Wellness & Work-Life Balance (C)

<p>For more than a decade, National Geographic Explorer Chris Bashinelli, better known as “Bash,” has traveled the world walking in other people’s shoes and trying to better understand the human condition.</p><p>A passionate mental health advocate, Bash has studied meditation and mindfulness since the death of his father.

<p>Suneel Gupta asks audiences, leaders and teams: “How can an organization excel on the outside if its people are exhausted on the inside?”</p><p>As the founding CEO of RISE, a breakthrough wellness company, Suneel Gupta helped thousands of people build better habits for life and work. Now as a bestselling author and Harvard Medical School visiting scholar, Suneel has taken his mission one step further – helping people achieve sustainable peak performance by bolstering emotional resilience and engagement.

<p>Mindful leadership expert, author, and former urban monk Pandit Dasa helps organizations create a mindful work culture—leading to greater workplace happiness, employee engagement and retention, and stronger rapport with customers. </p><p>Pandit Dasa inspires organizations to create a more mindful workplace by encouraging them to lead by example, appreciate the contributions of their colleagues, communicate mindfully and manage one’s emotions.

<p>Dr. Leana Wen is a practicing physician, healthcare executive, and one of America’s leading public health experts. She is a columnist for The <em>Washington Post</em>, where she writes a twice-weekly column on medicine and public health and anchors the Post newsletter, "The Checkup with Dr. Wen".

<p>Marissa Orr is the author of the bestseller<i> Lean Out: The Truth About Women, Power, & The Workplace</i>. On stage, Orr draws from her book and her successful 15-year career inside Google and Facebook to ask the question few have the nerve to ask: What have we gotten wrong about women at work?</p><p>With career-altering experiences inside two of Silicon Valley’s leading tech giants, Orr shares her views on women at work, structural norms and teamwork.

<p>Named one of “The Best Speakers of Today” by Northstar Meetings Group and Orator of the Year by <i>ACHI Magazine </i>in 2018, Natalie Fikes is a force of positive change on stage.</p><p>Natalie Fikes, is a performance and development coach that helps professionals improve performance and get what they want in life and business.

<p>With lessons from the front lines of emergency rooms in the pandemic and combat zones in Iraq, Dr. Bose has an inspiring and motivational message for leaders in times of crisis and anyone struggling to return to “normal.”</p><p>As an Army battalion surgeon in the Iraq War, Dr. Bose was selected to treat Saddam Hussein after his capture and was awarded a Bronze Star for completing one of the longest combat tours by any physician since World War II.

<p>The visionary who developed the concept of Emotional Agility, Susan David, PhD, is an award-winning clinical psychologist at Harvard Medical School and one of the world’s most influential management thinkers.</p><p>The “Emotional Agility TED Talk” went viral rapidly, posting over 1 million views in just its first week of release, over 9 million at TED.com and more than 60 million unique views on social media, making it one of the ten most popular TED talks that year.

<p>Susan Cain is the world’s most famous introvert and named by LinkedIn the 6th Top Influencer in the world just behind Richard Branson and Melinda Gates.</p><p>Cain is the author of <i>Quiet Power: The Secret Strengths of Introverted Kids</i> and <i>Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking</i>, which has been on the <i>New York Times</i> bestseller list for seven years and counting, and has been translated into 40 languages.

<p>Neil Pasricha thinks, writes, and speaks about intentional living. His current work focuses under themes of gratitude, happiness, failure, resilience, connection, and trust. </p><p>Neil is the author of nine books and journals including: <i>The Book of Awesome</i>, a spinning rolodex of simple pleasures based on his 100-million-hit, award-winning blog <i>1000 Awesome Things</i>, <i>The Happiness Equation</i>, originally written as a 300-page love letter to his unborn son on how to live a happy life, <i>Awesome Is Everywhere</