Finding Peace in a Frantic World

An accessible adaptation of MBCT designed for beginners seeking practical mindfulness tools to navigate life's challenges with more ease and clarity.

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Finding Peace in a Frantic World

An accessible adaptation of MBCT designed for beginners seeking practical mindfulness tools to navigate life's challenges with more ease and clarity.

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Does it feel like so much of life is defined by busyness, anxiety, stress and exhaustion? It doesn't have to be this way.

Reconnect with what nourishes you. 

Mindfulness is an innate human capacity to be fully present, aware of what we’re doing, where we are, who we’re with, and what we are experiencing. Being mindful of our experiences in this way can support us to approach what is going on around us with greater interest, kindness, clarity and creativity — without becoming overly reactive or overwhelmed.

Experience joy in your daily life.

Finding Peace in a Frantic World is an 8-week introductory course. It is an abridged adaptation of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) and designed as an accessible and practical alternative, especially for beginners and those with busy lives and limited time.

Program Snapshot

This course was developed by the Oxford Mindfulness Centre and based on the best selling book, Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Finding Peace in a Frantic World by Mark Williams and Danny Penman.

8 Weeks

January 23 - March 13, 2025

Thursdays, 12:00pm-1:00pm ET

Online

1-hour session per week

& 10-15 minutes of home practice per day

$ 449

Tuition

Deadline: January 19

What You'll Learn

Through guided mindfulness practices, didactic presentation, group dialogue and tailored instruction, you will learn the essential principles of mindfulness and techniques to build your practice.

  • A variety of formal and informal mindfulness practices that can be easily integrated in one’s personal and work life
  • Understanding the physiology of stress and how to manage stressful situations more effectively
  • Recognizing unhelpful patterns such as worry, self-sabotage and self-criticism that often generate more stress; and how we can relate to ourselves, others and situations with a more accepting and useful stance
  • Skills to self-regulate attention and emotions in ways that allow one to pause and respond with greater clarity, skill and creativity
  • How to have more engaged, mindful communication, connections and relationships
  • Developing practical self-care tools to foster the capacity to thrive, perform at one’s best and build resilience

Upcoming Schedule

SessionDateTime (ET)
1. Waking up to Autopilot: How to Not Miss the Moments of Your LifeJanuary 2312:00-1:00pm
2. Keeping the Body in Mind: "Doing" Mode and "Being" ModeJanuary 3012:00-1:00pm
3. The Mouse in the Maze: Weaving Mindfulness in Daily LifeFebruary 612:00-1:00pm
4. Moving Beyond the Rumor Mill: Thoughts, Thoughts and More Thoughts!February 1312:00-1:00pm
5. Turning Towards Difficulty: It’s the Only Way ThroughFebruary 2012:00-1:00pm
6. Trapped in the Past or Living in the Present?February 2712:00-1:00pm
7. When Did You Stop Dancing?: Rebalancing Daily Life with what Nourishes YouMarch 612:00-1:00pm
8. Your Wild and Precious Life: Intentions for Moving Forward with Greater Joy and EaseMarch 1312:00-1:00pm

Investing as little as 10 minutes a day can open possibilities for reclaiming your attention and experiencing more ease and joy in your life.

Patricia Holland, MS, CRC MBCT Instructor, Assistant Director for MBCT Teaching and Workplace Professional Training
 
Patti Holland

Continuing Education Units: In addition to receiving a certificate of completion, participants may be eligible to receive Continuing Education Units (CEUs)* for participation in our mindfulness programming. To determine if and how the continuing education hours obtained in our courses apply to professional certification, licensing, or required training, please check directly with your training department or licensing authority and review their documentation requirements.

Students are responsible for verifying if this course qualifies for their organization's tuition reimbursement program (if applicable) or towards professional certification requirements. Brown is not able to provide documentation beyond the Certificate of Completion and course materials that are provided as part of the course.

* Note that CEU redemption varies by credentialing body, for the exact number of CEUs, please visit the website of your specific license, certification, or exam.

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