The Life Design Workbook (Paperback)
Embark on a journey of growth and transformation.
Crafted for those navigating life's uncertainties, this workbook empowers you to create meaningful change through the perfect blend of creative problem-solving and mindful action. Leveraging proven methodologies from human-centered design and personal growth guides you step-by-step toward a life that aligns with your values, passions, and goals.
This workbook is a paperback book is a guide for navigating high levels of ambiguity and uncertainty, in which the only path forward is to combine creative problem-solving with critical thinking.
Exercises lead you through developing mindfulness for creative problem-solving and adaptability. This mindset is a powerful, structured way to build resilience and avoid future shock. Each chapter provides exercises to help you develop the skills to cultivate a mindful, adaptable approach to change and create creative solutions.
Jessica Lowry, founder of Mindful Studio, combines the most essential practices in human-centered methodologies, service innovation, and design science to uncover innovative opportunities. Grounded in evidence-based methods and practical experience, her approach is straightforward and tailored to the specific needs of curious people.
Workbook Overview
This workbook is broken down into chapters addressing a different life design stage. Each chapter includes exercises to help you build adaptability, creative problem-solving, and mindfulness. You don’t need to complete everything in one go. Take your time, and revisit sections that feel important. The more you engage with the exercises, the more you learn about yourself and your needs.
Throughout this workbook, the Mindful Method guides you through six key stages:
Mindset: Cultivating an open, growth-oriented mindset that embraces change.
Understand: Develop deeper self-awareness by examining your thoughts, behaviors, and responses.
Define: Clearly articulating the challenges or goals you want to focus on.
Create: Generating creative solutions and experimenting with different approaches.
Measure: Reflect on the outcomes of your experiments to determine what worked and what didn’t.
Evolve: Applying what you’ve learned to continue growing and adapting over time.
Each exercise guides you through developing mindfulness for creative problem-solving and adaptability. Mindfulness is a powerful, structured way to build resilience and avoid future shock. Each chapter provides exercises to help you develop the skills to cultivate a mindful, adaptable approach to change and create creative solutions.
Time Commitment:
Each chapter is a milestone that guides you through a scientific approach. This means that you need to complete each exercise but don’t need to spend the same amount of time on each exercise. Completing the entire workbook should take more than a week but less than a month.
