Personality and Wholeness with Dr. Daniel J. Siegel

Dr. Daniel J. Siegel & Steve Varley
In Conversation

Join author Daniel J. Siegel for this enlightening conversation with Steve Varley (Garrison Institute Managing Director) around the concepts explored in Dr. Seigel’s latest book “Personality and Wholeness in Psychotherapy.”

The session will feature a lively discussion, followed by an interactive Q&A session.

Discover the Nine Patterns of
Developmental Pathways

Dive deep into the fascinating world of interpersonal neurobiology and its application to the Enneagram of Personality. This innovative approach reveals nine distinct strategies people use to navigate life’s challenges and interactions. The Enneagram is a personality typing system based on ancient spiritual traditions which describes people in terms of their core motivations, desires and fears.

What You’ll Gain

• Understand the lifespan developmental personality model
• Learn how to implement this framework
• Explore integrative practices for each personality pattern
• Unlock deep and lasting change for yourself and others
• Innovative strategies for achieving well-being and wholeness

Please join us as we explore this unique opportunity to spend time with the author and gain insight into the themes of his work. Join us in unlocking the potential for transformative change and learn how to turn perplexing patterns into opportunities for growth and self-discovery.

We will hold this live Forum on Zoom at 3:00 p.m. ET on Thursday, November 21, 2024. After registering, you will receive a link to join the session. Please email us at events@garrisoninstitute.org with questions.

SPEAKERS

Daniel Siegel, MD is the executive director of the Mindsight Institute and founding co-director of the Mindful Awareness Research Center at UCLA, where he was also principal co-investigator of the Center for Culture, Brain and Development and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the School of Medicine.

An award-winning educator, Dan is the author of five New York Times bestsellers and over fifteen other books which have been translated into over forty languages. As the founding editor of the Norton Professional Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology (“IPNB”), Dan has overseen the publication of over one hundred books in the transdisciplinary IPNB framework which focuses on the mind and mental health.

A graduate of Harvard Medical School, Dan completed his postgraduate training at UCLA specializing in pediatrics, and adult, adolescent, and child psychiatry. He was trained in attachment research and narrative analysis through a National Institute of Mental Health research training fellowship focusing on how relationships shape our autobiographical ways of making sense of our lives and influence our development across the lifespan. To learn more about Daniel Siegel’s work, please visit https://mindsightinstitute.com/ and https://drdansiegel.com/.

Steve Varley serves as the Managing Director at the Garrison Institute. In this role, Steve is responsible for the comprehensive strategy and support of the Garrison Institute’s efforts to apply the wisdom developed from contemplative practice to modern problems, with a special interest on the translation of individual practice to community, organizational, and systems-level problems.

Steve’s previous experience includes leadership roles at prominent organizations such as National Public Radio (NPR) and the University of North Carolina. His leadership at UNC Pembroke resulted in record-breaking fundraising years and was defined by his orientation of service and partnership toward the local community and the Lumbee Tribe. Steve also served as President of the UNC Pembroke Foundation, an independent organization with endowment management and fundraising responsibility, where he oversaw millions of dollars in annual grantmaking for students with financial need.

Previously, Steve served as associate dean of advancement at Yale University, completing a long term of service in health-related fundraising and global health initiatives. Prior to Yale, he was the vice president of development at Gardner-Webb University, where he spearheaded the Higher Ground capital campaign, the university’s most successful fundraising effort in its history.