JOINING MINDFULNESS AND CHARACTER STRENGTH PRACTICES (MBSP) A POSITIVE MINDFULNESS-BASED APPROACH TO THE WORKPLACE WELLNESS

Author (s) : V.Maria Ponci Anni & M.Sundandiradevi

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Abstract :
Positive psychology and mindfulness interventions established themselves as powerful applications in concern to mental health in the workplace. They enable the optimal functioning of the individual as well as assure holistic wellness, bio, psycho, emotional, social, spiritual, and cognitive health. Hence, mutual enhancing of positive mechanisms and mindfulness could positively affect positive mental health. Build on this, Mindfulness-Based Strength Practice (MBSP) bridges positive psychology and mindfulness by joining character strengths and mindfulness. The studies show MBSP bolsters wellbeing, performance, engagement, meaning, positive relationships, management of stress, and team-building among employees. Here mindful awareness turns towards strengths rather than the restoration of deficits compared to other mindfulness practices. While mindfulness emphasizes ethics and virtues in practice, MBSP is the first mindfulness-based program to fulfill the criteria by incorporating strengths and virtues. Hence, combined character strengths and mindfulness practices could create values, ethics, a socially responsible and environmentally concerned work environment. Also can facilitate a healthy, meaningful, positive work-life. As an evolving approach, it has a lot of scopes in the effective functioning of the diverse field of professions.

Keywords : Character strengths, Mindfulness, MBSP, Employee wellbeing, Positive workplace

Conference Date : 30/08/2019

Pages : 289

Paper ID : 19280