Overworked and Overwhelmed: The Mindfulness Alternative; Contents; Introduction: Overworked and Overwhelmed?: Welcome to the Mindfulness Alternative; Part One; 1 Reality Bites (or Does It?): Why You Feel So Overworked and Overwhelmed; Does Any of This Sound Familiar?; The Situations You Find Yourself In . . .; ... And the Denominator They Have in Common; Why It Feels Crazier Lately; You Must Be Present to Win; 2 What Does Mindfulness Even Mean Anyway?: It's Simpler Than You Probably Think; Mindfulness in the Midst of Disaster; Mindfulness Begins with Awareness.;Leverage mindful awareness and intention to achieve better outcomes Overworked and Overwhelmed: The Mindfulness Alternative offers practical insights for the executive, manager or professional who feels like their RPM is maxed out in the red zone. By making the concepts and practices of mindfulness simple, practical and applicable, this book offers actionable hope for today''s overworked and overwhelmed professional. New research shows that the smartphone equipped professional is connected to work 72 hours a week. Forty eight percent of Americans report that their stress level is up and that t.