It is estimated that 80% or more of a person’s health and wellbeing can be attributed to lifestyle, including what we eat, how much we move, and how we manage emotions and sleep. Unfortunately, few people understand how to make necessary changes that can have a deep impact on their wellbeing. While our commitment to transforming the healthcare system and making integrative health and healing accessible is unwavering, there is so much more that can be done to improve the health and wellbeing of people, organizations, and communities. Our approach is always to engage and empower – to move people to take action – and provide the spark that ignites transformation.
“Learning opportunities at the Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing have transformed the way I think, act, lead, and interact with my patients. Not only have the courses opened my mind to innovative leadership strategies and mentors who lead by example, but the additional resources offered by the Center are transformative as well. As a clinician, I rely heavily on Taking Charge of Your Health & Wellbeing to provide reliable and evidence-based information to my patients. After taking courses at the Center and attending many of the Wellbeing Lectures, I am able to be with my patients and connect on a deeper level. This way of being, thinking, and doing has transformed my career by giving me new meaning and purpose.”
Megan Voss, DNP, RN University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital Integrative Therapy Program Manager Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant
Our Taking Charge of Your Health & Wellbeing website provides millions of people around the world with opportunities to explore wellbeing and self-care, learn how to better navigate the healthcare system, and make lifestyle changes with its evidence-based, ad-free information and tools. Through our informative community lectures, thought leaders like Brené Brown, Atul Gawande, and Michael Pollan provide inspiration, and help Minnesotans explore new ways of being in the world.
At the Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing, we are a community of teachers, learners, scholars, and practitioners who are committed to transformational learning experiences. From experiential courses to online workshops and modules, we offer opportunities for people to acquire new knowledge and skills, and expand their worldviews.
Your charitable investments are needed so that the Center can support the brightest, most compassionate faculty, utilize innovative online learning platforms, and engage compelling thought-leaders in our lectures.
More than 10,000 people have been inspired by the Center’s Wellbeing Lectures since 2012
1,000 enrollments in Center academic courses each semester
Nearly 100 graduates of our health coaching program
7,000 + people impacted by Center mindfulness programs
Data from the University’s Office of Institutional Research suggests that students who take at least one Center course are more likely to graduate in a four-year time frame
To become philanthropically involved in the Center's Wellbeing for All campaign, please contact Dianne Lev, Director of Development, at dlev@umn.edu or 612-624-1121