When you were a kid did your parents ever tell you that your school days are the best days of your life? At the time you probably wondered what they meant. Then, when you grew up and started working it became all too obvious. Working life can be really stressful. Juggling career and home life; Living with the demands of small children or teenagers; Managing your own career while trying to encourage your newly graduated children to start theirs; Returning to work after sickness and worrying about whether you'll cope; Conflicting deadlines at work; Planning your return to work following maternity leave. All of these situations can be overwhelming, and over time overwhelm can affect our happiness and our health. Mindfulness meditation is a relaxation technique that anyone can learn and practise anywhere at any time. You may find some time during you working day to set a few minutes aside during a break to practise your mindfulness meditation or you may have time at the beginning or at the end of your day. You don't have to be indoors. Mindfulness meditation can be practised outside or even when you're walking to or from work or walking the dog. On Thursday 18th October at 8pm we're running a very special live webinar event to introduce you to mindfulness meditation. The session leader is my own mindfulness meditation trainer Anne Murray. In the one-hour session Anne will talk us through the many benefits of mindfulness meditation and will take us through two guided meditations so you can try the technique out for yourself during the webinar. Because the webinar is live you'll be able to ask Anne any questions that you have during the session. To make the session as accessible as possible we've priced this live webinar at just six pounds. For just six pounds you will learn all about mindfulness meditation and experience for yourself the potential benefits of this relaxation technique. All you need is to be at a computer that's connected to the internet and we suggest you wear headphones too. So whether you're in a stressful job, stressed out because you can't find a job, at home with children, or just curious about what mindfulness meditation can do for you, I hope you'll join us online at 8pm British Summer Time on Thursday 18th October to find out more. For more information and to sign up please visit www.giraffesense.co.uk