Hello everybody and welcome to the mindful kind.

I'm your host, Rachel Cable, and I'm here to share insights into my mindfulness journey

and inspire you to create your own.

Each week, this podcast will bring fresh and exciting news about mindfulness,

from my personal experiences to useful tools and different

mindful techniques.

Hello again everybody and welcome to episode number nine about mindfulness in the workplace. I'll be sharing

five awesome tips for being more mindful and at the end of the episode I'll let you know how you can

work with me one on one via Skype to create a meaningful mindfulness practice. Tip number one is

keep a mindfulness tool with you as often as you can. Maybe it's a

necklace or a drink bottle or a moisturiser or a healthy snack. Whatever you can keep near you

during your day to remind yourself regularly to bring yourself into the now. So for example, I used to keep a hand cream on

my desk at work and a few times during the day I would stop and take some nice deep breaths

while I massage the cream onto my hands. This little mindful break just took me out of whatever I was

doing and gave me a beautiful opportunity to be present.

The point of having this tool is that you keep it somewhere that you can see it or use something which you know you'll remember to use during the day.

Then this tool can act like a reminder and give you these little but meaningful

chances to practice mindfulness. My second tip is take some time during each day to be grateful.

There is probably a reason why you're at this job. Is it because you love what you do and you're

making a difference? Are you learning new skills

and growing as an employee and maybe a person as well? Perhaps you're simply earning money

to support your dreams or your lifestyle. Whenever you find yourself counting down time, which is

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