By Christine O’Shaughnessy, Founder of Mindful Presence Feedback is one of the most valuable currencies in the workplace yet, many of us dread it. When we don’t have a clear framework for giving feedback effectively or staying groundedwhen receiving it, it can quietly undermine trust, collaboration, and motivation. Conversationsthat should help us grow often become charged with tension, resentment, or…
Culture profoundly shapes how individuals approach ambition, authority, and communication—factors that directly impact the ability to set and achieve professional goals. While goal setting may seem like a universal process, the internalized beliefs and social norms from one’s upbringing can either propel or inhibit progress. For example, someone raised in a culture that emphasizes deference to authority may struggle to…
Christine O’Shaughnessy’s “Mindful Presence in Leadership: Releasing Burnout, Chaos and Stress” is now available, offering a transformative approach to leadership in today’s fast-paced world. Drawing from extensive mindfulness practice and corporate experience, O’Shaughnessy provides practical techniques for cultivating mindfulness and emotional intelligence in leadership roles. This guide equips leaders at all levels to navigate complexities with resilience, foster empathy, and achieve both professional success and personal growth.
Guided Stress Meditation
Stress is an inevitable part of life, but it is your reaction to stress that creates suffering. Stress affects everyone differently and your perception to stress may be different than others. With consistent meditation practice you can change how you respond to stress creating healthier ways of being with yourself and with others.
When the mind wanders we simply bring it back to the breath. This allows us to create a non-reactive, non-judgmental awareness to our experiences leading to a more balanced way of being. This track provides a 10 minute guided meditation to help alleviate stress. We recommend taking a comfortable seated position with your feet on the floor prior to starting.
Sitting Meditation is the practice of paying attention to a single point of reference like our breath. Meditation is not about stopping thoughts, rather it is noticing thoughts when they arise and our reaction to them. We simply attend to how the breath is flowing training the mind to be focused on one thing, at one time…the breath.
When the mind wanders we simply bring it back to the breath. This allows us to create a non-reactive, non-judgmental awareness to our experiences leading to a more balanced way of being. This track provides a 15 minute guided sitting meditation for beginners who want to learn how to meditate. We recommend taking a comfortable seated position with your feet on the floor prior to starting.
Develop mindful awareness of sensations within the body (such as tingling, tightness, heat or coolness, buzzing , pulsing, or numbness) without having to hold on to it in this 15 minutes complimentary guided Body Scan Meditation.
Mindful Presence’s guided body scan meditation is appropriate for those who are new or experienced with meditation, and is designed to reduce stress, anxiety and tension in the body. We recommend taking a comfortable seat on the floor or lying down before playing the meditation.