Mind Full or Mindful? Understanding how your brain operates helps you to use it more efficiently. This course will offer you mindfulness tools for your professional life.
Can mindfulness truly transform the way we work? This course explores how mindfulness practices can help you work more harmoniously, productively, and enjoyably. You'll gain a foundational understanding of mindfulness and learn how being fully present and nonjudgmental in the moment can reduce stress, enhance focus, and improve your overall professional experience.
Mindfulness isn’t just about meditation—it’s about how we engage with every moment of our work life. Through practical guidance and real-world applications, you’ll discover how mindfulness can boost resilience, creativity, decision-making, and workplace relationships, helping you to thrive both personally and professionally.
Accounting Professor at Humber College
Ionela Bacain joined Humber College in 2010 as an Accounting Professor at Business School. Prior to this she held positions in Accounting Department at Huawei Technologies. In her role as an Accounts Receivable Team Leader, Ionela contributed significantly to the growth of the Accounts Receivable function through her accounting knowledge, training expertise and her diligence in solving problems. Ionela, completed her PhD in Accounting at Cuza University, Iasi, Romania. During the doctoral program for five years Ionela performed various research activities in accounting with an outcome of over 20 scientific articles published and presented in conferences and symposiums. Ionela completed a research scholarship at Albert-Ludwigs University of Freiburg in Germany. Ionela has more than 10 years of teaching experience in the university and college environment with extensive practical accounting experience. She taught a variety of courses in accounting field: management accounting, financial accounting, computerized accounting and corporate tax. Ionela is an ACCA and CPA designated accountant and she likes to create confidence, to inspire and motivate people and share good life experiences. Ionela is a certified Yoga instructor and holds a certificate in positive psychology being committed to apply both in her professional life.
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