Welcome back! This is the third in a series of mindfulness podcasts. If you’ve listened to both episodes 1 & 2 of A Walk On The Wise Side, you might be curious as to how mindfulness can have a positive effect on your behaviour, and how it can help you respond to major life challenges.Dr Stephen McKenzie is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Psychological Sciences at the University of Melbourne, and a mindfulness researcher, course developer and author. In this episode, Stephen and behaviour change expert Michelle Jongenelis will help answer those questions above, and will once again give you a step-by-step mindfulness practice that you can do at home.There’s no right or wrong way to practice mindfulness - but it can’t hurt to have a guide!Jump to mindfulness practice: 11 minutes 25 seconds [00:11:25.384]Links:1. Mindfulness Techniques For Improving Wellbeing by Stephen McKenzie 2. What are SMART Goals? 3. What is Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)? 4. Microcert in Mindfulness (Starting Nov 9)

A Walk on the Wise Side is a University of Melbourne podcast, and it’s made on the lands of the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to elders past & present.Dr Stephen McKenzie is our host.Production by Silvi Vann-Wall.With audio engineering and editing by Arch Cuthbertson.Our guest is Michelle Jongenelis.Music from Lee Rosevere and Miranda McKenzie.https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/You can find more great audio series wherever you get your podcasts, or by going to: https://www.unimelb.edu.au/community/nourish-your-mind/podcasts