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Susan Miller-Cochran
Bio
I currently live in Tucson, Arizona (USA), by way of a childhood in the military and a career in academia that have kept me moving around the world for most of my life. I've never known how to answer the question "Where are you from?" with a simple answer, and one of the gifts of meditation has been understanding more deeply who I am--not just in terms of where I am from, but also in how I am connected to others.
I have been a writing teacher for the last 27 years in higher education, and for the last 16, I have been in administrative positions leading writing programs and now undergraduate general education. I am passionate about the ways that mindfulness and well-being can be cultivated through teaching and learning so that school-based experiences can encourage the development of well-being instead of (as is so often the case) detracting from it.
I began my own daily meditation practice around the same time that I was diagnosed (as an adult) with ADD and generalized anxiety. Meditation was a lifeline for me at a very difficult point in my life professionally and personally, and it has helped me to develop self-compassion, focus, and compassion toward others. I teach courses on mindfulness and writing in both academic and community contexts.
Membership Register ID
#749
Cohort Graduation year
2023
First Name
Susan
Last Name
Miller-Cochran
Email
Gender
woman
Country
United States
State
Arizona
City
Tucson
Zip/Postal Code
85705
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