Mindfulness for the High Performance World

Basic Paradigms: Looking for Relief.- Challenges to Overcome- an Unexamined Life, Living an Image, and the Mind-Made World.- Understanding Impermanence.- Understanding Eastern Terms Using Western Concepts.- Dealing with Problems, Misery and Victimhood.- Learning the Essential Techniques of Mindfulness and Meditation Practice.- Moving toward Clarity with Sentinel Sites .- Living with a New Paradigm and Learning to Judge Effort and Not Outcome.

C. Norman Coleman, MD received his B.A. degree in mathematics summa cum laude from the University of Vermont and his M.D. from Yale University School of Medicine. He has worked in academia in the University of California, San Francisco, Stanford University, Harvard University and in the federal government at the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services. He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology and Radiation Oncology. His academic appoints include Assistant and Associate Professor (tenure) at Stanford University School of Medicine, Professor and Chairman of Radiation Oncology at Harvard Medical School, Associate Director and Senior Investigator at the National Cancer Institute and Senior Medical Advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response in the Department of Health and Human Services. His professional work includes laboratory and clinical cancer research, clinical careand program development including community service, national emergency response planning for nuclear disasters and international programs. He has over 300 scientific publications has written a book Understanding Cancer (Johns Hopkins University Press) for patients and families. He has taken meditation courses at the Vipassana Meditation Center in Massachusetts as taught by S. N. Goenka. He is an avid triathlete including Ironman triathlons and competing in the world championship races. He has received the Service to America Homeland Security Medal from the Partnership for Public Service, numerous fellowships in professional societies and recently a Doctor of Science degree honaris causia from his alma mater, the University of Vermont for career contributions to cancer research and care and public service. He is the recipient of the Ellen L Stovall Award for Innovation in Patient-Centered Cancer Care by the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship.  He is currently