North East Young Chartered Accountants' Group

CABA returning to the North 2 June 2016

Following on from the hugely successful CABA seminar that was held in Newcastle in December 2015, CABA will once again be returning to the region on 27 July 2016. Lucy Whitehall will present a seminar on “An Introduction to Mindfulness”

What is the course about?

Mindfulness is everywhere at the moment but is it as good as its positive press?

During this session you’ll explore the concept of mindfulness and how using it can enable you to become more aware of your thoughts and feelings so that instead of being overwhelmed by them, you’re better able to manage them. You’ll examine the foundations of mindfulness, the empirical evidence behind it and its many applications in everyday life. You’ll also have the opportunity to try out a number of mindfulness strategies and with regular practice you’ll be able to:

• Improve your mental and physical health
• Manage stress
• Enhance wellbeing
• Reduce anxiety
• Increase emotional intelligence
• Improve mental clarity and focus
• Reduce emotional reactivity
• Improve relationships at home and at work

What will you get out of it?

This course will enable you to understand how mindfulness techniques can improve your ability to cope with stress in the workplace or at home, manage anxiety or depression or improve your concentration, energy levels and enjoyment of life.

After completing this course you will be able to

• Identify and define what mindfulness is and isn’t
• Recognise how practicing mindfulness can make positive changes to the way our brain works
• Identify the empirically supported benefits of mindfulness
• Utilise mindfulness to reduce stress, increase wellbeing , manage emotions and enhance performance
• Recognise how mindfulness can be incorporated into everyday simple activities
• Identify mindfulness practices for personal issues that you’d like to work on
• Create a mindfulness action plan

About the speaker

Lucy is an expert HR Consultant, combining a wealth of experience in employee wellbeing, HR projects, HR business partnering and employee engagement environments. With extensive knowledge of PMI, Occupational Health and employee assistance programmes, Lucy provides advice and consultation to HR Directors, CEOs and Boards on best practice employee wellbeing and engagement methodologies and techniques. Lucy delivers inspiring training and specialises in Mindfulness, Resilience, Emotional Intelligence and other aspects of personal effectiveness, her coaching style of delivery encourages confidence and creates an animated, open and honest training environment that delegates feel secure in. Lucy has a special interest in business psychology and neuroscience and is dedicated to a holistic approach to personal wellbeing.

Booking

To book your place, visit our events page. Places are limited and allocated on a first come first served basis for members of NEYCAG and NCASS. There is no charge for this event.

About CABA

Chartered Accountants’ Benevolent Association (CABA) provides advice and practical support to current and former ICAEW chartered accountants and their families.

For further information about CABA, visit caba.org.uk For more information about courses, visit caba.org.uk/courses

For advice and information call 01788 556 366 or chat to an advisor online 24 hours a day. CABA provides a 24 hour UK helpline for counselling and legal advice. Should you require this, please call 0800 107 6163.

About NEYCAG and Northern Society

NEYCAG is the North East Young Chartered Accountants’ Group part of the Northern Society of Chartered Accountants (NorSCA) which represents 4,000 ICAEW members and ACA students working in business and the finance profession across the North East of England, Teesside, northern Yorkshire and Cumbria. We have been assisting businesses in the north of England and producing chartered accountants for over 130 years. Our members are part of a worldwide network of 144,000 ICAEW Chartered Accountants who help people do business with confidence.