Episode 18

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18th Aug 2023

How Mindfulness Supports Better Health and Well-being for Surgical Patients - Kate Greenslade

Discover the power of mindfulness and create a life of purpose and fulfillment, even in the face of challenges and adversity. - Kate Greenslade

Imagine the courage it takes to pivot your career at 40, to leave a successful business, and step into the uncharted territory of mindfulness. This is the remarkable journey of Kate Greenslade, that not only transformed her life but also the lives of those she works with. A chance encounter led her to a mindfulness retreat in Thailand, which sparked a curiosity that she chose to indulge. With each immersion, she found herself stepping into a more authentic version of herself, a version that resonated with helping others find their paths too. Despite the success of her video company, Kate found her true calling in connecting people to their inner selves. Her journey was not without challenges, her social life took a hit, but her resolve remained unshaken. She continued to tread the path less traveled, and in doing so, found her life's purpose.

Life has a way of nudging us toward the path we're meant to tread, and for Kate Greenslade, this nudge came in the form of a mindfulness retreat in Thailand. Here, Kate stumbled upon her true calling, shifting gears from running a successful video company to helping others connect with their inner selves.

This transition was not an easy one, but Kate's resolve and belief in the power of mindfulness helped her navigate through the challenges. She willingly disrupted her social life and personal status quo to embrace a journey of self-discovery and healing. Today, Kate uses her experiences to guide others through their transformation, helping them let go of unhelpful thinking patterns and past experiences that hold them back.

Hear firsthand her story about her two surgeries, one before she learned mindful skills and the other after. Her mindfulness practice dramatically impacted her pre-surgical and post-operative experience, resulting in faster recovery and better healing. Bringing this experience to her surgeon's attention, she found an ally who sponsored embedding mindfulness practices into the patient's surgical journey, which was, by all accounts, a great benefit for patients and doctors alike.

Now she's engaged in developing an app to facilitate the journey and offers retreats, coaching, and training.

In this episode:

  • Explore how mindfulness coaching has a positive effect on self-growth and transformation.
  • Uncover the synergistic benefits of blending mindfulness with coaching, offering a new dimension to personal growth and coaching.
  • Hear how mindfulness benefits surgical patients.
  • Apply evidence-backed strategies of instilling mindfulness in surgical preparation and recovery, boosting recuperation.

You can reach Kate at her website https://www.onlinemindfulnesscoach.com/

Kate is a founder member of The Mindful Coach Association.

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Brett Hill

I'm a mindful somatic coach and coach trainer. I'm on a mission to help coaches be the best they can be, and the best way I know to do that, is to promote and encourage coach mindfulness. I created the Mindful Coach Method to help coaches learn the many great techniques and practices I've had the good fortune to learn and employ over the years.

But my interests go beyond training coaches and private practice.

I founded the Mindful Coach Association so coaches and other helping professionals who value mindfulness in their work can connect and collaborate. To help members be successful and tell their stories to the world. I launched the Mindful Coach Podcast.

Strangely enough, my interests in mindful communication align with my passion for technology.

After graduating with a degree in interpersonal communication, I became a technology expert and enjoyed a distinguished technical career. I frequently presented at technical conferences worldwide for companies like Microsoft, authored books, and was awarded Microsoft’s distinguished “Most Valuable Professional” award for nine years.

All my life I've been fascinated with how things actually work. That means looking deeply and seriously inside as well as at the world. How do our minds work? What are the limits of the human capacity to learn and understand? What creates unhappiness or joy?

I studied many inner practices, from common forms to very esoteric. I taught mindfulness and meditation in many forms. One of my most immersive studies was in Hakomi, a mindfulness-based somatic psychology, with founder Ron Kurtz. Also group dynamics under the guidance of Amina Knowlan, creator of Matrix Leadership. In addition, I taught beginning and advanced meditation for several years at the Lotus Center in Okla. City and established the Quest Institute meditation center in Dallas.

After obtaining several coach certifications, I created and teache The Mindful Coach Method to help “bridge the gap” so coaches can experience and use coaching presence, coach-centered mindfulness, and the somatic techniques he has found so essential in his work, yet are often missing in coach training.

I'm on a mission in my work as a coach, teacher, speaker, and author to help people be more present and connected to their authentic voice, and the world itself. I specialize in mindful communications and coach training so we can connect authentically, speak truly, and listen deeply. What does the world need more than this?

Certifications include International Coaching Federation, Somatic-Wellness & Mindfulness Coach, and Mindful Facilitator by the Institute for Organizational Mindfulness. He’s also an alumnus of the Inner MBA by Sounds True, and has hundreds of hours of training in Hakomi, Matrix Group Leadership, Martial Art, Contact Improvisation, and others.