Session Overview

This workshop will explore factors influencing individual and societal anger, and the role implicit bias. Myriad issues including physical pain in the body, the political climate & political dispiritedness, workplace anxiety/emotional dysregulation, and even changes in communication patterns have influenced individual levels of emotional well-being. This workshop will include evidence-based research focused on techniques shown to influence individual emotional well-being/happiness. Workshop participants will: 1) explore how to identify and pursue their Ikigai (life purpose); 2) explore implicit bias and research-based practices shown to influence emotional well-being; 3) discuss techniques shown to naturally stimulate our happiness hormones (dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin, and endorphins); and 4) discuss the influence of trapped emotions and how to release them to enhance emotional/mental health/happiness. Workshop participants will engage in a variety of techniques and activities designed to raise dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin, and endorphin levels, while also learning how to sustain emotional well-being/happiness long term.

Presenters:

Janet M. Joiner

Janet M. Joiner has over 35 years professional experience in higher education. She currently serves as Associate Professor and BSW Program Director in the Department of Social Work at the University of Detroit Mercy. Joiner teaches undergraduate courses in Social Welfare & Social Justice, Social Welfare Policy, Self Care & Spirituality, and Multicultural Diversity. She has served the profession as NASW-MI Delegate, completed a three-year term (2020-2023) with the Michigan Board of Social Work, holds membership on several human service/social work education committees, and regularly delivers professional training programs for human service organizations and community groups related to wellness practices and health management. Joiner is a certified Qigong Practice Group Leader, certified Tai Chi Easy™ Group Leader, and is double-certified in Sound and Vibrational Energies.

Learning Outcomes

1: Understand the influence of professional ethics and the appropriate application of Ethics when engaging in evolving functional/integrative practices

2: Understand the influence of social media/traditional media, political dispiritedness, and workplace dysfunction on emotional well-being/happiness

3. Understand techniques/strategies shown to naturally stimulate DOSE (Dopamine, Oxytocin, Serotonin, and Endorphins) as an analgesic for physical and emotional pain

4: Understand the influence of trapped emotions on physical pain and overall well-being

5: Understand the influence of Implicit Bias on the exploration of one’s Ikigai (life purpose)

Continuing Education Credits:

• Attendees can obtain 5 social work CECH upon completing the training, payment, quiz, and evaluation.
• A downloadable CECH certificate will be available upon completion of all requirements.
• Participants must attend the entire event to receive credit.

Cost: $50.00

Attendees can obtain 5 social work CECH’s upon completion of the training, payment receipt and passing of the post-training quiz. A CECH certificate will be available for download upon completion of the aforementioned items.

RSVP Information:

All attendees must RSVP for this training. A zoom link will be provided via email upon completing the RSVP process