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08/25/2025

Exciting upcoming training!

06/12/2025

TOMORROW!🧠✨ Internal Family Systems® Workshop: Minimizing Uncertainty – How IFS Helps Autistics Thrive

Join us for a powerful online workshop with Sarah Bergenfield, PhD, a Certified Level 3 IFS practitioner, educator, and autistic scholar. This workshop is for anyone who wants to work more compassionately and effectively with neurodivergent clients.

🗓️ June 13, 2025 | ⏰ 2:00–5:15pm ET | 📍 Live on Zoom | Sliding Scale Pricing

👉 Register here: https://www.chacmc.org/ifsworkshop-autism

06/05/2025

Next Week!🧠✨ Internal Family Systems® Workshop: Minimizing Uncertainty – How IFS Helps Autistics Thrive

Join us for a powerful online workshop with Sarah Bergenfield, PhD, a Certified Level 3 IFS practitioner, educator, and autistic scholar. This workshop is for anyone who wants to work more compassionately and effectively with neurodivergent clients.

🗓️ June 13, 2025 | ⏰ 2:00–5:15pm ET | 📍 Live on Zoom | Sliding Scale Pricing

👉 Register here: https://www.chacmc.org/ifsworkshop-autism

06/02/2025

TODAY!
🌅 The Power of Daily Practice: Reflections on Five Years of a Shared Morning Contemplation
🗓️ Monday, June 2, 2025
⏰ 1:00 – 2:00pm ET
📍 Live on Zoom | Free & open to all

What happens when nearly 500 people start their day with 15 minutes of meditation, reflection, and shared presence—every single weekday for five years?

Join us for a special Mindfulness & Compassion Grand Rounds session, and the last in this academic year, with Narayan Helen Liebenson, a beloved meditation teacher and guiding presence at Cambridge Insight Meditation Center (CIMC) and Insight Meditation Society (IMS).

🎥 The event will also feature a short film by a longtime participant, sharing firsthand reflections on the impact of this practice.

✨ Whether you’re new to mindfulness or a longtime practitioner, this hour is a meaningful invitation to reflect on what a few minutes each day can do.

👉 Register here: https://www.chacmc.org/grand-rounds

05/29/2025

🧠✨ Internal Family Systems® Workshop: Minimizing Uncertainty – How IFS Helps Autistics Thrive

Join us for a powerful online workshop with Sarah Bergenfield, PhD, a Certified Level 3 IFS practitioner, educator, and autistic scholar. This workshop is for anyone who wants to work more compassionately and effectively with neurodivergent clients.

🗓️ June 13, 2025 | ⏰ 2:00–5:15pm ET | 📍 Live on Zoom | Sliding Scale Pricing

👉 Register here: https://www.chacmc.org/ifsworkshop-autism

05/26/2025

🌅 The Power of Daily Practice: Reflections on Five Years of a Shared Morning Contemplation
🗓️ Monday, June 2, 2025
⏰ 1:00 – 2:00pm ET
📍 Live on Zoom | Free & open to all

What happens when nearly 500 people start their day with 15 minutes of meditation, reflection, and shared presence—every single weekday for five years?

Join us for a special Mindfulness & Compassion Grand Rounds session, and the last in this academic year, with Narayan Helen Liebenson, a beloved meditation teacher and guiding presence at Cambridge Insight Meditation Center (CIMC) and Insight Meditation Society (IMS).

🎥 The event will also feature a short film by a longtime participant, sharing firsthand reflections on the impact of this practice.

✨ Whether you’re new to mindfulness or a longtime practitioner, this hour is a meaningful invitation to reflect on what a few minutes each day can do.

👉 Register here: https://www.chacmc.org/grand-rounds

05/19/2025

🧠 Join us TODAY to discover: What have we actually learned from two decades of research on meditation-based interventions?

If you're a clinician, mental health professional, or mindfulness educator, don't miss this free CMC Grand Rounds event:

📅 Monday, May 19 | 1–2pm ET
📍 Live over Zoom | Free and open to the public

Join Dr. Simon Goldberg, Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Core Faculty at the Center for Healthy Minds, for a deep dive into what the science actually says.

🔬 Drawing on large-scale meta-analyses, Dr. Goldberg will walk us through:
✅ Which clinical outcomes have the strongest evidence
✅ Where current research falls short
✅ What future randomized trials and meta-analyses should focus on
✅ A new project to create a publicly available database of meditation trials

Whether you're delivering meditation-based interventions or studying their effectiveness, this talk will help you stay current with the latest findings.

🎤 About the speaker:
Dr. Goldberg’s research has been featured in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Today, CNBC, and Scientific American. He serves on editorial boards for several leading psychology journals and leads multiple NIH-funded projects.

👉 Register now: chacmc.org/grand-rounds

05/12/2025

🧠 What have we actually learned from two decades of research on meditation-based interventions?

If you're a clinician, mental health professional, or mindfulness educator, don't miss this free CMC Grand Rounds event:

📅 Monday, May 19 | 1–2pm ET
📍 Live over Zoom | Free and open to the public

Join Dr. Simon Goldberg, Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Core Faculty at the Center for Healthy Minds, for a deep dive into what the science actually says.

🔬 Drawing on large-scale meta-analyses, Dr. Goldberg will walk us through:
✅ Which clinical outcomes have the strongest evidence
✅ Where current research falls short
✅ What future randomized trials and meta-analyses should focus on
✅ A new project to create a publicly available database of meditation trials

Whether you're delivering meditation-based interventions or studying their effectiveness, this talk will help you stay current with the latest findings.

🎤 About the speaker:
Dr. Goldberg’s research has been featured in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Today, CNBC, and Scientific American. He serves on editorial boards for several leading psychology journals and leads multiple NIH-funded projects.

👉 Register now: chacmc.org/grand-rounds

05/05/2025

TODAY, join us as we welcome Gloria Yeh, MD, MPH, for our next Grand Rounds!

🗓 Date: Monday, May 5, 2025
🕐 Time: 1–2 PM Eastern Time
📍 Location: Live on Zoom (registration includes access to the recording)

Presentation Title:
I Move Therefore I Am: Cultivating Whole Person Health Through Mind-Body Movement in Chronic Disease

Dr. Yeh will explore how mind-body movement practices like tai chi support whole person health by addressing interconnected physical, mental, and social systems. She’ll highlight how tai chi can promote behavior change and improve outcomes across chronic cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases.

Register here to attend and receive a recording: chacmc.org/grand-rounds

04/28/2025

We’re excited to welcome Gloria Yeh, MD, MPH for our next Grand Rounds presentation!

🗓 Date: Monday, May 5, 2025
🕐 Time: 1–2 PM Eastern Time
📍 Location: Live on Zoom (registration includes access to the recording)

Presentation Title:
I Move Therefore I Am: Cultivating Whole Person Health Through Mind-Body Movement in Chronic Disease

Join us as Dr. Yeh explores how mind-body movement practices like tai chi fit into the growing whole person health framework. She’ll share how these practices can support healthy behavior change and improve outcomes across chronic cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases.

Register here to attend and get the recording: chacmc.org/grand-rounds

We hope to see you there!

04/21/2025

🔥 TODAY! How do you stay grounded when the world around you is constantly shifting?

If you're a healthcare or mental health provider navigating daily stress, uncertainty, or emotional fatigue, this Grand Rounds session is for you.

Join us Monday, April 21 from 1–2pm ET for:
“Living with Fire: Finding Calm in a Time of Uncertainty”
with internationally acclaimed author Pico Iyer

Drawing on insights from more than 100 silent retreats over 34 years, Pico will offer a deeply personal and practical talk on finding steadiness and clarity, especially when things feel out of control.

🧠 Whether you're supporting patients, clients, or entire communities — this session offers space to reconnect with what grounds you.

🗓️ Monday, April 21
🕐 1–2pm ET
📍 Live on Zoom | Free and open to the public

🎤 About the speaker:
Pico Iyer is the author of 17 books translated into 23 languages, including The Art of Stillness, The Half Known Life, and Aflame. His TED Talks have over 11 million views, and his work has appeared in The New York Times, TIME, and The Financial Times.

👉 Register here: chacmc.org/grand-rounds

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