Dr. MacCoon’s public talks integrate themes of psychology, neuroscience, mindfulness, sustainability, resilience, and community. His talks are entertaining, informative, and soulful, weaving together words, images, and his own music.
Video of talk given in Februrary, 2013 to UW-Madison Environmental Health, Making the Connections conference: “Saving Rumi: Connecting to Ourselves for Sustainable Well-being” (Available in 9, bite-size, bits)
Selected talks (some with resources):
- Strong: Resilient Emotion Regulation for One Planet Thriving (12/14/16), Meriter Hospitalist Group, Madison, WI
- Wild Wisdom: The Art of Showing Up (2015), Whole Me: Whole We Conference, UW-Health, Madison, WI
- Providence Health & Services, Portland, OR (November, 2013): (1) “Pause, Presence, Proceed” with Dr. David Rakel; (2) “Connecting to Ourselves as Health Professionals: Mindful Approaches to One Planet Thriving” pdf (see MacCoon, Wallace, & Newman, 2004, for details concerning model presented).
- UW-Madison Environmental Health, Making the Connections conference, Madison, WI (February, 2013): “Saving Rumi: Connecting to Ourselves for Sustainable Well-being (video)“
- The American Academy of Pain Management, Annual Conference in Orlando, FL (September, 2013): “The Mindful Clinician — How YOU Trump Pills:
Pause, Presence, Proceed”, 4-hour workshop co-facilitated with Dr. David Rakel - The Forum for Behavioral Science in Family Medicine, Annual Conference in Chicago, IL (September, 2012): “Pause, Presence, Proceed”, co-speaker plenary with Dr. David Rakel
- Mindfulness and Sustainable Well-being, Viroqua, WI (March, 2012)
- UW-Health Integrative Medicine Grand Rounds, Madison, WI (August, 2011)
- Aurora Health Workshop (August, 2010) co-facilitated with Katherine Bonus. Mindfulness resources for parents and children can be found at the Center for Healthy Minds.
- Rock Valley College (April, 2010) pdf
- Madison Bioneers (November, 2009) pdf
- Aurora Health Primary Care Conference (May, 2009) pdf
- Wisconsin Psychological Association, Madison, WI (April, 2009) pdf
- First Congregational Church, Western Springs, IL (April, 2009) pdf
- UW-Madison Business School (April, 2009) pdf
- Green Medicine Conference (2008): Mindfulness pdf; Sustainable Well-being pdf
Resources for non-healthcare professionals
- Parents and Children: Center for Healthy Minds (CHM)
- Free The Mind, a documentary on mindfulness in children through work done by CHM
- Healthy People, Healthy Planet
Resources for healthcare professionals
- Mindfulness
- Green Medicine
- MacCoon, Wallace, & Newman (2004): Contect Appropriate Balanced Attantion Theory