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So What Exactly is "Emotional Balance":

 

"Emotional Balance is responding with awareness in the present moment, mindful of others' emotions as well as one's own internal emotional experience, emotional triggers and habitual patterns as they arise, facilitating development of skillful choices in all actions."

Cultivating Emotional Balance (CEB) is a new evidence based educational program developed by Dr Paul Ekman, a world leader in the science of emotion, and Dr Alan Wallace, an eminent Buddhist scholar and contemplative. The broad aim of CEB is to introduce people to the well-being and fulfillment that can arise from grounded emotion regulation and mind training skills. The program integrates western psychological and Buddhist theories and practices for achieving exceptional mental balance; its key features include the cultivation of meaningful ideals and aspirations, the building of attention skills and mindfulness, and the development of emotional resonance, resilience and control. The central theme of CEB’s innovative approach is the development of heightened abilities in the monitoring of a wide variety of mental states thus allowing for wiser choices for action and impulse control.

Jeff Fajans and Vanessa Kettering spent 5 intensive weeks in Phuket, Thailand during the summer of 2010 experiencing firsthand the power of Cultivating Emotional Balance.  After this 5 week teacher training, Jeff and Vanessa were officially certified by Alan Wallace, Eve Ekman, and Paul Ekman to become teachers of this transformational educational program.

Vanessa and Jeff, also positive psychologists, are dedicated to improving the well-being of others.  They wish to help others implement scientifically-grounded methods of change that will lead them towards a lifestyle of optimal functioning. 

Please feel free to get in contact with them if you have any questions or wish to host a CEB course at your organization.

Vanessa:  vanessa.kettering@cgu.edu
Jeff:         jeffrey.fajans@cgu.edu