Learning how to be Mindful with Heather Nielsen

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Heather has extensive experience specializing in training and education for patients and providers to integrate the mind-body-spirit with diabetes – something she knows firsthand, having lived with Type 1 diabetes since 1997. Currently she has helped to co-create Healthy Connections Hood River, a functional medicine practice, with her husband, Dr. Jeff Horacek, where she provides mental health counseling, health coaching, functional lifestyle education, and teaches classes and workshops both live and online.
Resources:
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Training

Self-Compassion - site includes mindfulness practices/recordings

Sam Tullman and the Diabetes Sangha: https://www.diabetessangha.com/

Dr Dan Siegel's Wheel of Awareness practice

Jack Kornfield's offerings

Tara Brach's offerings

True Refuge - great book about chronic illness/mindfulness

Urge Surfing - great practice for food cravings/other cravings that can sabotage our diabetes self care

eMindful for the Better Living with Diabetes course. Nothing on the calendar at this point in time.

Apps (free or low cost)

Insight TimerCalmHeadspace 10% Happier (Dan Harris) Waking Up (Sam Harris)