With the 2024 General Election behind us, join certified mindfulness teacher Katie Bucklen, M.D. to begin or strengthen your mindfulness practice as we move into the post-election transition period. All are welcome. Lunch will be served at 11:30 a.m.
About our speaker:
Katie Bucklen is a retired pediatrician who served as faculty in the Department of Pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine as a hospital-based pediatrician often caring for children facing the uncertainty of serious illness. It was through caring for this vulnerable population that she became interested in mindfulness as a means of both providing improved communication and care, but also in hopes of alleviating suffering for families, patients and fellow care providers.
While at WashU, it was her privilege to learn, practice, and teach mindfulness principles and meditation to patients and their families, as well as to fellow providers and medical trainees. She has practiced mindfulness and meditation since 2017, studied Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), and is a certified teacher of MIEA Mindfulness; a program specifically for emerging adults (aged 19-29), currently teaching mindfulness through the Center for Mindfulness and CBT in St. Louis, and at Saint Louis University.
Dr. Bucklen’s interests include the science behind the benefits of mindfulness such as stress reduction, resiliency, and improved communication in healthcare particularly for emerging adults. She practices meditation and mindfulness regularly and remains an avid student of all aspects of mindfulness – from the neurologic basis of its benefits to the ancient teachings that inform the practice.
She is a member of the Mindfulness Science and Practice Cluster at WashU and grateful for the opportunity to participate in its outstanding programs that bring mindfulness to the WashU community.