--- title: Smiling Mind Blog | Catherine Morey-Nase description: Insights, tips & tricks, interviews and articles relating to the power of mindfulness meditation. Open your attention to the present with key techniques to avoid stress and anxiety. --- [Back to smilingmind.com.au](https://www.smilingmind.com.au/) [![](https://blog.smilingmind.com.au/hubfs/SM_BlogLogo_black.svg)](https://blog.smilingmind.com.au) [Login/Sign up](https://app.smilingmind.com.au/?_ga=2.99144346.505229074.1559522319-1047861382.1534989894) - Mindfulness - [Meditation](https://blog.smilingmind.com.au/tag/meditation) - [Informal mindfulness](https://blog.smilingmind.com.au/tag/informal-mindfulness) - [Mindful eating](https://blog.smilingmind.com.au/tag/mindful-eating) - [Self care](https://blog.smilingmind.com.au/tag/self-care) - [Tips & Tricks](https://blog.smilingmind.com.au/tag/tips-tricks) - At Home - [Children](https://blog.smilingmind.com.au/tag/children) - [Parents](https://blog.smilingmind.com.au/tag/parents) - [Family](https://blog.smilingmind.com.au/tag/family) - In Schools - [Students](https://blog.smilingmind.com.au/tag/students) - [Teachers](https://blog.smilingmind.com.au/tag/teachers) - [Schools](https://blog.smilingmind.com.au/tag/schools) - At Work - [Workplace](https://blog.smilingmind.com.au/tag/workplace) - [Business](https://blog.smilingmind.com.au/tag/business) - Mental Health - [Anxiety](https://blog.smilingmind.com.au/tag/anxiety) - [COVID19](https://blog.smilingmind.com.au/tag/covid19) - [Mental Health](https://blog.smilingmind.com.au/tag/mental-health) - [News](https://blog.smilingmind.com.au/tag/media-release) ![Catherine Morey-Nase](https://blog.smilingmind.com.au/hubfs/Smiling%20Mind_%C2%A9Tatjana%20Plitt_1431-cropped.jpg) ## Catherine Morey-Nase [![Image of man meditating ](https://blog.smilingmind.com.au/hubfs/image-from-rawpixel-id-1213799-jpeg.jpg)](https://blog.smilingmind.com.au/mindfulness-traumatic-stress-best-practice-guidelines) [![Image of man meditating ](https://blog.smilingmind.com.au/hubfs/image-from-rawpixel-id-1213799-jpeg.jpg)](https://blog.smilingmind.com.au/mindfulness-traumatic-stress-best-practice-guidelines) [Mindfulness](https://blog.smilingmind.com.au/tag/mindfulness) ## [Mindfulness, Traumatic Stress & Best Practice Guidelines](https://blog.smilingmind.com.au/mindfulness-traumatic-stress-best-practice-guidelines) Posted by [Catherine Morey-Nase](https://blog.smilingmind.com.au/author/catherine-morey-nase) on March 23, 2021 In the words of David Treleaven, an educator and psychotherapist whose work focu... [Mindfulness](https://blog.smilingmind.com.au/tag/mindfulness) 4 minute read [![Man meditating](https://blog.smilingmind.com.au/hubfs/Hero%20images%20-%20workplace/pexels-andrea-piacquadio-3771813.jpg)](https://blog.smilingmind.com.au/how-to-incorporate-mindfulness-into-your-work-day) [![Man meditating](https://blog.smilingmind.com.au/hubfs/Hero%20images%20-%20workplace/pexels-andrea-piacquadio-3771813.jpg)](https://blog.smilingmind.com.au/how-to-incorporate-mindfulness-into-your-work-day) [Workplace](https://blog.smilingmind.com.au/tag/workplace), [Business](https://blog.smilingmind.com.au/tag/business), [Mindfulness](https://blog.smilingmind.com.au/tag/mindfulness) ## [How to incorporate mindfulness into your work day](https://blog.smilingmind.com.au/how-to-incorporate-mindfulness-into-your-work-day) Posted by [Catherine Morey-Nase](https://blog.smilingmind.com.au/author/catherine-morey-nase) on January 14, 2021 As we enter the blank slate of a new year, the question to ask ourselves is: how... 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