Dr. Teri Pipe shared information about how mindfulness can help us manage stress, strengthen focus, calm the mind, and more. Some of the topics covered included:

• The impact of stress on the body’s systems.
• A description of what mindfulness is and can do to mitigate our autonomic responses to stress.
• The science of mindfulness.
• Benefits of mindful practices.
• Characteristics of flourishing and how to bring these to your mindfulness practice.
• References for additional information.

Dr. Pipe led us in several mindfulness activities that can be used in everyday life. These are outlined in the attached slides.

Additional references mentioned during the session included:

Full Catastrophe Living by Jon Kabat-Zinn

https://centerhealthyminds.org

Our speaker, Teri Pipe, Ph.D., RN serves as the Richard E. Sinaiko Professor in Health Care Leadership at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing and core faculty in the UW-Madison Center for Healthy Minds. Dr. Pipe is Dean Emerita of the Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University, where she served as Dean from 2011-2018 and as University- wide Chief Well-Being Officer from 2017-2021, and tenured Professor from 2001-2023. She was the Founding Director of ASU's Center for Mindfulness, Compassion and Resilience. Prior to ASU, Dr. Pipe served as Mayo Clinic Arizona's Director of Nursing Research and Innovation. Dr. Pipe was selected as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Leader and is a Distinguished Fellow in the National Academies of Practice.