iMindBody is an integrated wellness education program dedicated to helping you in your pursuit of resiliency, health and overall well-being

• Learn self-care skills to buffer daily stress
• Understand the connection between stress and physical or emotional health
• Learn to identify automatic negative thoughts
• Appreciate the role of positive thoughts and beliefs
• Understand your body’s physiologic and emotional response to stress
• Recognize stress warning signals
• Build resiliency

It can be better.
You have the ability to influence change. Change begins today.

About iMindBody

iMindBody is a program tailored to meet your needs. It utilizes strategies from the Stress Management and Resiliency Training (SMART) program conceived at the Benson-Henry Institute at Massachusetts General Hospital as well as other methods of Positive Psychology, Healing and Compassionate Care.
This article from the New York Times has some interesting insight into the type of work we do at iMindBody.

About the SMART Program

Stress Management and Resiliency Training (SMART) involves education regarding the physiology of the stress response, understanding of how your brain processes information leading to the stress response, recognizing your personal stress response, as well as recognizing automatic negative thinking which can impose the stress response. It is skill building (not therapy) but does include cognitive appraisal and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) techniques. In addition, the Relaxation Response is taught, which involves a variety of meditation techniques. The program puts much emphasis on wellness and involves weekly goal setting for exercise, diet, sleep, social support, and pro-social behavior.

About Lisa

Lisa Howe began her study of Mind-Body Medicine in the former Mind-Body Institute at the New England Deaconess Hospital, under the direction of Dr. Herbert Benson, in 1990. In 2017, she was certified as a Stress Management and Resiliency Training (SMART) Healthcare Practitioner by the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind-Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. That same year, Lisa launched iMindBody LLC, a business dedicated to teaching Stress Management and Resiliency skills in colleges, universities, businesses, and in the community. In addition, Lisa has over 30 years of experience as nurse practitioner in primary care and college health.

Lisa has lectured on topics related to Mind-Body Medicine at Berklee College of Music, The New England College Health Association, The New England Conservatory of Music, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Human Resources at Harvard University, Midwestern University School of Medicine, the University of Massachusetts, Northeastern University, Domestic Violence Program – State of Maine, and Newton Community Education. In 2018, she was a panelist at the Herbert Benson MD Course in Mind-Body Medicine, and the keynote speaker at the New Hampshire Nurse Practitioner Association later that year. Lisa was chosen as the keynote speaker for the New England Regional Nurse Practitioner Conference in 2020, which was unfortunately cancelled due to Covid-19. In the fall of 2020, Lisa provided a three-week, one hour seminar for the Freshman Experience at the New England Conservatory of Music. In the spring of 2021, Lisa was a virtual guest speaker at the Spring Community Day for the Wily Network.

Lisa is passionate in her belief that everyone at any place in their life can benefit from SMART skills. She has worked with clients with a variety of health concerns including cancer, tinnitus, vertigo, dizziness, hearing loss, migraine headaches, heart disease, obesity, hypertension, diabetes, asthma, thyroid disease, irritable bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, autoimmune disease, cystic fibrosis, pain, obsessive compulsive disorder, anxiety, depression, and eating disorders. According to Lisa, witnessing clients gain agency and reduce chronic symptoms is one of the most gratifying aspects of her work at iMindBody, LLC.

In her free time, Lisa enjoys creating special time with family, doing the crossword puzzle with her husband, knitting, playing tennis, cooking, listening to music, and anything art related.