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Coaching as a path to Gratitude:
Gratitude often feels like a soft, passive emotion—something we express when things are going well or when we’re on the receiving end of kindness. But there’s another kind of gratitude, one that’s far more active and interwoven with the work we do in the world. As a coach, I’ve come to understand gratitude as not just a response to life’s gifts but as something that emerges through deep, reciprocal human connection.

This short video gives useful tips for busy leaders and those professional coaches (new and experienced) who work with them to help them get 'un-busy'! It offers useful ideas that can give back a sense of agency to busy leaders to help them 'to be more fulfilled, more engaged, more connected in the work that they do, and put down that title of 'busy'.'

As a member on the Australian Expert Advisory Group on Mindfulness, my colleagues and I (academics and educators alike) work to help Parliamentarians and those that work with them develop the skills for bringing a more mindful presence to their work, to build their skills and resilience, and to inform the work that they do.

This past week, on Tuesday 19th of November 2024, in a Committee Room in Parliament house, we held the official launch of 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩.