Essays on Mindfulness

Leadership is the quality of an individual’s behavior whereby he is able to guide the people or their activities towards certain goals- James Citrina and Thoms Neff;Leadership is the ability to get work done with and through others, while at the same time winning their confidence, respect, loyalty and willing co-operation. The first part of…

As I tried to think of an effective way to begin this research paper, I had a bit of a hard time connecting a vastly abstract concept (mindfulness and meditation) with the sometimes-rigid world of advanced practice nursing. In her article, “Health Benefits of Emptying the Mind: Rediscovering Meditation;” Gloria Donnelly PhD, RN, FAAN, a…

Positive Psychology and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) share a focus on the promotion of human flourishing. They have common techniques for accomplishing this via goal setting, psychological strengths, mindfulness and the clarification of values and their relation to the meaning of life (Ciarrochi & Kashdan 2013). ACT emphasizes creating steps that move toward committed…

Mindfulness denotes aiming upon the now and present, rather than deliberating about the former, or interesting apprehensions and ambitious opinion concerning the outlook. Mindfulness is an opposite of mindlessness. Mindlessness indicates a situation of alertness known through slight perception of what remains accepted at the current moment. Mindfulness is a budding aveneue to larger sovereignty…