Curious what's in store for you in this program?

The reason why I created this program is because there are so many challenges today. If we thought there were challenges before Covid-19, our challenges are now multiplied! And I'm sure like myself, and like the clients that I coach, you are eager to learn new ways of being more resilient, new ways of being more centered, being more productive and less stressed. So in this program, we are going to be concentrating on exercises that you can do throughout your day to be a more impactful leader. If mindfulness is about bringing your attention, your awareness, which is really hard to do today into the present moment and non-judgmentally, how can we do that throughout our day so that we can be more impactful as a leader, that we can choose how we are in the present moment?

We are going to be learning exercises and training our brain. If one exercise doesn't agree with you, try something else. What's important is practice. We are going to be working with our bodies, our minds and our hearts.

See you soon and welcome again!

Samantha Amit

Course curriculum

  • 01

    Welcome

    • Welcome

    • Why Are You Here?

    • Reflection Time

    • Disclaimer
  • 02

    What is Mindfulness?

    • Mindfulness is ...

    • note to Karen

    • Handout - What is Mindfulness?

    • Mindful Attitude - Non-judgment

    • Mindfulness Beginnings

    • Being the Observer

    • Insight and Reflection

    • Handout: Insight and Reflection
  • 03

    Mindful ACT Leadership Model

    • Introduction to Mindful ACT Leadership Model

    • The Wandering Mind

    • Mindful Check In - Short Exercise

    • When will you practice the Mindful Check In?

    • Preparation for Work and Life

    • Formal and Informal Practice

    • For Formal Practices - Go to the module Formal Practices to Develop Mindfulness

    • Insight and Reflection

    • Handout: Insight and Reflection
  • 04

    Mindful Attitudes

    • Meditation Is Not For Everybody

    • Mindful ACT Leadership Model

    • Developing Patience

    • Note: Reminder to practice an exercise multiple times

    • Patience In Teams - Short Exercise

    • Patience - Teams of Teams

    • Building Trust

    • Building Trust in Teams

    • Letting Go

    • Practicing Letting Go - Exercises

    • Letting Go for Shared Leadership

    • Acceptance

    • Beginners Mind - A Mindset

    • Beginners Mind with Connects

    • Growth Mindset for Learning instead of Judging

    • Cultivating Gratitude

    • Daily Gratitude through Journaling - Exercise

    • Gratitude Acknowledgment Appreciation

    • Appreciation of Direct Report - Exercise

    • Non-Striving

    • Non-Striving with Connects

    • Handout: Awareness of Challenges

    • Insight and Reflection

    • Handout: Insight and Reflection
  • 05

    Mindful ACT - Achieve More

    • Invitation to experiment

    • Achieving More - Paying attention to our Thinking

    • Handout - How my thinking influences my behaviour

    • Understanding sympathetic nervous system and parasympathetic nervous system

    • Handout: Paying attention to the 5-senses with Mindful Eating

    • Mindfulness exercise - Externalising your thoughts

    • Committing to practice

    • Insight and Reflection

    • Handout:Insight and Reflection

    • add being the observer excercise from p51 in book
  • 06

    Mindful ACT - Connect Better

    • Practice Daily

    • Understanding Our Differences 2

    • Advantage of Diversity

    • Pausing and Time To Think - Preparing For Meetings

    • Beginners Mind and Growth Mindset

    • Building Relationships

    • Building Relationships 2
  • 07

    Mindful ACT - Thrive

    • Thriving Systemically

    • Meeting Preparation Continued

    • Shared Purpose

    • Perill Model - Teams

    • Perill model for a new leader

    • Insight and Reflection

    • Handout: Insight and Reflection
  • 08

    Formal Practices to Develop Mindfulness

    • Motivation for Sitting Meditation

    • Guidelines in Preparation for 5-Minute Mindful Sitting

    • 5-Minute Mindful Sitting Meditation - audio recording for practice

    • Building on your Mindful Sitting Practice

    • Motivation for Body Scan

    • Body Scan - audio recording for practice

    • Suggestion: Body Scan Practice During your Day

    • Motivation for Walking Meditation

    • Mindful Walking - audio recording for practice

    • Motivation for Mindful Eating

    • Mindful Eating - audio recording

    • Handout: Mindful Eating Instruction

    • Insight and Reflection

    • Handout: Insight and Reflection
  • 09

    Summary

    • Congratulations

“Samantha facilitated a mindfulness workshop for Thrivacious, which is a nonprofit dedicated to supporting women touched by cancer in Israel. She did an incredible job teaching our participants about the importance of practicing mindfulness (particularly helpful for people going through cancer) and the women absolutely loved her. Thank you Samantha!”

Founder, Thrivacious

Alona Shaked

“During time of uncertainty a person needs some guidance that not only solves problems but also put things into prespective, that is exactly what Samantha is for me these days. My recommendation to anyone that feels the need to stop and review the current state and the steps needed for the near future is to talk to Samantha. She is a great mentor and really helped me a lot.”

Automation Engineer and Apps Developer at HERE Technologies

Omer Avni

“Samantha is a highly knowledgable and experienced mindfulness practitioner and leadership coach. It has been a fabulous experience collaborating together with her on our book 'Mindfulness at Work, the Practice and Science of Mindfulness for Leaders, Coaches and Facilitators'.”

Executive Coach, Supervisor, Chartered Psychologist, Author, Professor of Coaching

Jonathan Passmore

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Nataliya Sumyk

Team Leader