2026 Mattering Summit Speakers

Louis Alloro

Co-Creating Community Mattering Through Wellbeing

(Panel) This panel brings together four leading practitioners who are turning the idea of “mattering” into lived, community-wide impact. From city-wide wellbeing coalitions to grassroots kindness movements, from embodied practices to positive psychology interventions, this conversation explores what it really takes to create cultures where people feel seen, valued, and able to contribute. Featuring Kathy Snyder (Midland Wellbeing Coalition, Midland, MI), Sarah Tachon (Kindness is Contagious, Evansville WI), Talma Shultz (Positive Psychology Initiative, Palmdale, CA), and Lucy Osborne (intenSati leader, Global), this session will highlight real-world examples of how communities can move from intention to integration. Together, we will explore how mattering is built, sustained, and scaled across systems, relationships, and everyday practices, and what it means for the future of collective wellbeing. Grounded in the Summit’s focus on mattering to self, others, and society, this panel invites participants to reflect, connect, and leave with practical ideas to strengthen belonging and wellbeing in their own communities.

Louis Alloro, M.Ed., MAPP is a trainer, coach and facilitator helping teams and entire organizations and communities dig deeper and reach higher. He was one of the first one hundred people in the world to earn a Masters in Applied Positive Psychology from University of Pennsylvania, and since 2008, has trained and certified thousands of people leaders, workplaces and communities in leadership, wellbeing and positive change science. His passion is in helping campuses, corporations, and cities change conversations and behaviors at scale. Louis brings an evidence-informed lens and an inspiringly calm and positive spirit to his high-touch facilitation. Louis lives in Chicago with his five year old son Luca and 11 year young pooch Ryder — both of whom share July 6 as a birthday to celebrate.

Brad Aronson

Transform the World …and Yourself.

What if changing the world didn’t require a grand gesture, but simply a small, intentional act? This inspiring talk shares powerful real-life stories that reveal how even the simplest moments can create a ripple effect far beyond what we imagine. If you’re feeling the weight of the world, this session will shift your perspective with an uplifting reminder of what really matters and of how easily you can change a life—including your own.

Brad Aronson is a husband and a dad, and when he’s holding the parenting reins, he likes to go all out. For him that means leading an egg drop competition from the third-floor window of his family’s home or heading up indoor games of baseball and hockey, and then having to explain why something else is now in pieces. Luckily, his wife, Mia, is understanding.

Brad loves teaching entrepreneurship to youth in Camden, NJ and Philadelphia. Everyone in his class starts their own business, which has led to many adventures in entrepreneurship.

Brad is the author of the National Bestseller HumanKind: Changing the World One Small Act At a Time. This heartwarming read shares real-life, feel-good stories about how one small deed can make a world of difference. “Elegant and wise” (Deepak Chopra), “The most uplifting and life-affirming book in years.” (Forbes) 

All royalties from HumanKind go to nonprofits in the book.

Dr. Sarah Bennison

What Would Education Look Like if Mattering Were at the Center of Everything We Do?

The Mattering Movement is the first leading national organization in Mattering Education — bringing over four decades of psychological and educational research to schools across the United States. When students and educators feel seen, valued, and believe their contributions matter, the results are transformative for mental health, belonging, academic outcomes, and school communities. Dr. Sarah Bennison, educator of over 30 years, NYU faculty member, and pioneer in mattering-based education, will share the research and the practical tools to activate the science of mattering in your school. Participants will leave with a shared language, actionable strategies, and a new lens for thinking about school culture, student wellbeing, and teacher resilience.

Dr. Sarah Bennison is an educator, scholar, activist, and social entrepreneur dedicated to transforming educational institutions through service. A faculty member at New York University, Dr. Bennison teaches and researches at the intersection of curriculum, educational institutions, and social impact. She teaches a course at NYU called Achievement Culture & the American Dream: Who Matters?

She is the founder and creator of the Trinity School (NYC) Office of Public Service, an innovative K–12 service learning initiative that integrates community engagement into the heart of school culture. She is also co-founder and CEO of The Mattering Movement, a nonprofit dedicated to building educational environments where every student and community member experiences genuine belonging and purpose.

Dr. Bennison partners with schools and institutions to design service learning frameworks and transform organizational cultures. As a speaker, she inspires audiences across education, nonprofit, and social impact sectors with a message that is both intellectually rigorous and deeply human.

Dr. Bennison holds a Ph.D. from NYU, M.A. from Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Science; M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University; B.A., Smith College.

www.drbennison.com
www.thematteringmovement.com

Roderick L. Carey, PhD

Do Black Boys Feel They Matter in School? Lessons from the Black Boy Mattering Project

Grounded in the social psychological theory of mattering, or the fundamental human need to feel seen, valued, and significant to others, this presentation explores how Black boys and other marginalized youth experience their sense of significance within school environments and society. Drawing on five years of research from the Black Boy Mattering Project and related studies on mattering among marginalized adolescents, the presentation highlights key findings and offers insights for creating more affirming school communities.

Roderick L. Carey, PhD, is a scholar, teacher, and artist who has devoted his entire career in education to uplifting youth voices in his scholarship, teaching, and service. Dr. Carey founded and directs The Black Boy Mattering Project, a partnership with schools that studies how youth perceive their significance to others and creates contexts for them to imagine mattering more robustly. Dr. Carey is also an associate professor and faculty scholar in the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Delaware. He teaches undergraduate courses on mentoring and helping relationships and on families and children at risk, as well as a graduate course on qualitative methods. He also publishes widely in top tier journals. His recent research on mattering appears in The Urban Review and AERA Open, with other articles published in the American Educational Research Journal, Harvard Educational Review, Race Ethnicity and Education, and Educational Administration Quarterly to name a few. He serves on the editorial boards of Equity & Excellence in Education and Urban Education and is also Associate Editor for the Journal of Adolescent Research. Dr. Carey co-created www.findingfutureselves.org, a website with resources to help educators support youth imagine and plan their lives after high school. He has presented at dozens of conferences locally, nationally, and internationally and has offered commentary on new stories that have appeared in outlets like PBS NewsHour. Prior to earning a PhD at the University of Maryland College Park, Dr. Carey taught high school English in Washington, DC. He also holds a Master of Education in Human Development and Psychology from Harvard University Graduate School of Education and a Bachelor of Arts in Secondary Education and English from Boston College. He serves as Academic Affairs Chair on the Board of Trustees at Salesianum School in Wilmington, Delaware.

Kristoffer Carter ‘Kris’

Self-Acceptance to Self Love: The Spiritual Practice of Perseverance

What if mattering to yourself wasn’t a destination, but a daily practice? Two years ago, Kristoffer Carter experienced a down-to-the-studs life renovation. Divorce after 25 mostly happy years of marriage. Full surrender to 12-step recovery. What emerged wasn’t a comeback story. It was something quieter and more durable: a pilot light. In this talk, drawing on conversations with world-class experts and the research behind his podcast Hell Yeah, You Will, Kris offers three practices for keeping that light burning when everything goes dark.

Kristoffer Carter (Kris, or KC) is the host of Hell Yeah You Will podcast, and author of Permission to Glow: A Spiritual Guide to Epic Leadership, which guides his team’s coaching of Fortune 500 executive leaders at Flywheel Digital, Amazon, AT&T, Edward Jones, and many more. In 2016 Kristoffer founded Epic Leadership, an executive coaching and training organization which has created a daily meditation practice for thousands. Kris sits on the Board of Directors of Yoga Alliance, and serves the global work of Paramahansa Yogananda, author of Autobiography of a Yogi.

Mary Ceccanese

Mattering to Others: Creating and Sustaining High-Quality Connections

Every day we have numerous interactions with others – in person, via email, text, phone, etc. When these interactions include trust, respectful engagement, and mutual regard, they light us up – they are called High-Quality Connections.  The research of Professor Jane Dutton from the Center for Positive Organizational Scholarship at the University of Michigan shows that there are organizational (enhanced cooperation and increased adaptability), departmental (more creativity and better learning), and individual benefits (broader thinking, job satisfaction, and improved physiological/psychological health) when people are engaged in HQCs.

Mary Ceccanese is the owner and principal consultant of Dynamic Connections LLC, a company dedicated to helping organizations build engaged, energized workplaces where employees feel valued and can thrive through positive business practices.

With more than eighteen years of professional experience working with staff at all levels in both for-profit and nonprofit organizations, Mary delivers interactive, empowering presentations that inspire positive change. Her work is grounded in research from the Center for Positive Organizations at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business, along with insights from other leading researchers. Through practical strategies and real-world examples, she helps participants apply positive practices to everyday workplace situations.

Mary holds a BA in Human Resource Administration and recently retired from the University of Michigan after thirty-three years of service. In 2010, she received the University’s highest honor for staff, the Candace J. Johnson Award for Excellence, and in 2019 she was recognized with a University of Michigan Staff Impact Award.

Also in 2019, Mary was named one of the “Top Ten Business Women” by the American Business Women’s Association. She later served as the 2022–2023 District V Vice President for the organization.

Mary expanded her impact through several publications and tools. She released High-Quality Connection Cards in 2019, her first book YOU Can Create Positive Change at Work! in 2021, and Reflection Cards in 2023.

Matthew Emerzian

Make it Matter: Unleashing Human Potential Through the Mattering Mindset

In this engaging 30-minute session, Matthew Emerzian shares his personal journey from outward success to inner struggle—and the unexpected discovery that changed everything: mattering. Through honest storytelling and practical insight, he introduces the Mattering Mindset™, a framework for understanding how we matter to ourselves, one another, our work, and the world. This session invites participants to reconnect with what truly drives human potential and why it matters now more than ever.

Matthew Emerzian is a bestselling author, globally recognized keynote speaker, and the founder of Every Monday Matters—one of the earliest and most widely adopted movements dedicated to helping people understand how much and why they matter.

For nearly 20 years, his work has been embedded in K-12 schools, organizations, and communities around the world, reaching millions of people through curriculum, experiences, and practices that bring the message of “I Matter,” “You Matter,” and “We Matter” to life in meaningful, lasting ways.

At a time when many are beginning to recognize the importance of mattering, Matthew’s work represents a foundational contribution to the space, bridging the gap between inspiration and implementation across education, leadership, and culture.

He is the author of five books on mattering, including Make It Matter, coming out May 5, 2026 which introduces the Mattering Mindset™—a comprehensive framework created and used by Every Monday Matters to design programs that help all of us embrace for how we matter to ourselves, one another, our work, and the world.

Nedra Fetterman, PhD

You Matter: Structures That Let Love Land

Nedra Fetterman, PhD, explores how relationships can become places of healing, growth, and conscious partnership through the structure and flow of genuine dialogue.

Dr. Fetterman is a licensed psychologist in private practice and a Senior Faculty member of the Imago International Training Institute. For many years she also served as a Clinical Associate in the Department of Psychiatry at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

She teaches therapists and other professionals around the world the principles and practices of Imago Relationship Therapy. Known for her warm, engaging teaching style, she helps clinicians translate complex psychological ideas into practical tools that foster safety, dialogue, emotional regulation, and deeper connection in relationships.

Her work explores the developmental journey from unconscious patterns toward conscious partnership. Drawing on decades of clinical experience, relational theory, and archetypal storytelling, she describes how individuals and couples move from reactivity and adaptation toward greater differentiation, trust, and relational maturity.

She is the author of Undivided: The Field Where Love and Power Meet and the forthcoming Coming Full Circle: The Shapes of Love… From Tending to Trusting to Flow, where she introduces a visual architecture of relationship that maps the human journey from original wholeness toward conscious love and relational maturity.

At the heart of Nedra’s work is the recognition that human beings are fundamentally dialogical. We are always in conversation—with ourselves, with one another, and with the living world around us. When that dialogue becomes conscious, relationships can become places of healing, growth, and the rediscovery of our authentic selves.

Outside her professional life, Nedra treasures her long and loving marriage with her husband, Joe. She delights in time with their son and his partner, their two beloved grandchildren, and Bella and Shiloh—two Cavalier mixes who embody the spirit of secure attachment and unconditional love.

Jonathan Fields

What if the key to feeling like your work truly matters isn’t just what you do—but whether it aligns with what naturally lights you up?

What if the key to feeling like your work truly matters isn’t just what you do—but whether it aligns with what naturally lights you up? In this thought-provoking and energizing conversation, Emiliya Zhivotovskaya sits down with Jonathan Fields, creator of the Sparketype® Assessment, to explore the powerful connection between doing work that sparks joy and experiencing a deep sense of mattering. In positive psychology, mattering is the experience of feeling valued and knowing that you add value. Yet so many people find themselves successful on paper, but disconnected, depleted, or questioning whether what they do really makes a difference. Together, Emiliya and Jonathan unpack why being “good at something” isn’t enough—and how ignoring what energizes you can quietly erode both your well-being and your sense of impact. You’ll discover how your Sparketype reveals the kind of work that naturally fuels you, and why that energy isn’t just a personal benefit—it’s a pathway to greater contribution. When you’re aligned with what brings you alive, you don’t just feel better; you show up more fully, more creatively, and more meaningfully in the lives of others.

Jonathan Fields is a dad, husband, award-winning author, executive producer, and host of the top-ranked podcast, Good Life Project®, boasting more than 100-million listens, streams, and views. In his popular Awake @ the Wheel newsletter, Jonathan helps you feel more alive and less alone. He is also the founder of a series of companies focused on human potential, currently serving as CEO of Spark Endeavors, where he developed the groundbreaking Sparketype® Assessment, which has been tapped by over 1-million individuals and organizations to identify, embrace, and cultivate work that makes people come alive. His latest book, SPARKED: Discover Your Unique Imprint for Work That Makes You Come Alive, is both a rally cry and a field guide to reclaiming work as a source of meaning, joy, and possibility. Jonathan’s work has been featured widely in the media, from The New York Times, FastCompany, Wall Street Journal, and the Harvard Business Review to Oprah Magazine, SUCCESS, Allure, Parade, Reader’s Digest and many more.

Photo by Kathryn Colby

Andrew S. Frick

Youth Matter and What Matters to Youth: Implications for Practice

Talk description: (Panel) This conversation explores current research on why mattering is a critical protective factor during adolescence, a period marked by rapid identity development and increasing social and academic pressures. Featuring Andy Frick (Doctoral student) and Rabiya Karamali (EdD, MAPP, Instructor), this talk examines how feeling valued and having opportunities to add value within relationships shapes youth mental health and well-being. The session also highlights practical ways peers, families, schools, and communities can intentionally foster mattering to reduce loneliness, anxiety, and disengagement among young people.

Andrew S. Frick is a doctoral student in the Community Well-Being PhD program at the University of Miami, where his research focuses on mattering, well-being, and the conditions that enable individuals and communities to thrive. His work explores how experiences of feeling valued and adding value shape well-being across educational settings, youth development, recovery communities, and society.

Andrew earned a Master of Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. He has published research on youth experiences of mattering and the role of mattering in education and well-being, with additional book chapters in press that examine mattering in early childhood education and from adolescence through university-age students.

He is particularly interested in how institutions such as schools, organizations, and recovery communities can cultivate cultures of mattering that support human flourishing. Andrew currently teaches The Art and Science of Human Flourishing at the University of Miami and serves on the Board of Trustees for IBH Addiction Recovery Treatment Center.

His work bridges research, education, and community practice.

Leslee Frye

What to Do When You Feel Like You Don’t Matter

Do you ever question your own significance? We’ve all been there — lost, searching, wondering if we truly matter. In this session, Leslee Frye, the executive director of NFL quarterback Bryce Young’s Young Nine Foundation, will create space to be honest about those moments when we don’t feel okay.  Through practical tools and guided reflection, you’ll build a personal practice to navigate life’s highs and lows with greater purpose and resilience. Leave not just inspired — but equipped.

Leslee Frye is the Executive Director of the Young 9 Foundation, whose mission is to empower youth and their support systems to access resources that enhance mental health and resilience. She brings over 20 years of experience working in schools as a school psychologist in both public and private sectors. In addition to her leadership with the Foundation, Leslee is a certified yoga and meditation teacher who integrates positive psychology and mindfulness into both educational and wellness spaces. She works with students at Lumos Yoga and Barre and teaches Abnormal Psychology at Temple University. With a background in psychology and yoga, Leslee is passionate about promoting emotional well-being, self-love, and mind–body connection.

Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, PhD.

Welcome to The Mattering Map (Although You’ve Been Here All Along)

Our longing to matter gives human life its existential dimension: alone among earth’s species, we strive for meaningfulness, purpose, and coherence. Our responses to this shared longing are dazzlingly diverse, as represented by what I call The Mattering Map—where we impress, perplex, and sometimes appall one another with the “mattering projects” we pursue. But whether it’s tending one’s garden or one’s cause, one’s relationships or one’s reputation, one’s immortal soul or one’s net worth, these projects become the loci of some of our deepest emotions. We judge how well our lives are going at least partly by how well our mattering projects are going. Are some mattering projects objectively better than others?

Rebecca Newberger Goldstein is a professor of philosophy as well as a novelist. She is the author of eleven books. Her work, both scholarly and literary, has received numerous awards, including a MacArthur “Genius” Grant, as well as the National Medal of the Humanities awarded by President Obama at a ceremony at the White House.

Her work on mattering began more than forty years ago, when in her first novel, The Mind-Body Problem, she was trying to make sense out of the dissatisfaction of her main character. The solution lay in seeing that her character didn’t feel as if she mattered in the way that most mattered to her. This key insight, that we all share the same longing to matter but that we go about fulfilling that longing in diverse and often clashing ways, led to her presenting, in that novel, the idea of The Mattering Map, which came to be adopted by scholars in widely diverse fields, including feminist theory, cultural criticism, and behavioral economics .

The scholarly attention finally convinced Dr. Goldstein to return to her ideas about mattering and develop them further, explaining why we have this longing, why it expresses itself in such diverse ways, why it often leads to our most fraught and irresolvable divisions, and how we can best judge between creative and destructive ways of responding to our longing to matter, no matter where we are located on the mattering map. These are the themes of her latest book: The Mattering Instinct: How Our Deepest Longing Drives Us and Divides Us.

Rabiya Karamali, EdD, MAPP

Youth Matter and What Matters to Youth: Implications for Practice

Talk description: (Panel) This conversation explores current research on why mattering is a critical protective factor during adolescence, a period marked by rapid identity development and increasing social and academic pressures. Featuring Andy Frick (Doctoral student) and Rabiya Karamali (EdD, MAPP, Instructor), this talk examines how feeling valued and having opportunities to add value within relationships shapes youth mental health and well-being. The session also highlights practical ways peers, families, schools, and communities can intentionally foster mattering to reduce loneliness, anxiety, and disengagement among young people.

Rabiya Karmali, EdD, MAPP, Instructor, Researcher, and Positive Psychology Practitioner, is an educator, researcher, and curriculum designer based in Vancouver, Canada. Her work centers on mattering and its role in fostering engagement, resilience, and inclusion. Her research and practice focus particularly on relational pedagogy, refugee and multilingual learners, and strengths-based learning environments across educational and community settings. Drawing on positive and community psychology, she works to build cultures of mattering across educational and community environments.

Emily Kasriel

From Polarisation to Connection: The Eight Steps of Deep Listening

How do you make someone feel they truly matter? By listening, really listening. In this interactive session, author and former BBC journalist Emily Kasriel introduces her eight-step Deep Listening approach, demonstrated in a peer-reviewed study across 100 countries. It helps people feel safe, understood, and truly heard, even amid profound disagreement. Through stories from her work with communities facing polarisation, from the USA to Lebanon to Ethiopia, and a live demonstration, Emily shows how Deep Listening transforms relationships and gives people dignity.

Emily has evolved the Deep Listening approach to enable people to engage more meaningfully and truly understand others. She’s the author of Deep Listening: Transform your Relationships with Family, Friends and Foes, published by HarperCollins in the US and UK. More on her website EmilyKasriel.com

Emily works with leaders to enhance their effectiveness and foster an open empowering environment in their organisations and beyond. And collaborates with communities where Deep Listening is needed most, facing pressures from polarisation and social division – from the USA to Lebanon to Ethiopia. Emily’s eight step Deep Listening approach has been demonstrated, in a peer reviewed study with 1000 people in 100 countries, to establish deeper connections where people feel safe to express themselves and genuinely understood, even if they profoundly disagree.

Emily will be giving a talk about Deep Listening at the TED conference in Vancouver in April. Korean and Portuguese translations will be published later this year.

Previously, Emily has had a distinguished career at the BBC for over two decades, including roles as an award-winning journalist, editor, and media executive. She reported and produced across five continents, as well as running the arts, religion and ideas departments. She developed the Deep Listening approach in her role as a Senior Visiting Fellow at King’s College in London, drawing on her experience as an accredited executive coach and workplace mediator. She’s also a visiting scholar at Columbia University.

You can also follow Emily on Linkedin. https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilykasriel/

Scott Barry Kaufman

Talking Self-Actualization & Neurodiversity

Can you find meaning in your own existence? This discussion will focus on the beauty of neurodiversity and how people are increasingly embracing their own unique form of neurodiversity and harnessing it for creativity and well-being.

Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman is a psychologist, coach, best-selling author, professor and keynote speaker who is passionate about helping all kinds of minds live a creative, fulfilling, and self-actualized life. His early educational experiences made him realize the deep reservoir of untapped potential of students, including bright and creative children who have been diagnosed with a learning disability.

Scott is the world’s leading authority on the science of human potential and is among the top 1% most cited scientists in the world for his research on intelligence and creativity. Scott is author or editor of 11 books, the most recent of which is Rise Above: Overcome a Victim Mindset, Empower Yourself, and Realize Your Full Potential, in which he explores the limiting beliefs and widespread anxiety that puts us in boxes, lowers our expectations, and holds us back in our lives.

Scott is also Professor of Psychology at Columbia University and Director of the Center for Human Potential. He founded Self-Actualization Coaching. Self-actualization is a key theme of much of his work, including his book Transcend: The New Science of Self-Actualization.

For 11 years Scott hosted The Psychology Podcast which received over 30 million downloads and was widely considered among the top psychology podcasts in the world.

Scott is also a mentalist – a performing artist who simulates highly developed mental or intuitive abilities – and performs psychological magic, particularly in New York City.

Braxton Kilgo

How Small Acts Spark Global Impact

Every act of kindness has the power to create ripple effects far beyond what we can see. In this session, I’ll share how the I Believe In You movement uses simple gestures and technology to build cultures of encouragement, connect communities, and measure organizational impact around the world. Together, we’ll explore practical ways to inspire belief and make mattering tangible in our daily lives and organizations.

Braxton Kilgo is an entrepreneur, speaker, and the founder of I Believe In You (IBIY)—a movement built to turn small acts of kindness into measurable, global impact. With over a decade of experience in business consulting, Braxton has worked with more than 1,000 clients ranging from startups and personal brands to established companies, generating millions in high-ticket sales and partnerships with world-class artists, athletes, and organizations.

Today, he is fully focused on scaling IBIY, a platform that combines NFC/QR-enabled bracelets and a mobile app to help people share stories, pass belief forward, and build cultures of encouragement in communities, companies, and events around the world. IBIY is active in 20+ countries and continues to grow through strategic partnerships, corporate initiatives, and impact-driven collaborations.

At the heart of Braxton’s work is a simple message: belief changes people, and people change the world. Learn more at https://www.ibelieveinyou.io.

Sonja Lyubomirsky

How to Feel Loved: Mattering to Others

In this interview, Sonja Lyubomirsky shares insights from her book (with Harry Reis), How to Feel Loved, offering a fresh perspective on connection and relationships. Lyubomirsky argues that feeling loved—not being loved—is the key to happiness. They offer a practical framework for how to feel more loved (and make other people feel more loved) in everyday relationships. The book introduces five key mindsets: Sharing (revealing our inner world and vulnerabilities), Listening-to-Learn (truly tuning in to others), Radical Curiosity (showing genuine interest), an Open-Heart (expressing kindness and belief in the other person), and Multiplicity (embracing the messy complexity in ourselves and others). Together, these shifts operate through what Lyubomirsky calls the “Relationship See-Saw,” a dynamic, reciprocal process that reshapes how we communicate so that both partners can feel known and valued.

Sonja Lyubomirsky is Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Riverside. She received her B.A. summa cum laude from Harvard University and her Ph.D. in social psychology from Stanford University. Lyubomirsky is the author of the best-selling The How of Happiness and The Myths of Happiness (published in 39 countries). Her latest book, How to Feel Loved, with Harry Reis, was released by Harper Wave in February 2026, accompanied by her mainstage TED talk on the same topic. Lyubomirsky’s research—on the possibility of lastingly increasing happiness via gratitude, kindness, and connection interventions—have been the recipients of many grants and honors, including Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Basel, the Diener Award for Outstanding Midcareer Contributions in Personality Psychology, the Christopher Peterson Gold Medal, a Positive Psychology Prize, and the Faculty of the Year Award (twice). She writes a popular bimonthly newsletter on the science of happiness and leads (with Lauren Weinstein) a weekly online happiness program and community, open to anyone. Her work has frequently been featured in print media, TV, podcasts, and feature documentaries across the world, including a recent profile, as well as a book review, in the New York Times. Lyubomirsky has four kids, ages 12 to 26, and lives in Santa Monica, California.

Zach Mercurio, Ph.D.

Mattering-Centered Leadership: Key Skills for Building a Culture of Significance

Increasingly, data shows we face a mattering deficit in our workplaces and organizations as more people report feeling unseen, unheard, undervalued, and disposable. The good news is that emerging research shows we can learn and practice the skills to cultivate everyday experiences of mattering. In this session, Zach Mercurio, a mattering-at-work researcher and author of The Power of Mattering: How Leaders Can Create a Culture of Significance, will move us from understanding the concept of mattering to operationalizing it in our leadership approach. You will learn three practices for building interactions that create a sense of mattering: Noticing, affirming, and showing others how they’re needed, as well as learn how to assess your skills. Zach will also explore how to scale these skills in workplaces, organizations, and communities.

Zach Mercurio is an author, researcher, and leadership development facilitator specializing in mattering at work, meaningful work, purposeful leadership, and positive organizational psychology. He is the author of The Power of Mattering: How Leaders Can Create a Culture of Significance and The Invisible Leader: Transform Your Life, Work, and Organization with the Power of Authentic Purpose.

Zach has spent over a decade advising leaders in organizations, governments, and schools worldwide on practices for building cultures of mattering. He holds a Ph.D. in Organizational Learning, Performance, and Change from Colorado State University, where he serves as a senior fellow in The Center for Meaning and Purpose.

Zach also serves as one of Simon Sinek’s Optimist Instructors, teaching a top-rated course on creating mattering and leadership. He’s been a contributor to The Harvard Business Review, Inc., Forbes, Psychology Today, The Denver Post, CNBC, and ABCNews, and his research has been awarded by the Academy of Management, Association for Talent Development, and the Academy for Human Resource Development.

Vicki O’Grady

You Matter Compassion Project Cards

The You Matter Compassion Project and creating/giving out the You Matter cards.

Vicki O’Grady is a retired Florida Licensed Mental Health Counselor, author, and accomplished workshop presenter. Vicki has worked in the fields of mental health, addictions, eating disorders and personal growth beginning in the late 70’s. She was in private practice from 1989 until her retirement in 2023. Vicki has traveled throughout the United States and Israel presenting personal growth workshops and seminars. She is the former President and founder of Personal Power and Prosperity, a personal growth organization.

Vicki is the founder of the You Matter Compassion Project founded in 2014. YMCP involves handing/mailing out You Matter business cards to others. Since the project began, thousands of others have joined the movement to encourage others to know that they matter. She presently gives out about 15,000 a month.

Vicki’s education includes a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology with Social Welfare Certification from Meredith College in Raleigh North Carolina. Her Masters of Arts degree is from Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida.

Vicki trained in Imago Relationship Therapy (developed by Harville Hendrix and endorsed by Oprah), hypnotherapy, EMDR, Emotional Freedom Techniques, parenting techniques developed by International Network for Children and Families (INCAF).

Lucy Osborne

Co-Creating Community Mattering Through Wellbeing

(Panel) This panel brings together four leading practitioners who are turning the idea of “mattering” into lived, community-wide impact. From city-wide wellbeing coalitions to grassroots kindness movements, from embodied practices to positive psychology interventions, this conversation explores what it really takes to create cultures where people feel seen, valued, and able to contribute. Featuring Kathy Snyder (Midland Wellbeing Coalition, Midland, MI), Sarah Tachon (Kindness is Contagious, Evansville WI), Talma Shultz (Positive Psychology Initiative, Palmdale, CA), and Lucy Osborne (intenSati leader, Global), this session will highlight real-world examples of how communities can move from intention to integration. Together, we will explore how mattering is built, sustained, and scaled across systems, relationships, and everyday practices, and what it means for the future of collective wellbeing. Grounded in the Summit’s focus on mattering to self, others, and society, this panel invites participants to reflect, connect, and leave with practical ideas to strengthen belonging and wellbeing in their own communities.

Lucy Osborne is the Global Leader of intenSati (feel-good fitness that’s more than a workout). Her work is rooted in a simple but powerful idea: you can feel good now, without waiting for anything outside of you to change.

Lucy has spent over a decade teaching thousands of women how to use their own body, breath, voice, and focus to shift their state, elevate their mood, and reconnect with a power beyond measure. Through movement, spoken affirmations, and meditation, her work helps people experience real, immediate joy.

She is the voice of The Miracle Morning app, and runs deep, rich communities, bucket-list-worthy retreats, and buzzy events.

intenSati has been taught at Google, Nike, Summit, Reebok, Twitter, The TODAY Show, and Good Morning America, and featured in publications such as Oprah’s O Magazine, Vogue, Psychology Today, Shape, Women’s Health, the New York Times, and Glamour.

Connect with me at instagram.com/thelucyosborne
And join me for a free feel-good workout at intenSati.com

Stephen Post

Love and Inclusion of Deeply Forgetful People

The real test for the inclusivity of love is love for those with the various diseases that cause dementia. It is so easy to deny these individuals their dignity and fail to notice the many hints of continuing identity. The very word “dementia” is entirely negative, and invites metaphors like “gone,” “shell,” “husk” and so forth. Drawing on my book such as Dignity for Deeply Forgetful People: How Caregivers Can Meet the Challenges of Alzheimer’s Disease,” and on Pure Unlimited Love, I will consider how to enliven manifestations of self-identity through personalized music, art, and nature. I will also look at how and why such individuals are maltreated and what we can do about it. I consider this the best way to test love, and will draw on a recent Gallup survey of primary caregivers conducted through the Institute for Research on Unlimited Love. As the Dalai Lama urges, forgetfulness is not reason to love anyone less, although it may be challenging.

Professor Stephen G. Post is one of the world’s leading public speakers, scholars and workshop leaders on altruism, love, compassion, and the science of giving. He is a best-selling author, professor of preventive medicine, and founder of the Institute for Research on Pure Unlimited Love (www.unlimitedloveinstitute.org), which is based in Cleveland’s university circle but is active across the US and worldwide. His work bridges science, spirituality, and ethics with a mission to understand how unselfish love heals, uplifts, and transforms both individuals and cultures, and how the five primary social obstacles to it can be overcome. His book Why Good Things Happen to Good People: How to Live a Longer, Healthier, Happier Live by the Simple Act of Giving (2008) was a national best-seller, and was awarded first place by World Literacy Canada. Pure Unlimited Love: Science and the Seven Paths to Inner Peace (2025), with a Foreword by the Dalai Lama, is his mature statement on giving, well-being, inner peace and spirituality to date. Post has held leadership positions at various medical schools of distinction, including Case Western (1988-2008) and Stony Brook, where his program is consistently ranked in the top ten nationally.

Joe Primo

Mattering to Others: Living Gratefully Is An Act of Resistance

Science is now catching up with what spiritual traditions have known for millennia: being grateful rewires the brain, shifts perspective, and helps us care for others. Rather than only being grateful for the outcomes we want, we are now learning that living gratefully is a transformative way of orienting our lives and caring for one another. In this session, we will explore why living gratefully is a powerful act of resistance in an age of othering, and how this practice deepens our understanding of both ourselves and those around us.

Joe Primo is the CEO of Grateful Living, a global community at the forefront of gratitude and joy since 1969. He is a leading voice on building resilience in the face of adversity.

An international speaker, author, and commentator, Joe has served on numerous boards. A graduate of Yale Divinity School, he is the author of What Do We Tell the Children? Talking to Kids About Death and Dying; a former hospice chaplain; and the former CEO of Good Grief, a children’s bereavement organization serving New Jersey and metro NYC. His TED Talk Grief is Good provides a new model for living with loss. Joe has appeared in or on CNN, The New York Times, NPR, The Chicago Tribune, The Hill, FOX, and elsewhere.

Christine J. Quinn, PhD

Cultures of Mattering: How Connection Transforms Families

What happens when isolation at 30,000 feet is met by the presence of a stranger? I will share the “airplane moment”—a personal crisis where a plea for help was met not with a manual, but with the transformative power of being seen by others. We will explore how connection is a fundamental human requirement and how Living Kindness builds intentional spaces for families to move from private struggle to shared significance. Discover how the simple act of presence can build a culture where no one walks their hardest roads alone.

Christine is a visionary leader, certified leadership and recovery coach, and the founder of Living Kindness, a nonprofit created from lived experience and a deep commitment to supporting families navigating life’s most difficult journeys. Her work focuses on strengthening the well-being of individuals and families impacted by complex challenges, including substance use disorder, by fostering connection, compassion, and community.

Christine brings more than three decades of leadership experience in higher education, where she served in senior academic leadership roles. Throughout her career she has been known for her human-centered approach to leadership, emphasizing collaboration, belonging, and the power of authentic relationships.

Through Living Kindness, Christine creates intentional spaces where people can move from isolation toward connection and healing. Her work is grounded in the belief that the opposite of addiction is not simply sobriety but connection—and that healing begins when people know they matter. Living Kindness offers community conversations, coaching circles, retreats, and nature-based experiences that support families and individuals on complex life journeys.

A dynamic speaker and facilitator, Christine brings warmth, insight, and lived experience to her work, helping communities explore how cultures of connection, compassion, and shared humanity can transform the way we support one another. Her mission is simple but profound: to ensure that no one has to walk life’s hardest journeys alone.

Selena Rezvani

Quick Confidence: Small Moves That Change Everything

You don’t need a personality overhaul to become more confident. In this fun and fast-paced session, you’ll learn small, strategic shifts – in your mindset, body language, and communication – that can quickly elevate how you show up. Practical, memorable, and immediately usable.

Selena Rezvani is a recognized author, speaker, and consultant on leadership. Her newest book series was born out of a viral newsletter she started in 2020 – to help people build their confidence and influence through small actions. This success launched Quick Confidence (Wiley) in 2023 – an instant Wall Street Journal bestseller and her newest guide, Quick Leadership, which was released on November 11th.

Selena is also the author of the bestseller, Pushback: How Smart Women Ask — and Stand Up — for What They Want (Jossey-Bass, 2012) , which focuses on the unmatched power of negotiation skills in women’s career advancement, and was recognized with an Axiom Business Book Award. Selena’s first book, The Next Generation of Women Leaders (Praeger), was published in 2009.

Having amassed over 500,000 followers on social media, Selena creates daily video content on leadership and has been recognized by The Washington Post, Bloomberg, as a LinkedIn Top Voice and as a ‘Fast Company top career creator’. Her experience and success in the leadership arena make Rezvani a frequent resource for news media and an in-demand business speaker. She has been quoted, interviewed, and profiled by CareerBuilder, The Wall Street Journal, Oprah.com, The LA Times, Marie Claire, NBC television, and ABC television.

Cheryl Rice

What 12 Years of the You Matter Marathon has Taught Me

Who would have thought a random encounter with a woman in a grocery store in 2015 would turn into a global movement leading all the way to the Mattering Summit?

This is the story of the You Matter Marathon.

In this inspiring interview, Cheryl shares some of the most moving experiences that shaped her journey, the lessons she’s learned as a social entrepreneur, and insights she’s gained about human connection, belonging, and the powerful impact of reminding people that they matter.

Cheryl Rice, Founder of You Matter Marathon and President of Cheryl Rice Leadership, works with women eager to be leaders in their own lives. She has been working with clients to improve individual, team and executive performance since 1990. Cheryl delivers powerful seminars inspiring women to use their voice and vision for maximum impact. Cheryl’s speaking, seminar, and coaching clients include: Professional Women’s Roundtable, Pfizer, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, Penn Medicine, Campbells Soup, and the Wharton School.

Cheryl has held significant positions in the healthcare, financial services and technology industries. Past corporate positions include Director of Organization Development for AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, AVP of Leadership Development at ACE International, and leadership consulting roles at CIGNA, NovaCare, and SMS (now Siemens).

Cheryl is also the author of the inspiring memoir, Where Have I Been All My Life? A Journey Toward Love and Wholeness. Additionally, her essays on life, love and loss have appeared in local and national publications including the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Chicago Tribune, Cure Today, and Maria Shriver’s Blog, Architects of Change.

With a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Monmouth University, a Master of Science degree in Counseling from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Master of Science degree in Organization Development from Pepperdine University, Cheryl brings significant academic training to compliment her practical work experience. While at Pepperdine, she completed groundbreaking research on the relationship between emotional intelligence and team performance. She has since published her results and spoken to national and local audiences about this work. Additionally, Cheryl has earned her Professional Coach Credential and is an Applied Positive Psychology Practitioner. She has also taught classes in organization change at local universities.

Sharon Shelton

Why You Matter: The Science and Wisdom of Human Connection

Many people quietly carry a question beneath the surface of their lives: Do I really matter? In a culture that measures value through productivity and achievement, it’s easy to believe that we have to prove that we matter. Yet both contemplative wisdom and modern science suggest something different: the experience of mattering grows through connection. In this talk, mindfulness teacher Sharon Shelton explores how presence, compassion, and genuine relationships help restore our sense of meaning. In the end, a simple truth becomes clear: your life matters because life itself is sacred and deeply interconnected.

Sharon Shelton is a mindfulness teacher, mentor, and coach who helps people reconnect with what truly matters in their lives. For almost 20 years, she teaches workshops and retreats and offers talks across the country, helping people bring mindfulness, compassion, and clarity into everyday life and relationships.  She’s worked with hundreds of individuals and groups from around the world, guiding people to meet life’s challenges with greater awareness, steadiness, and care.

Sharon mentors students in the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program led by Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield and serves as a Founding Advisor and Lead Teacher with Banyan. Known for her warm, conversational teaching style, she helps people translate contemplative wisdom into practical ways of living with greater presence, resilience, and purpose.

Before focusing primarily on teaching and mentoring, Sharon spent more than two decades in corporate and nonprofit leadership, including 12 years as a Vice President at a global software company. This background allows her to bridge contemplative practice with the real demands of modern life.

She is the creator of Women Thriving in Midlife, a mindfulness-based program supporting women to navigate midlife (https://l2ylcourses.thinkific.com/courses/WTM), and she facilitated the Your Second Act community on Meetup (https://www.meetup.com/mysecondact/), where people gather monthly to explore life transitions, reconnect with purpose, and remember that their lives matter simply because they are part of this shared human experience.

Talma Shultz

Co-Creating Community Mattering Through Wellbeing

(Panel) This panel brings together four leading practitioners who are turning the idea of “mattering” into lived, community-wide impact. From city-wide wellbeing coalitions to grassroots kindness movements, from embodied practices to positive psychology interventions, this conversation explores what it really takes to create cultures where people feel seen, valued, and able to contribute. Featuring Kathy Snyder (Midland Wellbeing Coalition, Midland, MI), Sarah Tachon (Kindness is Contagious, Evansville WI), Talma Shultz (Positive Psychology Initiative, Palmdale, CA), and Lucy Osborne (intenSati leader, Global), this session will highlight real-world examples of how communities can move from intention to integration. Together, we will explore how mattering is built, sustained, and scaled across systems, relationships, and everyday practices, and what it means for the future of collective wellbeing. Grounded in the Summit’s focus on mattering to self, others, and society, this panel invites participants to reflect, connect, and leave with practical ideas to strengthen belonging and wellbeing in their own communities.

Dr. Talma Shultz has designed and facilitated conversations and learning across differences for adults and youth-serving schools, colleges, government and non-profit organizations integrating the science of learning, neuroscience, psychology, the arts, and a trauma-healing and restoration. For the past four years, she has facilitated a community wellbeing intervention in partnerships with Champions of Change and the City of Palmdale, CA.

Jodi Silverman

Dare to Matter: 3 Small Acts That Strengthen Self-Worth and Human Connection.

Feeling like we matter often begins with small moments of connection. In this uplifting talk, mindset and happiness coach Jodi Silverman introduces three simple but powerful “Dares”: Smile, Laugh, and Look for the Good. These everyday actions help shift self-perception, open the door to authentic connection(with self and others), and create ripple effects of kindness and belonging. Participants will discover how small intentional choices can remind both ourselves and others that they matter.

Jodi Silverman is a mindset and happiness coach whose mission is to support women in daring more, doubting less, and living fully. She is the founder of the Dare On™ Experience, a personal growth platform designed to help women in midlife navigate transitions, overcome obstacles, and pursue what’s next with confidence and purpose.

Known for her infectious energy and relatable storytelling, Jodi inspires audiences through her empowering keynotes, her supportive community for women, and her top-ranked Dare On with Jodi podcast. Her work focuses on helping women move past fear, reconnect with their potential, and step outside their comfort zones to explore new opportunities in life and work.

Through practical mindset tools and powerful perspective shifts, Jodi challenges women to rediscover who they are beyond their roles and responsibilities—and reminds them that the next chapter of life can be filled with meaning, connection, and fun.

Kathy Snyder

Youth Matter and What Matters to Youth: Implications for Practice

Talk description: (Panel) This conversation explores current research on why mattering is a critical protective factor during adolescence, a period marked by rapid identity development and increasing social and academic pressures. Featuring Andy Frick (Doctoral student) and Rabiya Karamali (EdD, MAPP, Instructor), this talk examines how feeling valued and having opportunities to add value within relationships shapes youth mental health and well-being. The session also highlights practical ways peers, families, schools, and communities can intentionally foster mattering to reduce loneliness, anxiety, and disengagement among young people.

Kathy Snyder is the Director of the Midland Area Wellbeing Coalition, where she advances wellbeing and belonging through the integration of research, practice, and community collaboration. Her work draws on positive psychology and systems thinking to help individuals, organizations, and communities to thrive when they can and struggle well when they need to.

She serves in leadership and advisory roles across numerous local and regional initiatives, including the Midland County Community Success Panel, People Collaboraction Team, Max Loves Midland Navigation Planning Team, Building Assets Across the Lifespan Subcommittee, Neighboring Week Subcommittee, and the Regional Suicide Prevention Council. She is also actively involved with the ROCK Center for Youth Development Community Advisory Committee, MAPP Alumni Association Board, Midland County Mental Health Coalition, Midland Cultural Awareness Coalition, and the Youth Impact Partnership.

Kathy spent 27 years as a high school psychology teacher in Midland, Michigan. She is a doctoral candidate in Community Leadership at the University of Miami and holds a Master of Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, a Master of Counseling from Central Michigan University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Michigan. She is certified in multiple evidence-based wellbeing and organizational practices and trained in approaches such as design thinking, coaching, and appreciative inquiry. Her contributions include teaching, facilitation, consulting, and program design, as well as co-creating several wellbeing certificates.

Kathy and her husband Mike have been married for 33 years and are the proud parents of two young adults. She enjoys outdoor adventures with her family in every Michigan season.

www.midlandareawellbeing.org

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathy-snyder-5567b0b/

Sarah Tachon

Co-Creating Community Mattering Through Wellbeing

(Panel) This panel brings together four leading practitioners who are turning the idea of “mattering” into lived, community-wide impact. From city-wide wellbeing coalitions to grassroots kindness movements, from embodied practices to positive psychology interventions, this conversation explores what it really takes to create cultures where people feel seen, valued, and able to contribute. Featuring Kathy Snyder (Midland Wellbeing Coalition, Midland, MI), Sarah Tachon (Kindness is Contagious, Evansville WI), Talma Shultz (Positive Psychology Initiative, Palmdale, CA), and Lucy Osborne (intenSati leader, Global), this session will highlight real-world examples of how communities can move from intention to integration. Together, we will explore how mattering is built, sustained, and scaled across systems, relationships, and everyday practices, and what it means for the future of collective wellbeing. Grounded in the Summit’s focus on mattering to self, others, and society, this panel invites participants to reflect, connect, and leave with practical ideas to strengthen belonging and wellbeing in their own communities.

Sarah Tachon is married to the love of her life Aaron, and they are raising three daughters in Evansville, WI. She likes to describe her life as “living on a funny farm”. With goats, horses, dogs, cats, and even an axolotl named Mochi, you never know what is going to happen, there are many mouths to feed and always something to clean. Her passion is spreading kindness and goodness and this began 6 years ago when she heard a speaker share about the transformative power of kindness. The speaker had authored a book called Kindness is Contagious and after her presentation, Sarah went to get her book signed and asked if she was looking for any volunteer marketing help. Yes! was the immediate answer and who knew you could actually have a business that included speaking about kindness, selling books, and marketing a kindness podcast? Sarah watched this 5 year journey of working on a kindness team light her faith on fire in a “never going back” kind of way, sailing her into her purpose filled life path telling others about the power of kindness and goodness.

Kindness is Contagious is a weekly radio segment that can be heard on Life 102.5 radio station in Madison, WI. Sarah shares a kindness story and tip and hopes that more than just her mom and father-in-law listen. She also helped launch Becoming Better Neighbors in 2025, a nonprofit created to build unity in the community. Finally, in early 2026, the Spread Goodness Day Ambassador Team was nominated for the Impact Award at the Do Good Wisconsin Gala and Sarah accepted this award on behalf of the team. Her favorite hobby is raking the horse pasture with the music blasting or cooking some Asian noodles and dumplings in the kitchen with friends and taste testing everything. Two words that are more important than any other for her to leave with you: You Matter. Because when we can hand out these little cards that say “you matter” and feel the difference they are making in the lives of others, we are reminded how much we matter. https://www.becomingbetterneighbors.com/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sarah.tachonstanforth

Emiliya Zhivotovskaya, MAPP, MCC

Belonging vs. Mattering: What’s the Difference—and Why It Matters

We know belonging is a fundamental human need—but what if belonging alone isn’t enough? In this session, Emiliya Zhivotovskaya explores the critical distinction between belonging—feeling accepted and included—and mattering—feeling valued and knowing you make a difference. Through a clear and compelling framework, you’ll discover why these two experiences, while deeply connected, are not the same—and how lacking either one can leave you feeling disconnected, invisible, or unfulfilled. You’ll learn how to identify where you currently stand, what may be missing, and how to activate both belonging and mattering as pathways to greater meaning, contribution, and flourishing. You’ll also learn how to intentionally create environments where others don’t just feel included, but truly valued and impactful—whether in your workplace, your relationships, or your community. Walk away with practical ways to foster both connection and contribution so that the people around you experience a deeper sense of being seen, needed, and significant.

Emiliya is the CEO and founder of The Flourishing Center, a New York City based, Benefit Corporation (B-Corp) that is dedicated to increasing the flourishing of individuals, organizations and communities worldwide.

She is the creator of the acclaimed Certification in Applied Positive Psychology (CAPP) program, offered and online worldwide, which has trained thousands of practitioners. She is the creator the Bounce Back Better® (B³®) Program, Applied Positive Psychology Coaching Certification (APPC), Flourishing Skills Group® (FSG®) Program, iMMi Program, co-founder of the Positive Educator Certification™ (PEC) Program, creator of the PERMA-V Model and the 5i Change Agent Model.  (If you haven’t noticed, she likes creating and is an “inventor” in our 5i Change Agent Model.)

Emiliya holds a Master’s Degree from the University of Pennsylvania in Positive Psychology and is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Mind-Body Medicine from Saybrook University, where she is also an adjunct faculty member.  Emiliya holds a Master Certified Coach (MCC™) credential with the International Coaching Federation (ICF), as well as over a dozen certifications in modalities ranging from coaching to yoga, Reiki, intenSati, Thai massage, biofeedback, motivational interviewing and more.

Prior to her work in the science of wellbeing, Emiliya was a professional party entertainer for over 12 years. She brings her entertaining background to her work today as a “pra-cademic-prenuer”; first and foremost she is a practitioner working in the field with individuals and organizations, then a researcher and academic, and an entrepreneur, focusing not just on the growth of The Flourishing Center, but is passionate about the craft of entrepreneurism and helping others grow their work. She integrates these tools into a unique approach to vitality and mind-body health, inspiring and empowering others to craft a life of thriving mentally, emotionally, physically, spiritually and financially.

https://theflourishingcenter.com/

https://theflourishingcenter.com/howweflourish/