UC Wellbeing Channel (Video)

Mindful self-compassion has been widely researched in recent years and found effective in a wide variety of mental health and wellbeing variables. Dr. Christiane Wolf with InsightLA offers a short 3-step self-compassion practice to help you recover more quickly from stress. Simply treat yourself the way you would treat a dear friend! Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 37748]

The COVID-19 pandemic has put all of us in crisis mode. So how can you manage feelings of anxiety and stress? Esme Shaller, Ph.D., associate professor of psychiatry at UC San Francisco, teaches four simple crisis survival skills called TIPP: temperature, intense exercise, paced breathing, and progressive muscle relaxation. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 37745]

Regular practice of mindfulness meditations has been widely researched and has been shown to reduce symptoms like anxiety, depression and stress and increase quality of life and overall well-being. Walk through a simple breathing exercise with Dr. Christiane Wolf, Mindfulness and Insight Meditation Teacher at InsightLA. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 37746]

Breathing techniques can help us relax and reduce stress and anxiety. Simply slowing our breathing rate can reduce arousal in our autonomic nervous system. Elissa Epel, Ph.D., psychiatry professor at UC San Francisco, demonstrates a simple three-part breathing technique that can help with stress and sleep. Try this four times in a row each day. It can be done upon waking, during a break, or before bed (or during insomnia!). Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 37747]

Pain is on the rise in adults. Heidi Reetz, MD, examines recent pain studies and what their impact are on the prevalence and trajectories of pain in the US. She shares how the principles of integrative medicine can be applied to pain management. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 37516]

Mushrooms play a crucial role in our natural ecosystem, they have been used medicinally by indigenous cultures for centuries, their nutritional value and hearty fiber make them an excellent meat substitute for chefs, and the mainstream medical community is evaluating psilocybin benefits in combating PTSD, anxiety, addiction, and other conditions. Michelle Ciccarelli Lerach hosts spiritual healer Matthew Alvarado, Mindful Mushrooms owner Ivo Fedak, CEO of M2 Ingredients Jan Hall, Mark Kalia, MD, Gordon Saxe, MD, PhD UCSD, environmental scientist Danielle Stevenson, and co-owner and chef at The Plot and Wrench & Rodent Seabasstropub Davin Waite for a discussion on the amazing impacts of mushrooms. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Agriculture] [Show ID: 37279]

Creating mandalas is seen as an act of meditation that is a therapeutic modality with the potential to contribute to wellness and self care. Dr. Sudha Prathikanti, Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at UCSF, combines the best-proven conventional psychiatric treatments with the best-proven remedies from ancient wisdom traditions such mandalas. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 37152]

Eve Ekman is a contemplative social scientist and teacher in the field of emotional awareness and burnout prevention. She discusses how to develop emotion awareness and enact compassion. She also addresses the issue of burnout and things to do to manage emotions and their power. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 36875]

Dave Berger, somatic psychotherapist, physical therapist and bodyworker, provides practical suggestions for managing stress and anxiety. When stress and anxiety run high, nurturing your body-brain and mind is more important than ever. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 36874]

Dr. Stuart Eisendrath, UCSF Professor Emeritus in Psychiatry, explores the psychology behind both anxiety and depression as well as how mindfulness can help to tackle these issues. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Humanities] [Show ID: 36943]

Jon Kabat-Zinn is the founder of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program, which teaches participants how to navigate and integrate the challenges and adventures of everyday life. Here he discusses the act of mindfulness in daily life and the medicinal quality of meditation. Series: "Integrative Medicine Today" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 36269]

Meditation practices have been adapted to treat mental and physical health conditions. It is not a cure-all, and different people respond in different ways. Helen Weng, UCSF Psychiatry, explores how we understand these processes and measure them from internal practice to external change. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 35929]

As an agricultural crop, hemp is the strongest natural fiber in the world and can produce crucial resources such as food, rope, clothing, paper, and housing material. The U.S. sales value of hemp-based products is more than $600 million annually and growing. A panel of experts discusses the increasing use of hemp and cannabis in their various forms, including potential benefits and drawbacks, as well as the differences between hemp, THC, and CBD, and their uses both medicinally and recreationally. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Agriculture] [Show ID: 35099]

Michele Atlan has been a breast cancer survivor since 2013 and serves as the vice-president of the Breast Cancer Care & Research Fund (BCCRF) in Los Angeles. She presents her bold idea at the Global Challenge to Prevent Breast Cancer -- Imagine being able to repurpose an inexpensive and abundant natural ingredient to prevent breast cancer, while also enhancing skin health. Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 34864]

Selena Chan, DO, takes you through a brief history of treating mental health from the stone age to today. She then looks at psychiatry today and how we are at a time when behavioral medicine is uniquely situated to bridge biomedicine and an array of healing modalities. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 34526]

We have come so far in understanding the brain, yet we are often perplexed by our emotions. Geronima Cortese gives an brief history of herbalism and how it is practiced today. She explores the herbal approach from diagnosis to treatment. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 34525]

David Lukoff, PhD, explores transpersonal psychology, the study of human growth and development from a perspective of spirituality and the inner soul. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 34524]

Dr. James Duffy, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UCSF, explores classical Daoist Chinese medicine. This traditional knowledge spans centuries and is a highly sophisticated system that offers an alternative for health care needs. Duffy is an integrative psychiatrist interested in integrative approaches to mental healthcare that includes evidence-based and whole-system (i.e. classical Chinese medicine) approaches. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 34523]

MDMA is known for increasing feelings of trust and compassion towards others, which could make an ideal adjunct to psychotherapy for PTSD. Dr. Sylver Quevedo, Physician of Nephrology, Integrative, Family, and Internal Medicine at UCSF, explores whether MDMA-assisted psychotherapy can help heal the psychological and emotional damage caused by trauma. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 34522]

In modern-day culture, often divested from elements of a balanced life, emotional wellness can be elusive. Dr. Sudha Prathikanti explores integrative psychiatry, a healing approach that uses both conventional and complementary/alternative medicine to understand and treat psychiatric conditions. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 34521]