Practicing Compassion for Resilience and Mental Wellness Report
Audience Feedback on Nov 6, 2024
Attendee Responses
67
100% found this session valuable
98% would hear this speaker again
Attendees found this session
Relevant
97%
Inspiring
95%
Engaging
95%
Interactive
94%
Summary: Life-Changing Talk on Self-Compassion Moves Mental Health Professionals to Tears
Dr. Adia Gooden delivered a powerful and transformative session on self-compassion and mindfulness that deeply resonated with attendees. Her memorable quote, "If we are going to center humans and center health, then we need to center compassion," set the tone for a trauma-informed, safe space that left participants feeling empowered and renewed. The presentation provided practical tools for managing stress and building resilience, with many participants expressing immediate benefits from the guided meditation and mindfulness exercises. The session proved especially timely and valuable, offering concrete strategies that attendees could implement both professionally and personally.
Presentation Outcomes Achieved:
Practice daily self-compassion to build resilience and mental wellness
Create safe spaces for mindfulness and emotional awareness in professional settings
How attendees describe this talk
Session was very necessary for the current events and/or state of the country today. I found myself unable to sleep and struggling through a headache today, the meditation allowed me a few minutes to pause and care for myself.
A great reminder of some simple but very powerful practices that can shape how we see ourselves and each other.
Wonderful! I’m thinking of making signs or cards of your phrases to use in my division….to give out to my staff members when the phrase is appropriate. Or use the signs when we are having a difficult conversation as a team in a meeting for staff to hold up.
It’s imperative for every single individual to have the knowledge of, to be aware of, and most importantly to practice at least one time per day, if not multiple times throughout the day. It’s imformative, as well as beneficial
It was helpful to build resilience and mental wellness. It was timely with the election and big emotions surrounding it. It was useful to me and I will definitely use it in the future. Probably later today as well.
Fantastic and easy way to treat ourselves in a kind manner….as a mental health professional it’s what I teach and preach, yet sitting on the other side it brought me to tears….fantastic work. Thank you.
Extremely valuable presentation on managing burnout and self-awareness regarding mental health. I always enjoy presentations that give participants direct tools they can utilize in everyday practice.
Dr. Adia shared about the importance of compassion for both ourselves and our community. My favorite quote, “If we are going to center humans and center health, then we need to center compassion.”
It promoted a lot of self-reflection that I plan to take forward and use throughout my work and personal life. It was also very peaceful
Feedback for Dr. Adia and the event
Thank you so much for speaking up about the election results. My energy was so low and your presentation was so needed.
Accepting and affirming are very hard for me - I appreciate the time to pause and put this into practice in real time.
This was a great presentation on being mindful and practices to manage stress and the outside world.
Grateful for her inspiration to a group of people doing hard work
I really enjoyed this session especially during this time.
Great presentation! Thank you!
Wonderful session and speaker
Really appreciate your work.
She did an amazing job!