We often hear we should provide "wellness" opportunities at our meetings and events. And we all likely know we should be taking better care of ourselves also. Dr. Kim kicks off this episode with this realization – self care is important. It's not selfish, but essential… And we should start there before providing the opportunities for our participants.
She provides all sorts of sensible tips and tactics we can all put to use, and we thought this was the perfect time to talk about it as we look towards a new year. Will it be a new you? The most important thing is to be realistic and to make incremental changes so we don't get overwhelmed.
"Byte-sized" tips from Dr. Kim in this helpful episode!
Our guest
Dr. Kim is a thought leader who has pioneered conference wellness since 2012. She helps meeting professionals who value their attendees' well-being and education by offering wellness and life coaching services that provide novel sponsorship and attendee engagement opportunities.
Dr. Kim is a certified Life/Health Coach, professional speaker and creator of Wellness Lounges and Coaching Clinics– for both virtual and in-person events. A health behavior scientist, she has a Ph.D. in Community Health from the University of Toronto where she was an adjunct professor and is a former National Cancer Institute of Canada postdoctoral fellow. She worked at renowned Toronto teaching hospitals, consulted to pharmaceutical companies and health organizations, and taught chronic disease exercise classes.
Outside of academia, Dr. Kim embodies wellness: yogi and yoga instructor, is what she calls a mindfulness maven (trained in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Mindful Self-Compassion) and ALSO a dance diva (salsa dancer). She's based in Washington DC and has 2 grown kids and a golden retriever puppy.
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