Mindfulness

Stress Management Workshop

CMA's former CEO, Dr. Phil Cass, provides a complete stress management workshop. Dr. Cass is trained in pyschology and completed his doctoral work focused on stress and burnout. Because of his love and concern for physicians' well-being, he helped create and is the Co-Director of the Physicians Leadership Academy, an organization of the CMA.

Workshop Components

Relaxation Techniques

Self-in-Situation Roles

Stressor Management

Stress Management

Integrated Stress and Stressor Management

Relaxation and Meditation Exercises

Additional Mindfulness Resources

At the same time that the PLA's innovative program content is taught, fellows also learn the practice of mindfulness meditation.

The benefits of mindfulness meditation are many, but learning to be kind to yourself is at the core. The following are some resources that may help you begin or further develop your own mindfulness practice.

Mindful Breathing Lab videos with Roberto Benzo of the Mayo Clinic

Reflections and Guidance on the Cultivation of Mindfulness and its Moment-by-Moment Integration in Life Unfolding. (45 minute webinar by Jon Kabat-Zinn

A Simple Guide to Mindfulness Meditation

Mindfulness Meditation May Improve Decision Making

Mindfulness Resource Bank (Huffington Post)

All it takes is 10 mindful minutes (TED Talk video)