Mindfulness, Compassion & Resiliency Intersecting Women in Science
Sun, May 12
|Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
Together with psychologist Barbara Hamm and the beauty of the Arnold Arboretum landscape, we will learn about the practice of mindfulness - the capacity to be fully present to ourselves and the world around us. Cost: $15 for Members & $25 for General Admission (free for participant's mother)
Time & Location
May 12, 2024, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, 125 Arborway, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130, USA
About the event
As women in STEM, we constantly seek to cultivate our resilience to reduce our daily stress, shatter stereotypes, stand up for our rights and gain more visibility. Improved resilience helps us to ground and create time for ourselves which in turn boosts our self-confidence. Our hike and workshop will not only bring like-minded individuals together but also help us learn mindfulness practices to improve our resilience.
Together, with the beauty of the evocative landscape of The Arnold Arboretum, we will learn about the practice of mindfulness — the capacity to be fully present to ourselves and the world around us — and then explore this quality of attention as we enter a contemplative relationship with both our inner and outer nature. We will discover how nature supports cultivating expanded states of joy, wonder, and a loving connection with oneself, others, and the larger web of life to improve our resilience.
Our leader will be Barbara Hamm, Psy.D., (bio below), consultant and psychotherapist with immense experience in trauma and mindfulness training.
No meditation experience is required, simply a willingness to stay curious, attentive, and open to being in a new way.
The event will be free for the mothers of the participants in honor of Mother’s Day.
Leader Bio
Barbara Hamm is a licensed clinical psychologist for over 30 years. Following graduation from Knox College in 1972, she joined an innovative early education and mental health initiative in Appalachia Georgia.
She received a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology while specializing in trauma psychology. She began as an intern and held a variety of additional roles, including Coordinator of both Group Services and Consultation Services, Co-Director of the Political Trauma Services Network, and eventually Director of the Program.
Recently retired from hospital-based work, she currently maintains a private practice in Cambridge, Massachusetts, as the director of Connect Associates, a consultation and training group; a trauma consultant to Transition House, a Cambridge-based Domestic Violence Service agency; an Affiliate of the Center for Mindfulness and Compassion; and on the Technical Advisory Board for the SEED Foundation, Kurdistan.
Registration Deadline: Friday, 10th May 2024, 5:30 PM EST