Past Events & Speaking Engagements

September 18, 2023 - Interviewed by Anita Nowak, PhD on Purposeful Empathy Podcast.

September 13-16, 2022 - Stanislaus County, CA Behavioral Health & Recovery Services Self-Compassion and LGBTQ+ program for clinicians and case managers. Closed event.

March 9, 2021 - Olotepesi Foundation (Kenya) Self-Compassion and Compassion program for females ages 15-20 (pregnant or new mothers.) Closed event.

April 9, 2021- MindSet Lab Interactive Workshop on “The Return to Sports After the Pandemic,” with Dr. Jennifer Fraser & Jamison Schulz-Franco @ Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

May & June 2019 - Imperial County Department of Behavioral Health Services, El Centro, CA

• 2-day training for Clinical Staff: "LGBTQ+ Clinical Strategies (Youth & Adults) + Self-Compassion & Compassion in Clinical Practice." (Closed event.)

• 2-day training for Case Managers: "LGBTQ+ Youth & Adults: Using Self-Compassion & Empathy in Case Management."(Closed event.) 

• 2-day Sensitivity Training for non-clinical staff in LGBTQ+ Youth and Adults "LGBTQ+ Youth & Adults + Self-Compassion and Empathy for Everyone -Everyday!"  (Closed event.)

June 14,  2019 - Mental Health Systems, Edina, MN

• 1-day training on "Self-Compassion and Compassion in Clinical Practice" (CEU's offered through MHS-DBT.)

Nov. 30, 2018 - LGBTQ Youth* Phoenix, AZ

Nov. 29, 2018 - LGBTQ Youth* Scottsdale, AZ

Sept. 26, 2018 - LGBTQ Youth* South Bend, IN 

Sept. 27, 2018 - LGBTQ Youth* Fort Wayne, IN 

Sept. 28, 2018 - LGBTQ Youth* Carmel, IN 

August 6, 2018 - LGBTQ Youth* Sterling Heights, MI

August 7,  2018 - LGBTQ Youth* Livonia, MI

August 8, 2018 - LGBTQ Youth* Ann Arbor, MI

Aug. 23 & 24, 2018 - Self-Compassion & Compassion in Clinical Practice MHS-DBT Minnesota 

July 11, 2018 - LGBTQ Youth* Roanoke, VA

July 12, 2018 - LGBTQ Youth* Richmond, VA

July 13, 2018 - LGBTQ Youth* Norfolk, VA

June 13, 2018- LGBTQ Youth*Sacramento, CA

June 14, 2018- LGBTQ Youth*Oakland, CA

June 15, 2018- LGBTQ Youth* Palo Alto, CA

May 2, 2018 - LGBTQ Youth* Palm Springs, CA

May 3, 2018 - LGBTQ Youth* Temecula, CA

May 4, 2018- LGBTQ Youth* San Diego, CA

May 16, 2018- LGBTQ Youth*Boise, ID

May 17, 2018- LGBTQ Youth*Salt Lake City, UT

May 18, 2018- LGBTQ Youth* Las Vegas, NV

April 4, 2018 - LGBTQ Youth* Douglas County School District, Parker, CO (Closed Event)

April 11, 2018 - LGBTQ Youth* Macon, GA

April 12, 2018 - LGBTQ Youth* Decatur, GA

April 13, 2018 - LGBTQ Youth* Marietta, GA

March 14, 2018 - LGBTQ Youth* Appleton, WI

March 15, 2018 - LGBTQ Youth* Madison, WI

March 16, 2018 - LGBTQ Youth* Milwaukee, WI

February 2, 2018 - Self-Compassion for Teens (14-18 years old) Closed Event DOHMH New York, NY

January 6, 2018 - Empathy Circle facilitation for parents, educators, & clinicians

January 9 & 10, 2018 Empathy Training (closed event) St. Johns Riverside Hospital HOPE Program, Yonkers, NY

January 24, 2018 - Self-Compassion for Teens Spokane, WA

January 25, 2018 - Self-Compassion for Teens Bellevue, WA

January 26, 2018 - Self-Compassion for Teens Tacoma, WA

February 2, 2018 - Self-Compassion for Teens (14-18 years old) Closed Event DOHMH New York, NY

December 11, 2017 - LGBTQ Youth Allentown, PA

December 12, 2017 - LGBTQ Youth King of Prussia, PA

December 13, 2017 - LGBTQ Youth Cherry Hill, NJ

November 9, 2017 - LGBTQ Youth* Pasadena, CA

November 10, 2017 - LGBTQ Youth* Anaheim, CA

November 16, 2017 - LGBTQ Youth* Sherman Oaks, CA

November 17, 2017 - LGBTQ Youth* Thousand Oaks, CA

October 29, 2017 - Mindful Parenting (ONLINE) Cohort A: 4:00pm PT- 6:00pm PT 

October 30, 2017 - Mindful Parenting (ONLINE) Cohort B: 9:00am PT - 11:00am PT

August 28, 2017 - LGBTQ Kids & Teens,* Eugene, OR

August 29, 2017 - LGBTQ Kids & Teens,* Portland, OR

July 19, 2017 - LGBTQ Kids & Teens,*Spokane, WA

July 20, 2017 - LGBTQ Kids & Teens,* Tacoma, WA

July 21, 2017 - LGBTQ Kids & Teens,*Seattle, WA

June 7, 2017 - Self-Compassion for Teens, Timonium, MD

June 8, 2017 - Self-Compassion for Teens, Ellicott City, MD

June 9, 2017 - Self-Compassion for Teens, Fairfax, VA

June 26, 2017 - LGBTQ Kids & Teens* Nanuet, NY

June 27, 2017 - LGBTQ Kids & Teens,*Plainview, NY 

June 28, 2017 - LGBTQ Kids & Teens,* Manhattan, NY

May 17, 2017 - Self Compassion for Teens, St. Cloud, MN

May 18, 2017 - Self-Compassion for Teens, Roseville, MN

May 19, 2017 - Self-Compassion for Teens, Bloomington, MN

April 20-22, 2017 - The Happy Family Talk, Professional Development, and Retreat Day, Cupertino Union School District, Cupertino, CA.

February 11, 2017 - Self-Compassion for Teens, Conference for Bridging the Hearts and Minds of Youth, co-sponsored by UCSD School of Medicine and UCSD Center for Mindfulness, in San Diego, CA.

October 21, 2016 - Self-Compassion for Teens, sponsored by PESI, in Palo Alto, CA

October 20, 2016 - Self-Compassion for Teens, sponsored by PESI, in Oakland/San Francisco, CA

October 18, 2016 - Self-Compassion for Teens, sponsored by PESI, in Sacramento, CA.

September 23, Self-Compassion for Teens, sponsored by PESI, Manhattan, NY for clinicians.

September 22 - Self-Compassion for Teens, sponsored by PESI, Plainview, NY for clinicians.

August 15, 2016 - Intro to Design Thinking & Empathy Circles, Providence High School, Burbank, CA (Closed Event) 

April 21, 2016 - Compassion Cultivation at the Center for the Pacific Asian Family, Los Angeles, CA (Closed event)

April 7, 2016 - Compassion Cultivation, the Center for the Pacific Asian Family, Los Angeles, CA (Closed event)

February 26, 2016 - Intro to Design Thinking - A Professional Development seminar at Brighton Hall School, Burbank, California

January 30, 2016 - Empathy Circles for Educators - A Professional Development seminar at Design Camp SD, in San Diego, California

2014 - “Compassion in Community" keynote speech for UAPAD's Maji Safi fundraiser event

2014-5 - The Connect Group School, a pilot program of EmpathicEducation for a CompassionateNation, Toluca Lake, California

2014 - Worldwide Empathy Toy Giveaway

2012 - TEDxStudioCityED, an independently organized TED event, at Bridges Academy, Studio City, California

2011 - "Complexities of Gifted Assessment" training seminar at Association for Educating Gifted Underachieving Students, annual conference in Hawaii