Mind-Body Connections and Whole-Person Wellness: The Role of Mindfulness

To register for this webinar please follow this link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/1316827993820/WN_qx5RmgeqRYyJWj1RgqqzSg. Sessions are free and available only to members of the Michigan library community. Registrants will receive instructions and a link to attend the session directly from PCI after they register.

There is a lot of pop psychology around what is and is not “self-care”. From a neuroscience and psychology perspective, a lot of what we know about self-care comes from research on mind-body connections. Mindfulness practices can enhance attention and awareness and increase resilience to stress. In this presentation, we will bulk up your wellbeing toolkit by learning different ways to practice mindfulness that are supported by research.

Attendees will:

• Leave this presentation with an idea on how to practice mindfulness
• Better develop their ability to cope with stress

Instructor: Dr. Aminda O’Hare is the Director of Neuroscience and an associate professor of Psychological Science at Weber State University in Ogden, UT. She specializes in teaching topics in affective and cognitive neuroscience both in the classroom and in her research lab. The CAPES Lab (Cognitive and Affective Psychophysiology and Experimental Science Lab) is particularly interested in how training in mindfulness practices alters emotion-cognition interactions in the brain.

Aminda is an advocate for incorporating practices of wellbeing and healthy habits of mind into higher education for all participants in campus communities (i.e., students, staff, faculty). Aminda loves the outdoors, being in the mountains, spending time with her husband, and being with her dogs and cats.

PCI Webinars are recorded and available to members of the Michigan library community in the Library of Michigan's Niche Staff Skills Academy about a week after they air. New webinars will be in the New category for several weeks. You do not need to register for a webinar in order to view it later in the Staff Skills Academy.

This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Library of Michigan.