Monica Hanson Email & Phone Number

Lake Oswego, OR, US

I focus on two areas to foster workplace success: introducing innovative workplace solutions to leaders that will significantly impact their companies and partnering with leaders with impactful solutions, helping them further develop and implement these strategies. Through my consulting and advisory expertise, I assist organizations in executive.

Co-developer of the Courageous Heart: The Human Behind the Badge training program in collaboration with Robert Jonsen, Sheriff of Santa Clara County, and Julie Learmond-Criqui, Director of Law Enforcement & Public Safety, Compassion Institute. Launched in 2018 by the Compassion Institute, this groundbreaking program is designed to enhance resilience.

In this role, I co-directed the Applied Compassion Training Program through the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education at Stanford University. Developed by the Applied Compassion Academy, the program equipped participants with the tools to apply compassion in both professional and personal contexts. From 2020 to 2023, the program was.

As Co-Founder of the Applied Compassion Academy, I led the development of its Applied Compassion Training Program with my co-founders. Designed to equip participants with practical skills for applying compassion in both professional and personal contexts, the program was licensed to Stanford University and offered through the Center for Compassion and.

Skylyte is at the forefront of resilience training and burnout prevention, transforming organizations through its cutting-edge, data-driven strategies. By blending neuroscience with behavior-change science, Skylyte empowers leaders and teams to elevate their resilience and mental well-being. With a focus on creating lasting impact, Skylyte's solutions are.

The Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT™) was developed in 2009 at Stanford University by Thupten Jinpa, Ph.D., as the principal author, with significant contributions to the curriculum and teacher training program from Margaret Cullen, MSW, Monica Hanson, Kelly McGonigal, Ph.D., Erika Rosenberg, Ph.D., and Leah Weiss, Ph.D. In 2017, Compassion.

As Principal Instructor for the Compassion Cultivation Training course, I led participants through the eight-week program focused on developing compassion through evidence-based skills, experiential exercises and facilitated group discussions. The published research supporting this program underscores its effectiveness and distinguishes it from others that.

I served as the Lead Trainer for a pilot study at Stanford’s Systems Neuroscience and Pain Lab. The study, titled "Pilot Study of a Compassion Meditation Intervention in Chronic Pain," found that compassion cultivation significantly reduced pain severity and anger in chronic pain patients. A key strength of the study was the inclusion of patients'.