Self-care and Dealing with Burnout
This workshop addresses burnout and self-care in the context of cultural stress and change. Psychiatrist and writer Ravi Chandra defines and discusses burnout and provide tools to work with individual and institutional stress on the journeys of identity, belonging, wellness, and meaning.
Speaker Bio
Ravi Chandra, M.D. is a psychiatrist, writer, and compassion educator in San Francisco, and a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He writes for Psychology Today and East Wind eZine, where his longform essays are written “from his corner of the intersection of Black and Asian lives.” His debut documentary, The Bandaged Place: From AIDS to COVID and Racial Justice won Best Film at the 2021 Cannes Independent Film Festival, and is available to stream on Vimeo on-demand. (Use code “Awake” at checkout for a 20% discount). Facebuddha: Transcendence in the Age of Social Networks is his full-length nonfiction debut, and is the winner of the 2017 Nautilus Silver Book Award for Religion/Spirituality of Eastern Thought. He also teaches Mindful Self-Compassion and Compassion Cultivation Training Workshops through his non-profit organization SF Love Dojo. Information on his other books, workshops, films and performances is available at www.RaviChandraMD.com.
Dr. Ravi Chandra '89
Psychiatrist, Writer, and Compassion Educator
