We offer monthly webinars on a variety of topics designed to help you take charge of your health and wellbeing. Webinars are free but registration is required.

To make disability-related accommodations, please contact the Bakken Center's community relations office ([email protected], 612-625-8164).

Upcoming Webinars

Wellbeing Series 2024 | The Impact of Trauma on Health and Wellbeing and How to Heal featuring Nadine Burke Harris, MD, MPH

Tuesday, October 1, 2024 • 12 to 1:30 p.m. Central

This webinar is approved by the National Board for Health & Wellness Coaching for 1.5 continuing education units (CEA-000431-1).

Award-winning physician, researcher, and public health leader Nadine Burke Harris is dedicated to serving vulnerable communities and combating the root causes of health disparities, which includes understanding the link between trauma and health outcomes. Research shows that early traumatic experiences can cause a prolonged stress response that ultimately leads to an increased risk of diseases, including heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. As California’s first-ever Surgeon General, Dr. Burke Harris helped guide the state’s COVID response by successfully launching a first-in-the-nation statewide effort to train over 20,000 primary care providers on how to screen for Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and respond with trauma-informed care. In this talk, she will  outline evidence-based practices you can adopt to regulate the biological stress response and improve health outcomes. Not only will you understand the impact of trauma on health and wellbeing, you will know how to heal.

Integrative Nursing Webinar | Leaning into the Darkness: Essential Concepts in the Provision of Trauma Responsive Care with Angela Lewis-Dmello, MSW, LICSW

Wednesday, October 30, 2024 • 12 to 1 p.m. Central

The content of the webinar is designed for nurses. Other health professionals are welcome.

Trauma Responsive Care (TRC) is a framework for care that is being used across health and human service settings to ensure positive care experiences for clients; reducing the frequency of client re-traumatization. Trauma Responsive Care requires not only an understanding of the basics of trauma, but also its effects on the human mind, body, and soul. TRC requires an ability to recognize the effects of traumatic experiences on clients and the prevalence of those effects in individuals seeking medical and mental health care. A thorough understanding of the constellation of symptoms and mental health presentations of traumatized clients as well as the neurobiology of trauma will be addressed.

Participants will learn to apply Judith Herman’s Tri-phasic trauma intervention model to assessment of clients with a variety of needs and duration of care. Participants will also learn to support clients who have difficulty making gains due to inability to regulate emotionally or physiologically as a result of their traumatic experiences, and to apply proactive strategies for provision of care which are attuned to the complex needs of traumatized clients.

Participants can earn 1.0 continuing nursing education contact hours.

Washington State University College of Nursing is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by Oregon Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

How to Move from Conflict to Convergence with Robert Fersh and Mariah Levison

Thursday, October 31, 2024 • 12 to 1 p.m. Central

The webinar will focus on a new book, "From Conflict to Convergence: Coming Together to Solve Tough Problems", by Mariah Levison and Robert Fersh. This story-driven book is based largely on the authors’ direct experience of more than two decades each working to address intractable issues of public concern at the national, state and local levels.

The webinar is intended to inspire and equip participants to become effective collaborative problem-solvers in their personal, professional, community, and public lives. A key focus of the webinar will be the mindsets that not only make us more likely to collaborate rather than clash over our disagreements, but also make us more successful in doing so. The webinar will also reinforce the value of preparing our own "inner selves" for success in collaborative problem-solving. This starts with finding ways to be as centered as possible, focused on listening well, and having the capacity not to be overly reactive to people and ideas we find disagreeable.

Bakken Center Mindfulness Programs Information Session

Tuesday, December 10, 2024 • 12 to 1 p.m. Central

This webinar led by Bakken Center Mindfulness and Wellbeing Instructor Mariann Johnson will provide an introduction to mindfulness meditation and will be particularly relevant to those new to the practice or simply curious about the possible benefits of a mindfulness practice. Participants will have an opportunity to practice a short mindfulness meditation, to share their experiences, and to ask questions. Examples will also be provided for practicing "everyday" mindfulness, at work and at home. The webinar will conclude with an overview of the Bakken Center's mindfulness resources and programming.