SCHC FT with Natalie Bell and Lisa Baylis, November 3rd, Mondays at 4 - 6:30 pm PT

Self-Compassion for Healthcare Communities Facilitator Training with Natalie Bell and Lisa Baylis

November 3 - December 15, 2025

This course will meet Mondays, from 4:00 - 6:30pm PT (7 weeks, 2.5 hour sessions). Click here to view a Time Conversion Chart.

Please ensure you meet our prerequisites (see below) prior to purchase; any questions on enrollment requirements or CEs please email us at professionaltraining@centerformsc.org.

Course Description: 

The Self-Compassion Training for Healthcare Communities (SCHC) is a 6-hour, evidence-based adaptation of the empirically supported Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) program developed by Dr. Kristin Neff (UT Austin) and Dr. Chris Germer (Harvard Medical School). This training is specifically designed to meet the unique needs of healthcare professionals by integrating self-compassion skills into the fast-paced, emotionally demanding healthcare environment.

Self-Compassion for Healthcare Communities Facilitator Training is a 7-session experiential program with a mix of didactic, small and large group exercises designed to help attendees learn basic skills for teaching the SCHC curriculum in healthcare settings. This program introduces theory, practices, and research of self-compassion to deliver the 6-hour Self-Compassion for Healthcare Communities (SCHC) Training course, a trauma-informed, therapeutic mindfulness and self-compassion-based intervention. 

Meet Your Teachers

Natalie Bell and Lisa Baylis are both Certified Teachers of Mindful Self-Compassion and highly experienced in teaching both online and in-person.

Natalie is also a Certified MSC Teacher and mindfulness teacher for UCLA's Mindful Awareness Research Center.  Natalie has been practicing mindful awareness and meditation since 1985 and lived in an ashram for a year in 1989 dedicating herself to intensive practice of meditation and compassionate awareness. After studying neuropsychology she became a Physical Therapist, working for 17 years in hospitals as a clinician, Director of Rehabilitation, and medical device specialist. Natalie founded Mindful Wellness, training individuals and companies to manage stress and build resilience through the power of mindfulness and self-compassion.  

Since 2016 Natalie has worked with Dr. Kristin Neff and Dr. Chris Germer on the CMSC Healthcare Advisory Board and is co-author of the Self-Compassion for Healthcare Communities program. Over the last few years she worked with them to co-develop the Fierce Self-Compassion and Self-Compassion for Shame 8-wk courses. Natalie's embodied passion is to teach the concepts and practices of self-compassion so that they can be applied to any situation in any moment of challenge. She loves to practice the art of savoring nature, to hike, swim, and dance to embody these transformative practices in shared community.

Lisa has been sharing well-being strategies for the last 20 years. A natural-born connector with an innate ability to make people feel valued and heard, she is a teacher, a counsellor, a speaker, and a mother. Lisa is a published author of Self-Compassion for Educators as well as, the creator of the AWE Method — Awakening the Wellbeing for Educators — which merges self-care, mindfulness, and self-compassion.

Lisa has a master’s degree in Counselling Psychology and a bachelor’s degree in Physical Education. She has taught internationally and locally. Much of her vast teaching experience was gained in classrooms across British Columbia as a school counsellor. Currently, she is the Education Director for the Center for Mindful Self-Compassion, the non-profit organization created by Drs. Kristin Neff and Chris Germer to spread self-compassion around the world.