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Free Kindfulness 7 Day Online Course

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Awake Academy brings Dr. James Doty and three other top experts together to teach you Kindfulness: a unique short course that blends mindfulness, kindness and compassion.

In this free online course you will:

– Experience 3 different kindfulness practices to cultivate joy, clarity and emotional resilience
– Discover how kindfulness can help reduce suffering
– Learn how to start building a happy and resilient mind
– Explore how to build more meaningful relationships
– Understand why science is implementing kindness and compassion practices to overcome stress, anxiety, depression, and more
– Find out how kindfulness works in the physiology of the body

For more information and sign up, click here.

2016 Contemplation By Design Week

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Contemplation by Design (CBD) is a campus-wide, multidisciplinary event designed to encourage all members of the Stanford community to enjoy the power of the pause.

From November 3 – 11, 2016, free events will be offered all around campus that further balance, tranquility and creative excellence. Faculty, staff and students will have the opportunity to take a short break from their high-level output of productivity and innovation in order to rest and renew the mind-body-spirit.

Each event is designed to bring the Stanford community together in recognizing the importance of quieting the thinking mind and refreshing oneself through quiet contemplation. Events include research on the neuroscience of contemplation, skill-building, campus arts and experiences with the natural beauty found on campus.

On Friday, 11/4, the Hoover carillon bells will be ringing to signal the university’s commitment to emotional well-being. All members of the Stanford community are invited to gather in Dorhmann Grove and the Oval ear to share the concert and contemplative pause. The Carillon concert will also be broadcast live on KZSU radio at 90.1 FM and streamed online at kzsu.stanford.edu.

*BeWell berry is awarded to faculty/staff for registered participation.

For more information, registration and schedule of events, click here.

4th Empathy and Compassion in Society Conference

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Join us for the 4th Empathy and Compassion in Society Conference this year to be held at the beautiful and scenic city of Oslo in Norway. Hosted by the Tenzin Gyatso Institute and co-sponsored by CCARE, this conference welcomes professionals from all sectors with the goal of promoting the 14th Dalai Lama’s values of compassion.

Renown educators, leaders, and scientists sharing this ideology at the conference include Drs. Paul Gilbert, Richard Davidson, Scilla Elworthy and many more. CCARE’s founder and director, Dr. James Doty, will be giving a keynote address on the science of compassion as well as delivering a workshop on practical tools that aim to cultivate empathy and compassion.

Learn more about the conference.

Peace In The Park with Dr. James Doty

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Dr. James Doty will be speaking along with Daniel J. Siegel, M.D, Gopi Kallayil and others at the Peace In The Park event, which will be held at the Golden Gate Park on September 17th.

Dr. Doty will be speaking at 1:30pm. From 2:00pm to 3:00pm, he will have a tent talk called Harnessing the Power of the Brain and the Heart. He will also be doing a book signing for Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon’s Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart.

Peace in the Park lets you explore a variety of ways to unplug and unwind while living in a fast-paced urban environment. It’s an opportunity to find yourself, feel good and engage with our beautiful community in a fun, inspiring and healthy atmosphere. This free festival will feature world music, dances, tai-chi, hatha yoga, life-enchancing seminars, kids activities, peace exhibits, and meditation experiences.

For more information and registration, click here.

Compassion Cultivation Training, Thursdays with Hooria Jazaieri, Sept 28-Nov 16, 2017

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Course Description

Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT) is an educational program designed to help you improve your resilience and feel more connected to others – ultimately providing an overall sense of well-being.

CCT combines traditional contemplative practices with contemporary psychology and scientific research to help you lead a more compassionate life. Through instruction, daily meditation, mindfulness, and in-class interaction, you can strengthen the qualities of compassion, empathy, and kindness. Classes meet once a week for two hours for eight weeks.

Learn how to train your mind to intentionally choose compassionate thoughts and actions and develop skills that help you relate to others – and yourself. Read more about CCT

Class Details

Registration – $395  includes course instruction, materials, and guided meditation recordings
CE credits fee (if applicable) – $45
Stanford BeWell Berry eligible
Classes held at Li Ka Shing Center at Stanford University
8 Thursdays, September 28 – November 16, 2017, noon – 2 p.m.
Read about Hooria Jazaieri
Register here 

Classes tend to fill quickly, as they are limited to 30 people each for optimal in-class participation. We recommend you register when registration first opens for the best chance of getting into your desired class. If a class is full, please feel free to register for the waitlist. CCARE staff will contact those registered on the waitlist in chronological order if a space becomes available. There is no charge to register for the waitlist; however, credit card information is required to hold your place.

Questions?

If you have questions not addressed in our CCT FAQs, please email cctinformation@stanford.edu.

Wellbeing 2.0 For Health Care Professionals Conference With Dr. James Doty

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Dr. James Doty will be speaking at Virginia Mason’s Wellbeing 2.0 for Health Care Professionals Conference on October 28th at 7:30am on the Compassion Imperative.

This program will explore a variety of evidence-based tools to support and promote clinician resilience to deliver the highest quality care. It will offer a framework for advancing collaborative care and increasing team building and communication skills.

It is assembled with dynamic and outstanding faculty and programs to stimulate your interests, strengthen your skills, and provide you with useful tools and approaches to support your daily practice. Teaching methods include lectures, panel discussion, experiential small group breakout sessions and question-and-answer sessions with faculty.

For more information and registration, click here.

The Emotion Behind the Thought: Introduction to Compassion Focused Therapy

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About The Event

Join the Santa Clara County Psychological Association for the The Emotion Behind the Thought: An Introduction to Compassion Focused Therapy workshop with Yotam Heineberg, Psy.D., psychologist, clinical faculty at Palo Alto University, and research fellow at CCARE.

It is well-known that shame and self-criticism can be difficult problems to treat in a range of psychological problems and may even prevent people from seeking help. Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) was specifically developed with and for individuals with these difficulties, in part by helping them develop a compassionate orientation to themselves and others by elaborating on cognitive behavioral strategies. CFT is an evolutionary and neuroscience-based approach to psychotherapy that articulates how the evolution of affiliative emotions regulates threat-processing and self-identities. CFT integrates evidence-based therapies with the basic insight that the emotions activated during change processes are as important as processes themselves. CFT has a growing empirical evidence to support its efficacy in a broad range of complex cases, including trauma and rigid personality structures.

The workshop will cover the basic concepts of CFT with PowerPoint presentations and experiential practices with the use of emotion focused, cognitive behavioral and imagery practices.

Objectives

By the end of the workshop participants will have the ability to:
– Use perspectives from the evolutionary model that underpins CFT towards psychoeducation, by offering clients insight into the three types of affect regulation systems (threat, drive and soothing), as well as insight insight into the complexities and conflicts within the threat system processing.
– Use the Fears of Compassion Scale and framework towards assessment, psychoeducational, experiential and behavioral treatment goals.
– Use perspectives from the multiple-self framework, and learn how to orient clients towards the cultivation of their compassionate self, through psychoeducation, as well as archetype-based cognitive behavioral experiential exercises.
– Work with self-criticism and the the inner critic, apply the distinction between shame- and threat-based self attacking cognitions, and soothing-based compassionate thinking.

About Yotam Heineberg, Psy.D.

yotamheinebergDr. Heineberg earned his doctorate at the PGSP-Stanford consortium at Palo Alto University. His interests focused on the cycle of violence, trauma and aggression, which led him to seek out solutions to address these fundamental human problems through the vehicle of compassion. He went on to pursue post-doctoral training at Stanford’s CCARE (Center for Compassion and Altruism, Research and Education). He trained in Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) with Professor Paul Gilbert, who developed the approach in the UK. He is a faculty member at Palo Alto University’s Gronowski Center, where he offers supervision, clinical and didactic trainings in CFT, and compassion-focused approaches to healing. He continues to collaborate with the Compassionate Mind Foundation, UK, and is a research fellow at Stanford university with CCARE. His other professional interests entail using the internet towards compassion-focused interventions for both clinical and non-clinical populations.

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Compassion in Practice Continuing Education Course

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Join the Arnold P. Gold Foundation for the inaugural session of Compassion in Practice: Achieving Better Outcomes by Maximizing Communication, Relationships and Resilience on Oct. 28-29, 2016 in Boston, MA.

Featuring an internationally recognized faculty in disciplines spanning neuroscience to clinical education, this continuing education course is designed for physicians, nurses, and health care professionals and educators who wish to enhance their communication skills, optimize professional relationships and ability to work in teams, while improving their efficiency and enjoyment of clinical practice.

Course Directors:

Beth A. Lown, MD
Mt. Auburn Hospital, Harvard Medical School and The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare

Lidia Schapira, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School

Amy M. Sullivan, EdD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School

Elizabeth Gaufberg, MD, MPH
Cambridge Health Alliance, Harvard Medical School and The Arnold P. Gold Foundation

Jeannette Ives Erickson RN, DNP, FAAN
Massachusetts General Hospital

Featured Speakers:

Richard J. Davidson, PhD
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Tania Singer, PhD
Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzip, Germany

Charles Hatem, MD
Mt. Auburn Hospital and Harvard Medical School

Click here for more information and registration.

Compassion Cultivation Training – Summer 2016 – Monday Evenings – Hooria Jazaieri

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Course Description

Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT) is an educational program designed to help you improve your resilience and feel more connected to others – ultimately providing an overall sense of well-being.

CCT combines traditional contemplative practices with contemporary psychology and scientific research to help you lead a more compassionate life. Through instruction, daily meditation, mindfulness, and in-class interaction, you can strengthen the qualities of compassion, empathy, and kindness. Classes meet once a week for two hours for eight weeks.

Learn how to train your mind to intentionally choose compassionate thoughts and actions and develop skills that help you relate to others – and yourself. For more details about CCT, click here.

Dates: June 20 – August 15, 2016 (8 Mondays – no class on July 4th)
Time: 7-9 p.m.
Instructor: Hooria Jazaieri
Location: Li Ka Shing Center (LKSC), Stanford University
Fee: $325 – Includes all course instruction, materials and guided meditation recordings
Registration Information

Classes tend to fill quickly, as they are limited to 30 people each for optimal in-class participation. We recommend you register when registration first opens for the best chance of getting into your desired class. If a class is full, please feel free to register for the waitlist. CCARE staff will contact those registered on the waitlist in chronological order if a seat becomes available. There is no charge to register for the waitlist; however, credit card information is required to hold your spot.

Questions?

Please view our CCT FAQs for answers to the most commonly asked questions. If you have questions that are not answered, please email cctinformation@stanford.edu or call (650) 721.6142.

Meditation and the Science of Human Flourishing Workshop

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About The Event

Join CCARE and Tergar Meditation Community for a Meditation and the Science of Human Flourishing workshop followed by a Conversation on Compassion.

Can we cultivate well-being in the same way that we can train our bodies to be healthier and more resilient? If so, how might we use the practice of meditation to experience equanimity, to open our hearts fully to others, and to cultivate insight and wisdom? In this workshop, two world-renowned experts, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche and Richard J. Davidson, PhD, will share their perspectives and insights on meditation and the cultivation of well-being. This workshop will include teachings on simple meditation practices that help us to recognize and nurture the mind’s natural qualities of awareness, compassion, and wisdom, as well as discussions on the practice and science of self-transformation and the cultivation of well-being. There will also be short periods of guided meditation and opportunities for participants to ask questions.

This workshop will conclude with a Conversation on Compassion with CCARE’s founder and director, Dr. James Doty. He will ask Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche and Richard Davidson about their life’s work and what role compassion has played.

This day-long event will be recorded and posted to CCARE’s YouTube Channel and website several weeks after the event.

About The Speakers

Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche is a rising star among the new generation of Tibetan Buddhist teachers. With a rare ability to present the ancient wisdom of Tibet in a fresh, engaging manner, Rinpoche’s profound teachings and playful sense of humor have endeared him to students around the world. His first book, The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness, debuted on the New York Times bestseller list and has been translated into over twenty languages. Rinpoche teaches throughout the world, with centers on four continents. In early June, 2011, Mingyur Rinpoche left his monastery in Bodhgaya, India to begin a period of extended solitary retreat. In November of 2015 Mingyur Rinpoche returned after four years of solitary retreat. He is currently teaching his monastic and western students living around the world.

Richard J. DavidsonRichard J. Davidson, PhD is the William James and Vilas Research Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, Director of the Waisman Laboratory for Brain Imaging and Behavior, and Founder of the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Davidson’s research is broadly focused on the neural bases of emotion and emotional style and methods to promote human flourishing including meditation and related contemplative practices. He has published over 360 articles, numerous chapters and reviews and edited 14 books. He was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time Magazine in 2006. He is the author (with Sharon Begley) of The Emotional Life of Your Brain published in 2012.

JamesDotyphotoJames Doty, MD is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at Stanford University and the Director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education at Stanford University School of Medicine. As Director of CCARE, Dr. Doty has collaborated on a number of research projects focused on compassion and altruism including the use of neuro-economic models to assess altruism and use of the CCARE developed compassion cultivation training in individuals and its effect.

Dr. Doty is also an inventor, entrepreneur and philanthropist having given support to a number of charitable organizations. He is on the Board of Directors of a number of non-profit foundations including the Dalai Lama Foundation, of which he is chairman and the Charter for Compassion International of which he is vice-chair. He is also on the International Advisory Board of the Council for the Parliament of the World’s Religions.

He is the author of New York Times bestselling book, Into the Magic Shop (Penguin, 2016).

Agenda

7:30am – 9:00am Registration check-in

9:00am – 12:00pm Session 1

12:00 – 1:00pm Lunch (included in ticket price)

1:00 – 3:00pm Session 2

3:30 – 4:30pm Conversations on Compassion

4:30 – 5:00pm Audience Q&A

Tickets

General Admission: $150.00

Sponsor Level: $200.00
*This level allows us to provide a needs-based ticket option for those with limited financial resources.

Need-based Admission: $75.00
*Limited number of subsidized tickets are available for this workshop. In order to apply, please fill out this form. Applications will be evaluated on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Students (Stanford & Non-Stanford): $25.00
*Student ID card is required for entry with ticket.

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*Cancellation/Refund Policy: There are no refunds available for cancellations.

Parking/Directions

From 280 North or South, take Alpine Road exit East toward Stanford University. Turn right at the stop light onto Junipero Serra Street. Turn left at the second stop light onto Campus Drive East. At the fourth stop sign, turn left onto Bowdoin Lane. At first stop sign, turn left onto Wilbur Way. The entrance to Parking Structure Six, the Wilbur Lot, is underground and immediately on your right.

Once parked, walk along Bowdoin Lane. Turn slight left towards Nathan Abbott Way. Continue to Nathan Abbott Way. Paul Brest Hall will be immediately on the left.

Disability-Related Accommodations and Services

The main entrance to the Paul Brest Hall, equipped with a power-operated door, is located along Nathan Abbott Way. Additional entrances are located along Salvatierra Walk and on the opposite side, however these entrances lead directly into the hall.

A limited amount of disabled parking is located behind the Haas Center and in the small parking lot (L-59) across the street along Campus Drive.  Additional disabled parking is also available on Lane A and in Parking Structure 6 (Campus Drive & Arguello Mall).

If a disability-related accommodation is needed, please contact CCARE staff by phone (650) 721-6142 or email ccare_info@stanford.edu. Requests should be made by Monday, June 6, 2016.

Conversations on Compassion with Emma Seppala, PhD

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About The Event

In this dialogue, CCARE’s founder and director, Dr. James Doty, will ask Emma Seppala about her life’s work and what role compassion may have played. This event is an hour-long dialogue followed by questions from the audience. The talk will be recorded and posted to CCARE’s YouTube Channel and website several weeks after the event.

Stanford Bookstore will have copies of her new book, The Happiness Track, available for purchase at the event. Book signing will also take place after the event.

About Emma Seppala

Emma Seppala, PhD, is author of The Happiness Track, science director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education at Stanford University, founder of the popular news site Fulfillment Daily, and a frequent contributor to Harvard Business Review and Psychology Today. She is a health psychologist who has conducted research on happiness, compassion, resilience and mind-body practices for trauma and well-being. She received her BA from Yale, her Master’s from Columbia and her PhD from Stanford University.

Registration

Registration is required for access to seating before the event starts. Non-registrants are still welcome to attend. Depending on space, any available seats will be offered on a first-come, first-serve basis once the event begins.

Doors open to registrants at 5:45PM.

Parking

Cubberley Auditorium is located just off the Main Quad, in the School of Education, next to the clock tower at the intersection of Escondido Mall and Lasuen Mall. Parking is generally free on campus after 4pm; however, please read signs carefully to avoid citation. Park either on the main Oval, or the Memorial Lot just north of the Memorial Hall on Memorial Way, or South of the campus union at Mayfield Ave.

Link to Stanford Parking Map

Disability-Related Accommodations and Services

Disabled parking is located at the top of the Oval (the end of Palm Drive). Additional disabled parking is located at the end of Panama Mall, near the Nitery.

The main entrance to the Cubberley Auditorium is equipped with a power-operated door, is accessible via a pathway on the southwest corner of the building (across from the Clock Tower). Another accessible entrance is located on the southeast side of the building via a ramp.  Once inside the main entrance, the elevator is located to the left and provides access to all floors (B, 1, 2, 3).

If a disability-related accommodation is needed, please contact CCARE staff by phone (650) 721-6142 or email ccare_info@stanford.edu. Requests should be made by Friday, May 20, 2016.

The Ottawa International Writers Festival with Dr. James Doty

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Dr. James Doty will be speaking on “Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart” at The Ottawa International Writers Festival on April 16th at 12:00 pm.

The Ottawa International Writers Festival is a literary festival which takes place twice annually, in spring and fall, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Each edition of the Festival features speakers and authors from across Canada and around the world, giving talks and readings on topics ranging from poetry and fiction to current events, science, philosophy, politics, music, film, history and biography.

For more information, click here.

Darbari S. Seth Foundation Conference on Nonviolence: Giving and Forgiving

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Dr. James Doty will be speaking along with Linda Beihl, Lyndon Harris and others at the Darbari S. Seth Foundation Conference on Nonviolence: Giving and Forgiving, which will be held at the Bronco Student Center at Cal Poly Pomona November 18th through the 20th.

This conference aims to draw upon scientific research and practice-based insights from a variety of disciplines and professions to further our understanding of the ways in which we can cultivate giving and forgiving among ourselves, in our families and communities.

The conference will examine questions such as:

– Is there an art or science of giving and forgiving?
– Can we learn to cultivate giving and forgiving?
– What are the benefits of giving and forgiving?

Click here for more information and event updates.

Los Angeles Times Festival of Books with Dr. James Doty

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Dr. James Doty will be speaking at Los Angeles Times’ Festival of Books on April 9th at 10:30 am on the “To Live and Thrive: Insights into Living Long and Living Well” panel.

The Festival of Books began in 1996 with a simple goal: Bring together the people who create books and the people who love to read them. The Festival was an immediate success and has become Southern California’s major literary event, now in its 21st year! The 2016 Festival will be held on Saturday, April 9 and Sunday, April 10 at the University of Southern California.

Last year over 156,000 people attended the Festival, which featured more than a hundred ticketed author events, children’s storytelling, poetry readings, book signings and more than 400 exhibitor booths.

To see the full schedule, click here.

Conversations on Compassion with Andres Edwards

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About The Event

In this dialogue, CCARE’s founder and director, Dr. James Doty, will ask Andres Edwards about his life’s work and what role compassion may have played. This event is an hour-long dialogue followed by questions from the audience. The talk will be recorded and posted to CCARE’s YouTube Channel and website several weeks after the event.

Stanford Bookstore will have copies of The Sustainability Revolution, Thriving Beyond Sustainability and The Heart of Sustainability available for purchase at the event. Book signing will also take place after the event.

*Stanford faculty/staff can earn an Environmental Health berry for attending this event.

About Andres Edwards

Andres Edwards is an educator, award-wining author, media designer and sustainability consultant. He is founder and president of EduTracks, a firm specializing in developing education programs and consulting services on sustainable practices for green building and business initiatives. His work includes developing exhibits and public education programs for municipalities, colleges and businesses.

He has worked as producer, exhibit developer, and consultant for projects in natural history, biodiversity and sustainable community for companies and towns throughout the US and abroad.

He is author of The Heart of Sustainability (2015), Thriving Beyond Sustainability (2010), The Sustainability Revolution (2005) and co-author with Robert Z. Apte of Tibet: Enduring Spirit, Exploited Land (1998).

Mr. Edwards has given radio and television interviews and lectured and presented seminars about his work at conferences, universities, and for businesses and community organizations. He lives in northern California.

Registration

Registration is required for access to seating before the event starts. Non-registrants are still welcome to attend. Depending on space, any available seats will be offered on a first-come, first-serve basis once the event begins.

Doors open to registrants at 5:45PM.

Parking

Cubberley Auditorium is located just off the Main Quad, in the School of Education, next to the clock tower at the intersection of Escondido Mall and Lasuen Mall. Parking is generally free on campus after 4pm; however, please read signs carefully to avoid citation. Park either on the main Oval, or the Memorial Lot just north of the Memorial Hall on Memorial Way, or South of the campus union at Mayfield Ave.

Link to Stanford Parking Map

Disability-Related Accommodations and Services

Disabled parking is located at the top of the Oval (the end of Palm Drive). Additional disabled parking is located at the end of Panama Mall, near the Nitery.

The main entrance to the Cubberley Auditorium is equipped with a power-operated door, is accessible via a pathway on the southwest corner of the building (across from the Clock Tower). Another accessible entrance is located on the southeast side of the building via a ramp.  Once inside the main entrance, the elevator is located to the left and provides access to all floors (B, 1, 2, 3).

If a disability-related accommodation is needed, please contact CCARE staff by phone (650) 721-6142 or email ccare_info@stanford.edu. Requests should be made by Friday, May 20, 2016.

Compassion Cultivation Training – Spring 2016 – Monday Evenings – Section 1

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Course Description

Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT) is an educational program designed to help you improve your resilience and feel more connected to others – ultimately providing an overall sense of well-being.

CCT combines traditional contemplative practices with contemporary psychology and scientific research to help you lead a more compassionate life. Through instruction, daily meditation, mindfulness, and in-class interaction, you can strengthen the qualities of compassion, empathy, and kindness. Classes meet once a week for two hours for eight weeks.

Learn how to train your mind to intentionally choose compassionate thoughts and actions and develop skills that help you relate to others – and yourself. For more details about CCT, click here.

Dates: March 28 – May 16, 2016 (8 Classes)
Time: 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Instructor: To be announced
Location: Li Ka Shing Center (LKSC), Stanford University
Fee: $325 – Includes all course instruction, materials and guided meditation recordings
Registration: *Registration opens on Wednesday, March 9th at noon Pacific Time

Classes tend to fill quickly, as they are limited to 30 people each for optimal in-class participation. We recommend you register when registration first opens for the best chance of getting into your desired class. If a class is full, please feel free to register for the waitlist. CCARE staff will contact those registered on the waitlist in chronological order if a seat becomes available. There is no charge to register for the waitlist; however, credit card information is required to hold your spot.

Questions?

Please view our CCT FAQs for answers to the most commonly asked questions. If you have questions that are not answered, please email cctinformation@stanford.edu or call (650) 721.6142.

Compassion Cultivation Training – Spring 2016 – Monday Evenings – Section 2

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Course Description

Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT) is an educational program designed to help you improve your resilience and feel more connected to others – ultimately providing an overall sense of well-being.

CCT combines traditional contemplative practices with contemporary psychology and scientific research to help you lead a more compassionate life. Through instruction, daily meditation, mindfulness, and in-class interaction, you can strengthen the qualities of compassion, empathy, and kindness. Classes meet once a week for two hours for eight weeks.

Learn how to train your mind to intentionally choose compassionate thoughts and actions and develop skills that help you relate to others – and yourself. For more details about CCT, click here.

Dates: March 28 – May 16, 2016 (8 Classes)
Time: 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Instructor: To be announced
Location: Li Ka Shing Center (LKSC), Stanford University
Fee: $325 – Includes all course instruction, materials and guided meditation recordings
Registration: *Registration opens on Wednesday, March 9th at noon Pacific Time

Classes tend to fill quickly, as they are limited to 30 people each for optimal in-class participation. We recommend you register when registration first opens for the best chance of getting into your desired class. If a class is full, please feel free to register for the waitlist. CCARE staff will contact those registered on the waitlist in chronological order if a seat becomes available. There is no charge to register for the waitlist; however, credit card information is required to hold your spot.

Questions?

Please view our CCT FAQs for answers to the most commonly asked questions. If you have questions that are not answered, please email cctinformation@stanford.edu or call (650) 721.6142.

Compassion Cultivation Training – Spring 2016 – Thursday Evenings – Robert Cusick

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Course Description

Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT) is an educational program designed to help you improve your resilience and feel more connected to others – ultimately providing an overall sense of well-being.

CCT combines traditional contemplative practices with contemporary psychology and scientific research to help you lead a more compassionate life. Through instruction, daily meditation, mindfulness, and in-class interaction, you can strengthen the qualities of compassion, empathy, and kindness. Classes meet once a week for two hours for eight weeks.

Learn how to train your mind to intentionally choose compassionate thoughts and actions and develop skills that help you relate to others – and yourself. For more details about CCT, click here.

Dates: March 31 – May 26, 2016 (8 Classes – no class April 21st)
Time: 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Instructor: Robert Cusick
Location: Li Ka Shing Center (LKSC), Stanford University
Fee: $325 – Includes all course instruction, materials and guided meditation recordings
Registration: *Registration opens on Wednesday, March 9th at noon Pacific Time

Classes tend to fill quickly, as they are limited to 30 people each for optimal in-class participation. We recommend you register when registration first opens for the best chance of getting into your desired class. If a class is full, please feel free to register for the waitlist. CCARE staff will contact those registered on the waitlist in chronological order if a seat becomes available. There is no charge to register for the waitlist; however, credit card information is required to hold your spot.

Questions?

Please view our CCT FAQs for answers to the most commonly asked questions. If you have questions that are not answered, please email cctinformation@stanford.edu or call (650) 721.6142.

Compassion Cultivation Training – Spring 2016 – Saturday Mornings – Robert Cusick

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Course Description

Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT) is an educational program designed to help you improve your resilience and feel more connected to others – ultimately providing an overall sense of well-being.

CCT combines traditional contemplative practices with contemporary psychology and scientific research to help you lead a more compassionate life. Through instruction, daily meditation, mindfulness, and in-class interaction, you can strengthen the qualities of compassion, empathy, and kindness. Classes meet once a week for two hours for eight weeks.

Learn how to train your mind to intentionally choose compassionate thoughts and actions and develop skills that help you relate to others – and yourself. For more details about CCT, click here.

Dates: April 2 – June 4, 2016 (8 Classes – no class April 23rd and May 28th)
Time: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Instructor: Robert Cusick
Location: Li Ka Shing Center (LKSC), Stanford University
Fee: $325 – Includes all course instruction, materials and guided meditation recordings
Registration: *Registration opens on Wednesday, March 9th at noon Pacific Time

Classes tend to fill quickly, as they are limited to 30 people each for optimal in-class participation. We recommend you register when registration first opens for the best chance of getting into your desired class. If a class is full, please feel free to register for the waitlist. CCARE staff will contact those registered on the waitlist in chronological order if a seat becomes available. There is no charge to register for the waitlist; however, credit card information is required to hold your spot.

Questions?

Please view our CCT FAQs for answers to the most commonly asked questions. If you have questions that are not answered, please email cctinformation@stanford.edu or call (650) 721.6142.

San Antonio Book Festival with Dr. James Doty

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Dr. James Doty will appear among more than 85 other authors at the 4th annual San Antonio Book Festival.

The San Antonio Book Festival is a free, daylong, family-friendly event that draws thousands for author presentations, panel discussions, book sales and signings, recipe demonstrations, children’s and teen activities and food trucks. The Festival will take place on Saturday, April 2 from 10 am to 5 pm at the Central Library and Southwest School of Art.

For more information, click here.

New Perspectives on Compassion: Stanford University and the University of Edinburgh

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Join CCARE and the University of Edinburgh for a half-day mini-conference exploring the frontiers of compassion research. Scholars from the two institutions will provide short presentations of new work on a variety of perspectives on compassion, including neuroscience, health care, psychology and business.

The event will culminate in a distinguished panel addressing the cutting edge of compassion research involving artificial intelligence, machine learning, and robotics: The Compassionate Robot: Myth, Nightmare, or Solution? This panel will be anchored by Sir Timothy O’Shea, The Principal of University of Edinburgh, who has explored computer-based learning and artificial intelligence in over 10 books and 100 articles.

Other distinguished scholars include Jon Oberlander, Professor of Epistemics at the University of Edinburgh, whose work focuses on building machines who can adapt themselves to people, and the Rev. Professor Jane Shaw, Dean for Religious Life and Professor of Religious Studies at Stanford University, who is currently working on a project involving empathy, the arts, and social change.

There is no charge for admission to this event, but registration is required. Please register here.

Schedule

1:00 pm – 1:15 pm
Welcome from CCARE and University of Edinburgh Compassion Initiative

James Doty, MD
Director and Founder, CCARE and Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery, Stanford University

Elizabeth Grant, MA, PhD
Director of Global Health Academy and Assistant Principal for Global Health, University of Edinburgh

1:15 pm – 1:30 pm
Opening Remarks

Professor Sir Timothy O’Shea
Principal and Vice-Chancellor, University of Edinburgh

1:30 pm – 2:00 pm
New Perspectives on Compassion Across the Disciplines

Yotam Heineberg, PsyD – Moderator
Research Scientist and Dignity Health Fellow, CCARE, Stanford University
Director of Compassion Training Initiative, Palo Alto University

John Gillies, MA FRCGP, FRCPE, OBE
Honorary Senior Lecturer in General Practice, University of Edinburgh

Paul Gilbert, PhD, FBPsS, OBE
Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Derby
President and Founder, Compassionate Mind Foundation

Monica Worline, PhD
Research Scientist, CCARE, Stanford University
Affiliate Faculty, Ross Business School, University of Michigan

Anne Birgitta Pessi, PhD
Professor of Church and Social Studies, University of Helsinki

2:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Neuroscientific Approaches to Compassion

John Gillies, MA FRCGP, FRCPE, OBE – Moderator
Honorary Senior Lecturer in General Practice, University of Edinburgh

Paul Brennan, MD, PhD
Senior Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Neurosurgery, University of Edinburgh

Brian Knutson, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychology, Stanford University

Firdaus Dhabhar, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University

2:30 pm – 2:45 pm
Break

2:45 pm – 4:00 pm
Distinguished Panel – The Compassionate Robot: Myth, Nightmare, or Solution

James Doty, MD
Director and Founder, CCARE and Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery, Stanford University

Professor Sir Timothy O’Shea
Principal and Vice-Chancellor, University of Edinburgh

The Rev. Professor Jane Shaw, PhD
Dean for Religious Life and Professor of Religious Studies, Stanford University

Alastair Boyle
Global Client Partner and Head of Strategy, Essence

Jon Oberlander, PhD
Professor of Epistemics, University of Edinburgh

4:00 pm – 4:15 pm
Concluding Reflections from the Hosts

James Doty, MD

Elizabeth Grant, MA, PhD

4:15 pm – 5:30 pm
Reception
Please join us for food and drinks in the lobby just outside the meeting room

Parking

The closest visitor parking is found in the lot off of Mayfield Ave (L-39), along Santa Teresa St, and along Lagunita Dr. Visitor parking is pay-by-space and is enforced Monday-Friday 6am-4pm.

Click here for more information on Visitor Parking.

Campus Parking Map

Conversations on Compassion with Kyra Bobinet

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About The Event

In this dialogue, CCARE’s founder and director, Dr. James Doty, will ask Kyra Bobinet about her life’s work and what role compassion may have played. This event is an hour-long dialogue followed by questions from the audience. The talk will be recorded and posted to CCARE’s YouTube Channel and website several weeks after the event.

Stanford Bookstore will have copies of her new book, Well Designed Life: 10 Lessons in Brain Science and Design Thinking for a Mindful, Healthy, and Purposeful Life, available for purchase at the event.

About Kyra Bobinet

Dr. Kyra Bobinet has five words of advice on engaging people in health: be caring, authentic, and useful.

As a national speaker, author and CEO-founder of engagedIN, a neuroscience behavior design firm, Kyra devotes her life to cracking the code of WHY we engage in what we do.  Everyday, she and her team use neuroscience and design thinking to make health and wellness more engaging.

For this work, Kyra received the 2015 Innovator Award from Harvard where she received her Masters in Public Health.  She earned her medical degree at UCSF School of Medicine.

Dr. Bobinet is the author of Well Designed Life: 10 Lessons in Brain Science and Design Thinking for a Mindful, Healthy, and Purposeful Life and authors a column on behavior neuroscience design for ExperienceLife magazine.

She has founded health start-ups, created blockbuster products, designed health apps, and patented big data algorithms. She started mindfulness programs and clinical studies on mind-body medicine as an executive at Aetna.

Dr. Bobinet co-teaches patient engagement and health design with Dr. Larry Chu at Stanford School of Medicine and studied in BJ Fogg’s behavior design lab.

When she’s not geeking out on neuroscience, you can find her engaged in her kids, minimalist eco design, indigenous culture, and surfing.

About the Book

“I know what I should do…I just don’t know why I don’t do it.”  In Well Designed Life, you will learn how brain science and design thinking provide the compassionate solution to this universal human struggle. At once scholarly and personal, Dr. Bobinet takes you on a journey through your self-image, motivations, decisions, and unconscious behaviors, providing the keys to leading a well-designed life.”

Registration

Registration is required for access to seating before the event starts. Non-registrants are still welcome to attend. Depending on space, any available seats will be offered on a first-come, first-serve basis once the event begins.

Doors open to registrants at 5:45PM.

Parking

Cubberley Auditorium is located just off the Main Quad, in the School of Education, next to the clock tower at the intersection of Escondido Mall and Lasuen Mall. Parking is generally free on campus after 4pm; however, please read signs carefully to avoid citation. Park either on the main Oval, or the Memorial Lot just north of the Memorial Hall on Memorial Way, or South of the campus union at Mayfield Ave.

Link to Stanford Parking Map

Disability-Related Accommodations and Services

Disabled parking is located at the top of the Oval (the end of Palm Drive). Additional disabled parking is located at the end of Panama Mall, near the Nitery.

The main entrance to the Cubberley Auditorium is equipped with a power-operated door, is accessible via a pathway on the southwest corner of the building (across from the Clock Tower). Another accessible entrance is located on the southeast side of the building via a ramp.  Once inside the main entrance, the elevator is located to the left and provides access to all floors (B, 1, 2, 3).

If a disability-related accommodation is needed, please contact CCARE staff by phone (650) 721-6142 or email ccare_info@stanford.edu. Requests should be made by Friday, April 22, 2016.

Invited Lecture: Anne Birgitta Pessi & CoPassion Research Team

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About The Event

In this lecture, Anne Birgitta Pessi and the CoPassion research team will present: “Individually together – in compassion and co-passions: Revolutionizing Work Through Compassion.” This event is an hour-long lecture followed by questions from the audience. The talk will be recorded and posted to CCARE’s YouTube Channel and website several weeks after the event.

About Anne Birgitta Pessi

Anne Birgitta Pessi is a Professor of Church and Social Studies at the University of Helsinki – and a true believer and explorer of the incredible power of altruism and compassion.

Pessi has worked for several universities abroad (e.g. Boston University in 2010 and LSE in 2005 and 2006). In Autumn 2013, she worked as a Tobis fellow at UC Irvine, California.

Pessi has been working in various international research projects, such as the EU-funded project “Welfare and Values in Europe” (2006-2009). Currently, she directs a vast multidisciplinary project CoPassion (The Revolutionary Power of Compassion) from 2015 to 2017. She has also directed Academy of Finland funded research projects RiTS (Religion in Transforming Solidarity) in 2008-2011 and CoCare (Cooperation in Care – meaning systems, chances, and conflicts) in 2014-2018.

Pessi’s research interests cover particularly volunteering, altruism, civil society, togetherness, church social work and experiences of good life, as well as individualized religiosity. Her publications include over 40 referee journal articles and over 200 titles. Currently Pessi works, together with her two research teams, on analysis of power of compassion in business and the public sector as well as on content and reader experiences of self help literature and the construction of self in this genre. She also focuses on her ongoing studies on individual experiences of the sacred.

Pessi is a member of several international and national academic societies, such as International Society for the Sociology of Religion, European Research Network on Philanthropy, International Society for Third-Sector Research, and Society for the Scientific Study of Religion. She is currently a chief editor/editor of three academic journals.

Pessi has been awarded several international and national academic prizes, such as the prestigious Nils Klim prize (2008) and the Jutikkala prize (2013). Her dissertation gained awards, including an award from the International Society for Third-Sector Research in 2006.

Registration

Registration is required for access to seating before the event starts. Non-registrants are still welcome to attend. Depending on space, any available seats will be offered on a first-come, first-serve basis once the event begins.

Doors open at 5:45PM.

Parking

The closest parking to the Alway Building is located in Parking Structure 1 on Roth Way or Parking Structure 4 on Pasteur Drive.

Disability-Related Accommodations and Services

The closest disabled parking spaces to the Alway Building are located in Parking Structure 4 on Pasteur Drive. Click here to reference the Stanford Parking Map.

All 1st floor entrances to rooms in Alway are accessible via doors in the exterior courtyard. There are no wheelchair accessible restrooms within the Alway Building. However, accessible men’s and women’s restrooms are located on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd floors in the corridor between the Alway Building and the Lane Building.

If registrants need a disability-related accommodation, please contact ccare_info@stanford.edu or call (650) 721-6142 by Friday, March 11, 2016.

Conversations on Compassion with Eileen Fisher

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About The Event

In this dialogue, CCARE’s founder and director, Dr. James Doty, will ask Eileen Fisher about her life’s work and what role compassion may have played. This event is an hour-long dialogue followed by questions from the audience. The talk will be recorded and posted to CCARE’s YouTube Channel and website several weeks after the event.

About Eileen Fisher

Eileen is the Founder and Chairwoman of EILEEN FISHER, INC., the clothing company known for its simple shapes and beautiful fabrics. Eileen ventured into clothing design in 1984. Her original concept – pieces that work together to help women get dressed easily – still defines the company’s collections, which are sold at 65 EILEEN FISHER stores, over 300 department and specialty stores across the US, UK and Canada as well as 2 Green Eileen stores, which are part of the company’s innovative recycling program.

Eileen is passionate about business as a movement. In spring 2015, the company announced VISION2020, a bold five-year plan that addresses sustainability and human rights.  In keeping with Eileen’s belief in collaboration, VISION2020 calls for partnering with other brands to shift the fashion industry. “We don’t want sustainability to be our edge,” says Eileen. “We want it to be universal.”

In 2015, Eileen also launched the Eileen Fisher Learning Lab where employees and the public are invited to embark on journeys of inquiry to explore purpose, mindfulness and embodiment through a variety of workshops and events.

In October 2015, the Fashion Group International honored Eileen with the prestigious Sustainability Award.  Eileen was the recipient of the 2015 Riverkeeper Award as well as BF+DA’s Corporate Leadership in Advancing Sustainability Award.  Eileen’s additional honors include the 2012 Leaders of Change award from the Global Conference for Social Change and the Board of Directors Award from the Metropolitan New York Chapter of the US National Committee for UN Women.  She is a 2012 inductee into the Social Venture Network Hall of Fame and a member of the Clinton Global Initiative.

Registration

Registration is required for access to seating before the event starts. Non-registrants are still welcome to attend. Depending on space, any available seats will be offered on a first-come, first-serve basis once the event begins.

Doors open to registrants at 5:45PM.

Parking

Parking is free in most spaces after 4PM. Check signs carefully.

The closest parking is found in the lots off of Mayfield Ave and along Santa Teresa St.

VIP Reception with James Doty and Jon Kabat-Zinn – Limited Tickets Available

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Tickets are now SOLD OUT for this event.

Please join Dr. James Doty and Jon Kabat-Zinn for an exclusive VIP reception following their onstage conversation.

Attendees will receive a free copy of Dr. Doty’s new book, Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon’s Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart. Mingle with Jon Kabat-Zinn and have your book personalized by Dr. Doty. Appetizers and drinks will be served.

 

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