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Dealing With Change - Theo Cope

Change is the only constant feature of life, though many aspects of change happen slow enough to allow us to adapt. Hopes and expectations, plans and anticipations seem to be unfulfilled and frustrations arise due to ambiguity. Many of the changes experienced are beyond our control and may lead to stress and psychosomatic illnesses. In this sessions Dr. Cope helps us understand how this happens.

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Applied Mindfulness in Coaching - Dalida Turkovic

A mindfulness-based coaching is a holistic approach in which we support clients to navigate decision making while holding awareness of body, mind and emotions. Mindfulness practice and principles that come along with it closely relate to coaching ethics and competencies.

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Performance Powered By Mindfulness - Joanna Cheung

Joanna is a certified mindfulness teacher by UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science Centre and "The Present" mindfulness programme in school. During her earlier career path in leading global sports organisations IMG and NBA, she witnessed how the mind can significantly impact our performance and change our overall well-being. That intrigued her to look deeper into how mindfulness is applied in personal and professional life, whether as a top athletic performer or those who aspire to thrive in their own career choice.

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Impact of Mindfulness and Coaching on the Future of Education

The world always keeps turning, and there is one force that makes all of it possible (other than physics) – the youth! Investing in what we know as tomorrow means dedicating our time and attention to the youngsters. Because there is plenty of wisdom in the eyes of the adult, it should be used to create a better world for generations to come.

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Dalida Turkovic
Mindfulness and Coaching in Organisations

As society moves forward and out of the pandemic, so does the business culture. Each day people face various challenges in the workplace that can further shape their overall professional experience. Some leave a greater mark on the employees, and others do not.

However, navigating through those more challenging post-COVID-19 times requires highly skilled leadership. It not only disrupted the workplace, but it paved the way for a lot of organisations to enter a new era of managing stress and mindfulness in the workplace.

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Dalida Turkovic
Why nature takes your stress away?

If there is one thing in the world that can bring the peace, calmness, and serenity you are looking for, it is nature. Have you ever wondered why walking in a park or a wooded area always seems to calm your whole being? There is a certain grandeur to nature that manages to influence the way people think, feel, and do. Reconnecting with it transcribes into reconnecting with the inner you.

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Self-Care Reset with Joanna Cheung

Welcome, everyone! Thank you so much for joining me last week for our one-year mark of the healthcare reset. I am truly grateful for your presence and participation. Whether we have met or not, your showing up has made all the difference. May 25th is known as "wu er wu" in Chinese, which translates to "I love myself". This day of self-love is something worth celebrating and that's exactly what inspired this program.

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How life coaching can enhance counseling practices in schools

In today's world, access to knowledge is no longer restricted to school walls. With the emergence of advanced AI technologies like Chat GPT, everything we need to know is at our fingertips. Consequently, schools are evolving beyond knowledge transmission and are now focusing on imparting essential life skills. Leading schools are integrating well-being, mindfulness, SEL, and life coaching, emphasizing the development of students' inter-personal and intra-personal skills.

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Dalida Turkovic
Coaching in Nature with Laura Festa

In episode 44 of Deep Seed, Podcast for Coaches Renee Hodgkinson interviews Laura Festa on how Nature supports her and how she uses coaching and mindfulness approach in Nature to support clients who are experiencing fatigue and want to bring more resilience in their lives. 

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Dalida Turkovic
The Next Generation

I had two teachers who elaborated on the matters of fake and real. One was once called to a psychiatry ward to address the silent world of a catatonic. The patient once believed that he was going to be killed by a poisonous snake and to protect himself he stopped walking and talking. Living in horror that somewhere on the floor a snake was luring to attack him, he remained lying on his bed for years. Silent and still.

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An Invitation to Mindful Monday

Every Monday, a group of strangers who have become or may soon become friends, gather to sit in silence, observing and accepting all that may come up in the process. This is Mindful Monday, a secular mindfulness gathering in the Hutongs of Beijing. It all started with the intention to support each and every person that comes through the door of BMC, as well as Dalida Turkovic, founder of Beijing Mindfulness Center, herself, on Mondays — the start of the week, and a day that can be notoriously quite tough. Mindful Monday is a support network, a gym for the mind, and a sanctuary all in one. 

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Dalida Turkovic
How Do You Motivate Yourself?

Rabbit and tortoise, rabbit and lion, rabbit on the Moon, rabbit and crocodile, rabbit and fox, rabbit and tiger, rabbit and elephant, Velveteen Rabbit, Buggs Bunny, Alice in Wonderland and Neo escaped the matrix following the white rabbit. Human folklore is rich with stories where this fluffy creature teaches us to slow down, love or welcome good luck.

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Post COVID Recovery Tips

We are at the doorstep of 2023, and just like every other year, you might be spending time with your friends and family, coming forth with hope and wishes, and setting new objectives for the year ahead. A broken economy and fatigue from interrupted plans may suddenly shift to eagerness to work, be productive, reset our lifestyles and finally return to the 'normal.' With hopes that all your dreams and wishes finally receive conditions for fruition, look at the well-being tips below (including WHO article) and learn how to navigate through post-COVID recovery:

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Dalida Turkovic