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Tom Nevola
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Schedule for the Day

Welcome
7:30 – 8:00 Registration (Alumni Center)
8:00 - 8:30 Welcome and introductions, Frederic C. Craigie, PhD
Invoking the Muse, Ron Goldman, EdD
Morning workshops: Clinical Approaches (Diamond Classrooms)
8:30 -10:00 Part I of morning workshops (details)

Telling powerful stories: Rediscovering the ancient route to meaning and connection, Ron Goldman, EdD

Using humor, optimism and creativity for wellness, Lynn Durham, RN

HOPE groups and SoulCircling; Exploring how spirit manifests itself uniquely in every one of us and why, Ken Hamilton, MD, CM Traditional Chinese medicine as a path to wellness, Rick Hobbs, MD

Helping people to enrich partnership relationships with evidence-based tools, The Rev. Jim Gill; Robin T. Neal

Talking about what matters: Conversational approaches to help people move toward transcendence and valued directions, Frederic C. Craigie, PhD
10:00 - 10:20 Break (Diamond Atrium)
10:20-11:50 Part II of morning workshops (continuation)
11:50 – 1:00 Lunch (Dana Dining Hall)
Afternoon workshops: Personal Resilience (Diamond Classrooms)
100 - 2:15 First presentation of afternoon workshops (details)

Moving from within: Creative movement and expression as a vehicle for connecting body, mind and spirit, Katenia Keller

Connecting with the spiritual through journal-keeping and personal writing,
Marj Burgess, LPC

Resilience for caregivers, Barbara Moss, DO, MPH

Simplicity as a spiritual practice, Susan MacKenzie, PhD
Grief in the workplace: Finding hope and gratitude as caregivers, Pam Brown, RN; Mark Jose, LCSW

Finding peace within yourself: A practice in yoga, Katje Musgrave, DO; Nidhi Jain, MD, MPH
2:15 - 2:30 Break (Diamond Foyer)
2:30 - 3:45 Second presentation of afternoon workshops; select from workshops listed above
3:45 - 4:00 Wrap-up, closing (Diamond Atrium)