This spring, the UCSF/UCOP Faculty and Staff Assistance Program (FSAP) is once again offering its virtual Mindfulness-Based Self-Compassion Program — an eight-week workshop designed to help you develop more self-awareness through a heart-centered approach.

Open to all UCOP staff, this course will help you reduce anxiety and stress, boost your mental resilience and distress tolerance, help curb self-defeating thought patterns and increase your happiness and productivity.

Through the lens of self-compassion, you will:

• Gain greater self-acceptance, control over difficult emotions and self-soothing techniques to navigate moments of inner chaos
• Practice mindful self-compassion to help heal self-defeating patterns, such as self-criticism and blame
• Find pathways to allow the subtler qualities of self-compassion, including wisdom and inner stability, to emerge

Course sessions will incorporate sitting meditation, body awareness and mindful movement.

Prerequisite: Attend a March 17 info session

You must attend a pre-course information session to participate.

• Event: FSAP Virtual Mindfulness-Based Self-Compassion Course Info Session
• Date/Time: Tuesday, March 17, 12 – 1 p.m.
• Location: Zoom: https://ucsf.zoom.us/j/96697418287 (Passcode: 1234)

The course itself will take place on Tuesdays from 3 to 4 p.m. (PT): March 31, April 7, April 14, April 21, April 28, May 5, May 12 and May 19.

How mindfulness can help you

Visit the course website to read about the many research-proven benefits of practicing mindfulness, including:

• Greater self-compassion, empathy and positive psychological functioning
• Improvements in cognitive flexibility and emotional regulation, including developing adaptive responses to stressful or negative situations
• More relationship satisfaction, including stronger ability to communicate and connect with partners
• Reduced stress, anxiety and depression

Additional resources

If you’re unable to attend the course, FSAP Clinical Director Dr. Ana Dolatabadi has made several of her guided meditations available on Box. She also recommends the book “Living with Your Heart Wide Open: How Mindfulness and Compassion Can Free You from Unworthiness, Inadequacy and Shame,” by Steve Flowers MFT and Bob Stahl, Ph.D. Explore the book.

For questions about the course, contact fsapmindfulness@ucsf.edu. You can also download a course flyer.

UCOP staff can access on-demand classes and workshops through LinkedIn Learning. Visit the UCOP Work and Wellness collection, which includes courses vetted by our Learning and Development team. (Get started with LinkedIn Learning.)

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