Stress Management

The Atlas of Emotions: Designing Emotional Awareness

The Atlas of Emotions: Designing Emotional Awareness

UCSF Psychiatry Professor Emeritus Paul Ekman, PhD, and UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine Fellow Eve Ekman, PhD, discuss their recent work creating the Atlas of Emotions, an online tool to help convey the spectrum of emotion visually, at the UCSF Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds. The atlas was inspired by a series of conversations between the Dalai Lama and Paul Ekman.

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Randomized Trial of Positive Affect Intervention for Coping with Health Related Stress

Judith Moskowitz, PhD, MPH is Director of Research at the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine and Professor of Medical Social Sciences at Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine. Dr. Moskowitz studies the impact of positive emotion on adjustment to health-related and other life stress. She is the Principal Investigator of several NIH-funded trials of an intervention designed to increase positive emotion and improve psychological and physical well-being in people experiencing various types of life stress.

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The Psychology of Meditative Thinking: Wellness in Integrative Medicine

The Psychology of Meditative Thinking: Wellness in Integrative Medicine

Learn how mindfulness meditation-based interventions are impacting healthcare and society. James Mitchell discusses both the philosophical and practical aspects, as well as how to cultivate and move towards a psychology of meditative thinking. This presentation includes an experiential session and is designed for professionals, mindfulness-based enthusiasts or for those interested in mind/body training and healing

Health and Vitality: What Science Tells Us About How to Thrive

Health and Vitality: What Science Tells Us About How to Thrive

For many of us, today’s world is out of balance, characterized by breaking news every minute, instant messaging, new technologies to be mastered and more channels of communication than ever before. Scientific advances from integrative medicine can help you bring the balance back and improve the quality of your day. Presenter: Ellen Hughes, MD, PhD, former director of education at the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine.

The Art and Science of Mind-Body Medicine

The Art and Science of Mind-Body Medicine

The wide array of mind-body therapies has been reported to positively influence physical health. Dr. Kevin Barrows is founder and director of mindfulness programs at the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, where he helps patients to cope with the stress of everyday life and the stress of illness. He explores the art and science of mind-body medicine.