Health and Well-being Courses for Corporations
All courses can be done online, in person or in a hybrid version and the structure of them is flexible as well. Please contact me to discuss how we can help you.
It is worth knowing that some mindfulness courses – especially MBSR trainings – are recognised by Dutch insurances and most of them will cover (some of) the cost. I am a registered category 1 trainer thought the Dutch mindfulness association VMBN, which the required stamp of quality that insurance companies requires of the trainer. On this website you can see if and how much your insurance covers; https://www.zorgwijzer.nl/vergoeding/mindfulness
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
This is the 8 weeks well-known Golden Standard of mindfulness courses. It was developed by Jon Kabatt-Zinn in 1979 at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center. Today it is taught worldwide to hundreds of thousands of people for a wide variety of reasons. MBSR is supported by a wide body of research showing that it is effective at addressing chronic pain, anxiety, depression, stress and generally improve well being.
“I absolutely enjoyed EVERYTHING about the MBSR course. Just right mixture of theory, practice, embodiment exercise. What made the delivery perfect, in my view, was the excellent communication skills (oral, written, body language, tone of voice) or the trainer (Berit). Also the absence of judgement of the trainer.”
Mindfulness Based Vitality & Ageing (MBVA)
This is an 8 weeks course that was developed and researched by Berit Lewis as part of her Master Thesis on Vitality & Ageing in coorporation with Leiden University and Leyden Academy of Vitality & Ageing. For corporations offering a course like this can be an excellent way to retain older employees and ensure they stay full of vitality and motivation.
“(…) all the thoughts that sometimes I build up – and sometimes you just go in a circle. So, you can break and step away, that is what I have learnt and that is what I find very useful with mindfulness. My mind gets another set-up. I am stepping out of the circle so I can se everything in a distance.” Quote from a participant in the research rapport
Ageing Upwards
This is a 6 weeks online course using the framework from the book Ageing Upwards.
You can see a recording of an information meeting on this link.
Employee Retirement Transition Program in corporation with Phronetiq
Thriving Life is working closely together with Phronetiq, which is a new digital platform set to revolutionize how organizations and employees handle retirement transitions. By using a unique combination of behavioral science and mindfulness, our 5 x 2 hr online sessions employee Retirement Transitioning Program facilitates improved self-awareness and emotional management as well as the tools to make clear, well-thought decisions, develop plans for retirement, and make steps to achieve set goals for a purposeful and happy retirement.
Preparing for Retirement
With the longevity revolution comes new ways of living and ageing. People in their 50-75s no longer live the lives their parents or grandparents did. They are pioneers and can define a whole new phase of mature, active adulthood. This course is an invitation to step out of automatic pilot – and rethink what this phase could be like to you.
Most health care providers are motivated by a deep desire to care for others and often forget to care for themselves. However, if we constantly work ourselves to the limit, we will not have the required energy to help others in the ways we would like to, and our own physical and mental well-being will suffer. Leyden Academy on Vitality and Ageing and Thriving Life are offering an intense mindfulness course over 2 full workdays, with support to establish a regular mindfulness practice in between and after. Participants will leave with skills and knowledge to cope with the demands of their profession.
If you are interested in offering this in your workplace, please send an email to berit@thrivinglife.eu
Sleep Well
This is a 4 weeks course teaching you a mindful approach to coping with sleeping-difficulties. Instead of resisting the difficulties, and tossing and turning all night while counting the hours, we work on how to accept and respond to insomnia with compassion. Paradoxically, this approach help us relax and eventually get a better night´s rest.
Learn mindfulness over two full days
Paradoxically the people who wants to do a Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course are too stressed to find time in their schedule for the standard 8 weeks. We are therefore successfully offering the standard MBSR over two full days (ie. Saturdays) with a month apart and include online guided meditations in between to practice the new skills.
“Berit Lewis came to us in UK to deliver a condensed programme for us. It was a really brilliant experience; superb underpinning theory (the Jon Kabat Zinn MBSR approach along with some ACT), perfectly paced practices and wealth of take away resources to support you own ongoing practice.