Brandeis Book and Author Luncheon
Brandeis National Committee San Dieguito Chapter invites you and your friends to attend:
Book & Author Luncheon
Featuring 3 Local Authors:
Embrace the Middle, by Shayna Kaufmann, PhD
Five Days in Bogota, by Linda Moore
Live Long and Prosper: Keys to a Longer Healthier Life, by Stan Schatt, PhD and Tom Lobl, PhD
When: Tuesday, March 25, 10:30 am
Where: Lomas Santa Fe Country Club
1505 Santa Fe Drive, Solana Beach
$55 per person
For registration and information, contact:
UCSD, Center for Mindfulness Book Club Talk
The UCSD Center For Mindfulness Book Club Presents:
Embrace the Middle: A Woman’s Guide to Mindfully Navigating the Challenges, Celebrating the Joys, and Finding Power in Midlife
By: Shayna Kaufmann
Publish Date: August 2024
“Dr. Kaufmann writes beautifully, with a lovely, insightful, supportive, helpful, and warm tone. And about an under-discussed, important, and widely relevant topic. This is a useful, wonderful book!” —Rick Hanson, PhD, Psychologist, Senior Fellow of UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center, and New York Times best-selling author
“Embrace the Middle is a beautifully written inspirational guide to the varied experiences of midlife. Dr. Kaufmann shares her expertise and provides reassurance and helpful tools for traversing the terrain of the middle years. Readers will identify with and learn from the many stories she tells based on her own valuable experiences and those of the women she interviewed.” —Margie E. Lachman, PhD, Fierman Professor of Psychology and Director of the Lifespan Lab, Brandeis University, author
Presentation Date: Thursday, March 27, 2025, from 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. PT
Thank you beautiful sister for such a magical gift of your day retreat yesterday 
🌟Your softness and compassion shone bright and transformation happened
I have found the workshops to be very insightful, and potentially transformative. It is a wonderful idea to have a workshop for women in similar places in their lives. It is beautifully lead by Shayna, who offers insight, guidance, and wisdom. I highly recommend these workshops!
Donna B.Thank you so much Shayna Gothard Kaufmann!!! What a wonderful, positive, encouraging, supportive and enlightening experience! All of what you were saying were things I definitely can relate to, and your facilitated exercise was so very valuable. Thank you for creating this for our community of women and beyond. You really are amazing and I admire you deeply!
Shannon W.Through her “Embracing” series, Shayna graciously extends her extensive knowledge, experience, insight, guidance, healing, zen-like leadership and obvious love for what she does with her fellow “middle” women. I gained significant insight about “me” in ways I hadn’t considered before, and that allowed me to begin a wonderful journey of much needed acceptance, forgiveness, healing and peace. I also gained a network of amazing, wonderful women! Thank you, Shayna. You are a trusted adviser and forever friend.
Kelly B.Ongoing growth and development is a huge priority in my life, but I was having a difficult time finding the right context for creating it. Within the confines of Shayna’s group I found camaraderie, laughter, fellowship, connectedness, a feeling of interpersonal relatedness, a sense of safety and mutual respect, and an overall feeling of being truly heard without judgement. I trust Shayna implicitly and in her group I always feel comfortable and safe; a nurturing space to reflect, engage in lively conversation, explore new options and possibilities, and find new ways of thinking about old challenges. I cannot think of a better person to facilitate personal growth and development workshops than Shayna Kaufmann.
Claire Y.