Well-Being from the Inside Out: Working Toward a Healthy Body, Peaceful Mind, and Joyful Heart

PSYC E-1007

Section 1

CRN 16805

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This course explores how to enhance our state of well-being. We look at what it means to be in a state of health and what it takes to move beyond that into well-being and thriving. The course focuses on the research that helps us understand how to keep our bodies healthy, our minds peaceful, and our hearts joyful. We examine both the science and the art of well-being. Our own experiences help to formulate our own inner wisdom and we work to draw that out in this course as we search for the meaning of well-being.

Credits: 4

Part of Term

Full Term

Format

Flexible Attendance Web Conference

Credit Status

Graduate, Noncredit, Undergraduate

Section Status

Waitlisted

Instructor Info

Beth Frates, MD

Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School

Beth Frates

Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School

Dr. Beth Frates, MD, is a trained physiatrist and health and wellness coach with expertise in lifestyle medicine. She is an award-winning teacher at Harvard Medical School, where she is an Associate Professor, Part-Time. Frates is one of the first fellows of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine and a pioneer in lifestyle medicine. She was voted president of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) in August 2020 and served until 2024. She authored a lifestyle medicine syllabus, which can be downloaded through the ACLM website, to serve as a template for other instructors and professors. Frates co-authored The Lifestyle Medicine Handbook: An Introduction to the Power of Healthy Habits, which was ranked in the top 20 by Book Authority for medical books released in 2018. To accompany the syllabus and handbook, she also co-created Lifestyle Medicine 101, a full college curriculum with 12 weeks of PowerPoints and teacher's manual, which is free through the ACLM website. Frates co-authored The Teen Lifestyle Medicine Handbook, (October 2020), which when paired with the teen curriculum consisting of a teacher's manual and 12 PowerPoint decks can be used to teach and empower middle and high school students to adopt and sustain healthy habits. As director of wellness programming at the Stroke Institute for Research and Recovery at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, a Harvard Medical School affiliate, Frates created and implemented a 12-step wellness program, PAVING the Path to Wellness™ for patients and providers. Recently, she co-authored the book PAVING the Path to Wellness Workbook: A Guide to Thriving with a Healthy Body, Peaceful Mind and Joyful Heart. She co-authored The Lifestyle Medicine Pocket Guide and co-edited Nutrition Essentials for Healthcare and Empowering Behavior Change in Patients: Practical Strategies for Healthcare Professionals. Frates also has a lifestyle medicine consulting and coaching practice.

Meeting Info

Th 11:00am - 1:00pm (8/31 - 12/19)

Participation Option: Online Asynchronous or Online Synchronous

Deadlines

Last day to register:

Additional Time Commitments

Optional sections to be arranged.

Notes

This course meets via web conference. Students may attend at the scheduled meeting time or watch recorded sessions asynchronously. Recorded sessions are typically available within a few hours of the end of class and no later than the following business day. See minimum technology requirements.

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CRN	Section #	Participation Option(s)	Instructor	Section Status	Meets	Term Dates
16805	1	Online Asynchronous, Online Synchronous	Elizabeth Frates	Waitlisted	Th 11:00am - 1:00pm	Aug 31 to Dec 19