Conquer Your Anxious Thoughts: Build Mindfulness Skills to Bring a Sense of Calm
We all have stressful thoughts about outcomes we imagine in the future from time to time. Mindfulness practice provides the tools we need to conquer anxious thoughts and feelings.
Learn practical techniques to ease anxious thoughts by using the breath and body as grounding anchors in the present moment. Presented by UVA FEAP and Hoos Well as part of the Thrive Together monthly webinar series focused on mental health and social and emotional well‑being in the UVA community.
This webinar launches the 2026 Hoos Well 1% Challenge, starting May 5! The 1% Challenge will help you transform your happiness and well-being, develop new healthy habits, get better sleep, and stress less. UVA and UPG Health Plan members can practice mindfulness in eMLife for 1% of your day (less than 15 minutes!) for at least 25 out of 40 days to earn a $50 Hoos Well reward.
About Your Presenter
Roger Nolan, Psy.D., LMFT, has been engaging in the introspective practices of meditation and yoga since 1973. He has been practicing mindfulness since 1997 and has taught mindfulness since 2002. Roger has a Doctor of Psychology degree and is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Certified Mindfulness Teacher. He has been extensively trained and certified in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) for depression and anxiety and has received international recognition as an MBCT mentor. He assisted in the development of Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention (MBRP) for addictive behaviors and earned Certified Mindfulness Teacher - Professional Level status through the International Mindfulness Teachers Association, with more than 20 years of teaching experience.