DISCOVERING CALM IN THE CHAOS
A 6-Week Online Mindfulness Course with Mickie Brown, RN, HN-BC
"You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf."~ Jon Kabat-Zinn
Course Details
Dates: Thursday, September 17 – October 22
Time: 1:00–2:00 PM (Zoom)
☕ The Zoom room opens 15 minutes before and remains open 15 minutes after each session for optional conversation and connection.
Investment
Early Bird Registration before September 1st - $249
Registration after September 1st - $295
ZELLE: Muriel Brown (917) 763-8177
Venmo: @Mickie-Brown-2
Is the world feeling louder?
Whether you are new to mindfulness or an experienced practitioner, you may have noticed that the noise of our world is getting louder and the chaos more prevalent.
The constant stream of demands, information, uncertainty, and distraction can leave us feeling overwhelmed, depleted, and disconnected from ourselves and one another.
Yet even amidst the chaos, moments of calm are available to us.
Mindfulness helps us remember how to access them.
Who Should Take this Course?
Discovering Calm in the Chaos is designed for therapists who want to strengthen their own resilience, deepen their mindfulness practice, and reconnect with the presence and steadiness that support both personal well-being and effective clinical care.
If you spend your days helping others navigate stress, trauma, anxiety, or loss, this course is for you. Through practical, evidence-based mindfulness practices, you'll learn skills to reduce stress, prevent burnout, and bring greater clarity, compassion, and intention to both your work and your life.
What You’ll Gain
✨ Practical mindfulness tools to navigate stress and challenges more skillfully
✨ Greater resilience, balance, and emotional well-being
✨ Increased self-compassion and connection with others
✨ Supportive learning and practice within a community
Each One-Hour Session Includes
🧘 Guided mindfulness practices
📖 Brief teachings and practical "in-the-moment" applications
💬 Reflection and discussion
Drawing from:
• Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
• Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
• Finding Peace in a Frantic World (Oxford University)
Course Topics
Auto-Pilot: Doing Mode vs. Being Mode
Thinking vs. Sensing: Reconnecting with the Body
Working with Thoughts, Emotions, and Sounds
Turning Toward Difficulty
Befriending the Present Moment
Moving Forward with Balance, Resilience, and Joy
Even in the midst of chaos, moments of calm are available. This course will help you learn how to find them.
Your Instructor:
Mickie Brown, RN, HN-BC
Mickie is a qualified MBSR and MBCT instructor who has taught mindfulness for many years for Mount Sinai Health System's Graduate Medical Education programs and Mount Sinai Calm.
As a board-certified holistic nurse, Mickie brings warmth, authenticity, and practical wisdom to her teaching, helping participants cultivate greater ease, resilience, and well-being in a demanding world.
Questions about this course?
“Beneath the chaotic storm of thought and emotion, there lies a quiet depth of calm – steady, undisturbed, waiting to be cultivated and nurtured. Let’s discover this treasure together." ~ Mickie Brown