Mindful, Authentic advising. Will it help you and
your students be more successful?
Seek & you shall find
What is mindfulness?
What is emotional
intelligence?
What is authentic
advising (AA)?
How can emotional
intelligence and
mindfulness work
together to make me
into the best authentic
advisor for each
student?
Mindfulness
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Everywhere and at all times, it is up to you to rejoice piously at what is
occurring in the present moment, to conduct yourself with justice towards
the people who are present here and now.
- Marcus Aurelius
Mindfulness Definition
Paying attention in a particular
way, on purpose, in the present
moment, and nonjudgmentally.
Kabat-Zinn, J. (1994). Wherever you go, there you are:
Mindfulness meditation in everyday life. New York: Hyperion..
Jon's guide on incorporating daily mindfulness exercises into your life
Jon's guide on how to start a meditation practice
Emotional Intelligence ?
 Peter Salovey and John D. Mayer-
They define emotional intelligence as: The
ability to monitor one’s own and others’ feelings and
emotions, to discriminate among them and to use
this information to guide one’s thinking and action
Salovey, P., & Mayer, J. D. (1989). Emotional intelligence. Imagination, cognition and personality, 9(3), 185-211.
 Daniel Goleman popularized the topic with his book
entitled Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter
More Than IQ
Authentic Leadership Self-Assessment Questionnaire
Instructions: This questionnaire contains items about different dimensions of
authentic leadership. There are no right or wrong responses, so please answer
honestly. Use the following scale when responding to each statement by writing
the number from the scale below that you feel most accurately characterizes
your response to the statement.
Key: 1 = Strongly
disagree
2 = Disagree
3 = Neutral
4 = Agree
1. I can list my three greatest weaknesses.
2. My actions reflect my core values.
3. I seek others’ opinions before making up my own mind.
4. I openly share my feelings with others.
5. I can list my three greatest strengths.
6. I do not allow group pressure to control me.
7. I listen closely to the ideas of those who disagree with
me.
8. I let others know who I truly am as a person.
9. I seek feedback as a way of understanding who I
really am as a person.
10. Other people know where I stand on controversial
issues.
11. I do not emphasize my own point of view at the
expense of others.
12. I rarely present a “false” front to others.
13. I accept the feelings I have about myself.
14. My morals guide what I do as a leader.
15. I listen very carefully to the ideas of others before
making decisions.
16. I admit my mistakes to others.
To obtain this instrument, contact Mind Garden Inc., www.mindgarden.com
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Authentic Advising:
When one endeavors to skillfully
apply mindfulness practices to
enhance their emotional
intelligence, one may become an
effective authentic advisor.
Be Authentic
Leaders all over the planet are
beginning to understand the
benefits of purposefully
learning to be more attentive
and focused, non-reactive,
and clear."
—Saki Santorelli, EdD, Executive Director, Center
for Mindfulness
Emotional intelligence competencies
Dimensions of Emotional Intelligence
1. Self-awareness: Knowledge of one’s internal
states, preferences, resources, and
intuitions
2. Self-regulation: Management of one’s
internal states, impulses, and resources
3. Motivation: Emotional tendencies that
guide or facilitate reaching goals
4. Empathy: Awareness of others’ feelings,
needs, and concerns
5. Social skills: Adeptness at inducing desirable
responses in others
Yes, very nice, but what can emotional
intelligence do for me?
Stellar work performance
Outstanding leadership
Ability to create the conditions for happiness
Most cited job skills in academic advising
Interpersonal skills
Teaching skills or excellent skills in public speaking
Coordination, planning and organizational skills
Excellent computer skills
Effective communication skills particularly with diverse populations. Ability to
build good rapport with a variety of constituents
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Service oriented attitude
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Ability to learn easily and disseminate detailed information
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Ability to work independently and collaboratively with others or in teams
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Good attention to details
10. Ability to work with complex systems in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
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Flexible, patient, creative
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Skills in problem solving
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Good sense of humor
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Advising & Leading
Josephson (1988) argues that ethical academic advising is based
on similar relationships characterized by trust, worthy objectives
and student development (as cited by Frank in Gordon, 2000).
The Core Values of NACADA as cited by Creamer in Gordon
(2000) relate to all three of these points. The Core Values stress
the purpose of academic advising, which is student learning and
personal development.
The focus of advising is the student as a whole, encompassing the
students educational life as well as future plans after graduation
(Creamer, 2000).
Nutt argues that academic advising at its very best is a supportive
and interactive relationship between students and advisors built on
shared communication (Nutt in Gordon, 2000).
Emotional Intelligence is Trainable
Examples
 Response to triggers
 Difficult conversations
 Confidence during stress
Neuroplasticity
 Can’t teach an old dog new tricks…
Attention
 What we pay attention to changes the brain
 Intention
 Attitude
 Attention
Mindfulness is Excellent Education
 William James, the father of modern psychology,
had this to say:
And the faculty of voluntarily bringing back a
wandering attention over and over again is the very
root of judgment, character, and will. No one is
compos sui (competent) if he have it not. An
education which should improve this faculty would
be the education par excellence
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James, Principles of Psychology, Chap 11 http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/James/Principles/prin11.htm
http://www.mindfulness-matters.org/what-is-mindfulness/
Amygdala
Amygdala
 Emotion is a basic physiological state characterized
by identifiable autonomic or bodily changes.
-Laura Delizonna via siyli.org
Body Language
Why bring mindfulness to the body?
 Correlates of emotion in the body are much more
vivid than those in the brain.
Psychoneuroimmunology
DOPAMINE
NEUROPEPTIDES
Applications and Benefits
 Pause, notice thoughts and emotions
 Mindfulness in daily activities
 Recover from distraction
 Emotion stabilization
When?
Self-awareness, self-regulation,
and self-transcendence (SART): a framework for
understanding the
neurobiological mechanisms of
mindfulness
David R. Vago* and David A.
“To study the Way is to study the self. To study the self is to
forget the self. To forget the self is to be enlightened by all
things. To be enlightened by all things is to remove the
barriers between one's self and others.”
(Dogen, 2002)
Self
Others
Context
Emotional Intelligence
http://www.mindfulness-matters.org/what-is-mindfulness/
The Surprising Source of Great Results: Attention and Mindfulness
http://www.ormsby.at/en/attention-mindfulness-results/
Mindfulness
Emotional
Intelligence
Authentic Advising
self-awareness
internalized moral perspective
balanced processing
relational transparency
Authentic Leaders:
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exhibit genuine leadership
lead from conviction
original, not copies
base their actions on their values
The effective interaction between advisor and student is
very important to the individual growth and success of
students (Kramer, as cited in Gordon, 2000). Nutt writes,
"Academic Advising is the only structured activity on the
campus in which all students have the opportunity for oneto-one interaction with a concerned representative of the
institution (Habley, 1994)”
Authentic
Advising
Mindfulness
Emotional
Intelligence
Authentic
Leadership
Back to mindfulness
“What you focus on you become. So
always focus on the highest, brightest,
happiest and most noble of all things –
Enlightenment.” ~ Rama (Dr. Frederick
Lenz)
“Mindfulness practice is simple and
completely feasible. Just by sitting and doing
nothing, we are doing a tremendous
amount.” Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
MINDFULNESS IS A
MIRROR OF WHAT’S
HAPPENING IN THE
PRESENT MOMENT
The Mindful Child by Susan Kaiser Greenland
Controversy
 What religion is it?
 Is it just googley moogley?
 Is it just good for me personally?
 I’m not stressed why would I need it?
 What other concerns?
 What is your main motivation for being in this
session today?
BELIEVE
THERE IS
GOOD IN
THE WORLD
Joseph Croskey
josephcroskey@gmail.com
814-673-3686
Trying a Short Mindfulness Meditation
Your capacity to be mindful is most powerfully developed through mindfulness
meditation. One of the most popular mindfulness meditations is mindfulness of
breath. This involves being mindfully aware of your breath. Follow these steps
to try mindfulness meditation out for yourself:
1.Be aware of the sense of your own breathing. You don’t need to change
the rate of your breath. Just feel the physical sensation of your breath
entering and leaving the body.
2.You can feel the breath in the nose, the throat, the chest or down in your
belly. If possible, try and feel the breath in the belly as it’s more grounding and
is more likely to make you feel relaxed.
3.When your mind wonders off into thoughts, bring your attention back. It
is the nature of thoughts to take your attention away from whatever you
want to focus on, and into thoughts about the past or future, worries or
dreams. Don’t worry about it.
4.As soon as you realise that you’ve been thinking about something else,
notice what you were thinking about, and gently guide your attention back to
your breath. You don’t need to criticise yourself.
That’s it. Mindfulness of breath is as simple as that. Bring a sense of the
mindful attitudes to your experience such as curiosity, kindness and
acceptance. You can do this exercise for as short as a minute, or as long as an
hour.
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