Are you tired of the endless dieting-cycles and body loathing? Do you analyze every food decision? Have you stopped trusting yourself around food? Diets are not only a low ROI endeavor, they can cause long term harm, “eat up” our energy, and keep us from living our best lives yet. Discover an alternative to the …
Discover how to build community and connection through engaging in a self-reflective creative process. In this 3-session online class, we will explore ways of making art for joy and self-care. Our three projects will be linked by a progressive process of warming up, using elements of what we already have, and approaching “art” as “arranging” …
High achieving professionals notoriously struggle with self-critical thoughts that often lead to minimizing self-care and feeling guilt when not being “productive.” Yet self-care is not self-indulgence. This investment in your well-being is critical so you can bring your best for your career, your important relationships, and yourself. In this online course, we will redefine productivity …
With the many demands we often have on our time and energy, work-life conflict is unavoidable. When we make work and life decisions that are reflective of our values and priorities, the impact on our physical, emotional and mental health can be transformative and positively influence our careers. In this four-session online workshop, you will …
For millennia, people have found refuge and resilience by practicing contemplative meditation in nature. This transformative combination supports joy, peace, a sense of belonging, wisdom, nourishment, and stewardship of personal and planetary well-being. In this three-session in-person class series on the Stanford campus, you will be guided to live intimately in openhearted relationship with the …
Do you put up with nagging tension or discomfort while working? Even minor tension, if ignored, can contribute to repetitive strain injury or neck and shoulder pain. The way you use your workstation can make all the difference. In this online class, you will learn to recognize some common bad habits and gain insights into …
Homeostasis describes how the human body regulates fluid, nutrients, and temperature balance. American diet culture tells us that “clean eating,” fasting, and cleansing are the best ways to find balance. These messages lead to confusion and sometimes anxiety over not doing the right thing. Join this four-week online class series to learn and practice sound …
We constantly hear about the importance of interpersonal skills, calling on us to be “compassionate, flexible, resilient, communicative,” to name a few. These sound great, but how do we actually put those skills into practice to collaborate and connect more effectively, and what does that look and feel like in our work and in our …
Join us for a free exploration of the intersection of art and nature on Stanford Campus. During the session, we will visit each of the five human-scaled sculptures of The Lost Bird Project, which memorialize species that have gone extinct in modern times. These pieces by artist Todd McGrain were originally placed where the birds …
Co-Sponsored by the Stanford CIO Council Neurodiversity in IT Program Neurodiversity is the range of common differences in thinking and behavior which we now understand to be normal variations in humans. This includes conditions such as autism, dyslexia, ADHD, and others. Neurodiverse variations have played a central role in the development of human society, yet …