{"id":16085,"date":"2014-01-02T10:09:25","date_gmt":"2014-01-02T15:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/?p=16085"},"modified":"2014-01-02T00:56:16","modified_gmt":"2014-01-02T05:56:16","slug":"mindfulness-in-the-workplace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/2014\/01\/mindfulness-in-the-workplace\/","title":{"rendered":"Mindfulness in the workplace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the UC San Diego Health Sciences media release:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/teacher-meditating-woman.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-15392\" alt=\"teacher meditating woman\" src=\"http:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/teacher-meditating-woman.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"218\" \/><\/a>The UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness has launched a WorkLife Integration Program for companies that would like to <strong>help their employees reduce stress, increase focus and improve productivity<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The convenient in-house training program is designed for companies of all sizes and for employees of all organizational levels. Program options include lunch-and-learn presentations, introductory mindfulness training workshops, the flagship 8-week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction experience and programs customized to specific organizational goals.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Stress is widely acknowledged as a drain on the bottom-line of workplaces of all kinds. The WorkLife Integration Program offers employers a solution that can be brought right into the work environment,&#8221; said Steven D. Hickman, PsyD, executive director of the UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness. &#8220;<strong>The program helps shape a positive, better workplace culture through mindful awareness and practice<\/strong>. Tangible results include improved health, reduced absenteeism, and facilitating the expansion of mindful leadership.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The mission of the WorkLife Integration Program is to provide tools for employees who want to develop a healthier relationship with stress, one that <strong>allows them to control their response to stress, and not let stress control them<\/strong>. Additional benefits may include improved working memory and concentration and anxiety reduction.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the UC San Diego Health Sciences media release: The UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness has launched a WorkLife Integration Program for companies that would like to help their&#8230; <a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/2014\/01\/mindfulness-in-the-workplace\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,351,8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16085"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16085"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16085\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16088,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16085\/revisions\/16088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}