Hi all,

Happy Juneteenth! Maybe I'll see you in the Fillmore today at the SF Juneteenth Festivities. I hear Mayor-Elect London Breed will be there - congrats to her as the first African American woman mayor of SF. San Francisco will now be the largest city in America with a woman as mayor. I was a supporter of my longtime friend, Supervisor Jane Kim, and it was a very close race. I'm hopeful that the tensions of our changing city will be negotiated in a democratic and transparent way. Mindfulness and compassion are important in cultivating identity, values and community - I hope to help bring these to our city beginning this year through Mindfulness Self Compassion workshops. Sign up at sflovedojo.org for details.

EVENTS

Monday June 18th
6-7 pm
South San Francisco Library
Author talk
SSF Main Library
840 W. Orange Ave.
South San Francisco
Details here

Sunday, July 1
NBC Bay Area with Robert Handa
5:30 am !! on NBC (Channel 11)

PODCASTS

The Dr. Stem Show on America Out Loud
Is Social Media Bad For Your Mental Health?

KPFA 94.1 FM
Talk it Out Radio
with host Marlena Willis
Facebuddha: Bringing Mindfulness, Compassion and Relationship to our world and our use of social media

The Pacific Heart podcast on  Soundcloud, Stitcher, and iTunes.

Episodes most relevant to social media:
Ep. 1: Kim Chinh, sexual assault and #MeToo
Ep. 2: SFSU mental health and technology panel discussion
Ep. 3: Facebuddha: Psychiatrists Ravi Chandra and F.B. Steele in conversation
Ep. 4: Facebuddha: Ravi Chandra and Bernice Yeung at Booksmith
Ep. 9: Eastwind Books: Ravi Chandra and Najee Amaranth

BLOGS

Suicide, Mental Health Stigma, Shame and Social Media

About the recent deaths of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain, and the limits of getting support online.

Social Media and IRL: Narcissistic Attachment to Opinion

A funny segment from the Daily Show led to reflections on how we get attached to opinion as identity online and IRL (In Real Life).