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A mindful state is a conscious state. You don’t act on every impulse; you are empowered to
choose your response. Being mindful raises your level of awareness. It enables you to give
yourself an extra moment of time and take in all the details of the situation. To see it for what
it is without emotional blinders. It allows you to make a conscious choice. Sometimes you may
choose to respond with anger, some other time with compassion and understanding. What’s
important is that you are in full charge of your behavior.
Coaching in Education
It is yet another powerful approach to educating young minds, which we explored and
incorporated in our everyday workshop.
What are the coaching practices and why they are worth being used?
‘Coaching is a one-to-one conversation focused on the enhancement of learning and
development through increasing self-awareness and a sense of personal responsibility. The
coach facilitates the self-directed learning of the coachee through questioning, active listening,
and appropriate challenge in a supportive and encouraging climate. It is a conversational
activity that aims at supporting people to learn and develop, therefore it enhances their ability
to achieve more of their untapped potential. Coaching is not about teaching, it is about creating