Here are slide shows from workshops at the intersection of psychology, neurology, and Buddhism. You can view them online or save them if you like. (If you need a free copy of Acrobat Reader, please download it here.)

The Self-Transforming Brain

• Neurodharma: Growing the Deepest Roots Of the Highest Happiness – Garrison Institute, October 2020
• Neurodharma: Science, Wisdom, and Highest Happiness – Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology, May 2020
• The Practical Neuroscience Of Lasting Happiness – Marin Academy, San Rafael, CA 2019
• Positive Neuroplasticity: The Mindful Cultivation Of Resilient Well-Being – Google, CA 2018
• Positive Neuroplasticity: The Mindful Cultivation Of Durable Inner Resources – Australian Meditation Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 2018
• Resilient Happiness: Hardwiring An Unshakable Core Of Strength, Love, and Inner Peace – Australian Meditation Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 2018
• Unshakable Core: Growing the Inner Strengths Of Resilient Well-Being – Educating Mindful Minds Conference, New York, NY, 2018
• Resilient Well-Being: Growing an Unshakable Core Of Inner Strength, Love, and Peace – Heart-Mind Conference, Langley, BC, 2018
• Green Zone Brain, Green Zone World: Two Keys for the Human Tribe in the 21st Century (English),  (Spanish) – Madrid, Spain, 2017
• Acquiring Mental Resources for a “Green Zone” Brain – Sounds True Neuroscience Online Summit, 2017
• Acquiring Mental Resources For Lasting Happiness – World Government Summit, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 2017
• Mindful Cultivation: Turning Passing States Into Beneficial Traits – APA, Denver, CO, 2016
• Neurobhavana: Cultivating the End of the Causes of Craving – Samye Ling Tibetan Centre, Eskdalemuir, Scotland, 2015
• Positive Neuroplasticity: Mindfulness, Cultivation, and the End of Craving – 3rd Annual Congress: Spaces of Thought and Action in Psychology, Graz, Austria, 2015 (English), (German)
• The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness – University of Virginia, Mindfulness Center, Charlottesville, VA 2015
• Brain Science And Psychotherapy: What’s the next Step? – Psychotherapy Networker Symposium, Washington, D.C., 2014
• Neurobhavana: Using Mindfulness to Weave Compassion into the Brain – The University of Freiburg, Germany 2013

Cultivating Inner Strengths

• Positive Neuroplasticity Certificate Course – Columbia, MD and Portland, OR, 2019
• Positive Neuroplasticity: How to Grow Resilient Self-Worth and Happiness – Esalen, Big Sur, CA, 2019
• The Unshakable Core: Growing Embodied Resilience In a Turbulent World – FACES Mindfulness, Compassion, and Wisdom, San Diego, CA, 2019
• How to Grow Resilient Well-Being In Your Brain and Your Life – Workforce Health Symposium, Kaiser Permanente, Santa Rosa, CA, 2018
• Positive Neuroplasticity Training: Turning Everyday Experiences into Lasting Inner Strengths – Esalen, Big Sur, CA, 2018
• Professional Course in Positive Neuroplasticity – Freiburg, Germany, 2018 (English), (German)
• Positive Neuroplasticity Training: Turning Everyday Experiences into Lasting Inner Strengths – Freiburg, Germany, 2018 (English), (German)
• The Science and Practice of Resilience – Greater Good Science Center, UC Berkeley, CA, 2018
• Mindful Cultivation: Developing Inner Resources for Resilient Well-Being – FACES Compassion and Wisdom conference, Seattle, Washington, 2018
• Positive Neuroplasticity: The Practical Brain Science of Building Lasting Psychological Resources (English), (Spanish) – Madrid, Spain, 2017
• Professional Course in Positive Neuroplasticity – Dublin, Ireland, 2017
• Positive Neuroplasticity Training: Turning Everyday Experiences into Lasting Inner Strengths – Dublin, Ireland, 2017
• Professional Course in Positive Neuroplasticity – Novato, California, 2016
• Positive Neuroplasticity Training: Turning Everyday Experiences into Lasting Inner Strengths – Novato, California, 2016
• Professional Course in Positive Neuroplasticity – Freiburg, Germany, 2016 (English), (German)
• Positive Neuroplasticity Training: Turning Everyday Experiences into Lasting Inner Strengths – Freiburg, Germany, 2016 (English), (German)
• Mindful Cultivation: Growing Happiness, Compassion, Resilience, and Other Inner Strengths – University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2016
• Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Lasting Inner Strength and Peace – Sounds True, Seattle, WA, 2016
• Positive Neuroplasticity Training – Openground, Australia and New Zealand, 2016
• Professional Course in Positive Neuroplasticity – Openground, Australia and New Zealand, 2016
• Happiness 2.0: Rethinking Mindfulness and the Science of Psychological Well-Being – UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 2015
• Taking in the Good: Building Inner Resources and Stronger Relationships – Greater Good Science Center, Berkeley, CA, 2015
• The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness – Greater Good Science Center, Berkeley, CA, 2014
• Positive Neuroplasticity and Human Potential – Sofia University, American Psychological Association Division 32 – Society for Humanistic Psychology. Palo Alto, CA, 2014
• Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Lasting Inner Strength and Peace – Greater Good Science Center, Berkeley, CA, 2013

Natural Happiness

• Managing the Caveman/Cavewoman Brain in the 21st Century – Bridging the Hearts and Minds of Youth Conference, UCSD Center for Mindfulness, San Diego, CA, 2012
• Natural Contentment & Brain Evolution – Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, Barre, MN, 2011

Steadying the Mind

• The Neurology of Awakening – Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Woodacre, CA 2019
• The Neurology of Awakening – Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Woodacre, CA 2018
• The Neurology of Awakening – Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Woodacre, CA, 2017
• Buddha’s Brain: Strengthening the Neural Foundations of Mindfulness and Compassion – Compassionate Wellbeing, Derby, UK, 2014
• Neural Factors of Mindfulness: Using Your Mind to Change your Brain for the Better – Frankfurter Ring, Frankfurt, Germany, 2014 (English), (German)
• Steadying the Mind – Australian Association of Buddhist Counsellors and Psychotherapists, Sydney, Australia, 2011

Dealing with Life’s Challenges

• Caring for a Wounded Brain – Spirit Rock Meditation Center (with James Baraz and Rick Mendius,) Woodacre, CA, 2007
• Grief Recovery, 2007

Inner Peace

• Resilient: Cultivating an Unshakable Core of Calm, Strength, and Happiness – Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Woodacre, CA, 201
• Resilient: Cultivating an Unshakable Core of Calm, Strength, and Happiness – Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Woodacre, CA, 2018
• Walking Evenly Over Uneven Ground: Using Positive Neuroplasticity to Cultivate Resilient Well-Being – True North Insight, Montreal, Canada, 2018
• Equanimity – Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Woodacre, CA, 2017
• Paper Tiger Paranoia – Psychotherapy Networker Symposium, Washington, D.C., 2011

Loving, Fulfilling Relationships

• Friendly and Fearless – Greater Good Science Center, UC Berkeley, CA, 2020
• The Neurodharma of Love – Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Woodacre, CA, 2019
• The Neurodharma of Love – Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Woodacre, CA, 2018
• The Strong Heart: Kindness, Assertiveness, and Resilient Relationships – 1440 Multiversity, Scotts Valley, CA, 2018
• Neurodharma of Love – Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Woodacre, CA, 2015
• Hardwiring Compassion: Helping Clients Heal Wounds of the Heart – FACES, San Diego, CA 2015
• Hardwiring Compassion: Strengthening the Neural Substrates of Love – FACES, San Diego, CA 2015
• Feeling Loved – Empathy and Compassion in Society Conference, San Francisco, CA, 2014
• The Loving Brain– Healing and Treating Trauma, Addictions and Related Disorders, Vancouver, Canada, 2011
• The Social Brain: The Neuropsychology of Empathy, Compassion, and Assertiveness – Reunion Institute, Dallas, TX, 2011

Relaxing the “Self”

• Opening into Allness – Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Woodacre, CA, 2019
• Opening into Allness – Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Woodacre, CA, 2018
• Opening into Allness: The Practical Neuroscience  Of Wholeness and Oneness Experiences – Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Woodacre, CA, 2017
• Not-Self in the Brain – Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Woodacre, CA, 2017
• Neurodharma: Buddhist Practice with the Brain in Mind – Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, Boston, MA, 2015
• Who Am I Really? Insights from Neuropsychology about Not Taking Life Personally – Tucson, AZ, 2011
• The Emptiness of “Self” in Buddhism and Neuropsychology – Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, Barre, MN, 2010
• Buddha’s Brain: Practical Steps toward Not-Self in Your Brain – Science and Nonduality Conference, 2009

Integrating Mental and Physical Interventions in the Brain

• Nutritional Neurochemistry – with Jan Hanson, Esalen, Big Sur, CA, 2015