Conversation
Stress is something we often try to reduce, avoid or simply cope with, but what if we could use it to our advantage? Join us on Friday, August 3rd as we gather the Shalon, Bumble and General Assembly communities to dive deep into how we can redistribute stress to help us focus and thrive personally and professionally.
As we share a delicious breakfast, we’ll tackle how we harness the energy produced by stress and reallocate it towards productivity, creativity and accomplishment. As you get to know the people around your table, moderators will facilitate conversation around how we can use various techniques including mindfulness to manage work, relationships, finances and all of the other unpredictable situations we face in life.
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Recommended Resources:
Books:
Courage: The joy of living dangerously by Osho
Science of Willpower by Kelly McGonigal
The power of habits by Charles Duhigg
The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod
Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers by Robert Sapolskey
The Defining Decade (book) by Meg Jay
Programs/Apps:
The 21 Day Stress Detox ($50 discount to all attendees for 21 Day Stress Detox program starting Monday August 13th with discount code: shalon)
Happiness Calendar (August 2018)
Blogs:
TED Talk:
My Stroke of Insight by Jill Bolte-Taylor
Articles:
Hacking Loneliness: reflections on HackMentalHealth's Reverse Hackathon (Annette Blum on Medium)
How the type A brain thrives on stress and how you can too (Katie Rose Quandt | Headspace blog)
10 Ways to Use Stress to Your Advantage (Entrepreneuer)
Nine Ways Mindfulness Reduces Stress (Shamash Alidina | Medium)
A Brain Surgeon's Tips for Handling Stress Head-On (Mark McLaughlin, MD, Entrepreneur)
Experts
Stefana Morgan, MD
Geriatric Psychiatry Fellow, UCSF Department of Psychiatry
Stefana Morgan, MD is a psychiatrist at the University of California, San Francisco. She trained at UCSF and the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine. Her research and clinical interest include using integrative, complementary and alternative modalities such as mindfulness, positive psychology, spirituality, art and meaning in combination with evidence-based, scientific approaches to enhance wellbeing and resilience.
Ritu Riyat
Creator of The 21 Day STRESS Detox , Ritu's Blog
Ritu Riyat is dedicated to creating a culture of workplace wellbeing from the inside out. Believing that true growth comes from mastering your mindset, she has studied the science of meditation, yoga, and behavior change around the globe and has worked with executives, athletes, law enforcement, and fortune 500 companies to optimize wellbeing in the workplace.
Riyat earned her BS in Genetics from the University of California, Davis, and her
Master’s in Public Health Epidemiology from the Keck School of Medicine of USC and is 500-hr certified yoga teacher.
Liberty Buttenwieser
Business Development, Headspace for Work
Liberty joins us from the guided meditation company Headspace. She works with HR and learning/development leaders at enterprise organizations to help them effectively bring mindfulness training to their employees to improve wellbeing and resilience as well as workplace culture and performance.
James Brown
Teacher, Vedic Meditation
James Brown is the Bay Area’s foremost teacher of the ancient practice of Vedic Meditation. After completing a rigorous, a two-year training program of over 2500 hours of instruction under legendary master Maharishi Vyasananda Thom Knoles, including a 4-month intensive retreat high in the Himalayas, James returned to found Vedic Path Meditation in San Francisco. He has taught thousands of busy people from all walks of life to meditate, and has led courses and workshops in companies across the country, including some of Silicon Valley’s most innovative firms. He lives in The Presidio with his wife, two young sons, crazy dog and (according to his wife) way too many bicycles.
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