Mindfulness At Work And Home, A Simple Guide, September 2019, reviewed

By @SimonCocking, review of  Mindfulness At Work And Home, A Simple Guide, by Gillian Higgins available here.

We all want the right work-life balance—but it’s a perennial struggle endured by millions of us around the world. So how can we achieve it? This book is a highly practical, beginners’ guide to practicing mindfulness. It’s packed with hints, tips, quotes, answers to frequently asked questions, and practices which are designed to bring mindfulness into our everyday lives, both at home and at work. Written by a lawyer who uses mindfulness “everywhere” and referencing the latest scientific research, Gillian Higgins shares its simplicity, how to practice, and explains why it’s good for us.

She also tackles some of the bigger issues such as how mindfulness can help us to reduce stress, tame our self-critical voice, overcome fear, improve sleep, and reduce anxiety. The book contains personal insights and advice taken from her own practice and suggestions on how to incorporate mindfulness into daily life. It’s also accompanied by audio-guided meditations with explanatory notes.

Mindfulness At Work And Home, A Simple Guide, September 2019, reviewed

A good Friday read perhaps. The author has interesting credentials too as an international war crimes barrister dealing with genocide and crimes against humanity. This is helpful for Gillian Higgins too, as this is someone whose day to day job really requires the ability to be able to have perspective, clarity, and perhaps even distance on the concepts, ideas and often images that cross her desk. As with the recent class action brought against Facebook by many of its content checkers, to seek recompense for the trauma of the disturbing images they encountered, Higgins has also sought to create some life / work boundaries too.

Regardless of personal context Mindfulness is something that is becoming increasingly valued, and something to be desired. Though obviously not too much, because otherwise it would undermine the point of what true, non attached, mindfulness is. The book takes you through a series of simple, doable steps to understand what mindfulness is, and how to take steps to achieve it.

Higgins does a good job of explaining why doing these actions and seeking to achieve mindfulness is a worthwhile activity and good for you. As we move head on into a world of notifications and distractions the ability to be able to achieve perspective becomes ever more valuable. You have nothing to lose by reading a book like this, and potentially much to gain.

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