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Category: Monthly Musings

Mindfulness for Health System Employees

1/28/2019

Developed by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction is the core program of the Mindfulness Center. MBSR classes include instruction in mindfulness meditation, mindful movement, and other mindfulness practices. This…

Mindfulness and Healthcare Provider Wellbeing

1/28/2019

  By Dr. John Schorling Burnout affects more than half of all practicing physicians in the United States, with 54% meeting standard criteria in an American Medical Association national survey.…

Monthly Musings

11/26/2018

By John Schorling Thanksgiving is a time when many of us pause to note the many things we can be grateful for.  In the hustle and bustle of our everyday…

Love and Letting Go

10/24/2018

By John Schorling “In the end we discover that to love and let go can be the same thing. “ - Jack Kornfield, A Path With Heart There are so…

WHY MINDFULNESS? WHY NOW?

7/13/2018

What is mindfulness? The concept can be described in many ways – see which of these hold appeal for you. Mindfulness is… a focused attention in the present moment (the…

March Madness

3/26/2018

March Madness is here, the time of year when many of us construct brackets with the teams we think will win games in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament.  In addition,…

Stormy Weather

2/26/2018

As I am writing this, I am sitting in a hotel room on vacation unable to go outside due to the weather. It’s raining, the wind is blowing hard (with…

Snake Story

1/11/2018

Yesterday I went out to the farm to check on a friend’s cat and the chickens (the girls). The cat and I had a wonderful bonding time. Then I bebop over to…

The Gift of Kindness

12/20/2017

The holiday season is here, with all the hustle and bustle that this entails for many of us. It is a time when we often focus on giving. The type…

Thanksgiving

11/28/2017

Thanksgiving was last week, an occasion when many of us spend time with family and friends and intentionally note things for which we are thankful. Although Thanksgiving is a holiday devoted…