the morning. As with all positive lifestyle choices, it’s all about building the habit.
Often, it’s because we think mindfulness is purely meditation, and if you’re new to mindfulness, suddenly introducing a 10-minute meditation into a day of back-to-back meetings, or a target or deadline driven schedule, is just too big of a jump, or may feel impractical. You watch another day go by where you’ve not meditated, feel a sense of failure, and start to think, “this just isn’t for me.”
The Mindfulness Habit is here to prove that anyone can practise mindfulness. The key is to, 1) find what works practically, because if it’s achievable you’ll do it, and 2) find what is enjoyable, because if it feels good and helpful you’ll want to repeat it.
The Mindfulness Habit provides choice and flexibility through different formats of training, with actionable and buildable learning. You’ll flex and hone your “mindfulness muscles” through a variety of:
- Active Awareness – bringing a mindful attitude to what you already do both in- and outside of- work
- Focused mindfulness practices – over 50 original meditations, from traditional MBSR meditations to contemporary practices tailored for common workplace challenges.
- Disruptor activities – to change things up in small ways - ‘circuit-breaking’ opportunities that encourage curiosity for seeing and feeling things afresh.
- Routine mindfulness – the opposite of unconscious repetition, really experiencing life as you live it, right here, right now with zero time commitment.
Incorporating mindfulness into our daily lives can be as easy and natural as brushing our teeth or pouring that first cup of coffee in the morning. As with all positive lifestyle choices, it’s all about building the habit.
The Mindfulness Habit - A New & Synergised Approach
MBSR Curriculum
MINDFULNESS-BASED
STRESS REDUCTION
Coaching Techniques
POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
APPLIED
Everyday Mindfulness
I.E WITHOUT MEDITATION
MBCT Curriculum
MINDFULNESS-BASED
COGNITIVE THERAPY
Common
Workplace Challenges
FROM BOTH MY OWN, AND OTHERS' EXPERIENCES
Guided Meditations
50+ ORIGINAL PRACTICES
Try a Practice
Preparatory Stress
This exercise combines guided practice with information, a style often used in The Mindfulness Habit. First, listen to the information, then practice the steps at your own pace.
The Preparatory Stress exercise helps reframe stress as useful, whether facing a presentation, exam, event, or difficult conversation. It demonstrates how shifting our assumptions and noticing our natural responses can work to our advantage and comfort.
Preparatory Stress (Listen)
All guided practices in The Mindfulness Habit have audio files & PDF transcripts
Reader Reviews
A way into mindfulness that's accessible, buildable, and practical for modern day life.
VIDYAMALA BURCH OBE
FOUNDER OF BREATHWORKS
Lisa Wren is the Jamie Oliver of the Mindfulness space. Delivered with that same drive, enthusiasm and experience she cleverly navigates the solutions of how to cope from single moments of panic to relentless stresses of everyday life, right through to creating long term coping strategies.
CAROLYN
AMAZON REVIEW
Lisa's gem of a book brings together her practical, compassionate, and engaging approach to mindfulness to help the reader both understand it fully and develop a meaningful daily practice.
ASHLEY LODGE
HEAD OF WELLBEING, OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
Lisa's wisdom and experience shone through her stories and practical exercises. The book breaks down mindfulness in a clear, accessible way. I particularly appreciated the chapters related to work, and re-read those sections which have helped me stay more clear, focused and productive - highly recommended!
LYNN Y
AMAZON REVIEW
Lisa Wren draws on her own experience of transforming life with mindfulness to help people work - and live - with presence and resilience. This book offers a clear and practical programme that can be of enormous benefit to anyone who engages with it wholeheartedly.
ED HALLIWELL
AUTHOR OF INTO THE HEART OF MINDFULNESS, DIRECTOR OF MINDFULNESS SUSSEX
The Mindfulness Habit is like having the company of a warm, supportive friend - offering encouragement, empathy, and gentle advice for navigating the messiness of being human.
SHANNON PHILLIPS
MANAGER OF THE BREATHWORKS COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE
In The Mindfulness Habit, Lisa has written a guide to mindfulness practice that is inviting and inspirational. She dispels myths about mindfulness and integrates novel ideas on positive habit formation and motivation that show how it is possible to blend mindfulness into even the busiest lives. I would strongly recommend The Mindfulness Habit for those new to mindfulness and to those who have struggled previously to maintain a practice.
GERRY MCCARRON, CLINICAL LEAD AND CBT THRAPIST, ONEBRIGHT MENTAL HEALTH
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