ERP 295: How To Use More Mindfulness In Couplehood - An Interview With Caroline Welch

Nov 23, 2021

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Research shows that practicing mindfulness helps reduce stress, anxiety, lowers blood pressure and improves sleep. If we make it a habit, aside from our mental and physical health, it can also improve every aspect of our lives.

Can mindfulness improve our relationships, too? The answer is yes and in this episode, Caroline Welch talks about its benefits, some tips in incorporating it into our daily lives and so much more.

Caroline Welch is the CEO and co-founder, with Dr. Dan Siegel, of the Mindsight Institute in Santa Monica, California. She began her mindfulness practice forty years ago while working in Japan as an English teacher. Welch’s book “The Gift of Presence: A Mindfulness Guide for Women” has been widely acclaimed. Caroline offers lectures and workshops on the power of mindfulness to enhance well-being in our personal and professional lives including its role in supporting racial and gender equity.

Stay tuned and learn how mindfulness can play a big role in bringing you and your partner closer!

Check out the transcript to this episode in Dr. Jessica Higgin's website.

In this episode:

5:14 Caroline’s definition of mindfulness and how it started for her.

7:19 Some real-life examples of mindfulness.

12:54 Why is mindfulness important.

16:24 Features of mindfulness.

26:52 Understanding the 3 Ps: Purpose, Pivoting, Pacing.

Mentioned

Mindsight Institute website
The Gift of Presence: A Mindfulness Guide for Women book (*Amazon Link)
Guided Mindfulness Meditation Practices with Jon Kabat Zinn website
The Telomere Effect: A Revolutionary Approach to Living Younger, Healthier, Longer book (*Amazon Link)
What Kind of Woman: Poems by Kate Baer book (*Amazon Link)
John O’Donohue's website
Life on Purpose by Victor J. Strecher: How Living for What Matters Most Changes Everything book (*Amazon Link)
Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself by Dr. Kristin Neff book (*Amazon Link)
The Guest House poem by Jalaluddin Rumi