Infusing mindfulness practices during the workday, and beyond, will encourage a work/life balance and increase an overall sense of well-being.  Other benefits include less stress, increased productivity, decreased feeling of being overwhelmed,  increased sense of calm, and ability to respond rather than react to daily challenges. 

Beginning in 2023, ISU WellBeing began to offer workshops to introduce basic mindfulness practices as well as advanced options.  The advanced workshops focused on stress and resilience, creativity and innovation, productivity and efficiency,  and compassion and self-compassion. 

In addition to the workshops, this page offers additional resources including articles, online resources, books, and LinkedIn courses offered through ISU Workday. 

Check out these resources and if you have any questions, reach out to wellbeing@iastate.edu.

Articles and Resources

  • ISU WellBeing: Strolls for Well-being at ISU Downloadable resources to infuse mindfulness in a stroll wherever you are, work or home.  Or take a Pause Where You Are.
  • Insight Timer A website and app that support your mindfulness practice. You can explore many practice options including guided, music and silence.
  • Mindful.org A website that offers information, articles, research and practices for mindfulness.

LinkedIn Courses in Workday

  • Mindful Productivity

    With so many distractions throughout the day—from text messages to email to social media to meetings—and having to constantly multitask, it can be difficult to get anything done. This course guides you through several mindfulness techniques to help maximize productivity throughout your day. First, this course shows you how to clear your mind, center your focus, and use visualization techniques to regain a calm and positive headspace. It steps you through how to slow your breathing, regain a calm physical composure, and release tension to each portion of your body to gain a deeper sense of relief and relaxation. The course concludes by encouraging you to focus on yourself, recharge your energy, and regain a great sense of productivity.

  • Embracing Change with Mindfulness

    In a world that never seems to stop changing, this course helps you process, handle, and cope with all of the changes in your life. Learn how to practice slowing down, processing what is happening around you, and accepting change. Explore how to use self-affirmation to expand your confidence. Discover how to practice visualization techniques to start to see your life as a series of cycles. Find out how to practice being thankful for all of the good things in your life to achieve a more positive state of mind. In conclusion, explore some techniques to connect with your physical body and shift to a more positive outlook on life.

  • Integrating Mindfulness

    Do you ever struggle to create goals that will create real value for your organization and your own career? Fran Hauser, bestselling author of The Myth of the Nice Girl: Achieving a Career You Love Without Becoming a Person You Hate and Embrace the Work, Love Your Career, gives you simple, inspiring, actionable tools that empower you to focus on the things that truly matter, set boundaries, and realize your full potential. Fran goes over steps to fall in love with your career and design your career plan for both value creation and connections, skills, and brand. She offers practical advice on creating the time and space to achieve your goals, as well as learning to say no with kindness. Fran dives into techniques to change the way you work, recognize your own value, and build your dream team. Plus, she guides you through using mindfulness and meditation to reflect and reset.

  • Support Your Well-Being during Times of Change and Uncertainty

    When we’re caught off guard by a job loss or the crumbling of a personal relationship, it can be tough to move forward. But while we can’t avoid these kinds of unexpected changes, we can control how we deal with them. In this short course, Dr. Todd Dewett explains how you can harness the power of change for your benefit and the benefit of those around you. Learn how to put change in the proper context, create the right perspective, and ultimately become more resilient.

  • Mindfulness Practices

    Mindfulness helps you be more effective in today’s busy world. It reduces stress, increases focus, and improves your ability to deal with challenges, both at work and at home. With regular practice, mindfulness can change the course of your life. Practice with executive coach Henna Inam as she leads you in guided exercises that expand emotional intelligence, grow self-confidence, and build stronger relationships. With these practices, you can actually experience in-the-moment inspiration, learn how to deal with difficult people, manage change, and confront fears. Each lesson is tied to an accompanying practice, which will help you change the structure of your brain to respond better to stressors. Our world is changing rapidly. Evolve your mind to handle challenges with confidence.

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