In December: The Benefits of Sleep & Movement

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In December

Underslept and Idle

The Transformative Effects of Sleep & Movement

MATTHEW WALKER, PhD

In Conversation with

KELLY McGONIGAL, PhD

Tues Dec 8, 7pm-8:15pm PST

DETAILS & REGISTER

Registration closes two hours before the event.

Free for member school parents and for educators.

Sleep scientist Dr. Matthew Walker and research psychologist Dr. Kelly McGonigal will come together to discuss the enormous benefits that restful sleep and joyful movement have on health and well-being. Dr. Walker will discuss the impact of sleep on mind and body and will also detail practices that you and your children can start (and stop) doing to get some rest. Dr. McGonigal will show how movement is intertwined with some of the most basic human joys, including self-expression, social connection, and mastery and why it is a powerful antidote to the modern epidemics of depression, anxiety, and loneliness.

Matthew Walker, PhD, is a celebrated sleep expert. He is a Sleep Scientist at Google, Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology at UC Berkeley, and founder and director of the school's Center for Human Sleep Science. Dr. Walker is the author of the New York Times bestseller Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams. His TED talk, "Sleep is your superpower," has garnered over 3 million views.

Kelly McGonigal, PhD, is a health psychologist and lecturer at Stanford University who specializes in understanding the mind-body connection. She is the best-selling author of The Willpower Instinct and The Upside of Stress. Her TED talk, "How to Make Stress Your Friend," is one of the most viewed TED talks of all time, with over 20 million views. Her new book, The Joy of Movement, explores why physical exercise helps to counter depression, anxiety, and loneliness.

Online Event Attendance

Our Fall 2020 Common Ground Speaker Series events will take place live online. Please register for each event to receive webinar access, reminders and updates. Registration closes two hours before the start of each event.

Parents, faculty and staff at our 44 member schools attend the Common Ground online events free of charge. This is made possible through the generous financial support of their schools.
Faculty and educators from non-member schools are also invited to attend free of charge.
Guests from non-member schools and the general community are welcome to register and attend the virtual live stream events for a non-refundable fee.

Registration details and more information about Common Ground Speaker Series, including a list of our member schools, may be found on our website.

Community Events & Resources

Find additional parent education events throughout the community. Follow the links for details about event sponsors, attendance and registration (these events are not sponsored by Common Ground).

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Dec 7, 5pm. PST