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From DBT Skills Training Handouts and Worksheets, Second Edition  by Marsha M. Linehan. Copyright 2015 by Marsha M. Linehan. Permission 
to photocopy this handout is granted to purchasers of this book for personal use only (see copyright page for details).Mindfulness Handout 9   (Mindfulness Worksheets 7–9)
Skillful m eans:  
Balancing Doing m ind and Being m ind
Note.  The terms “doing mind,” “being mind,” and “nothing-to-do mind” were first used by Jon Kabat-Zinn in Full Catastrophe Living  (1990, 2013).BEING
MINDDOING
MINDWISE
MIND
Doing Mind Is:
 • Discriminating Mind
 • Ambitious Mind
 • Goal-Oriented
When in doing mind, 
you view your thoughts 
as facts about the world. Y ou are focused on problem solving and achieving goals.       Being Mind Is:
• Curious Mind
• Nothing-to-Do Mind
• Present-Oriented
When in being mind, you 
view your thoughts as sensations of the mind. Y ou are focused on the 
uniqueness of each 
moment, letting go of focusing on goals.Wise Mind Is:
 • A balance of doing 
       and being
 • The middle path
When in Wise Mind, you:
 Use skillful means.
 Let go of having to achieve 
 goals—and throw your  entire self into working  toward these same goals.
 Enhance awareness while 
 engaging in activities.