2nd Annual Compassion and Wisdom Conference

[Greg Schneider]

The 2nd Annual Compassion and Wisdom Conference will be held in San Diego Thursday, February 27th through Sunday, March 1st.  Should be an interesting conference.  Here is the schedule:

February 27- March 1, 2014
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Mission Bay
San Diego, CA

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Thursday, February 27, 2014

9-10:30 a.m. Keynote
Empowering the Deeper Personhood of Self and Others: Theory and Practice from Tibet

John Makransky, Ph.D.

Professor of Buddhism and Comparative Theology at Boston College; Senior academic advisor for Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche’s Centre for Buddhist Studies in Nepal; Author of the meditation manual Awakening through Love

10:45-12:15 p.m. Keynote
Our Nature is to Nurture—A Journey into the Origins of Compassion

Emiliana Simon-Thomas, Ph.D.

Science Director, Greater Good Science Center, University of California, Berkeley

1:30-3 p.m. Concurrent Presentations
Empowering the Deeper Personhood of Self and Others: Meditation Exercises

John Makransky, Ph.D.

Fierce Compassion: Overcoming Anxiety Through Cultivating Compassionate Courage

Dennis Tirch, Ph.D.

Director, The Center for Mindfulness and Compassion Focused Therapy; Assistant Clinical Professor, Weill Cornell Medical College; Author of The Compassionate Mind Guide To Overcoming Anxiety

3:15 – 4:45 p.m Concurrent Presentations
Compassion Fitness—Evidence-based Practices for Boosting your own Compassion

Emiliana Simon-Thomas, Ph.D.

Empowering and Enhancing Exposure Through Compassion, Acceptance and Mindfulness

Dennis Tirch, Ph.D.

Friday, February 28, 2014

9-10:30 a.m. Keynote
Being A Compassionate Companion

Frank Ostaseski

Founder of the Metta Institute; Co-founder of Zen Hospice Project; One of America’s leading voices in contemplative care of the dying. Author, Being a Compassionate Companion, audio series.

10:45-12:15 p.m. Keynote
Compassion & Attunement

Frank Ostaseski

1:30-3:00 p.m. Concurrent Presentations
Wisdom and Compassion in the Treatment of Trauma: First Do No More Harm

Christine Courtois, Ph.D., ABPP

Private practice, Washington, DC; National Clinical Trauma Consultant, Elements Behavioral Health-Promises, Malibu and Los Angeles, CA.

Coaching with Mindfulness and Compassion

Shamash Alidina

Founder and CEO of Learn Mindfulness, UK. Mindfulness Teacher Trainer Online. Author of bestselling Mindfulness for Dummies

1:30-3:00 p.m. Concurrent Presentations
Wisdom and Compassion in the Treatment of Trauma: Relational Dimensions of Healing

Christine Courtois, Ph.D., ABPP

Teaching Mindfulness & Compassion using Distance-Learning Approaches

Shamash Alidina

Saturday, March 1, 2014

9-10:30 a.m. Keynote
Radical Compassion

Richard Schwartz, Ph.D.

Director, Center for Self Leadership; Originator/Author, Internal Family Systems Therapy

10:45-12:15 p.m. Concurrent Presentations
To Cultivate or Release Compassion

Richard Schwartz, Ph.D.

Compassion and Social Interactions: Assessment & Future Directions

Daryl Cameron, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Social Psychology, University of Iowa

1:30-3 p.m. Concurrent Presentations
Healing Our Heart through Compassionate Witnessing

Richard Schwartz, Ph.D.

The Gifts of Suffering: Finding Insight, Compassion and Renewal

Polly Young-Eisendrath, Ph.D.

Psychologist, Jungian Analyst, Mindfulness Teacher

3:15-4:45 p.m. Concurrent Presentations
It’s All Parallel: How You Relate to Your Parts Dictates How You Relate to People

Richard Schwartz, Ph.D.

Unwelcome Change: Embracing the Lessons of Loss

Polly Young-Eisendrath, Ph.D.

Compassion & Callousness: Overcoming the Fear of Compassion

C. Daryl Cameron, Ph.D.