User Experience + Mindfulness

Teaching

I teach hands-on design courses, meditation programs, and new curricula on tech, science, and mindfulness.

Reclaim Your Attention

Where is your attention going? Corporations spend billions to capture it. As a result, tech can have disastrous repercussions on our mental and emotional wellbeing, our relationships, and even our physical health. But tech isn’t evil. Through mindful practices, you can reclaim your attention by living wisely and intentionally. This 8-session course teaches attention activism, offers creative practices, and invites you to make real changes in your day-to-day life.


Doing Nothing At All

Explore the duality between trying to get somewhere and accepting yourself.

Technology and Mindfulness

My University of Toronto course surveying the intersection of technology and mindfulness.

Healthy Minds Program

Our app helps you develop key wellbeing skills, motivating you with story and science.


Design / Tech Courses

Technology and Mindfulness
w/ Michael Apollo - University of Toronto SCS

Awareness-based Design
w/ Prof. Jesse Fleming - University of Nebraska-Lincoln

DWI Week 3: Environment & Design
Digital Wellness Institute Certificate Program

Mindful Technology and Product Design
HelloMeets India

What is (Good) Design?
Educator Summit 2020, Virtual

Affinity Mapping Training and Workshop
Educator Summit 2019, Philadelphia, PA

Corporate Training: UX and Product Management
Gemalto, Ottawa, ON

Creative Clockwork: The Inner Workings of a Design Sprint
Healthcare Human Factors, Toronto, ON

UX Research and Prototyping
School of Communications, Media and Design, Centennial College, Toronto, ON

Corporate Training: 6-Week Hands-On UX Training Course
Polar Digital, Toronto, ON

Human-Computer Interaction & Cognition
School of Interactive Arts + Tech, Vancouver, BC

1-day Training: UX, Usability, and Human-Centered Design
TechBA, Mexico City, Mexico

Cognitive Bias: UX for the Irrational Human Mind
UXMasterclass 2011. Chicago, USA.
UXMasterclass 2010. Montreal, Canada.
Cleverbridge Networking Event 2009. Montreal, Canada.

Executive / Group Mindfulness Coaching

Royal Bank of Canada
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
Character Lab
OpenCare
Round
Myplanet Digital
City of Toronto
Healthy Minds Masterclass


Guided Meditations / Curricula

A Meditation on Effortlessness (8:36)
RoundGlass

Holding Space in Troubling Times (17:00)
Healthy Minds Innovations

Screen Inquiry (26:19)
Insight Timer

Mindfulness Meditations for Attention Activism
RoundGlass

Healthy Minds Program
Healthy Minds Innovations

Collection of Practical Meditations (18 meditations)
RoundGlass

Doing Nothing at All (13:42)
Mindful Magazine

Doing Nothing at All (22:00)
Insight Timer

See, Hear, Feel (36:47)
Coalition for Global Unity

Live Streaming Meditations on Youtube (21 meditations)
Healthy Minds Innovations

Exponential Uncertainty (25:34)
Mindful Society Global Institute

Muse Essentials (10 meditations)
Introductory Course for Muse: the brain sensing headband