An 8-Day Event for Connecting the Power of Your Soul with Your Work
Day 4
Feel Better, Work Better
Sunday, April 24
The Care Continuum at Work: Workshops Designed for the Whole Self
MELISSA CARTER
Senior Director, Center for Global Spiritual Life & Head of Mindfulness Programming and Education at New York University
Melissa Carter is the senior director for Global Spiritual Life at New York University and is the head of Mindfulness Education and Programming for MindfulNYU, the largest campus-wide mindfulness initiative in the country. Melissa’s career began in the hip-hop music business at Violator management. From there, she became a digital sales and marketing executive at both Warner Music Group and Universal Music Group. After a decade in the industry, Melissa embarked on a spiritual journey that inspired transformations in both her career and daily life.
Melissa has served as a meditation teacher, reiki master, intuitive coach, and wellness consultant. The last ten years have brought her to 15 different countries as a presenter and workshop leader speaking about the intersection of spirituality, social justice, and mindfulness including belonging, self-care, and intuitive and emotional intelligence. As a spiritual thought leader, Melissa takes a holistic approach to problem solving. She has a drive to understand how systems work and how they can function more efficiently using mindfulness and grassroots practices. She is an adjunct professor for the Silver School of Social Work and is the New York trauma-informed facilitator for Connection Coalition. She is a Mama Glow-trained doula. Melissa has been featured in Good Housekeeping magazine and Billboard magazine’s “Top 30 Under 30 Executives,” as well as various mindfulness blogs and podcasts, including The Naked Podcast and The Trailblazer Podcast.
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Workshop 1: Intellectual Health. Stimulate overall intellectual health and brain growth
SARAH BETH BAILEY, EdD
Director of Newnan Advising Center at the University of Michigan; Adjunct Faculty, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development at New York University; Founder of Mindful Coaching and Consulting
Sarah Beth Bailey, EdD, is the director of the Newnan Advising Center at the University of Michigan. She serves as a part-time faculty member in the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development at New York University. Additionally, she is a coach and consultant with 17 years of experience in higher education. She found her passion for coaching through being a manager, supervisor, and student advisor. Success, joy, accomplishment, goal attainment, and real happiness all stem from consciously deciding to do something and taking deliberate actions to make it a reality. It is not easy to make change, navigate uncertainty, transform, and design the life you wish to live, but it can be easier and more fun with a facilitator. Progress doesn’t have to happen in isolation. It doesn’t have to be painful. It takes time, effort, and thoughtfulness. As a coach, she gets joy from celebrating, supporting, and facilitating clients’ and students’ learning, growth, and accomplishment.
Workshop 2: Emotional and Mental Health. Be present with emotions as they arise; better cope with stress and change
NATALIE KUHN
Executive Vice President of Experience and Founding Teacher of The Class
Natalie Kuhn serves as EVP of Experience and a founding teacher of The Class, a global digital company that combines fitness and mindfulness in order to strengthen the body, become aware of the mind, and create a deeper connection to self. Raised by an ex-nun and a doctor, Natalie found ways to use the physical body to experience spirituality and use spirituality to live more freely in the body. She graduated from New York University with a bachelor of fine arts in theater and traveled the world as a performer for the likes of David Byrne and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs before starting with The Class in 2013. Ever since, she has been helping it grow from a weekly offering in downtown Manhattan into the global wellness brand it is today. Her side project, “Make the Sun,” is a series of art mirrors and meditations dedicated to helping the viewer practice a kinder sight. Natalie is a native Los Angeleno and now lives in Brooklyn.
Workshop 3: Spiritual Care with Melissa Carter
MELISSA CARTER
Senior Director, Center for Global Spiritual Life & Head of Mindfulness Programming and Education at New York University
Melissa Carter is the senior director for Global Spiritual Life at New York University and is the head of Mindfulness Education and Programming for MindfulNYU, the largest campus-wide mindfulness initiative in the country. Melissa’s career began in the hip-hop music business at Violator management. From there, she became a digital sales and marketing executive at both Warner Music Group and Universal Music Group. After a decade in the industry, Melissa embarked on a spiritual journey that inspired transformations in both her career and daily life.
Melissa has served as a meditation teacher, reiki master, intuitive coach, and wellness consultant. The last ten years have brought her to 15 different countries as a presenter and workshop leader speaking about the intersection of spirituality, social justice, and mindfulness including belonging, self-care, and intuitive and emotional intelligence. As a spiritual thought leader, Melissa takes a holistic approach to problem solving. She has a drive to understand how systems work and how they can function more efficiently using mindfulness and grassroots practices. She is an adjunct professor for the Silver School of Social Work and is the New York trauma-informed facilitator for Connection Coalition. She is a Mama Glow-trained doula. Melissa has been featured in Good Housekeeping magazine and Billboard magazine’s “Top 30 Under 30 Executives,” as well as various mindfulness blogs and podcasts, including The Naked Podcast and The Trailblazer Podcast.
Workshop 4: Physical Health. Discover new ways to optimize your physical well-being; increase vitality and life force
AMEERAH OMAR
Self-Development and Mindset Coach
Ameerah Omar is a Certified Self Development & Mindset Coach, meditation instructor, and runner based in New York City. Working with athletes to executives, she offers a unique approach to mindset training through evidence-based mindfulness skill development. She lives by the code that everyone has the potential to live their best life, and her work is designed to help others take responsibility for the way they show up in the world. Additionally, Ameerah is the mindset coach for adidas Runners – NYC, a global community united by a desire to become better: better runners, better athletes, and ultimately, better humans. She also holds the position, director of Training at MNDFL, a one-of-a-kind mindfulness training program designed to meet you where you are, teaching you about mindfulness and providing the foundation to live a MNDFL life.
Workshop 5: Occupational Care. Increase your personal satisfaction and fulfillment in your career
SHIRIN ESKANDANI
Founder of Wholehearted Coaching
Shirin Eskandani is a coach, writer, and public speaker who has been featured as a wellness expert on the Today Show and The Doctors, and in the New York Times and Shape magazine. Prior to building her successful coaching business, she was an award-winning opera singer, performing at Carnegie Hall and The Metropolitan Opera.
Certified by the International Coach Federation, Shirin’s holistic approach to transformation is rooted in mindfulness and mindset work. An inspiring and dynamic speaker, Shirin has worked with companies including Google, Ulta, Active Campaign, and Splendid Spoon. She is the cofounder of The Glow Up and Brown Girls Brunch and hosts Wholehearted Coaching: The Podcast.
Workshop 6: Explore the power of spiritual, social, communal, financial, and environmental health and care
MELISSA CARTER
Senior Director, Center for Global Spiritual Life & Head of Mindfulness Programming and Education at New York University
Melissa Carter is the senior director for Global Spiritual Life at New York University and is the head of Mindfulness Education and Programming for MindfulNYU, the largest campus-wide mindfulness initiative in the country. Melissa’s career began in the hip-hop music business at Violator management. From there, she became a digital sales and marketing executive at both Warner Music Group and Universal Music Group. After a decade in the industry, Melissa embarked on a spiritual journey that inspired transformations in both her career and daily life.
Melissa has served as a meditation teacher, reiki master, intuitive coach, and wellness consultant. The last ten years have brought her to 15 different countries as a presenter and workshop leader speaking about the intersection of spirituality, social justice, and mindfulness including belonging, self-care, and intuitive and emotional intelligence. As a spiritual thought leader, Melissa takes a holistic approach to problem solving. She has a drive to understand how systems work and how they can function more efficiently using mindfulness and grassroots practices. She is an adjunct professor for the Silver School of Social Work and is the New York trauma-informed facilitator for Connection Coalition. She is a Mama Glow-trained doula. Melissa has been featured in Good Housekeeping magazine and Billboard magazine’s “Top 30 Under 30 Executives,” as well as various mindfulness blogs and podcasts, including The Naked Podcast and The Trailblazer Podcast.
The Care Continuum at Work: Workshops Designed for the Whole Self
MELISSA CARTER
Senior Director, Center for Global Spiritual Life & Head of Mindfulness Programming and Education at New York University
Melissa Carter is the senior director for Global Spiritual Life at New York University and is the head of Mindfulness Education and Programming for MindfulNYU, the largest campus-wide mindfulness initiative in the country. Melissa’s career began in the hip-hop music business at Violator management. From there, she became a digital sales and marketing executive at both Warner Music Group and Universal Music Group. After a decade in the industry, Melissa embarked on a spiritual journey that inspired transformations in both her career and daily life.
Melissa has served as a meditation teacher, reiki master, intuitive coach, and wellness consultant. The last ten years have brought her to 15 different countries as a presenter and workshop leader speaking about the intersection of spirituality, social justice, and mindfulness including belonging, self-care, and intuitive and emotional intelligence. As a spiritual thought leader, Melissa takes a holistic approach to problem solving. She has a drive to understand how systems work and how they can function more efficiently using mindfulness and grassroots practices. She is an adjunct professor for the Silver School of Social Work and is the New York trauma-informed facilitator for Connection Coalition. She is a Mama Glow-trained doula. Melissa has been featured in Good Housekeeping magazine and Billboard magazine’s “Top 30 Under 30 Executives,” as well as various mindfulness blogs and podcasts, including The Naked Podcast and The Trailblazer Podcast.
Get Lifetime Downloadable Access to 25+ Summit Videos
And Mini Workshops By:
Workshop 1: Intellectual Health. Stimulate overall intellectual health and brain growth
SARAH BETH BAILEY, EdD
Director of Newnan Advising Center at the University of Michigan; Adjunct Faculty, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development at New York University; Founder of Mindful Coaching and Consulting
Sarah Beth Bailey, EdD, is the director of the Newnan Advising Center at the University of Michigan. She serves as a part-time faculty member in the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development at New York University. Additionally, she is a coach and consultant with 17 years of experience in higher education. She found her passion for coaching through being a manager, supervisor, and student advisor. Success, joy, accomplishment, goal attainment, and real happiness all stem from consciously deciding to do something and taking deliberate actions to make it a reality. It is not easy to make change, navigate uncertainty, transform, and design the life you wish to live, but it can be easier and more fun with a facilitator. Progress doesn’t have to happen in isolation. It doesn’t have to be painful. It takes time, effort, and thoughtfulness. As a coach, she gets joy from celebrating, supporting, and facilitating clients’ and students’ learning, growth, and accomplishment.
Workshop 2: Emotional and Mental Health. Be present with emotions as they arise; better cope with stress and change
NATALIE KUHN
Executive Vice President of Experience and Founding Teacher of The Class
Natalie Kuhn serves as EVP of Experience and a founding teacher of The Class, a global digital company that combines fitness and mindfulness in order to strengthen the body, become aware of the mind, and create a deeper connection to self. Raised by an ex-nun and a doctor, Natalie found ways to use the physical body to experience spirituality and use spirituality to live more freely in the body. She graduated from New York University with a bachelor of fine arts in theater and traveled the world as a performer for the likes of David Byrne and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs before starting with The Class in 2013. Ever since, she has been helping it grow from a weekly offering in downtown Manhattan into the global wellness brand it is today. Her side project, “Make the Sun,” is a series of art mirrors and meditations dedicated to helping the viewer practice a kinder sight. Natalie is a native Los Angeleno and now lives in Brooklyn.
Workshop 3: Spiritual Care with Melissa Carter
MELISSA CARTER
Senior Director, Center for Global Spiritual Life & Head of Mindfulness Programming and Education at New York University
Melissa Carter is the senior director for Global Spiritual Life at New York University and is the head of Mindfulness Education and Programming for MindfulNYU, the largest campus-wide mindfulness initiative in the country. Melissa’s career began in the hip-hop music business at Violator management. From there, she became a digital sales and marketing executive at both Warner Music Group and Universal Music Group. After a decade in the industry, Melissa embarked on a spiritual journey that inspired transformations in both her career and daily life.
Melissa has served as a meditation teacher, reiki master, intuitive coach, and wellness consultant. The last ten years have brought her to 15 different countries as a presenter and workshop leader speaking about the intersection of spirituality, social justice, and mindfulness including belonging, self-care, and intuitive and emotional intelligence. As a spiritual thought leader, Melissa takes a holistic approach to problem solving. She has a drive to understand how systems work and how they can function more efficiently using mindfulness and grassroots practices. She is an adjunct professor for the Silver School of Social Work and is the New York trauma-informed facilitator for Connection Coalition. She is a Mama Glow-trained doula. Melissa has been featured in Good Housekeeping magazine and Billboard magazine’s “Top 30 Under 30 Executives,” as well as various mindfulness blogs and podcasts, including The Naked Podcast and The Trailblazer Podcast.
Workshop 4: Physical Health. Discover new ways to optimize your physical well-being; increase vitality and life force
AMEERAH OMAR
Self-Development and Mindset Coach
Ameerah Omar is a Certified Self Development & Mindset Coach, meditation instructor, and runner based in New York City. Working with athletes to executives, she offers a unique approach to mindset training through evidence-based mindfulness skill development. She lives by the code that everyone has the potential to live their best life, and her work is designed to help others take responsibility for the way they show up in the world. Additionally, Ameerah is the mindset coach for adidas Runners – NYC, a global community united by a desire to become better: better runners, better athletes, and ultimately, better humans. She also holds the position, director of Training at MNDFL, a one-of-a-kind mindfulness training program designed to meet you where you are, teaching you about mindfulness and providing the foundation to live a MNDFL life.
Workshop 5: Occupational Care. Increase your personal satisfaction and fulfillment in your career
SHIRIN ESKANDANI
Founder of Wholehearted Coaching
Shirin Eskandani is a coach, writer, and public speaker who has been featured as a wellness expert on the Today Show and The Doctors, and in the New York Times and Shape magazine. Prior to building her successful coaching business, she was an award-winning opera singer, performing at Carnegie Hall and The Metropolitan Opera.
Certified by the International Coach Federation, Shirin’s holistic approach to transformation is rooted in mindfulness and mindset work. An inspiring and dynamic speaker, Shirin has worked with companies including Google, Ulta, Active Campaign, and Splendid Spoon. She is the cofounder of The Glow Up and Brown Girls Brunch and hosts Wholehearted Coaching: The Podcast.
Workshop 6: Explore the power of spiritual, social, communal, financial, and environmental health and care
MELISSA CARTER
Senior Director, Center for Global Spiritual Life & Head of Mindfulness Programming and Education at New York University
Melissa Carter is the senior director for Global Spiritual Life at New York University and is the head of Mindfulness Education and Programming for MindfulNYU, the largest campus-wide mindfulness initiative in the country. Melissa’s career began in the hip-hop music business at Violator management. From there, she became a digital sales and marketing executive at both Warner Music Group and Universal Music Group. After a decade in the industry, Melissa embarked on a spiritual journey that inspired transformations in both her career and daily life.
Melissa has served as a meditation teacher, reiki master, intuitive coach, and wellness consultant. The last ten years have brought her to 15 different countries as a presenter and workshop leader speaking about the intersection of spirituality, social justice, and mindfulness including belonging, self-care, and intuitive and emotional intelligence. As a spiritual thought leader, Melissa takes a holistic approach to problem solving. She has a drive to understand how systems work and how they can function more efficiently using mindfulness and grassroots practices. She is an adjunct professor for the Silver School of Social Work and is the New York trauma-informed facilitator for Connection Coalition. She is a Mama Glow-trained doula. Melissa has been featured in Good Housekeeping magazine and Billboard magazine’s “Top 30 Under 30 Executives,” as well as various mindfulness blogs and podcasts, including The Naked Podcast and The Trailblazer Podcast.
The Hard Pivot: A Fireside Chat with Melissa Carter and Apolo Ohno
APOLO OHNO
Olympic Gold Medalist
Apolo Ohno claimed his first major speed skating title at the US Championships at the age of 14 after just six months of training. After 15 years, he went from kid prodigy to the most decorated US Winter Olympian in history—a title he still holds—earning eight Olympic medals in short-track speed skating across the 2002, 2006, and 2010 Olympics.
Following the 2010 Olympic Games, Apolo took his understanding of sports psychology and his personal experience with success and setbacks to develop a resilient and mission-driven approach to life. In 2011, he wrote a book on this subject, Zero Regrets, which went on to become a New York Times bestseller.
Apolo remains involved in the Olympic movement. He was an NBC sports analyst for the 2012, 2014, and 2018 Olympics, and is a global ambassador for the Special Olympics. He is currently on the bid committees for the Winter Games in Salt Lake City, Utah, and the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles. He has also continued to push himself in the world of sport, winning Season 4 of ABC’s hit reality show Dancing with the Stars and finishing the 2014 Ironman World Championship Triathlon in Kona, Hawaii.
Apolo has spent much of the past decade traveling the world and translating his successes and life lessons to business. His time in Asia was spent immersed in various business sectors, ranging from the rare-earth industry to transportation infrastructure and software to name a few. He also completed the six-week Exec Education program at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, alongside 38 selected C-suite high performers.
Through his speaking engagements with hundreds of organizations—from Fortune 100 companies to nonprofits—Apolo has helped business leaders and teams develop a high-performance mindset while increasing fulfillment, engagement, and output in a world in which innovation, disruption, and uncertainty are the norm. Through a mental framework, he has guided executives to find motivation to consistently do their best work. Mission-driven to unlock our inner potential, Apolo helps exceed our own expectations.
Apolo’s most recent work has centered on the concept of reinvention—an undertaking in which he has demonstrated unique experience and mastery. His life has been defined not just by performing at the highest possible level in various arenas, but by his pursuit of new goals and tackling new challenges, all while maintaining his iconic positive attitude and unmatched energy. Apolo continues to bring these attributes to every engagement and opportunity. He is a partner at the venture firm Tribe Capital.
Highlights from this session:
- How our nation’s most medaled Winter Olympic athlete made a hard pivot when he retired from skating
- How to let go of what was and get ready for the change that is coming your way
- How to embrace challenges to create meaning and purpose in work and business
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Highlights from this session:
- How our nation’s most medaled Winter Olympic athlete made a hard pivot when he retired from skating
- How to let go of what was and get ready for the change that is coming your way
- How to embrace challenges to create meaning and purpose in work and business
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