Perspectives se eks to provide space for participants to share experiences and build muscle s for listening\, understanding\, empathy and dialogue across viewpoints. F or this perspectives session\, we will be underpinning our discussion with a webinar from the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCF DD). The NCFDD is a resource available to all WUSTL community members\, and provides a broad depth and wide breadth of tools and reso urces to develop and grow as an academic. The webinar we will be discussing is entitled\, “Academic Life: What’s Mindfulness and Compassion Got to Do With It?” by Dr. Angela Black. The talk focuses on how mindfulness and compassion offer tools for academics to pause and reassess\, or how to center our minds and bodies as we navigate our lives.
The zoom meeting will start at 8am for individuals who would like to wa tch the webinar together. However since anyone can access the webinar with their WUSTL credentials\, our discussion will begin at 9am to allow for fol ks to participate who would like to watch the webinar during their own time . During the discussion\, we will explore topics discussed in the webinar a nd share techniques found in mindful and compassionate practice that work f or us.
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