Mindfulness helps us develop self-awareness, remain calm in conflict and develop opportunities for authentic communication. In this workshop, you’ll learn about an emerging mindfulness intervention that focuses on self-compassion practices. Learn what the research says about how self compassion builds resilience and emotional well-being and cultivates positive states of mind. The focus of the workshop will be on the science of Mindful Self Compassion and its relationship to mediating the body’s threat defense system along with mindfulness practices and tools designed to help you respond to difficult moments and stress in your life with kindness, care and understanding.
Objectives of the Workshop:
• Understand the benefits of self-compassion
• Improve your ability to stay present during difficult conversations
• Motivate yourself with kindness rather than criticism
• Handle difficult emotions with greater ease
• Cultivate positive states of mind like gratitude, kindness and compassion
No previous experience with mindfulness or meditation is required to attend.
Instructor
Jill Goldsmith, J.D., M.Div., is a mediator, neutral, trainer and coach, consulting with organizations and individuals to develop strategies for resolving difficult situations with clarity, trust and compassion. Jill works with groups, guiding them to foster partnership and collaboration for the teams to move forward productively. Jill is a trained teacher of Germer & Neff’s program, Mindful Self Compassion (MSC), Self Compassion for Health Care Communities (SCHC) (UC San Diego) and of Stanford’s Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT) program. Jill is also an ICF Certified Coach and an affiliated teacher with the Right Use of Power Institute. Jill has been a mediator since 1998, attending the University of Washington Mediation training (1998) and Pepperdine’s Mediating the Litigated Case (2025).
This workshop, like all Alano programming, is FREE and open to all.