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Finding Meaning in Medicine
Arts & Healing Network
The Collaborative on Health and the Environment
Commonweal
Commonweal Cancer Help Program
Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen
The Institute for the Study of Health and Illness
American Academy on Physician and Patient
Arnold P. Gold Foundation
Care for the Journey: Sustaining the Heart of Healthcare
Center for Contemplative Mind in Society
Center for Mind-Body Medicine
Center for Professional Well-Being
Fetzer Institute
The Foundation for Medical Excellence
Grapevine Discovery, Inc.
Heal Thyself
Institute for Healing in Society and Medicine
Mindfulness in Medicine
Positive Strategies Unlimited
Relationship-Centered Care Network
RENEW
TeachingHorse
Finding Meaning in Medicine is a growing community of colleagues who share your values. Also, find resources and many more links regarding physician / medical student / healthcare professional health and wellness. We hope to see you online!
Arts & Healing Network, an organization founded by Marion Weber, brings together a diverse group of artists who use their art for healing work. You'll enjoy this site!
The Collaborative on Health and the Environment is another Commonweal program rattling the cages of environmental polluters! CHE is a nonpartisan partnership network working to further knowledge, action and cooperation regarding environmental contributors to disease.
Commonweal is a small, 25-year-old non-profit health and environmental research institute in the Point Reyes National Seashore outside the coastal town of Bolinas, California. Principal areas of work are with (1) people with cancer; (2) health professionals; (3) children and young adults with learning and social difficulties, and the childcare professionals who work with them; and (4) the global search for a healthy and sustainable future. ISHI has been a project of Commonweal since 1991.
Commonweal Cancer Help Program is dedicated to helping people seeking physical, emotional, and spiritual healing in the face of cancer. The workshops offer a rich variety of opportunities for both intellectual and experiential learning. The CCHP is a place to explore the issues, choices, feelings and concerns that people with cancer often have. In 1993, the CCHP was the subject of an hour-long PBS documentary by Bill Moyers entitled "Wounded Healers," the final segment in his five-part series, "Healing and the Mind."
Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen is the Founder and Director of the Institute for the Study of Health and Illness at Commonweal. You can learn more about her work, her schedule of speaking engagements and how to contact her when you visit Rachel's home page.
The Institute for the Study of Health and Illness (ISHI) at Commonweal. Also see About ISHI on this website.
Many organizations around the country are involved in physician renewal and well-being. This list is far from complete. It is meant to inform and does not constitute an endorsement. We thank Hanna Sherman, MD for providing this list. Hanna works with physicians and hospital administration to support physician well-being. She can be reached at Hbsherman1@aol.com.
American Academy on Physician and Patient
Physician-patient communication and relationship
Physician well-being: workshops, conferences, consulting
www.physicianpatient.org
Arnold P. Gold Foundation
Fosters teaching humanism in medicine
www.humanism-in-medicine.org
Care for the Journey: Sustaining the Heart of Healthcare
A unique audio resource for healthcare professionals, featuring spoken messages by leaders in compassionate care, including Rachel Naomi Remen, MD; Jean Watson, PhD, RN; Christiane Northrup, MD; Ira Byock, MD; Angeles Arrien, PhD; Christina Puchalski, MD; Jeremy Geffen, MD; and others. Scored with original music by the creators of the palliative-care resource, Graceful Passages: A Companion for Living and Dying.
www.companionarts.org/care.htm
Center for Contemplative Mind in Society
Works to integrate contemplative awareness into contemporary life in order to help create a more just, compassionate, and reflective society; contemplative practices, retreats; excellent links to other organizations and retreats.
www.contemplativemind.org
Center for Mind-Body Medicine
Combining modern science and wisdom of the great healing traditions
www.cmbm.org
Center for Professional Well-Being
Located in Durham, NC
www.cpwb.home.mindspring.com
Fetzer Institute
Studies relationships between mind, body and spirit
Seasons: A Center for Renewal
www.fetzer.org
The Foundation for Medical Excellence
Physician well-being, physician-patient communication, collaborative healthcare leadership
www.tfme.org
Grapevine Discovery, Inc.
In today's world, many physicians are troubled. In spite of achieving mastery of his or her specialty and, to varying degrees, financial success, something is missing: a lack of excitement, loss of meaning, and/or a feeling that there is "something else." For some, this produces a sense of ongoing frustration and anger. For others, it is a sense of melancholy or restlessness of spirit. The Grapevine Process™ was designed to address these circumstances by facilitating learning, self-assessment and planning within a safe and supportive community. The format consists of a two day opening retreat followed by 10 weeks of online assessment, study and communal / faculty interaction and concludes with a one day closing retreat.
www.grapevinediscovery.com
Heal Thyself
Programs for Physicians, Nurses and Other Health Professionals
Heal Thyself is an affiliation of practitioners and teachers dedicated to the health and well being of the clinician. Our mission is to help individuals and health care systems find and apply meaning and value to the delivery of health care.
www.healthyselfprograms.com
Institute for Healing in Society and Medicine
IHSM is dedicated to catalyzing the transformation of medicine from "the inside out" by reconnecting individual healthcare providers with the richness of their own inner lives, their authentic professional mission, and with the sacred roots of medicine. Our educational programs focus on clarifying personal and professional meaning and mission, living life through a commitment to purpose and integrity, cultivating awareness to allow for more future possibilities, and developing better interpersonal connections and social support for healthcare providers, educators, patients, and those trying to prevent illness. By promoting professional awareness in the lives of healthcare providers, IHSM will restore healing as the primary focus of medicine.
www.healinginmedicine.org
Mindfulness in Medicine
Mindful Living Programs for Health Professionals
Mindful Living Programs are fully accredited, professional education retreats for health care professionals such as physicians, nurses, psychologists, and counselors, which are held in several locations in Northern and Southern California, including at Commonweal in Bolinas, California. At these workshops, participants will learn the techniques and practices of mindfulness meditation, a powerful way to manage stress, help restore and maintain a sense of personal balance and to avoid the emotional and physical depletion that can accompany our work in today's highly stressful medical marketplace.
The retreats offer an experiential, direct, hands-on program that includes guided and silent meditation, yoga and chi kung practice, walking meditation, group discussion and dialogue. Health Professionals participating in these Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Retreats will learn skills that have been consistently documented as profoundly beneficial for the treatment and prevention of stress-related illnesses and conditions.
www.mindfulnessretreats.com
Positive Strategies Unlimited: Conference Presentations and Workshops
CONNECTING WITH THE JOY OF MEDICINE
This workshop assists physicians and other health care professionals to relate to others in a non-clinical manner, sharing stories, deepening a sense of community and thereby helping them renew their passion for the profession.
James Henry
2407 36th Ave SE
Puyallup, WA 98374
Phone/Fax: 253-864-7309
E-mail: jlhenry@aol.com
Relationship-Centered Care Network
Redefines healthcare in the context of relationship and suggests new directions for health education and practice
www.fetzer.org/rcc
RENEW
Linda Hawes Clever, MD, President
People who care about their "calling" often find it hard to sustain their commitment and also have healthy personal lives. The personal-professional intersection can be treacherous — it calls for skillful navigation and artful juggling. RENEW could also be known as "The Juggler's Aid Society" — our programs help people and organizations refresh values, replenish energy, redefine goals and move ahead.
www.renewnow.org
415-459-7398
keven@linex.com
TeachingHorse
TeachingHorse provides an innovative approach to
learning known as Equine Guided Education. Horses
mirror how we create relationships, embody
commitment and move through uncertainty, creating
a provocative and powerful source of growth.
HEALING LEADERS is a 3-day course offered by
TeachingHorse for people in the healing arts. We
understand that the demands placed on caregivers,
teachers, therapists, and leaders are no longer
sustainable. This workshop provides an
opportunity for the participants to regain their
energy and recommit to creating a future for our
communities.
www.teachinghorse.com
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