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Visit our free, interactive website that provides tools and resources to help consumers make informed healthcare choices. Created in partnership with the Life Science Foundation, Taking Charge of Your Health invites visitors to expand their options with complementary and alternative therapies; become more informed and involved healthcare consumers; and care for overall body, mind, and spirit. For more information, click here.
 The Balance Study: Balancing Life and Reducing Stress for those providing Elder Care
If you are providing care for a family member with dementia and are experiencing significant stress related to caregiving, you might be interested in the Balance Study. For more information, click here.
 Judson Named 2008-2010 A. Marilyn Sime Faculty Research Fellow
Congratulations to Dr. Patricia Judson for being named the 2008-2010 A. Marilyn Sime Faculty Research Fellow to study complementary and alternative therapies in patients with gynecologic cancers. Dr. Judson is an associate professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health within the University's Medical School. For more information, click here.
 The 2008 Second Annual National Positive Aging Conference on November 12, 2008
Achieving Purpose, Meaning and Vitality in the Second Half of Life
With a goal towards advancing a national conversation around positive aging, this day-long conference will share important resources to explore purpose, meaning and vitality in the second half of life. Broadcast live from the University of Minnesota, world-renowned experts and best-selling authors will address the importance of purpose and meaning in later life as well as lessons for longevity learned from regions around the world. For more information, click here.
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Events and Programs
View presentations of previous guest speakers.
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
- Summer MBSR programs are all Full.
- The Marsh, Sept. 8 to Oct 27
- Fall Mornings, Sept. 18 to Nov. 6 at the U of MN
- Fall Evenings, Sept. 16 to Nov. 4 at the U of MN
- Fairview Lakes, Sept 24 to Nov. 12
- Woodwinds, Sept 28 to Nov 23
- Mayo Clinics, Sept 29 to Nov 17
Working on Purpose Workshops
- Nov. 10, McNamara Alumni Center
You never know when you might need them - ten daily stress reduction tips
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Whole Systems Healing
Self, Society, and Environment: An Integral Systems Approach to Personal Well-being and Social Engagement
In this new 3-credit course, students will use the lens of complexity theory to study vast internal and external systems which influence our lives and health. Whole Systems Healing will examine the interrelated workings of mind, psyche, and body and explore bringing these into dynamic balance. For more information, click here.
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