Mindfulness Training for Living Well Winter 2023

Mindfulness Training for Living Well (MTLW)

Find compassion for living well during times of stress or chronic illness

Open to everyone, no previous mindfulness experience is necessary.

Mindfulness Training for Living Well is an 8-week course developed by CMC that offers evidence-based skills for behavior change and learning how to live well in the context of stress, including chronic illness. This course serves as a prerequisite for the Mindfulness Training for Primary Care Professional Development Course.

This course, hosted live online, will involve formal and “on-the-go” mindfulness and compassion practices, skill-building for noticing and supporting actions in daily life that help you figure out what living well means for you. This course offers a chance to develop a deeper connection with other participants in the course who are also working on living well during challenging times.

You may wish to take this course if you are looking for support in finding and maintaining healthy and joyful behaviors, living well with chronic illness, managing stress, strengthening your mindfulness practice, making a change that you’ve always wanted to make, and being connected to a supportive and kind community.

We will try to be creative and playful in using Zoom to connect with one another each week. Each session will be experiential, involving group time with video on and individual practice time with a choice for video off to support less screen time, more flexibility and comfort during the session together. We ask that you make a commitment to be present during the full 2 hours on most or all of the weeks so that your presence can be part of a consistent practice and community “container” for yourself and others. We look forward to our journey in living well together!

Course Overview

Session 1: Discovering Mindfulness & Autopilot 

Session 2: Perception, Interpretation, and Re-Discovering Beginner’s Mind

Session 3: Finding Freedom Through Feeling Tone

Session 4: Allowing What Is: Staying Present Through Pain And Stress

Session 5: Kindness and Coping

Retreat: Deepening Practice, Savoring What’s Here

Session 6: Accessing Core Values: Choice, Aspiration, and Change

Session 7: Living Well Through Wise Action

Session 8: Connection, Communication, and Community

Participant Testimonials

"This course has felt so relevant and revelatory."

"It’s really helped me change my relationship with myself and my experiences, which in turn impacts my relationship with others."

Discounts and Scholarships

From the generosity of our community, a limited number of scholarships and discounts are available. Please fill out the scholarship application form or contact us first for a discount code before registering.

Need-Based Scholarships - please fill out the scholarship application here: chacmc.org/scholarship.

Friends/family $100 off discount - contact cmc@challiance.org to learn more.

50% Discounts available for CHA Staff and Patients not enrolled in the CHAMindWell program - contact us at cmc@challiance.org to learn more.

Full scholarships for eligible CHA staff and patients enrolled in the CHAMindWell program.

A limited number of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) Discount Scholarships are available at a reduced rate of $100 (This is $550 off the regular rate of $650). Complete the application at chacmc.org/bipoc-scholarship before registering. We will get back to you about the status of your scholarship request.

Refund Policy

Full refund will be issued, minus $100 processing fee, for cancellation made up to two weeks before the start date of the training or course. A 50% refund will be issued for cancellation in the period between two weeks and two working days before the start of the training or course. No refund is available if cancellation is within 2 working days before the start of the course or training or once program training materials are received.ing for Living Well (MTLW).

Continuing Education

The Cambridge Health Alliance, Psychiatry Continuing Education Division, is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Cambridge Health Alliance, Psychiatry Continuing Education Division, maintains responsibility for this program and its content. This course offers a total of 16 continuing education credits.

Application for social work continuing education credits has been submitted. Please contact us at cme@chaliance.org for the status of social work CE accreditation. The Cambridge Health Alliance, Psychiatry Continuing Education Divison, has been approved by the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) as an approved Contiinuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5444. This program meets the requirementsfor 16 continuing education hours. CHA is solely responsible for all aspects of the program. This offering is also applicable for Commonwealth of Massachusetts Counseling/Allied Mental Health accreditation and PDP Educator accreditation for a total of 16 credits.