1. Resilience and Mindfulness
Introduce myself and the FSAO
Legitimately question what I have to teach about leadership.
Karen Brouhard, LICSW
BU Faculty & Staff Assistance Office

2. What is Resilience?

3. Think of an especially challenging time in your life.
What helped you get through that time?

5. Live with a constant onslaught of incoming data.
foreseen 40 years ago by the Nobel Prize–winning economist Herbert Simon.
Information “consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention.”

8. ? Have exposure/practice
Quality of attention.
Paying attention to our present moment experiences with openness, curiosity, and a willingness to be with what is.
Most of the time, Past, or future
past, - replaying, ruminating, how could have been different, feeling bad abt it.
Future – obsessing about what’s coming up, worrying, planning – endlessly planning…
Present – evaluating, analyzing, judging, grumbling
Incessant flow of thought leaves little room for inner quiet
mindfulness is an invitation to really bring our attention to the present moment
Let go of discursive thinking
normal deluge of conscious thought.
Non-conceptual perception
Wordless bare attention
antidote to the automatic pilot quality
simple but difficult to maintain, hence attention training.
Meditation a form of attention training. Mindfulness one form.
strengthen our focus –
concentration is like a mental muscle.
Like reps at the gym strengthen muscle, attention training helps us sustain focus better and be able to stay with what is.
Thickens the brain cortex
NOT ABSENCE OF THOUGHT

9. MARC 7:54 Back to Basics

10. Antidote to automaticity, be aware of that which we usually miss, don't pay attention to, turn away from
Willingness to be with what is
Non -judgement
Disinterested acceptance of all that arises
Watch your own mind in calm detached manner
Learn to listen to own thoughts without being caught up in them
Human to flee from pain
Ruminate? Wake Up
State of calm, steady awareness
Helpful for making changes - ability to not turn away from what's unpleasant,
Role models - avoid burnout - help colleagues not burnout

12. Set an intention...