Nina Stephenson-Camps offers some hints and tips about how you can pause, reflect and integrate growth into your daily life.
2020 was a mega year. Every single person experienced highs and invariable lows as is the case when we are served any type of curve ball. There is a tendency however to run as fast as possible from the end of a challenging experience.
Sometimes just by thinking about the situation in question can cause a wave of anxiety and frustration. It could be having to inform treasured team members they have been made redundant, experiencing redundancy yourself, the stress of juggling home-schooling with writing a pitch deck, a client slashing a budget by 30% and that’s just work. What about the impact on your personal life? Not being able to socialise, see friends and family, holidays and moving through life with ease all takes its impact.
Wanting to leave 2020 behind and indeed any past uncomfortable experiences, is perfectly natural. However, what if I told you there was a way to take these experiences and integrate them, so they enable you to level up, so you actually benefit from them?
Our thoughts inform our behaviour, and our behaviour creates our experiences.
Nina Stephenson-Camps
This is where I come in. As a Mindset Coach with a background in marketing and comms, I’ve created a first to market Integrating Growth interactive workshop. Think of it as a next level power up where participants will be taken through a series of unique steps, baked in performance coaching and mindfulness techniques, so they can pause, reflect, integrate and move forward.
Workshops are one hour where I’ll guide attendees to safely look at their past experiences face on, and ask thought provoking, performance coaching questions to enable them to unlock the benefits of those situations. They’ll practice potent, short mindfulness practices which are themed on typical experiences and thought processes while at work, must-haves for your mindset toolbox. I’ll also be sharing mindset hacks so attendees can reset their day along with journaling to help deepen the integration.
Participants get to practice the techniques for themselves which they can draw upon these for years to come. There's also the option to include a themed guided meditation audio bundle too. It’s basically the ultimate bounce back tool.
The result? Quality seekers who can tap into their emotional intelligence and have the confidence to pause, reflect and move forward with focus, grace and ease.
The Integrating Growth container enables participants to truly embrace an attitude of ‘life is only 10% of what happens to you and 90% how you deal with it.’
1. Firstly, have a pen and paper to hand. Don’t use your phone or laptop for this. Bring yourself into the present moment. Set the timer on your phone for 60 seconds. Sitting in a chair with your back straight, both feet on the floor, palms facing up towards the ceiling. Close your eyes and bring your attention to the tip of your nose. Inhale deeply through your nose to the count of five and exhale slowly through your nose to the count of 11. Watch your breath as it enters and leaves your body. Continue to focus on the tip of your nose, inhaling deeply to the count of five, exhaling slowly to the count of 11 until your alarm sounds.
2. Gently cast your mind back and jot down your key experiences from 2020 or a recent situation, project, pitch or campaign where you experienced that wincing feeling.
3. Write down the answers these questions:
a) What did I learn?
b) How have I benefited from these learnings?
c) What ways can I take these learnings to benefit current and future situations?
4. Set your alarm on your phone at three-hour intervals throughout the day. When your alarm goes off, use this as a trigger to stop what you are doing and for 60 seconds practice the breathing technique mentioned above. This mindfulness practice will keep you present so you can meet your day with balance, grace and ease regardless of the task in hand
5. Cultivate your thoughts by ensuring your internal narrative isn’t fanning the flames of stress and anxiety. Replace ‘I’m busy today’ with ‘I have a full day’, and ‘this is impossible’ with ‘this is an opportunity’. Our thoughts inform our behaviour, and our behaviour creates our experiences
With over 20 years’ experience working in the marketing and comms industry working with Nestle, P&G, Unilever, Diageo and Ford motor company for organisations including Google Cloud, Microsoft, Ogilvy, Ketchum and Golin, Nina understands pressure and the brain power required to successfully manage unexpected curve balls and remain calm while do so. She’s taken those experiences and as Mindset Coach, devised techniques and approaches, which she shares through workshops, private coaching and themed mindfulness audio bundles, to enable her clients to move through their day with focus, grace and ease.
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