mind.life.me‪.‬ Dr Emily Amos

To kick things back into gear on the mind.life.me. podcast for season 2 we're talking about what exactly is mindfulness? You've all heard about it, in fact most of you will have probably experienced it... and it's not always been a good experience for many people. So this episode I decided that a good place to start things off is to help explain exactly what mindfulness is and more importantly, what it isn't!



Let's talk about:


Mindfulness as the practice of being in the present moment and noticing what's going on without judgment.
Meditation as a formal practice that can help cultivate mindfulness.
How normal it is for the mind to wander, and the goal of mindfulness is to notice when it happens and gently guide it back to the present moment.
Bringing intentionality to everyday activities can help cultivate mindfulness.
Cultivating the skill of being mindful to help in times of stress.



My short course ⁠Mindful Me⁠ is designed to help you to master mindfulness in an easily accessible, online format, available 24/7 with fantastic video lessons, a beautiful course workbook and plenty of guided meditations to help build your practice.


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You can find more information on mindfulness and my work via my website- www.dremilyamos.com





As always, I love to connect with you via social media:


Facebook: @dremilyamos and @mindlifeme

Instagram: @dremilyamos and @mind.life.me

Insight Timer: ⁠Dr Emily Amos⁠

I actually recorded this episode many months ago, then left it and did nothing with it for ages. Which is ironic given in this ep we explore the idea that achieving things, changing behaviour and basically being human- is really, really hard. I'm human, just like you. I struggle to achieve what I want to achieve sometimes too- so let's explore this together.

In this episode I talk about:


Johan Hari's book Stolen Focus
How the modern world is setting us up to fail in many ways when it comes to our attention and focus.
How we can actually use the psychology of behaviour change to help us to do the things we want to do.
Why self compassion (as I always say) is actually the basis for this cycle and what helps us to unlock our full potential.
What is the 'first step' in changing behaviour?



You can find more information on mindfulness and my work via my website- www.dremilyamos.com

As always, I love to connect with you via social media:

Facebook: @dremilyamos and @mindlifeme

Instagram: @dremilyamos and @mind.life.me



Disclaimer
The information provided on the Mind.Life.Me. podcast is for educational and informational purposes only. The information provided on this site is not, nor is it intended to be, a substitute for professional advice or care. Please seek the advice of a qualified health care professional in the event something you have read or heard here raises questions or concerns regarding your health.

It’s been a little while since I released a podcast episode, so I thought this was a good time to talk about giving ourselves permission to be ‘good enough’. As a long suffering perfectionist, I’ve often struggled with this concept… as a doctor, I’ve struggled with it even more. I mean, who wants a ‘good enough’ doctor?!? So in my musings this week I’ve tried to capture a lot of the concepts and issues around actually allowing ourselves to be ‘good enough’.




What does it mean to give ourselves permission to be #goodenough ?
Does giving ourselves permission to be ‘good enough’ mean we stop trying to do better?
How does giving ourself permission to be ‘good enough’ relate to behaviour change psychology?
How can we apply the principle of ‘good enough’ and use to to drive our practice of self compassion?



As always, you can connect with me in a variety of ways:

My website: www.dremilyamos.com

Where I teach online courses as well as online meditation and yoga nidra classes.

On Instagram: @dremilyamos

On Facebook: @dremilyamos



Disclaimer
The information provided on the Mind.Life.Me. podcast is for educational and informational purposes only. The information provided on this site is not, nor is it intended to be, a substitute for professional advice or care. Please seek the advice of a qualified health care professional in the event something you have read or heard here raises questions or concerns regarding your health.

This has always been a big background thing for me, none of us probably talk about it enough though- how the fear of making a mistake can drastically temper our dreams and actions. Fear of making a mistake can be debilitating in our decision making in the present moment, stopping us from even doing anything. This episode I'm talking about  


How this concept not only affects those of us who work in healthcare but also the perfectionists and worriers of the world (even more so if you happen to be all three!). 
How our fear of making a mistake in the future can seriously affect our behaviour today. 
How this future based thinking (and fear) relates to mindfulness and learning how to be in the present moment. 
How to take the first step towards making a decision and committing to an action, despite the fear of making a mistake. 
How this fear of making a mistake can even affect us as parents! 
How much time we can regain in our lives by learning how to be more aware of this tendency and choosing to reinvest this energy into being more mindful. 



The beautiful article by Dr Jonathan Ramachenderan I refer to in this episode can be found here. 

You can find more information on mindfulness and my work via my website- www.dremilyamos.com 



As always, I love to connect with you via social media: 

Facebook: @dremilyamos and @mindlifeme 

Instagram: @dremilyamos and @mind.life.me 



Disclaimer The information provided on the Mind.Life.Me. podcast is for educational and informational purposes only. The information provided on this site and podcast is not, nor is it intended to be, a substitute for professional advice or care. Please seek the advice of a qualified health care professional in the event something you have read or heard here raises questions or concerns regarding your health.

After last episode, we know a bit more about stress and how it cycles through our body- so how does that affect other things? Like sleep for example?
In this episode I talk about:

How our body sleeps.
What are the hormonal drivers of sleep and how do they relate to stress hormones?
How stress can affect our sleep and what we can do about it.
How mindfulness works to change our relationship with our thoughts and improve our sleep.

As always, my 7 Days of Mindful Self Care mini course is absolutely FREE and a great way to help kick start you towards slowing down and learning how to rest.
If you're enjoying the podcast I would absolutely love for you to review and share it with others to help spread the word about the importance of mindfulness and self care in all of our lives. Please don't get to the point I did and burn out before you do something about it- make these important changes today.
And I would love for you to connect with me via social media:
Instagram: @dremilyamos
Facebook: @dremilyamos

The modern world is set up to cause stress. We're always switched on, plugged in and expected to be available to work, how could we not end up chronically stressed?!

In this episode I talk about a few really important concepts around stress- particularly chronic stress.

What is stress and how does our body respond to it?
What's the difference between acute and chronic stress?
What is the Stress Cycle and why is it important to know about?
How can we learn how to change our relationship with stress and better manage it?


As I mentioned in the episode, my 7 Days of Mindful Self Care mini course is absolutely FREE and a great way to help kick start you towards slowing down and learning how to rest.
If you're enjoying the podcast I would absolutely love for you to review and share it with others to help spread the word about the importance of mindfulness and self care in all of our lives. Please don't get to the point I did and burn out before you do something about it- make these important changes today.

As always, you can connect with me via social media:
Instagram: @dremilyamos
Facebook: @dremilyamos

Disclaimer
The information provided on the Mind.Life.Me. podcast is for educational and informational purposes only. The information provided on this site is not, nor is it intended to be, a substitute for professional advice or care. Please seek the advice of a qualified health care professional in the event something you have read or heard here raises questions or concerns regarding your health.