March 26, 2021
Andrew Huberman, PhD, seeks to understand how the brain allows us to sense, evaluate and respond to the world around us. In this webinar, Dr. Huberman provides an overview of the biology of stress and ways to manage it. He’s developed and tested a number of stress- relieving techniques—involving both the breath and vision—and uses virtual reality to help humans control their stress in adaptive ways. He is also testing how people can access better sleep using stress-relief tools.
February 26, 2021
The ability to create strong relationships with others is crucial to living a full life and becoming more effective at work. Yet many of us find ourselves struggling to build solid personal and professional connections or unable to handle challenges that inevitably arise when we grow closer to others. In today’s workshop, David Bradford will discuss the book he co-authored with Carole Robin, CONNECT: Building Exceptional Relationships with Family, Friends, and Colleagues—a transformative guide to building more fulfilling relationships based on the Interpersonal Dynamics (“Touchy-Feely”) course at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business
January 15, 2021
Exposure to the many stressors of 2020 creates vulnerability to vicarious trauma and burnout in all of us. In this workshop, Ling Lam, Ph.D. will provide an overview of vicarious trauma and burnout as well as tools to assess and treat them. You will learn a variety of evidence-based resiliency skills to manage stress, confront the emotional demands of life in our present time, and prevent burnout.
November 10, 2020
The risk for severe illness from COVID-19 increases with age. Many who care for older loved ones seek guidance informed by both current health science and an understanding of the stresses associated with caregiving. In this talk, Dr. Mehrdad Ayati, an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Stanford University, shares latest findings and guidelines for guarding the physical and mental well-being of elders and those who care for them.
October 20, 2020
Pamela Johnson is a Life Leadership Coach, Enneagram Teacher, and consultant who demoed the Enneagram is a self-assessment tool that helps individuals understand how they conceptualize and navigate their inner and outer worlds. It serves as a map highlighting where one is and where one wants to go. Identifying one's Enneagram type can enable bringing more congruency to life.
July 31, 2020
Camilla Griffiths is an advanced doctoral researcher who studies the role of race in K-12 educational contexts talked about:
June 26, 2020
Karen Carrie is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist at the Faculty Staff Help Center and Vinutha Mohan is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist specializing in attachment trauma with a private practice in Palo Alto and Los Gatos.
January 22, 2020
Jack Komejan is a licensed clinical social worker with 35 years of experience in mental health settings as a clinician and manager.
November 18, 2019
Professor Robert Sutton is an organizational psychologist and professor of management science and engineering at Stanford. In this talk he speaks about:
October 23, 2019
Shaili Jain, MD, currently serves as the Medical Director for Integrated Care at the VA Palo Alto Healthcare System. In this talk she speaks about:
September 18, 2019
Susie DuBois is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist specializing in the treatment of Hoarding Disorder and collecting behaviors. In this talk she speaks about:
August 28, 2019
Rosan Gomperts is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and is the Director of the Faculty Staff Help Center. This interactive workshop offered participants ways to: