Mindfulness - Marike Knight

Marike Knight specialises in leadership and performance coaching. Using 20+ years of experience with evidence-based scientific techniques, Marike is a trained TRTP therapist, one of only Six fully certified MBSR trainers in Australia, accredited in the neuroscience of stress, mindfulness and performance and maintains her knowledge at the forefront of the latest neuro-biology and neuroscience into how humans can better navigate and accept our current realities and ever-changing world. 

Marike’s mission is simple, “to improve the lives of all Australians by teaching individuals and organisations to live with presence and have complete access to all the tools they need to achieve that through Mindfulness.”

TRIGGER WARNING - Suicide is discussed in this episode

In this episode Marike discusses a range of mindfulness related topics including:

How mindfulness helped Marike deal work through the trauma of her father’s suicide

Why she's grateful for what her fathers passing has taught her

The difference between mindfulness & meditation

Mindfulness is an absolute necessity for all of us

Awareness is fundamental to our lives

Mindfulness helps us become comfortable with being uncomfortable

Mindfulness teaches us the skills to deal with stress

Mindfulness isn’t going to make you happy but will help you find contentment

Mindfulness is not relaxation

Why a wondering mind is useful when practising mindfulness

Mindfulness is a journey of self-discovery & you can do it without practise

We are not our thoughts

Benefits mindfulness has on our physical and emotional health

You can find Marike at:

LinkedIn ; https://www.linkedin.com/in/marikeknight/?originalSubdomain=au 

Instagram ; @cool.karma.collected CoolKarmaCollected (Facebook)

Facebook ; https://www.facebook.com/CoolKarmaCollected/ 

Website ; www.coolkarmacollected.com 

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