1. Building Courage 🏗️💪
- Gradual confidence building through practice 📈
- Face small fears first → build to bigger ones 🐁➡️🦁
- Support from others is crucial 🤝
2. Introduction to Mindfulness 🧘✨
- Origins: Eastern contemplative traditions (Buddhism) ☸️
- Jon Kabat-Zinn: Brought mindfulness to Western medicine 👨⚕️🌉
- MBSR: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction 🧘♀️💆
3. Mindfulness Definition 📝
- Paying attention ON PURPOSE 🎯
- In the PRESENT MOMENT ⏰
- NON-JUDGMENTALLY ⚖️❌
- Originally developed for chronic pain patients 🏥😖➡️😌
4. Courage + Mindfulness Connection 🔗
- Both require present-moment awareness 👁️
- Mindfulness helps face challenges courageously 🧘➡️💪