Denise Roy, LMFT, is a psychotherapist and an award-winning author of the books, Momfulness: Mothering with Mindfulness, Compassion, and Grace and My Monastery Is a Minivan. She has been featured in numerous publications, including: Real Simple, The Washington Post, Woman’s Day, Redbook, First for Women, and San Jose Mercury News.

For the last 18 years, Denise has had a private practice in Santa Clara as a licensed marriage and family therapist. She has also been the Director of the Women’s Center at Santa Clara University, and holds a Masters degree in Counseling Psychology and a Master of Divinity from the GTU in Berkeley. Denise lives with her husband and two teenage daughters (the girls have taught her to be quite a pro at text-messaging). She also has three grown sons now in their 20s (& she’s thrilled that they return home for dinner on most Sunday nights!) For more information see www.DeniseRoy.com

About the topic: Over the last few decades, technology has dramatically impacted on our daily lives. We spend our nights and weekends with one eye on the laptop, one-eye on the kids, but never quite totally focused on either. In a 24/7 world, we are constantly going and going, but feel as if we never arrive. In this entertaining and experiential talk, Denise Roy will share ways to practice “mindfulness in motion” – teaching us skills that we can do to shift our attention, become more present to ourselves and our families, and reduce stress in our busy lives. Even with our BlackBerrys!