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I thought it might be helpful to post a schedule of the remaining speakers. I'm looking forward the most to Daniel Goleman (Day 24), Saki Santorelli (Day 29), and of course Jon Kabat-Zinn (Day 31).

Dan Goleman wrote Emotional Intelligence, introducing a term which, thanks to him, has become commonplace. His new book is about focusing, and it looks like the majority of his time will be spent discussing that. However, I'd love to see the books that made him famous, about emotional intelligence, discussed more in TMS circles. If I remember correctly, to Goleman, emotional intelligence was largely about being able to be aware of our emotions and also being able to manage them mindfully. The psychologists closest to Dr. Sarno often talk about alexithymia, which simply means a complete absence of the ability to be aware of one's emotions. In this sense, if emotional intelligence is about emotional awareness, then perhaps emotional intelligence and TMS theory have something in common.

Saki Santorelli and Jon Kabat-Zinn were two of the people who did the pioneering research at the University of Massachusetts that began to demonstrate the powerful effects of mindfulness meditation to a Western audience. As a result of their courageous work, there are literally now thousands of scientific articles about the benefits of mindfulness meditation. They are the pioneers of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) and John Kabat-Zinn is the author of Full Catastrophe Living a book that Matthew, in this thread, highly recommends. As a side note, Dr. Shubiner spent time studying with both Saki Santorelli and Jon Kabat-Zinn at the University of Massachusetts. My understanding is that that is where he became a meditation instructor himself.

DAY 21 Timothea Goddard: The Insights & Realisations That Develop Through Mindfulness + Eva Papodopoulo leads a loving kindness meditation

DAY 22 Mirabai Bush: Mindfulness In Business (Submit Questions for Day 30 Today)

DAY 23 Dr. Kristen Race: Mindful Parenting

DAY 24 Dan Goleman: Why Focus Is The Hidden Driver Of Excellence

DAY 25 Professor Katherine Weare – Teaching Mindfulness To Children + Hannah Perkins lead a mindfulness practice.

DAY 26 Michael Chaskalson: Mindfulness For Peak Performance

DAY 27 Richard Burnett: How to create a mindful school

DAY 28 Dr Danny Penman: Mindfulness For Creativity

DAY 29 Dr. Judson Brewer: Mindfulness For Addiction + Saki Santorelli guides an in depth mindfulness practice.

DAY 30 Question & Answer Day 2

DAY 31 Jon Kabat-Zinn: LIVESTREAM October 31st 5:00 PM EDT/ 2:00 PM PDT/ 8:00 AM 1st November AEDT