Mindfulness Tools for Entrepreneurs
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Mindfulness Tools for Entrepreneurs
- 1. Mindfulness Tools for Entrepreneurs Miriam Bekkouche Founder The Brain Spa General Assembly February 25, 2015 All Rights Reserved. The Brain Spa
- 2. Miriam Bekkouche Founder of The Brain Spa Contact: miriam@yourbrainspa.com @miriam_leia @brainspanyc Nadine Bekkouche Founder of NBE Education Contact: nadinesamia@gmail.com @NBE_education All Rights Reserved. The Brain Spa
- 3. Our focus for the next 90 mins… • Why Are We Here? • Let’s Talk About Stress, Baby • What Can We Do About It? • Your Brain Waves on Mindfulness All Rights Reserved. The Brain Spa
- 4. Happiness
- 5. Happiness = Connection (Love) + Having and Pursuing meaningful goals that create flow and engagement (Work)
- 7. The Psychological Price of Entrepreneurship No one said building a company is easy. But it's time to be honest about how brutal it really is--and the price so many founders secretly pay. - Inc Magazine Tech Has a Depression Problem Start-up founders might seem like they've got it made, but long hours, isolation, and stress put them at risk of mental illness. - The Atlantic All Rights Reserved. The Brain Spa
- 8. “Our life is what our thoughts make it.” Marcus Aurelius
- 9. The Science of Stress By Nadine S. Bekkouche, M.Sc. Medical Psychology
- 10. “How to win the stress game?”
- 11. The Benefits of Stress
- 13. • Stress has an extremely adaptive function: it allows us to go for longer, to work harder, and to survive traumas and hard experiences • It’s also fun, and productive, and allows us to get into flow (“the zone”) Benefits of Stress All Rights Reserved. The Brain Spa
- 14. • But that’s all short term • Performance is not meant to go on forever, leads to chronic stress • Chronic stress does not have any benefits, it is simply extremely bad for the health All Rights Reserved. The Brain Spa
- 15. Stress & its Effects on Your Body
- 16. • These are basically 2 stress systems in the body: the NS (NE and NA) and the HPA axis • Both can get burned out, supposed to turn them off REGULARLY • If you are cramming, or running around, or have a deadline, you are activating these systems. All Rights Reserved. The Brain Spa
- 18. Chronic Stress • Chronic stress is harmful to almost every body system • Chronic stress also provides a good basis for the development of emotional and mental disorders All Rights Reserved. The Brain Spa
- 19. Being Flexible • We are not meant to spend long periods of time in a state of stress or performance • We are meant to regularly and thoroughly shut these stress systems off • The problem is we are creatures of habit, and being stressed out can become a habit All Rights Reserved. The Brain Spa
- 20. “How to win the stress game?”
- 21. There’s good news… • We can practice feeling good • Develop new psychological and physiological habits All Rights Reserved. The Brain Spa
- 22. 5 Stress Modalities • EMG – Muscle tension • GSR – Skin conductance • Respiration • EKG (ECG) – Cardiac rhythms, HRV • Peripheral temperature All Rights Reserved. The Brain Spa
- 23. How? • The body is very intelligent • CNS = PSN + SNS • Always seeking balance All Rights Reserved. The Brain Spa
- 28. Bufferapp blog
- 31. “How to win the stress game?”
- 32. Mindfulness • 1) Decrease chronic stress – Get in the habit of feeling calm and peaceful at rest • 2) Optimise acute stress – Get in the habit of feeling engaged in the present moment All Rights Reserved. The Brain Spa
- 33. 4 – 7 - 8 #1
- 35. #3 Meditation
- 36. Wait, am I doing it right? And how do I know if it’s working?
- 40. Mindfulness Meditation Changes Your Brain in 8-Weeks • Areas related to emotional regulation, positive emotion, self-control increase in volume • Cortical thickness increases in areas related to awareness, focus, attention, and decision-making • Grey matter regenerates • Amygdala shrinks
- 41. Cultivating a New Habit
- 42. “People have been transforming their minds for thousands of years. Every major world religion includes some form of contemplative exercise, though today meditation is often practiced apart from any belief system. Meditation is pragmatic, the psychological and emotional equivalent of physical exercise.” Sharon Salzberg Co-Founder Insight Meditation Society
- 43. Miriam Bekkouche Founder of The Brain Spa Contact: miriam@yourbrainspa.com @miriam_leia Nadine Bekkouche Founder of NBE Education Contact: nadinesamia@gmail.com @NBE_education
- 45. Meditation Apps
Editor's Notes
- Happiness defined as Connection (Love) + Having and Pursuing meaningful goals that create flow and engagement (Work) Seligmnan’s Happiness Formula 50% Genes 10% Life Circumstances 40% What You Do & Think
- Happiness defined as Connection (Love) + Having and Pursuing meaningful goals that create flow and engagement (Work) Seligmnan’s Happiness Formula 50% Genes 10% Life Circumstances 40% What You Do & Think
- Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Theta Alpha is a resting state Also happens to be a regenerating state We used to think that brains and nervous systems were fixed at adulthood, turns out we were wrong Need to exercise, rest & regenerate throughout life!
- Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Theta Alpha is a resting state Also happens to be a regenerating state We used to think that brains and nervous systems were fixed at adulthood, turns out we were wrong Need to exercise, rest & regenerate throughout life!
- Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Theta Alpha is a resting state Also happens to be a regenerating state We used to think that brains and nervous systems were fixed at adulthood, turns out we were wrong Need to exercise, rest & regenerate throughout life!
- Source: http://phdtalk.blogspot.com/2014/02/stop-breath-and-think-app.html
- Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Theta Alpha is a resting state Also happens to be a regenerating state We used to think that brains and nervous systems were fixed at adulthood, turns out we were wrong Need to exercise, rest & regenerate throughout life!
- To engage in mental exercise for the purpose of reaching a heightened level of exercise
- PHYSICAL HEALTH: increases immune function, decreases pain, decreases inflammation at the cellular level MENTAL STATE: increases positive emotions, decreases depression, decreases anxiety, decreases stress SOCIAL LIFE: increases social connection & emotional intelligence, makes you more compassionate, makes you feel less lonely IMPROVES PRODUCTIVITY: increases your focus & attention, improves your ability to multitask, improves your memory, improves your ability to be creative and think outside the box, improves your ability to introspect and manage emotions IMPROVES PRODUCTIVITY: increases your focus & attention, improves your ability to multitask, improves your memory, improves your ability to be creative and think outside the box, improves your ability to introspect and manage emotions