2026 invited Speaker: Myrtle Heery,PhD

Presenting: Resting in Kindness

In a time of separation and anxiety worldwide, I will offer a choice of Resting in Kindness. First, I will share stories from my personal and professional life as I have experienced and told in my memoir, Tracking Kindness: A Memoir of Life’s Teachings in Kindness, 2025.

Next, you will rest safely in the present moment of Kindness through my guided Kindness meditation. Shared Kindness is not what we do; it is who we are. Right here and now. We will experience this unifying Kindness through this experiential meditation together.

Kindness is an echo of our true nature, which we will have the opportunity to experience together. There will be an opportunity to share your experience of Kindness and how you bring self-kindness to your life, both personal and professional. You will be given guidelines on self-kindness, including setting boundaries as a practice of self-kindness, teaching clients’ kindness, and being and becoming kind in your personal and professional life.

Through this movement of kindness, we will care for each other and the differences that bind us together as a whole world. Looking forward to resting in Kindness with all of you.

Myrtle Heery, PhD, a former student and co-teacher of Dr. James Bugental for three decades, founded the International Institute for Humanistic Studies, in 2000 and has continued to serve as its director. She has conducted over 25 basic trainings, Unearthing the Moment, which consists of 4 to 5 trainings in both the U.S. and Canada, as well as many ongoing advanced trainings. She continues to instruct advance trainings on Zoom and in person. She is a trusted adviser to mental health professionals seeking confidential support for creating new meanings in their professional and personal lives, and offers ongoing consultation groups for psychotherapists. She is the first woman recipient of the Rollo May Award (2017) and established Tonglen Press (2013), where she published four books, including her memoir, Tracking Kindness: A Memoir of Life’s Teachings in Kindness (2025). She lived and worked in Amsterdam, Holland and led workshops in Europe, Mexico and Russia. She lives in Petaluma, CA where she gardens and loves being “grammie”.