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Can we heal healthcare? Caring for doctors with evidence-based practice
Medical mindfulness conference A one‑day conference bringing doctors together to explore wellbeing, leadership, and evidence‑based mindfulness in healthcare in Brighton. Keynote speaker: Professor Gwen Adshead (BBC Reith Lecturer) Overview The event will explore how evidence‑based mindfulness and compassion can support doctors working under increasing pressure in healthcare systems. Hosted by the Sussex Mindfulness Centre, the programme brings together doctors, medical leaders, and educators to reflect on individual and systemic approaches to wellbeing. Keynote speaker Dr Gwen Adshead, forensic psychiatrist and former BBC Reith Lecturer, will share reflections from over 30 years of clinical practice, including her experience of Mindfulness Based…
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Foundations of mindfulness: Five-day retreat
This retreat will support a deepening of participants’ mindfulness practice using the framework of the four foundations of mindfulness (satipatthana) and the four Divine Abidings (brahma vihara).
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Rethinking vulnerability: The courageous dance of the heart
Zoe Shobbrook-Fisher writes about how reframing our perception of, and relationship with vulnerability can help us have more access to joy.
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Christine: My journey with mindfulness
Christine shares how an eight-week mindfulness course helped her take care of herself in the aftermath of her diagnosis and treatment for cancer in 2024.
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Mindful creative all-day retreat
A one-day mindfulness retreat, including meditation practices, creative expression and journaling, that will be held mostly in silence. Experience of creative expression is not necessary. Background to the day This day builds on the positive responses from offering a similar event last year. We realised from last year’s experience that there was a real hunger, both for connecting with our creativity and also for engaging with mindfulness and compassion practices in ways that keep us freshly discovering ourselves. We found last time that for some people, creative practices really deepened places inside that they could access in a way that…
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Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy: The evolving story
This masterclass will explore the story behind Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy, its research and practice, as well as dilemmas that practitioners may face today. What is covered? The day will chart the unfolding of the story of Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) research and practice, interweaving presentations with practice and dialogue. Participants will be supported to situate themselves within the evolving story and invited to inquire into the role we are all playing – how is our MBCT practice situated? What are the questions and dilemmas we are experiencing? Who is this for? This workshop is suitable for anyone involved…