The Komen Lynn Lectures presents “The Healing Power of the Mind: Cultivating Well-Being”

Fort Worth, TX

10/17/2011

In its seventh year, Texas Christian University’s partnership with Komen for the Cure will feature a new academic focus during October’s Breast Cancer Awareness month. TCU’s Frogs for the Cure and the Greater Fort Worth Affiliate for Susan G. Komen for the Cure are co-sponsors of the Lynn Lectures, a Komen lecture program.

Dan J. Siegel, M.D. will present “The Healing Power of the Mind: Cultivating Well-Being” at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 18, in TCU’s Ed Landreth Auditorium, 2800 S. University Dr. in Fort Worth. The event is open to the public. General admission tickets are $15, but tickets must be reserved in advance. For ticketing information, visit https://wwwb.is.tcu.edu/upay2/LYNN_LECTURES_TICKETS/. Students are admitted free, but must reserve their tickets at the same site.

Dr. Siegel’s address will focus on cultivating well-being and ways to improve the immune system, decrease stress and reduce chronic diseases. His remarks will address cancer survivors, health care providers, students and the community at large.

A graduate of Harvard Medical School, Dr. Siegel is professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine, where he in on the faculty of the Center for Culture, Brain, and Development and co-director of the Mindful Awareness Research Center. In demand around the world, Dr. Siegel’s ability to make complicated scientific concepts easy to understand has earned him invitations to lecture for the King of Thailand, Pope John Paul II, His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Google University, among others.

In recognition of the 20th anniversary of Komen’s Greater Fort Worth Affiliate, community philanthropists Rozanne Rosenthal and Joan Katz will serve as honorary chairs of the Lynn Lectures at TCU. Rosenthal founded the Fort Worth affiliate in honor of her college roommate and best friend Katz, a three-time survivor of breast cancer. Both Rosenthal and Katz have deep ties to TCU and have been active volunteers with TCU’s Frogs for the Cure events each year.

The establishment of the Lynn Lectures honors the life and spirit of Lynn Tucker Grogan, an ordained minister, who during her battle with breast cancer, promoted the importance of the interrelation between body and mind in the healing process. The Lynn Lectures is a Komen Mindfulness and Integrated Medicine Lecture Series, a national forum to help others become proactive participants in their own healing.

Dr. Siegel’s appearance for the Lynn Lecture is jointly sponsored by TCU’s Frogs for the Cure, the Greater Fort Worth Affiliate for Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Texas Christian University, TCU’s Harris College of Nursing and Health Sciences and TCU's Department of Psychology.

About The Lynn Lectures:
The Lynn Lectures: Mindfulness and Integrative Medicine Nurturing Body, Mind and Spirit was established in 2001 to honor the life and spirit of Lynn Tucker Grogan, an ordained minister who advocated for and practiced the principles of mindful attention to body, mind, and spirit as a means of enhancing quality of life and facilitating healing throughout her battle with breast cancer.

The Lynn Lectures are centered on the importance of integrative medicine and mindfulness in the promotion of healing, living fully in the present moment and cultivating wellbeing, even when ones disease cannot be cured, as was the case for Lynn. Her legacy, through the lectures, empowers others to find peace and achieve healing in their own lives.