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Mind Body Wellbeing Program


June 1 - August 24, 2022 Session Series

A 12-part series, every Wednesday from 7:00 - 8:00 a.m. (PST)

Cost: Free

The Trauma-informed Mind & Body Wellbeing Program is designed to support each individual in the following key areas: (1) physical wellbeing, (2) emotional wellbeing, and (3) positive relationships with self and community. Primarily, the goal of the program is to deliver themes and practices that support emotional growth and stress management during active Mind & Body practices. The 12-week program focuses on the 12 principles and trauma-informed practices.

The target audience for this are MDs, DOs, and Medical Students. They have all been shown to be disproportionally impacted by burnout and stress compared to other health care professionals.

Upcoming Cohort Series:

June 1 - Mind & Body Wellbeing Program Orientation

June 8 -  Week 1: Inner Resources | Empowerment "I Can"

June 15 - Week 2: Inner Resources | Worth "I Am Worth the Effort"

June 22 - Week 3: Positive Embodiment | Safety "I Deserve to be Safe"

June 29 - Week 4: Positive Embodiment | Breath "My Breath is my Most Powerful Tool"

July 6 - Week 5: Positive Embodiment | Presence "I Work Towards Presence in my Own Body"

July 13 - Week 6: Positive Embodiment | Feeling "I Feel so That I Can Heal"

July 20 - Week 7: Self-Regulation | Choice "I Can Find Choice in the Present Moment"

July 27 - Week 8: Self-Regulation | Grounding "My Body is a Source for Connection, Guidance, and Coping"

August 3 - Week 9: Self-Regulation | Ownership "I Can Create the Conditions for Safety and Growth"

August 10 - Week 10: Self-Regulation | Sustainability "I Can Create the Balance for Structure and Change"

August 17 - Week 11: Mindful Grit | Compassion "I Honor the Individual Path of Recovery and Growth"

August 24 - Week 12: Self-Determination "I Work Toward the Possibility of Effectiveness and Growth in My Own Life"

Click here to register for the June 1 - August 24, 2022 Program Series

Learning Objectives

  • Utilize mindful practices to aid in self-care and self-efficacy

  • Practice mindfulness, mindful movement, and self-inquiry

  • Utilize mindfulness practices to increase internal motivation for self-care

  • Utilize mindfulness practices to listen to physical cues in the body

  • Incorporate mindful breathing techniques to reduce fight or flight response and increase emotion regulation

  • Utilize mindfulness techniques to increase presence in the moment

  • Identify how being present can help increase effective decision making and increase embodied self-care

  • Identify how to use emotions to inform mindful self-care practices

  • Implement the use of mindful choice in self-care practices to increase the benefit of self-care practices

  • Incorporate mindful breathing practices, mindful movement, and self-inquiry practices as a source of connection with self and others

  • Identify how self-care can contribute to connection to family, friends, and patients

  • Incorporate mindfulness principles to inform self-care and self-growth

  • Manage new ways of balancing the effort of self-care with the effort of the demands of being a physician

  • Identify how the previously learned self-care and mindfulness practices can be adapted to allow for daily practice while allowing for flexibility and change

  • Demonstrate how to evaluate your individual needs for self-care practices

  • Identify how individual needs may vary in regards to the need for self-care

  • Incorporate the previous 11 lessons to identify individual goals in managing burnout and stress, using mindful, trauma-informed practices

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