- Nov
- 14
- 2020
Wellness Is An Inside Job: Healing The Mind & Body, Heart & Soul 2020 Virtual Conference
Description: The Center for Mindfulness Science is co-sponsoring a Mindfulness track for the USC Institute for Integrative Health and Wellness online conference this year. We have coordinated a series of talks on mindfulness as part of the conference including a 2-hr workshop presented by Center director Rael Cahn and director of Mindful USC, Allen Weiss, PhD, on the practice and science of mindfulness, as well as a presentation from some of our other faculty experts on mindfulness research - Drs. Randye Semple & Matthew Goodman speaking on their research on utilizing mindfulness and biofeedback for children and Dr. David Black from Department of Preventive Medicine speaking on his research utilizing mindfulness practices for people suffering with addiction. This one-day, virtual, interdisciplinary educational and experiential conference will advance the knowledge and…
About Speaker
Deepak Chopra, MD, FACP
For the past thirty years, Deepak Chopra, MD, has been at the forefront of the meditation revolution in the West. He knew of the practice from his youth in India but had never practiced it himself. It wasn’t until he was in his thirties and living the unhealthy lifestyle of a stressed, overworked doctor (which included cigarettes and little self-care) that he reached a turning point. He started practicing mediation and it changed his life. Since then, it has become Chopra’s mission to teach meditation to as many people as possible through his books, lectures, podcasts, and apps.
Founder of the Chopra Foundation, a nonprofit entity for research on well-being and humanitarianism, and Chopra Global, a modern-day whole-health company at the intersection of science and spirituality, is a world-renowned pioneer in integrative medicine and personal transformation. Dr. Chopra is a clinical professor of family medicine and public health at the University of California, San Diego, and serves as a senior scientist with Gallup Organization. He is the author of more than ninety books translated into over forty-three languages, including numerous New York Times bestsellers. His ninetieth book and national bestseller, Metahuman: Unleashing Your Infinite Potential (Harmony Books), unlocks the secrets to moving beyond our present limitations to access a field of infinite possibilities. Time magazine has described Dr. Chopra as “one of the top 100 heroes and icons of the century.”
Lisa Miller, PhD
Professor of Psychology and Education at Columbia University, Teachers College and is Founder of the Spirituality Mind Body Institute, the first Ivy League graduate program in spirituality and psychology.
Dr. Miller is a foremost scientist on spirituality across the lifespan, with her work published in top research journals including JAMA-Psychiatry, American Journal of Psychiatry, and the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. Her innovative research has focused on quantifiable effects of spirituality in health, resilience and thriving, and an overall sacred and joyful life. Her clinical and consultation work focuses on spiritual awareness and spiritual growth, for individuals, families, groups and organizations.
Dr. Miller is the author of “The Spiritual Child; The New Science of Parenting for Health and Lifelong Thriving.” Based upon her decade and a half of experience, she offers talks, workshops and consultations on spirituality in healthy development to parents and schools, adult wellness groups, and private and public organizations. She is the Editor of The Oxford Handbook of Psychology and Spirituality and Co-Editor of the APA journal, Spirituality in Clinical Practice. She has been elected as Fellow by the American Psychological Association, as well as for the Virginia Sexton Mentoring Award of graduate students. A graduate of Yale, she received her doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania from Martin Seligman.
She frequently is cited in print and in on-line media and has appeared on CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, and NBC Today Show as an expert. She lives in Connecticut with her husband and three children.