Jan 28, 2020
On today’s show I’m chatting with Louise Hallam who is a
mindfulness and meditation teacher.
The reason I wanted to get Louise on the show is because
Louise recently did some head trash clearance with me and I thought
it would be useful to share her perspective on using meditation and
head trash clearance, and how they can be best used side by
side.
Meditation and Head Trash Clearance
We often hear how mindfulness and meditation is the answer to
our problems if we want to reduce the stress and anxiety in our
lives. And yes, they can help. But I think there are quicker ways
of going about this. Personally, I wouldn't use mindfulness and
meditation in that way. I think meditation is a powerful technique
that is brilliant for giving you the space to connect to your
intuition, to create space for mental and emotional processing, and
for being guided in our lives. But, I believe that there are
quicker ways to reduce stress and anxiety. And using the head trash
clearance method is one such way.
I talk about combining meditation and head trash clearance in
my book, but I think it’s always worth getting a second opinion on
these matters because I don't for one minute believe that I have
the final word on this. This is why I wanted to dive into this with
Louise. As a mindfulness and meditation teacher, who has now
experienced an intense period of head trash clearance, I thought
she would be the perfect person to challenge me and put me right
(if indeed I needed to be put right!).
Those of you who do mindfulness and meditation will be
interested in Louise’s experience of doing both meditation and head
trash clearance and how she uses them to help her to become a
better version of herself.
Building Confidence
But this conversation isn’t only about that. We also talk
about the how head trash clearance helped Louise to build up her
confidence. By exploring those aspects of herself that were sapping
her confidence we were able to clear them away which created the
space for her confidence to step forward.
Connecting to her authentic self
Getting rid of the fears and doubts also created the space for
Louise's authentic self to emerge. No longer trying to fit in with
people's expectations of her, or from feeling hemmed in from her
fears, Louise is now much more accepting of who she is and is happy
to own that.
A healed introvert?
Louise, a self-confessed introvert used to find it hard to go
out networking. It was exhausting for her. She would worry about
not being taken seriously and saying something silly. This was
holding her back in her business.
During our chat, Louise shares how within weeks, she was
organising her own networking event with over 100 people interested
in attending and how now she has no problems going out meeting new
people and putting herself out there. Her networking event is now a
regular feature in her local business community.
Podcast Transcript
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About Louise
Louise has a background in leadership learning and development
and is able to provide a bridge between the corporate world and a
holistic approach to employee wellbeing. Her employee wellbeing
work has included Volvo and recently CTG, an aerospace company in
Banbury and an automotive electronics company in Warwick. She also
works with individuals, groups and charities and is passionate
about making mindfulness and meditation accessible to everyone.
Louise has been practising mindfulness and meditation for
over 10 years and started Still Calm after seeing that the benefits
were not only relevant for her own circumstances, but a whole range
of factors that people are facing in the modern world. We live in a
time when we can be stimulated by information 24 hours a day and
more is expected of us in the workplace. Mindfulness is becoming an
essential, rather than an optional tool for running anyone who
looks after their wellbeing and forward thinking company.
With benefits including increased productivity, performance,
innovation, building resilience, communication and managing stress,
Louise is able to see the synergy between making mindfulness
adaptable for employers as well as the wellbeing of employees.
Louise is committed to developing her own practice and continues
to practise mindfulness and meditation on a daily basis and attend
regular training and CPD events to update her teaching and
knowledge.
Louise is also pleased to be a Meditation Teacher accredited
with the British School of Meditation.
You can find Louise at her website StillCalm, on Twitter and on Facebook.