Mindfulness Workshop: Engineering Your Mind

What is mindfulness and how can it help you become a better engineer? Research into mindfulness continues to grow and show the extensive benefits of incorporating mindful practices into our routines. These benefits range from improved mental health to increased empathy, patience, and compassion, and reduced bias. Through this Engineering Your Mind Workshop, we will explore skills you can use to manage your own stresses, the science behind mindfulness, and an overview of how mindfulness practices can strengthen soft skills necessary in technical careers for successful teamwork and leadership. The workshop will end with a 10-minute meditation.

Learn more about why technical professionals need mindfulness here.

Bio

Elyssa Dixon is a registered Professional Engineer, mindfulness and meditation coach, and founder of fleeceandforests LLC. She worked as a civil engineer in consulting for almost 8 years and realized that her passion lies in helping others succeed. Elyssa's mindfulness practice profoundly changed her life by improving her wellbeing and making her a better leader and team member. She has trained as a meditation and mindfulness teacher, understands what it means to be driven and to want to make a difference while managing interests outside of work. She has developed and presented leadership training sessions focused on personal growth and leadership skills utilizing her unique understanding of the consulting world coupled with mindfulness.