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Waking up to ourselves: The use of mindfulness meditation and emotional intelligence in the teaching of communications
Author(s) -
Huston Dan
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
new directions for community colleges
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0733
pISSN - 0194-3081
DOI - 10.1002/cc.414
Subject(s) - mindfulness , meditation , unconscious mind , psychology , mindfulness meditation , moment (physics) , emotional intelligence , cognitive psychology , social psychology , psychotherapist , applied psychology , psychoanalysis , philosophy , physics , theology , classical mechanics
Communication concepts can be viewed as internal and external influences on our behavior that typically have an unconscious impact on us. Mindfulness meditation can help us become more aware of these influences as they occur moment to moment, allowing us to observe our emotional reactions to them and enabling us to break free of habitual patterns of behavior, thus broadening our communicative options in each moment of our lives.