Retirement can be hard to adjust to – finding yourself out of the workplace and with so much time to fill can be a daunting prospect, and many people struggle to truly embrace the freedom that retiring offers. Over the following pages of this brand-new book, find out how practising mindfulness can help with these new feelings and improve your life significantly, from finding a new purpose in life, to practising meditation. Read up on how to reconnect with old friends and make new ones, and learn about how you can embrace your new awareness around the home.
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Senior's Mindfulness
ADJUSTING TO RETIREMENT • Even if you’ve been looking forward to stopping work for a long time, making the transition from the 9-5 to being retired can come with its own challenges. Julie Bassett explores how mindfulness can help you with the change
5 WAYS TO BE MINDFUL EVERY DAY • Build mindfulness into your daily routine and it will soon become second nature
FINDING PURPOSE WHEN YOU HAVE RETIRED • Retirement presents a number of challenges, including an unexpected amount of free time, and with it, perhaps, a loss of identity. Retirement could be the ideal time to tackle the big things you always wanted to do, explains Olly Tew
#1: DISCOVER WHO YOU WANT TO BE NOW • In this mindfulness activity, think about where you want to start this new life stage
#2: WORK OUT WHAT YOU WANT TO DO NOW • You’ve just had some great ideas about what you want to do with your retired time. Now it’s time to pick a big project
THE SCIENCE OF STRESS • What happens to your body when it’s put under pressure? Laura Mears explains all
THE STRESS RESPONSE • The body has a well-tuned system for dealing with the first signs of stress
STRESS ISN’T JUST HUMAN
THE EFFECTS OF STRESS • Too much stress can have a negative effect on different parts of the body
DEALING WITH DISTRESS • There are several coping strategies that can help to combat stress
5 STRANGE FACTS ABOUT MEMORY • Memory can be a playful thing. It collects minute details from childhood events, yet leaves us wondering where we left our keys, reveals Bahar Gholipour
HEALTHY MIND, HEALTHY BODY • Becoming physically healthier and fitter often starts by mastering your mindset and focusing on your mental fitness tells Alison Morgan
WHAT EXACTLY IS SELF-LOVE?
YOUR COMFORT ZONE
CHANGING YOUR WAYS
IS YOUR BEHAVIOUR AS EFFECTIVE AS IT CAN BE? • We move in and out of being effective and ineffective all day long. The more we become aware of what we’re doing, the more we can spend time doing effective things that help us move towards our fitness goals quicker and in healthier ways.
GRATITUDE AND WELLBEING • Julie Bassett explores how the simple act of focusing on the positives in life can have a huge impact on your wellbeing
KEEP A GRATITUDE DIARY
FINDING PEACE IN GRIEF • Grief cannot ever be fully prepared for, says Olly Tew, but mindful thinking might be a useful tool to help you at its more difficult moments
THE ART OF REMEMBERING • If someone has died from a terminal illness, can you look past the last few weeks or months?
USING MINDFULNESS RELATING TO GRIEF
FIND A WAY TO FACE THE UNCOMFORTABLE • How do we plan difficult tasks? Take a moment to think mindfully about what happens next
UNDERSTANDING MEDITATION • Julie Bassett reveals what meditation is and how you can get started with this mindful practice
5 BENEFITS OF MEDITATION • There are lots of positives you might experience when you introduce meditation into your life – here are just a few
CREATE THE PERFECT MEDITATION ENVIRONMENT • With a few simple tweaks, you can turn a space in your home into your meditation oasis
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