2026 SEBMG Wellness Program
NEW: Virtual Small Group Coaching
The same curriculum and learnings from the retreats but from home. Sessions are highly interactive.
Details Feb 24th - March 30th, Five Tuesday evenings, 5:30 - 7:00pm on ZOOM, 12 spots. Sessions are highly interactive. Your camera will need to be on (for the most part.)
OR
In person Retreat at Nicasio Creek Farm
Details: Saturday May 2nd, 10 am - 4 pm in West Marin. Includes day in nature with your colleagues, farm-to-table lunch, sound healing, forest bathing and experiential mindfulness. 18 spots.
*This program is generously funded by a philanthropy grant. ONE retreat or small group coaching experience is free for SEBMG Physician/Clinicians.
Wellness Coaching Curriculum
Neuroscience /Power of Intention
Trained Thought Patterns Holding You back
What Can You do to Change - Physiologic and Philosophic Mindfulness
Prerequisites for Change: Self Compassion, Shame, Blame & Guilt in Medicine
Tools to incorporate this into your life and practice (and to share it with your patients.)
Tentative Retreat Day Schedule
9:30 am
Arrival, Tea, & Nourishment
9:45 am - 10:45 am
Connections & Intentions
11 - 11:15 am
Break
11:15 am - 12:30 pm
Why You Are The Way You Are
(& How You May Be Making Your Hard Job Even Harder)
12:30 pm - 1:00 pm
Forest Bathing & Mindful Tasting
1:00 - 2:00 pm
Farm-to-Table Experience and Community Building
2:00 - 2:30 pm
Attend to Your Parasympathetic Nervous System: Sound Healing
2:45 - 3:45 pm
“The School of Unlearning” - Professional Mindset Coaching
3:45 - 4:15 pm
Transition Well - Tools and Strategies for Successful Integration
“I took away granular and actionable tools to practice more mindfully, which will improve my patient care and my professional well-being.” - Adam Janik, MD
“The first step in being present and purposeful is understanding the learned behaviors that drain our energy and create negative emotions. This retreat helped me recognize and unlearn those behaviors, AND provided helpful tools to work and live with calm and purpose.” - Arzou Ahsan, MD, CEO, Sutter Health, East Bay
“This retreat will give you the words to explain what you’ve been feeling, allow connection with others who have been struggling with the same mindsets, and learn useful tools to change your mindset.” - OB/GYN
“I can personally attest that as a Family Medicine physician and co-director of Primary Care as well as a mom of two young kids, with a commute, and a partner who also has a demanding job, I may have left a job I love if it weren’t for physician coaching and development.” - Dr. Samara Nebenzahl, Sutter East Bay Medical Group
“The first step in being present and purposeful is understanding the learned behaviors that drain our energy and create negative emotions. This retreat helped me recognize and unlearn those behaviors, AND provided helpful tools to work and live with calm and purpose.” - Arzou Ahsan, MD, CEO, Sutter Health, East Bay
“This retreat is unique. It is run by a physician who understands the challenges of being a physician, how our training magnifies stresses, and the pathophysiology behind the stress and interventions.” - Stanford MD
“This retreat will give you the words to explain what you’ve been feeling, allow connection with others who have been struggling with the same mindsets, and learn useful tools to change your mindset.” - OB/GYN