Have you heard about the benefits of mindfulness, but you aren’t quite sure what it’s all about?

Many people confuse mindfulness with meditation; sitting in a state of quiet, blocking out intrusive thoughts that pop into their minds. This is not mindfulness!

Mindfulness is the opposite. Mindfulness is about observing fully everything that is around you in the present moment. Your thoughts, your feelings, your environment, everything.

Mindfulness allows you to be fully aware and present in the moment, which is the only place we ever fully live.

Therefore, developing an active mindfulness practice is essential for your holistic well-being. It helps with your physical, mental and emotional well-being and helps you to live with less stress and anxiety, more clarity and happiness.

Taking a mindful walk daily is one of the best ways to introduce yourself to mindfulness.

To do a mindful walk, choose a quiet place without distractions. Focus your attention on the sensation of your feet touching the ground, the movement of your legs, and the rhythm of your breath.

As you walk, notice the sounds around you, the smells in the air, and the feeling of the air on your skin.

When your mind wanders, which it will do when you first begin, gently bring your awareness back to the present moment without judging or berating yourself.

Keep your pace steady and relaxed; this allows you to fully experience each step and each moment as it comes.

The Be Do Have model is a coaching model that has been used for many years to reframe goal setting. Its origins though date back to the Vedas, a large body of Sanskrit religious texts written in Ancient India.

The concept of "Be Do Have" in personal development and coaching fields, emphasises the importance of mindset and identity in achieving your goals.

This model suggests that for you to attain the things you desire in your life - (Have) you first need to adopt a certain mindset and identity (Be) that aligns with those desires.

This mindset will naturally influence your actions (Do), leading to the desired outcomes - BE, DO, HAVE.

This framework encourages you to focus on becoming the person you wish to be, thereby taking actions that are congruent with your goals and aspirations.

This approach builds a deeper self-awareness and alignment in all areas of your life, ultimately paving the way for you to live a successful and purposeful life.

The Be Do Have concept has its roots in timeless principles taught by thought leaders like Stephen R. Covey, Bob Proctor, and Jim Rohn.

These leaders have stressed true success and fulfilment come from being the right person first.

If you are looking for ways to calm your mind then look no further than the practice of using powerful morning affirmations for mindfulness.

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Affirmations are short sayings repeated over and over until they become part of your belief system. Most affirmations will be in connection to yourself, short sayings you will repeat in a positive manner in order to affirm a belief you want to uphold.

The way you speak to yourself matters greatly. Have you ever found yourself saying derogatory things such as, “I’m useless” for example?

A simple saying like this doesn’t seem too bad as an isolated case but the problem with this sort of negative thinking is the thoughts will start to grow and more and more negative thinking will appear until you have no good thoughts about yourself, only negative ones. This is where the damage starts to your sense of well-being.

We all have goals that we want to achieve in life, whether it is to purchase your dream home, find your ideal partner, reach your ideal weight or attain your perfect career, goals that we set ourselves propel us forward to gaining bigger and better rewards in life.

We all race through life wanting the perfect job, home, partner, family, and social life. In order to achieve all these wishes though, we put a huge amount of strain on our mental and physical well-being. But how many of us have ever wondered if it is all just smoke and mirrors, if this perfect life that we are all seeking is just a mirage and that we don’t need to be chasing after the perfect life because what we all have is pretty good anyway.