Kore Strengths Coaching
Kore Strengths Coaching
Each class is a combination of practice, group discussion, and lecture
Mindfully Confident is taught in a context of a safe, supportive environment.
Each class is a combination of lecture, practice, and group feedback and discussion.
Content Areas
At the heart of mindfulness is the cultivation of attention to the present moment.
The most common reason why people fail to pay attention to the present moment is that they are occupied by thinking, often about the past or the future.In this session, the role of thoughts and their relationship with the present moment are introduced.
Everything is Thought -> Emotion -> Action
Often times our thoughts are so automatic we are not even aware of what we are thinking, feeling, or our action associated with this. Participants will experience the automatic nature of their thoughts and how these thoughts in turn automatically cause emotions to emerge. Being aware will allow us to gain control or our thoughts and habits.
This session brings awareness to how often we judge ourselves and the judgmental nature of our mind. Having awareness will help lessen the judgement which in turn will lessen anxiety by practicing more self-compassion towards ourselves and connection towards others.
Rather than fighting or avoiding experiences, mindfulness requires willingness to experience them. This session aims to clarify the essence of acceptance by learning to apply acceptance to difficult emotions and by explaining the goal of acceptance.
An excessive focus on the future is perhaps one of the most common obstacles of the cultivation of mindful awareness. The default mode for many people is a “doing mode” that is constantly focused on reaching goals and the future.
In this session, mindfulness is introduced as the key for finding a balance between being in the present moment and planning for the future. Participants will experience the pitfalls of an excessive future focus and explore the benefits of a grateful relationship with the present moment.
Rather than a self-compassionate attitude, many people suffer from a non-accepting and self-critical relationship with the self. The nature of this relationship is perhaps most clearly reflected by the inner critic: an internal voice that criticizes the self. In this session, participants become acquainted with their inner critic and learn how to effectively cultivate a friendly and caring relationship with the self by increasing awareness of the inner critic and practicing self-compassion through meditation and self-caring action.
The observing stance that becomes stronger after repeated and consistent mindfulness practice allows participants to take a step back from all kinds of thoughts, including identity-related thoughts. Identity, which can be described as a rather static and thought-based story of “me”, makes room for a more dynamic sense of self, which can be described as an ever-present observer. This observer is aware of the stories about the self and it is thus by definition different from the stories themselves.
In this session, several exercises allow participants to experience the difference between the self as a story and the self as an observer.
An additional aim of session 8 is to focus on ways to continue integrating mindfulness in daily life. The past 7 sessions can best be regarded as a starting point of an endless journey. In this session, participants are invited to create a personal plan for sustainably incorporating mindfulness in their daily lives after completing this training.
The class series offers a variety of mindfulness practices so that the student can discover which practice is useful to them. Practices taught include:
This course is designed for every individual to receive value and learn basic self-care techniques to:
Mindfulness as described by John Kabat-Zinn as “the awareness that arises from paying attention, on purpose, in the present moment and non-judgmentally”. Most of us live in the past and/or future which often times creates stress, overwhelm, anxiety, self-doubt, and conflict. Because our body reacts before our mind has a chance to catch up, often we don’t know what is causing these unpleasant experiences or how to get rid of them, or at least dial them down.
Mindfulness helps us to better understand what we are thinking and why and what we are feeling and why. It helps us get to the core of our judgement of self and how to learn to accept ourselves, feelings and actions. When we dial down self-judgment we dial down anxiety, get unstuck, lead our lives, and navigate into our future with trust and enjoyment of our journey.
– Focus at work and lessen the “shiny object” syndrome
– Calm in their lives, less anxiety
– Productivity – Yes, by calming down, you will be more productive
– Patience with your kids, work, life
– Clarity and cognitive agility
– Detachment of the outcome and to enjoy the process, the experience
– Objectivity in relationships
Next class dates/times: TBD
Location: Online
Cost:
(please select the most appropriate rate for your circumstances. Our goal is to make these offerings as accessible as possible and the sliding scale rates are an effort to help support this)
Patron: $475
(Includes a private one-on-one session with me)
Standard: $350
(Standard price)
Supported: $ 225
(If you’re having financial challenges right now)
