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Using Mindfulness Techniquesto Improve Situational
Awareness
Meredith H. Kaiser, ARM-P
Loss Control Consultant
Risk Management Services
Municipal Association of SC
May 19, 2017
Pool Applications of Mindfulness
• Mindful leadership• Reduce claims frequency and severity• Improve claims outcomes
Accomplish this by including mindfulness classes in:oRegional or onsite training for pool membersoGrant programsoMember EAP program or wellness programs
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What is mindfulness?“…to pay attention on purpose in a particular wayfrom moment to moment without judging orreactivity.”
- Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn,founding Executive Director of the Center forMindfulness in Medicine and Founder ofMindfulness Based Stress Reduction Program
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The good news and the bad news:
We choose our stress level by the stories we tellourselves.
• stress level
• response
“Our greatest weapon against stress is ourability to choose one thought over another.”
– William James
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What is situational awareness?• Location• Threats• Training• Decisions
Barriers to Situational Awareness
• Stress-induced tunneled senses• Confirmation bias• Task switching, task saturation
Seven Attitudes of Mindfulness
• Acceptance
• Beginner’s mind
• Letting go
• Non-judging
• Non-striving
• Patience
• Trust
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Formal Mindfulness Practice
…allows us to cultivate internal situational awareness.
Informal Mindfulness Practice
Awareness of Breath
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What is Stress?
“…relationship between a person and theirenvironment that is appraised by the person astaxing or exceeding his or her resources andendangering his or her well-being.”
- Dr. Richard Lazarus,researcher at the University of California at
Berkley
Common Responses to Stress
• Sensory soothing
• Annoyance to rage
• Fatigue
• Restlessness
• Doubt, insecurity, self-blame, lack ofconfidence
Effects of Stress on the Body
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90%
$2,000/yr.
Effects of Stress on the Body
February 3, 2014
Time Magazine article
by Kate Pickert
“The Mindful Revolution”
NFL
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NFL
Mindful Magazine
February 2015 Issue
Cover story:“Healing Our Vets”
2012Congressman Tim RyanA Mindful Nation
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“Research has shown thatmindfulness enhances emotionregulation, empathy, cognitiveperformance, and working memory.These are the ingredients for aneffective police encounter and abattle-ready, empathic police officer.”
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To date, statistically significant
reductions in perceptions of
operational and organizational stress
improvements in sleep
reductions in anger
improvements in empathy
Early analysis shows
reduction in alcohol use
reduction in self-reported aggression
Lt. Richard Goerling
Mindfulness Based Resilience Training for First Responders
Hosted by: City ofBend Oregon PoliceDepartment
Employeesimprove
flexibility withmindful
movements.
UC Irvine study:
70% of injuriescaused byinattention ordistraction
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FrequencydecreasedafterMarch2011.
March 2011
Research
Medical and psychological benefits:
• reduces chronic pain• lowers blood pressure• boosts brain function and the immune system• decreases stress, anxiety and depression• improves sleep
Research
Neuroimaging studies suggest regular mindfulnesspractice enhances:
• focus, learning, memory• sensory processing• emotion regulation
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Neuroplasticity
Be Aware of Automatic Pilot
Beginner’s Mind Can Reduce Blind Spots
•Skilled incompetence•City of Rock Hill•Safety inspections
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“What is familiar becomes less known.”
- Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn
Mindful Eating
• Training
• Conversations with co-workers
• Accident investigation or incident analysis
• Safety committee meetings
• At home
Mindful Listening
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SummaryMindfulness techniques
Mindful EatingMindful Breathing Mindful Listening
Body Scan
Reading List
• Mindful Work by David Gelles
• Finding the Space to Lead by Janice Maturano
• Search Inside Yourself by Chade-Meng Tan of Google
• Full Catastrophe Living by Jon Kabat-Zinn
• 10% Happier by Dan Harris of ABC News
Other Resources
• mindful.org
• Mindful Magazine
• Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction class
• Mindfulness Based Resiliency Trainingfor First Responders: www.mindfulbadge.com
• Meredith Kaiser: [email protected] or 803.933.1279
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