Emma Murray: The Secrets to Thriving in a Chaotic World
Oct 23, 2023
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Emma Murray, high performance mindset coach, discusses the value of mindfulness in personal and professional life, overcoming burnout, and the impact of a family tragedy. Strategies for managing anxiety and balancing work, family, and personal commitments are also shared.
Practicing mindfulness can help in overcoming burnout and achieving personal and professional goals.
Radical acceptance is key to dealing with suffering and challenging circumstances, including accepting things that cannot be changed.
Managing anxiety through mindfulness involves becoming aware of one's internal state, reframing negative thoughts, and recognizing the evidence of preparation or work.
Deep dives
The Power of High-Performance Mindfulness
Emma Murray, a high-performance mindset coach, discusses her unique mental framework called high-performance mindfulness. She explains how mindfulness can be used during difficult times and emphasizes the importance of reframing our stories. Murray shares her personal journey into this work, from being an athlete to discovering mindfulness through a book by Phil Jackson. She highlights the need to catch unconscious thoughts and the impact of being present in the moment. Murray also reveals her own experience of using mindfulness to cope with the challenges of her son's spinal cord injury.
The Importance of Acceptance and Radical Acceptance
Murray delves into the concept of radical acceptance and how it helps in dealing with suffering and challenging circumstances. She shares her personal experience of accepting her son's spinal cord injury and the importance of accepting things that cannot be changed. Murray emphasizes the role of mindfulness in grounding oneself in the present moment, managing anxiety, and reframing negative thoughts. She encourages individuals to recognize that people are not constantly thinking about them, enabling them to let go of fear and concern about other people's opinions.
Strategies for Managing Anxiety
Murray provides strategies for managing anxiety, starting with becoming aware of one's internal state and focusing on regulating the breath and posture. She emphasizes the importance of grounding oneself in the present moment and reframing anxious thoughts. Murray encourages individuals to recognize the evidence of their preparation or work and find confidence in their abilities. She also highlights the need to let go of the fear of failure and external judgments, reminding individuals that people are not thinking about them as much as they may think.
Finding Greatness in Serving Others
For Murray, a life of greatness is defined by serving others and facilitating positive change. She shares her passion for helping people become more present and mindful, supporting them in transforming their lives. Murray acknowledges that she may not always get it right, but the impact she has on others' lives and the moments when she helps someone become more present are what make her feel fulfilled. She emphasizes the ongoing practice and reflection required in living a mindful life.
The Continuous Practice of Mindfulness
Murray reminds listeners that mindfulness is a lifelong practice with ups and downs. She acknowledges that she still struggles with caring about other people's opinions and saying no without fear of judgment. Murray stresses the importance of self-compassion and accepting that mindfulness is not about always getting it right. She encourages individuals to keep working on their mindfulness practice, recognizing thoughts, and striving for moments of presence and stillness throughout their lives.
Joining Sarah Grynberg is high performance mindset coach Emma Murray, known as Richmond Football Club’s AFL premiership secret weapon. As the creator of the mental framework, High Performance Mindfulness, Emma has attracted clients in the Olympic sport and Formula 1 spaces, alongside CEOs and business operators.
In this honest and vulnerable conversation, Sarah and Emma discuss the value of practising mindfulness in your personal and professional life, the prevalence of burnout, its effects on the body, and how you can overcome it, before Emma shares her experience of a family tragedy, bringing everyone in the studio to tears.
If you would like to reach your full potential, let this episode prove with serious focus, determination, and support, you can achieve any monumental goal, and be the person you strive to be.
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