Embracing Wellness Conference

WHEN

April 13, 2024 @ 10 AM - 2:15PM

WHERE

University City Library 6701 Delmar Blvd

Research shows that people can extend their lives and increase their health span by adopting practices in the domains of exercise/nutrition/self-care and meditation.

The purpose of this FREE conference is to discuss these wellness issues.

What can you expect? There is a great deal of content that discusses wellness topics. So much that it is difficult to know where to start and what to believe. In this conference, speakers will cut through the clutter and provide practical and understandable insights.

Speakers are experts in their fields
You will save time by getting the most relevant information on these topics and
You will be able to interact and share ideas with like-minded people

About the Conference

Speakers / Topics

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Patrick Aguilar

Deciding What Matters

Talk: We have seemingly endless options for how to live our lives. This interactive session is a time to discuss and reflect on experiences, explore values, and share insights. While our values will differ, the conversation will help us think more deeply about the lives we want to live.

Bio: Patrick Aguilar is a pulmonologist, healthcare leader, and educator who currently works as Chief of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine at Endeavor Health-NorthShore Hospitals in Chicagoland. Long fascinated by human thought and behavior, he devotes his academic efforts towards speaking with individuals and groups interested in building psychological flexibility to enhance their performance on teams.

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Elizabeth Irwin

Implementing values into day-to-day life

Talk: We discuss practical insights and approaches to help implement our values and priorities into our day-to-day life.

Bio: Certified in EMDR and trained in a variety of therapeutic modalities. Received her Masters of Education in Counseling from the University of Missouri-St. Louis and has years of experience in helping people in value alignment.

Chris Schneider

Living an intentional life

Talk: We discuss how the mind body relationship impacts our sensitivity to change. We focus on concrete steps that can increase the likelihood of creating intentional and durable change.

Bio: Therapist and Clinical innovator at Integrative Mind Institute. Adjunct Professor at SLU Department of Psychiatry and Neurology.

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Armando Gomes

Living an intentional life

Talk: We discuss how the mind body relationship impacts our sensitivity to change. We focus on concrete steps that can increase the likelihood of creating intentional and durable change.

Bio: PhD is a finance professor at Washington University in St Louis (WashU). He enjoys being active and going on outdoor adventures such as hiking, backpacking, camping, biking, and kayaking, embracing all the amazing things nature offers.

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Schedule

Library hours 9 AM to 5 PM*

START	END	TOPICS/BREAKS
9:45	10:00	Settle in
10:00	11:30	Session #1: Values: Deciding what matters and Implementing in our day-to-day lives
11:30	12:30	Lunch
12:30	2:00	Session #2 Stress and Mindfulness
2:00	2:15	Wrap-Up

Sponsor

Medallion Adventure Club

MAC is a non-profit learning organization. We help members increase wellbeing with active outdoor exploration, life-time learning, like-minded community, and healthy habit development. It is a whole-person perspective built on the proposition that adventuring happens one step at a time and is most appreciated when done with other like-minded people.

Testimonials

My wife and I were instructed and inspired by the 2023 Embracing Wellness conference
and in addition, met a few new friends along the way.

Nick Pavlovits