Pharmacyforward

Cynthia Knapp Dlugosz, BSPharm, NBC-HWC - Solopreneur and Owner of Being in Balance Coaching and Artemis Health Care Communications - and Elizabeth Buckley, PharmD, CDCES - Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Concordia University Wisconsin — talk to us about threats to our well-being and self-care practices. Key Lessons: We are surrounded by stressors that adversely impact our sense of well-being. The ubiquitous use of technology has increased the demands on our attention. The pillars of well-being based on research from the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are: Awareness, Connection, Insight, and Purpose. Much of our dissatisfaction and psychological suffering stems from our desire to push away or change the unpleasantness in our lives. Mindfulness is a state of being where we are attentive in the present moment with receptivity, non-judgment, and compassion with what arises. Meditation and yoga are practices that cultivate our ability to be mindful - our ability