The Center for Mind-Body Medicine
Catherine McConkie is an experienced culinary professional and nutrition consultant with a diverse background that includes founding The Caregivers Table in 2009, where emphasis is placed on teaching cooking skills. Catherine has served as a Chef Instructor at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center since 2010, focusing on cooking demonstrations with whole ingredients from SFGH gardens. Additionally, Catherine is faculty at the Healing Kitchens Institute at Commonweal, collaborating on curriculum for community advocates and healthcare professionals, and serves as Chef Faculty for the Center for Mind Body Medicine’s Food as Medicine program. Previous experience includes a Senior Chef Instructor role at Bauman College, where Catherine developed comprehensive culinary curricula. Catherine's educational background includes certifications in holistic nutrition and conscious movement, complemented by training at esteemed culinary institutions.
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The Center for Mind-Body Medicine
For 30 years, we’ve worked around the world to share our healing model with communities and institutions facing many kinds of challenges. We collaborate with community leaders to co-create trauma relief and resilience-building programs that are responsive to the community’s unique experiences, needs, goals, and culture. We design in-person and online programs that provide a thorough understanding of the science of mind-body medicine and self-care, and a supportive small group experience in which trainees practice a range of evidence-based techniques that restore physiological and psychological balance, enhance their self-awareness and compassion, and enable the skillful use of this approach with others. Our model is inclusive, equitable and accessible. We look for inspiration and evidence in modern science, ancient wisdom traditions, and local healing practices. With our support, local leaders, institutions, and whole communities can progress toward making urgent and ongoing population-wide trauma relief and resilience building sustainable at the local level. The results are often transformational. Visit our website to learn more about our work, our research, and our impact.