Mental Health: Beyond Industry Barriers and Biases
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ABOUT THE SYMPOSIUM
We live in a time of unprecedented growth (technological, economic, and institutional), yet many people feel disoriented and disconnected. Modern societies are highly productive, but most people find themselves unsure what all this productivity is for. Language of mental health and well-being seems to be everywhere, and everyone is told to cope, optimize, regulate, and self-manage. Beneath the language of mental health as a mainstream phenomenon sits deeper questions few spaces are willing to ask.
What does it actually mean to live and be well?
The IMAR 2026 Symposium is a one-day public conference for people across faiths, traditions, and communities in Northern California who sense that modern approaches to healing are incomplete and to explore wellbeing as a human question, not just a clinical one.
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
10:00 AM - Suhba (fellowship) and Coffee
10:30 AM - Introduction
10:40 AM - Panel 1 “What Does it Mean to Be Well?”
11:30 AM - Panel 2 “Beyond the Therapeutic Outsourcing of Care: Community, Clergy and Companionship”
12:30 PM - Suhba (fellowship) and Lunch
1:30 PM - Panel 3 “The Empire of Pain: Evaluating Trauma Discourse”
2:30 PM - Closing
***Lunch and coffee will be available to purchase from vendors***
We live in a time of unprecedented growth (technological, economic, and institutional), yet many people feel disoriented and disconnected. Modern societies are highly productive, but most people find themselves unsure what all this productivity is for. Language of mental health and well-being seems to be everywhere, and everyone is told to cope, optimize, regulate, and self-manage. Beneath the language of mental health as a mainstream phenomenon sits deeper questions few spaces are willing to ask.
What does it actually mean to live and be well?
The IMAR 2026 Symposium is a one-day public conference for people across faiths, traditions, and communities in Northern California who sense that modern approaches to healing are incomplete and to explore wellbeing as a human question, not just a clinical one.
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
10:00 AM - Suhba (fellowship) and Coffee
10:30 AM - Introduction
10:40 AM - Panel 1 “What Does it Mean to Be Well?”
11:30 AM - Panel 2 “Beyond the Therapeutic Outsourcing of Care: Community, Clergy and Companionship”
12:30 PM - Suhba (fellowship) and Lunch
1:30 PM - Panel 3 “The Empire of Pain: Evaluating Trauma Discourse”
2:30 PM - Closing
***Lunch and coffee will be available to purchase from vendors***
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Where is it happening?
10031 Foothills Blvd, Roseville, CA, United States
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Host or PublisherInstitute for Muslim Advancement and Renewal- IMAR
