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TWH 12: What’s Mindfulness Got to Do with It?



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  • Personal Author:
    Montgomery D
  • Description:
    Our safety talk today is about mindfulness. Mindfulness is purposefully paying attention to the entire experience of the present moment. To do this fully one keeps an open, curious, and accepting attitude, but dismisses thoughts and worries to be completely present in the current moment. To be more mindful we can try to be less distracted by focusing on one thing at a time. Being more mindful can improve our health and sleep, help us better deal with stress and burnout, and increase our job and life satisfaction. Mindfulness may improve driving performance, and can improve our safety at work and at home. Taking time to become more mindful has shown to improve physical health, such as reducing chronic pain and improving immune function. It can also help improve mental health by reducing anxiety, depression, and stress. Here are some tips that can improve mindfulness at work: Practice mindfulness reset: take a five minute break to allow your mind to settle on sensations of breathing in and out and let whatever thoughts or emotions that arise float by you. Practice mindful gratitude: at the end of each day call each pleasant event to mind and allow the associated sensations and emotions to fill you with mindful gratitude for a moment before moving on to the next thing. Find a mindful buddy: having the support of at least one other person who shares an interest in being mindful at work can be helpful. You can share this connection by sitting quietly together for a few minutes. Do one thing at a time and avoid the trap of multi-tasking" which divides attention and other brain/cognitive resources. Also, use micro-focus techniques, like focusing on one task for a given period, like 15-minutes. [Description provided by NIOSH]
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  • Publisher:
    Oregon Health & Science University
  • Document Type:
    Text
  • Funding:
    Cooperative Agreement
  • Genre:
    Report
  • Place as Subject:
  • CIO:
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
  • Topic:
    Workplace Safety & Health
  • Location:
    North America
  • Pages in Document:
    1-2
  • NIOSHTIC Number:
    nn:20053881
  • Citation:
    Health Impacts Safety: Safety Meeting Guide. Portland, OR: Oregon Health & Science University, 2017 Aug; :1-2
  • Email:
    montgomd@ohsu.edu
  • Federal Fiscal Year:
    2017
  • NORA Priority Area:
  • Performing Organization:
    Oregon Health & Science University, Portland
  • Peer Reviewed:
    False
  • Start Date:
    20110901
  • Source Full Name:
    Health Impacts Safety: Safety Meeting Guide
  • End Date:
    20260831
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  • Main Document Checksum:
    urn:sha-512:6df7c5d0086aae45f6059f9afdc59c815482d88e7a5ab86a0a09700c1a05924aec84effb81caa2ccd33a45f0aa8f261324bab5684b4ac74d52548fe6cfff794c
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