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Pybites Podcast

#097 - Coding with mindfulness

Dec 7, 2022
45:00

Welcome back to the Pybites podcast. This week we have Andrew McLeod on the show to talk about mindfulness.

We talk about:
- Mindfulness as it applies to the tech industry and why it’s important to humanise tech.
- How mindfulness humanises.
- How to be more aware of different parts of the body - as opposed to only thought.
- The trap of trying to use mindfulness to fix problems that require action (eg mindfulness will make you aware you are hungry, it won’t resolve the issue)
- How mindfulness can help with emotional intelligence (including in the context of code reviewing).
- How mindfulness and emotional intelligence can help relating with peers and improve team performance.

Books:
- The Miracle Of Mindfulness
- Chief Joy Officer
- McMindfulness

Courses:
- MBSR course with certification
- MBSR course (without certification - free)
- A significantly longer course, both of these teachers are excellent

Other resources:
- The guy that 'brought mindfulness to the west'
- Tara Brach's work
- Mindful code reviews:  part 1 and part 2

We hope you enjoy this episode!

To reach out to Andrew, you can do so:
- On LinkedIn
- On our Slack
- On Instagram

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