ACTivate Your Life: Using acceptance and mindfulness to build a life that is rich, fulfilling and fun

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JON HILL is a corporate trainer and executive coach, helping to develop leaders and employees who are healthy, resilient and psychologically flexible. Some people call this awareness "mindfulness". Mindfulness can help us enjoy life more and understand ourselves better. You can take steps to develop it in your own life. What is mindfulness?

You can bring mindfulness to your eating habits, too. Studies suggest that it can help reduce binge eating and emotional eating. Paying closer attention to your body can help you notice signals that you’re full and help you better enjoy your food. JOE OLIVER is a clinical psychologist and Director for Contextual Consulting, offering ACT-focused training, supervision and therapy. He also works within the UK National Health Service. A chance for a one-to-one chat with a member of the Activate team to see how we can help you in your setting

These self-help videos are available for free and to access whenever it suits you. They can teach you techniques and strategies that will help you to take more control and to live your life with more confidence and a greater sense of purpose. They can help you to discover what is really important to you and you can even think of the course as a journey of self-discovery”

Adapting and implementing Acceptance and Commitment Therapy groups to support personal recovery of adults living with psychosis: a qualitative study of facilitators’ experiences [paper] But mindfulness doesn’t have to be done sitting still or in silence. You can integrate the practice into things you do every day, like walking or eating. You can also be mindful while interacting with others. Health Benefits of Mindfulness ACTivate your Life is a psychology course that will help you to understand yourself better, and to understand your mind. The course is based on a relatively new approach to therapy – Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). ACT helps people to overcome their suffering using ‘mindfulness’ and by helping you to understand how to live in accordance with your own important values. The course is all about having a better life.Mindfulness improves well-being. Increasing your capacity for mindfulness supports many attitudes that contribute to a satisfied life. Being mindful makes it easier to savor the pleasures in life as they occur, helps you become fully engaged in activities, and creates a greater capacity to deal with adverse events. By focusing on the here and now, many people who practice mindfulness find that they are less likely to get caught up in worries about the future or regrets over the past, are less preoccupied with concerns about success and self-esteem, and are better able to form deep connections with others. Activate Your Life exists to encourage, resource and inspire Christian woman to ‘with-reach’ their friends, neighbours, work colleagues and relatives with God’s love. It enables women to be secure in their identity, living life as Jesus intended it in all its fullness and at the heart of their community, creating innovative and natural opportunities, openings and friendships. Our aim is to be creative, forward thinking and always stretching the boundaries of how Christian women can be salt and light in a fluid society. Our objectives Mindfulness-based therapies are recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) as a way to treat less severe depression. Becoming more aware of the present moment can help us enjoy the world around us more and understand ourselves better.