3-DAY GLOBAL MENTAL HEALTH SUMMIT
Straight talk. Inspiration. Practices you can use today.
Elevate your mood, rebalance your thinking, and learn cutting-edge practices to build mental and emotional resilience.
Founder, The Chopra Foundation Author, Total Meditation
Chopra is a Clinical Professor of Family Medicine and Public Health at the University of California, San Diego and serves as a senior scientist with Gallup Organization. He is the author of over 89 books translated into over forty-three languages, including numerous New York Times bestsellers. His 90th book and national bestseller, Metahuman: Unleashing Your Infinite Potential (Harmony Books), unlocks the secrets to moving beyond our present limitations to access a field of infinite possibilities.
Co-Founder, The Huffington Post. Founder & CEO, Thrive Global.
Arianna Huffington is a prolific author and international media mogul who started the award-winning news platform The Huffington Post.
Comedian, Actor & Mental Health Activist Above the Noise Podcast
Russell Brand’s career spans stand-up comedy, acting, broadcasting and writing. He is the author of the Audible Original, ‘Revelation: Connecting with the Sacred in Everyday Life' and his weekly meditation podcast, 'Above the Noise', is available on Luminary Podcasts. Russell lives in the UK with his wife Laura, their two daughters, two dogs, two cats and chickens.
Academy Award-Nominated Actress, Model, and Writer
Mariel Hemingway is a health advocate who has spent a lifetime studying how mental and physical health are linked. Her work is focused on what to do to transform negative messages and influences into healing that becomes radiant energy, full of purpose and balance. She is an author, film/television producer and unstoppable voice in the ever-changing conversation around living a healthier, more meaningful life.
Peabody-Winning Performance Poet
J. Ivy is an Award Winning Performance Poet, Recording Artist, Song Writer, Author and Actor. Over the years his work has earned him a Peabody, Clio, Telly, and NAACP Image Award and he is widely known for being the “Poet” featured on Kanye West’s Grammy Winning Album, “The College Dropout,” on the classic song “Never Let Me Down,” along with Hip-Hop icon Jay-Z.
Singer-songwriter, Mental Health Advocate Founder, Never Broken
Jewel went from a girl who grew up with no running water on an Alaskan homestead, to a homeless teenager in San Diego, to an award winning, Multi-Platinum Recording Artist who released one of the best-selling debuts of all time. Through her career Jewel has sold over 30 million albums worldwide, earned 26 Music Award nominations, including The Grammys, AMAs, MTV Awards, VH1 Awards, Billboard Music Awards, and CMAs, winning 8 times. Jewel has been featured on the cover of TIME Magazine, Rolling Stone, performed on Saturday Night Live, at the Super Bowl, the NBA Finals, for The Pope and The President Of The United States. Mental health and mindfulness has been a lifelong passion of Jewel’s. She offers free mindfulness exercises and an online mental health community at JewelNeverBroken.com.
Rapper, Entrepreneur, and Philanthropist
Jay Wayne Jenkins, known professionally as Jeezy, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and actor. Jeezy is credited, along with fellow Atlanta-based rappers T.I. and Gucci Mane, for helping to pioneer and popularize trap music with a mainstream audience
Creator of Wim Hof Method
Wim Hof got his nickname “The Iceman” by breaking a number of records related to cold exposure. His feats include climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in shorts, running a half marathon above the Arctic Circle on his bare feet, and standing in a container while covered with ice cubes for more than 112 minutes. Having embraced the majestic force of nature, Wim resolved to share his discovery with the rest of the world. He is convinced that everyone can tap into this potential without having to invest the same decades worth of study, travel and daring. And so he developed the Wim Hof Method: a natural path to an optimal state of body and mind. Learn more at: http://www.wimhofmethod.com/
Founder & CEO of Kenneth Cole, Founder & Chairman of The Mental Health Coalition
Kenneth Cole is an American designer, social activist, and visionary who believes business and philanthropy are interdependent. In 1985, with the help of renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz and many of the top fashion models in the world, Kenneth launched the first AIDS public service campaign. He then joined amfAR’s board of directors in 1987, became vice chairman in 2001, and on World AIDS Day in 2004, he became chairman of the board. He then served in that position for 14 years. In May 2020, with a coalition of the most respected and influential nonprofits, brands, businesses, influencers and high-profile figures in the entertainment, creative and media space, Kenneth officially launched the Mental Health Coalition to end the stigma against mental health conditions.
1st Ballot Hall of Famer 2x Super Bowl Champion with the Baltimore Ravens
Ray Lewis is a former NFL linebacker and played for the Baltimore Raves for 17 years. He is currently an advocate for mental health awareness.
Actor and Writer
Peter Coyote has performed as an actor in over 160 films. His work includes some of the world’s most distinguished filmmakers, including: Barry Levinson, Roman Polanski, Pedro Almodovar, Steven Spielberg, Martin Ritt, Steven Soderberg, Sidney Pollack and Jean Paul Rappeneau. He is a double Emmy-Award winning narrator of over 150 documentary films, including Ken Burns, National Parks, Prohibition, The West, the Dust Bowl, The Roosevelts for which he received his second Emmy in 2015. Recently, Peter has also completed Vietnam, The History of Country Music and a six-hour series on Ernest Hemingway for Mr. Burns.
Former U.S. Congressman Founder - The Kennedy Forum
During his time in Congress, Patrick J. Kennedy was the lead author of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (Federal Parity Law). He is founder of The Kennedy Forum; co-founder of One Mind; co-chair of the Action Alliance’s Mental Health & Suicide Prevention National Response to COVID-19; a former member of the President‘s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis; and author of “A Common Struggle: A Personal Journey Through the Past and Future of Mental Illness and Addiction.
NFL football tight end for the Atlanta Falcons
Founder & Executive Director of the ICAHSI
Amikaeyla Gaston co-creates with government, health, non-profit, and social justice organizations helping refugees, at-risk populations, women of color, and the terminally ill, to promote healing and wellness through authentic expression. She is a nuanced thought-leader, author, and public speaker, and is the proud recipient of the U.N. Global Woman Award, the Voss Foundation Emerging Women Leaders Award, and Outstanding Service in Social Justice and Advocacy, and the International Hero for Peace and Forgiveness award.
New York Times Best Selling Author of The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz is the international bestselling author of a series of books including The Four Agreements -over 10 years on The New York Times bestseller list- and the 36th bestselling book of the decade. He has dedicated his life to sharing the wisdom of the ancient Toltec through his books, lectures, and journeys to sacred sites around the world. Other books include The Mastery of Love, The Voice of Knowledge, Prayers, Beyond Fear and The Fifth Agreement, a collaboration with his son Don Jose Ruiz.
Mental Health Advocate, Co-Founder & CEO of Pym
Zak Williams is passionate about investing in and supporting the development and deployment of transformative products to address the needs of actual humans. He is the co-Founder and CEO of stress and anxiety relief company PYM and an investor in companies Yumi, Bloom Farms, OpenNest, Défoncé, Beboe, OpenTrack, ULO, The Ticket Fairy, Florence Health, Polycade, Human Ventures, House of Waris, and Relief Technologies and cares deeply about how the development of robust integrated strategies, great storytelling, and strong cultures influence people and the products that make their lives better to be the best versions of themselves.
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Let’s be honest. It’s a stressful time. If you are feeling alone, anxious or just down, or know someone who is, we want you to know you are not alone.
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Brought to you by the #NeverAlone initiative of The Chopra Foundation and the John W. Brick Mental Health Foundation.
There is so much focus now on protecting your physical health, it can be easy to forget your mental, emotional and spiritual well-being. We’ll be sharing expert advice, straight talk, personal stories and ideas, along with practices and tools you can use today to elevate your mood, rebalance your thinking, boost your resiliency and even find a little bit of magic.
Some of our speakers are well-known – you’ll recognize people like Deepak Chopra, Ariana Huffington, Zak Williams and Mariel Hemingway. Others are noted experts in mental health, wellness and brain science. Meet amazing musicians, writers and performing artists bringing inspiration and hope. But just as important, people like you and me – ordinary folks with extraordinary stories.
Hey, we have all faced mental health and emotional challenges at times. This is a great time to talk openly, eliminate the stigma, and change the way the world treats mental health.
Let’s tell our stories, share our support and imagine our future. And through it all, let’s ask:
How might these times change us and our world for the better?
How can each of us be part of that possibility?
Join us to stand for our shared humanity, to say, “you are never alone.”
WE’RE HERE FOR YOU, BE THERE FOR THEM.
Co-Founder of Never Alone Movement, Actress, and Activist
Co-Founder of Never Alone Movement and Founder of Warrior Monk
Executive Director, John W. Brick Foundation
Cassandra Vieten is a clinical psychologist, Executive Director of the John W. Brick Mental Health Foundation, Scholar-in-Residence at the Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination at the University of California, San Diego, and a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Noetic Sciences, where she served as President from 2013-2019. She has authored three books, published numerous articles in scientific journals, and is an internationally recognized keynote speaker and workshop leader.
Singer-songwriter, Mental Health Advocate Founder, Never Broken
Jewel went from a girl who grew up with no running water on an Alaskan homestead, to a homeless teenager in San Diego, to an award winning, Multi-Platinum Recording Artist who released one of the best-selling debuts of all time. Through her career Jewel has sold over 30 million albums worldwide, earned 26 Music Award nominations, including The Grammys, AMAs, MTV Awards, VH1 Awards, Billboard Music Awards, and CMAs, winning 8 times. Jewel has been featured on the cover of TIME Magazine, Rolling Stone, performed on Saturday Night Live, at the Super Bowl, the NBA Finals, for The Pope and The President Of The United States. Mental health and mindfulness has been a lifelong passion of Jewel’s. She offers free mindfulness exercises and an online mental health community at JewelNeverBroken.com.
Singer/Songwriter
Jennifer Lee Snowden is a singer, songwriter, piano player, essayist, and public speaker. A two-time cancer survivor, she is as resilient as she is forceful—determined as she is dynamic.
Musician and Songwriter
Johnny Sansone is recognized by The Blues Foundation in numerous categories for his outstanding talent. "He has crept upon us slowly but surely, and now Johnny Sansone has become one of the best bluesmen/roots musicians on the scene" David Kunian, OFFBEAT MAGAZINE.
IONS, Esalen and TILT
Michael Sapiro, PsyD is a clinical psychologist, Dharma teacher, meditation researcher, and former Buddhist monk. He is on faculty at Esalen Institute and is a Fellow at the Institute of Noetic Sciences where he engages in research on meditation, transformation, and consciousness. He teaches nationally on the art and science of transformation, expanded human capabilities, self-care, and nondual meditation. He completed his postdoctoral fellowship in advanced psychology at the Boise VA Medical Center where he specialized in rural and integrated health, PTSD, and combat trauma. His work is dedicated to personal awakening for the sake of collective and planetary transformation. He can be found at michaelsapiro.com.
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