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Meet a Few of the Bakken Center's New Health Coaching Students

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Jenzi Silverman, MA, PhD, Teaches How Music Heals.

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Embodiment- it’s a word that gets used a lot these days But what does it mean and how
do you ‘get it’?

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As the health care landscape undergoes rapid changes, primary care is no exception to the trend. The future of health care is an exciting blend of traditional primary care and health coaching, a dynamic duo poised to make a lasting impact on patient wellbeing.

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Reimagine medicine through integrative health. That’s the powerful — and daunting — mission that the University of California-Irvine (UCI) set for itself a half-decade ago.

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The Bakken Center’s Tibetan Healing Initiative, previously led by Dr. Miriam “Mim” Cameron, is in transition to the capable hands of Dr. Tenzin Namdul.

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Writer, researcher, speaker. Professor, mentor, and “social worker to the core”: Mark Umbreit embodies all these roles and more. He does it with a warm, low-key demeanor that belies his international influence in the field he helped nurture.

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For 10 years, the Wellbeing Series has introduced fresh concepts and sown new ground in wellbeing through world-class speakers.

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A webinar series focused on Tibetan Medicine teaches people how to find joy through a healthy mind and body.

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Wellbeing has emerged as a top priority as individuals, organizations, and communities continue to navigate through these seismic shifts and experience increased levels of burnout, stress, and isolation.