The Wellbeing Project

Hearth Summit Austria
2024-11-12 - 2024-11-14 | Alpbach Congress Centrum, Alpbach, Alpbach, 6236, Austria
Changemakers in Austria: it’s time to create a new art of change! Tackling burnout culture, organizational dysfunction, and societal divisions, join us for 3 days in the beautiful landscape of the Austrian Alps where Hearth Summit Austria will foster the key to social transformation — a regenerative and cooperative culture for changemakers.
For 200 changemakers, Hearth Summit Austria, hosted by Pioneers of Change, invites you to revive instead of burning out: join us to develop wellbeing at the individual, organizational, and collective levels. How can you care for your personal wellbeing? How can your teams and organizations operate more effectively? How can society mend social divisions and reconnect with nature? Together we explore these questions and more — all in pursuit of not sustainability, but a truly regenerative approach to social change.
Join pioneers from diverse backgrounds — social entrepreneurs, activists, philanthropists, leaders and innovative people from politics, media, education, health, science and art — for this unforgettable experience in Alpbach.
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HEALING OUR ROOTS: GROUND & BALANCE BY INTEGRATING TRADITIONAL PRACTICES
2024-11-25 08:00 - 09:00 (Asia/Manila) | Zoom
Guided by healers from the diaspora and the Philippines, this session will combine healing practices (breathwork, cacao healing, sound healing) and shared experiences. Discussion will address the decolonization of healing practice, ancestral healing, and its relation to the five elements (air, fire, ether, water, earth).

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https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf88DwJeAsG3- HZ9qxvMU2xwR60niz8o_4wc0eOVjR1g16Jg/viewform

Catalyst Mental Health Collaboration – Last Session of 2024!
2024-12-03 15:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Paris)
Perfect Your Elevator Pitch & Help Shape 2025!
Join us for the final Catalyst Mental Health Collaboration meeting of the year! In this special, interactive session, you’ll get practical, quick tips on crafting your elevator pitch and the chance to practice in supportive, small-group breakouts. No preparation is needed, so come as you are! Whether you’re polishing your pitch or just getting started, this is a great opportunity to boost your confidence.
We are also excited to plan ahead for 2025, and we want your input! Share the topics you’d like us to cover in future sessions. Plus, if you’re interested in hosting a session, now’s the perfect time to let us know.
Register here:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUocO6qrDspH9FLPaSeNSrJHHZ5hbnP6EjP

Hearth Summit Malaysia
2024-12-06 - 2024-12-08
Get ready to be part of a transformative experience at Hearth Summit Malaysia, the first Southeast Asian gathering focused on wellbeing and sustainability, uniting changemakers, innovators, and thought leaders dedicated to enhancing individual, collective, and ecological health. With a strong emphasis on youth empowerment, sustainable business, indigenous wisdom, and climate resilience, the summit features dynamic programs designed to inspire action. Attendees can engage in immersive workshops, panel discussions, and activities centered around four key pillars: Young People, Business & Economy, Art & Culture, and Planetary Health. Highlights include nature walks, eco-art installations, and the ASEAN Impact Challenge, launching as Malaysia takes on the ASEAN Chairmanship in 2025.
Mark your calendars for December 6-7 in Kuala Lumpur, with optional cultural excursions for international participants on December 8.
Register Here:
https://wellbeing-project.org/hearth-summit-malaysia-2024/

Hearth Summit Bangalore 2025
2025-11-21 - 2025-11-22
Get ready to gather around the fire once more at Hearth Summit Bangalore 2025, the second Indian edition of this pioneering event igniting a global culture of care and inner wellbeing for social change. Rooted in the spirit of connection and collective renewal, this summit brings together changemakers, social innovators, and wellbeing leaders to explore how personal transformation fuels impactful action.
With a strong focus on mental health, community resilience, and systems change, the summit offers powerful experiences across four key pillars: Inner Wellbeing, Leadership & Impact, Communities of Care, and Art for Social Change. Highlights include contemplative practices, storytelling circles, and interactive sessions co-created by grassroots and global voices.
Register Here:
https://wellbeing-project.org/hearth-summit-bangalore-2025/

Hearth Summit Istanbul
2025-12-20 - 2025-12-21, 2026-04-01 - 2026-04-30
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https://wellbeing-project.org/hearth-summit-istanbul/

Hearth Summit Philippines
2025-01-14 - 2025-01-17 | healing-systems-592x333_-_28de80_-_6dc8643f4bd0eb0999b3e08a4248e74adeaeb7ce
The Hearth Summit Philippines will engage 150 changemakers in an immersive three-day journey to build a world that nurtures the wellbeing of our communities and the planet. Wellbeing is at the heart of social change, and yet for many activists and organizations, self-care remains an elusive task that leads to exhaustion and burnout.
Join us as we define new levels of awareness about individual and collective wellbeing through the lens of traditional Philippine values. Changemakers will have the opportunity to learn from peers, colleagues and expert speakers on how to cultivate their direct relationship with the natural environment and explore intergenerational healing through the arts, music, workshops and rituals. Special attention will be given to creating safe indoor and outdoor spaces for rest, connection, and critical reflection throughout the Summit.
Nestled in the lush Central Visayas region of Siquijor, the Summit will leverage the island’s unique cultural heritage and natural landscapes. Once known as the mystical “Island of Fire”, Siquijor shares a rich history of traditional healing practices and environmental conservation. This is the ideal place to explore the indigenous ways of knowing and its overall impact on wellbeing.
Let us learn, discover, and connect around the Hearth together. We look forward to hosting you on this collective journey to wellbeing and social change in the Philippines!
Learn More: https://lunaspilipinas.com/

Co-leadership: How Greenpeace UK Do It
2025-02-12 14:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London)
Leading an NGO can be lonely but what about co-leadership – how does that work? There are practical questions of how the responsibilities are shared but also how the trust and relationship is built and managed. We speak to Areeba Hamid about the successful model she and her co-leader are implementing at Greenpeace UK.

Areeba Hamid, Joint Executive Director at Greenpeace UK, will share the story of how she and Will McCallum decided to apply for the leadership role together, and how it works practically. Together they have tackled the huge responsibility of running the large and influential entity since their appointment in August 2022 – the first time this role has been held by two people. We’ll be asking, is this something other organisations could consider? Could it be the way forward in social entrepreneurs’ succession planning? Join us to learn and bring your thoughts and questions.
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https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/g-KMLTyCSpqCrBkIBOIKmA#/registration

Hearth Summit Bangladesh
2025-02-25 - 2025-02-26
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Registrations aren’t open yet for Hearth Summit Bangladesh, but you can express your interest in attending with this form. We’ll share your information with the organizers!
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Hearth Summit Berlin
2025-02-27 - 2025-02-28
Interconnectedness, Unity, and Resilience
As a dynamic platform for interdisciplinary dialogue, creative expression, and collaborative action, the Hearth Summit Berlin awaits! This exciting gathering in the heart of Germany will bring together 150 changemakers from various fields with the common mission of cultivating connectedness and resilience, shaping a sustainable society, and strengthening ecological belonging.
Led and accompanied throughout by highly experienced facilitators, and combined with diverse impulses, participants will explore key themes encompassing the challenges of our time and the possibilities for holistic growth. Art will be a central aspect of the programme design, as art carries within it a conscious shaping of the world and makes it tangible.
Express your interest in attending: https://share.hsforms.com/1HMOTXvkLRAiun8dTkGPaVA51kvn

Teaching from the Inside Out: Contemplative Tools for Strengthening Connection, Purpose, and Resilience in Higher Education.
2025-04-14 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York)
Join us for an engaging session featuring Dr. David Vago as part of the WHEN (Wellbeing in Higher Education Network at The Wellbeing Project) Contemplative Pedagogy Group Webinars.
Teaching from the Inside Out: Contemplative Tools for Strengthening Connection, Purpose, and Resilience in Higher Education.
Join Dr. David Vago for an interactive session that promises to explore the evolving landscape of contemplative education—its foundations, challenges, and promising future for both primary and higher education. In this interactive session, Dr. Vago will offer a broad overview of some of the pivotal research in contemplative education and how it both intersects with and differentiates from social-emotional learning (SEL). Drawing from his leadership with the International Society for Contemplative Research (ISCR) and its collaborative academic networks—including the Mind and Life Education Research Network, Flourishing Academic Network and the Contemplative Education Network—he’ll highlight some of the challenges that have attempted to bridge monastic traditions and modern science with contemporary pedagogy. The session will also provide some of the latest research findings from contemplative neuroscience that illustrate key mechanisms for self-transformation through meditation, yoga, and breathwork. With a focus on practical tools, shared reflection, and an open exchange of ideas, this session invites us to reimagine higher education as a pathway to deeper connection, purpose, and resilience in these uncertain times. We’ll close with key takeaways and a focus on how these ideas can be applied meaningfully in our work and lives.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Register here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86171492633?pwd=[REDACTED]

A Dialogue with Social Change Leaders and Collective Healers: How Can We Move Towards Healing systems?
2025-05-02 08:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Collective Change Lab, United States
There is growing mainstream acceptance that trauma is a far more common part of the human experience than previously understood. Even so, a broader awareness of individual, intergenerational, and collective trauma has yet to permeate the mainstream discourse around social and environmental problem-solving. Join this special webinar series, co-hosted by The Wellbeing Project and the Collective Change Lab, to navigate the challenging but ultimately hopeful waters of trauma healing and systems change. This webinar series will explore questions such as:
– What can we see when we view trauma through a systems lens?
– How do layers of individual, intergenerational, and collective trauma act as powerful forces to be reckoned with in our present-day systems?
– How can we move from trauma-informed to healing-centered in our ways of working for systems change?

Reimagining Resilience: Sustaining Our Mission In A Changing World
2025-05-08 10:30 - 12:00 (Asia/Dubai)
The Spring team warmly invites you to join us for a free three-part webinar series designed to support you in navigating this moment by gaining deeper insights into today’s challenges and exploring alternative approaches to securing financial and organizational resilience.
Civil society groups across the world have historically confronted a multitude of pressures to defend human rights and civil liberties. Armed conflicts, economic volatility, technological disruption, plus the erosion of democracy and human rights by far-right forces are putting intense pressure on groups’ resources, time and energy. Shockwaves from the unprecedented scale and pace of cuts to foreign aid from USAID and European funders are reverberating through social and climate justice organizations. And leaders around the world are grappling with painful choices. As these intersecting challenges unfold, so do our efforts of collective sensemaking and strategizing.
The way forward may not be immediately clear, but history—and experience—tells us that pausing to share insights and learn from one another strengthens our capacity to act with wisdom and clarity. By gathering diverse perspectives, making sense of global shifts together, and uncovering creative possibilities, we can find opportunities even in crisis.
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https://www.springstrategies.org/reimagining-resilience-2025

Hearth Summit 2025
2025-06-17 - 2025-06-20
After an award-winning debut in 2022, followed by more than 20 independently organised regional Hearth Summits, our global summit returns for four extraordinary days in Ljubljana, Slovenia, in the heart of Europe.
Invoking the spirit of a hearth – the space around a fire, where since the dawn of humanity, we have met to gather, bond, and connect – the global Hearth Summit will unite more than 1,200 diverse leaders for a one-of-kind event at the heart of wellbeing and social change.
In our exploration of the biggest challenges of our time – from climate change to inequality, social justice, and leadership – we will bring diverse perspectives to the global conversation and insights from changemakers representing more than 80 countries will make this a truly global gathering. Equipped with the transformative power of wellbeing, we will chart a course towards a hopeful vision for the future.
EXPRESS YOUR INTEREST IN ATTENDING HERE: https://share.hsforms.com/19_VwTVwKRG-AG6ZAoaQT3Q51kvn

Caring in Silence: Understanding the Hidden Impact of Mental Illness on Unpaid Family Carers and Exploring Solutions
2025-10-01 14:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Paris)
Carers Worldwide works across South Asia transforming the lives of unpaid family carers, people who care for a sick or disabled family member. These carers, most of whom are women, are unrecognised and unsupported by their communities and governments.
The impact of caring is huge. Carers experience social stigma and are isolated, their own physical and mental health is affected and many of them are unable to work, which impacts their families economically.
Join Carers Worldwide for this webinar in which they will discuss the benefits of recognising and supporting the mental health of unpaid family carers, both for the carers themselves and their families and communities.
You’ll learn from one of their partners in India about the impact that including carers in their programmes has had; hear from a carer in Bangladesh who has trained to become a Barefoot Counsellor and now supports other carers with their mental health; as well as discover key actions and takeaways that you can implement to support carers in your own sphere of influence.
Join Anil Patil, Ruth Patil, Michelle Gocoldas, Jagannath Mishra and Sarah Jeffery for this session!
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Hearth Summit Bangalore 2025
2025-11-21 - 2025-11-22 | Bangalore Creative Circus, 12/2, Yeshwanthpur Industrial Suburb, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560086, India
After an incredible first edition, Hearth Summit Bangalore returns to continue sparking wellbeing and positive change in India! Get ready for another transformative experience where an exploration of wellbeing at every level — individual, organizational, societal, and ecological — will intersect, all in pursuit of creating a culture of wellbeing within India’s social change sector.

Hearth Summit Dallas
2025-12-03 - 2025-12-05
Get ready to experience the transformative power of creativity, connection, and community at Hearth Summit Dallas, a dynamic gathering reimagining how we support youth and educators across learning systems. Rooted in the vibrant cultural fabric of Dallas, the summit brings together artists, educators, youth leaders, and changemakers to explore emotional literacy, artistic expression, and justice-driven practices that humanize education.
With a strong focus on storytelling, co-creation, and healing-centered engagement, participants will dive into immersive sessions across four key pillars: Youth & Education, Creativity & Healing, Community Leadership, and Systems Change. Highlights include public art-making, performances, and deep listening spaces led by youth and local leaders—all celebrating Dallas’s rich traditions while advancing global conversations on wellbeing and education.
Register Here:
https://wellbeing-project.org/hearth-summit-dallas

Hearth Summit Kuwait
2025-12-04 - 2025-12-06
Get ready to step into a region-first gathering at Hearth Summit Kuwait, a powerful convening rooted in collective care, cultural wisdom, and regenerative practices to navigate today’s complex challenges. Bringing together changemakers from across the Middle East, the summit creates space for community leaders, artists, activists, and policymakers to reimagine pathways to healing, resilience, and sustainable transformation.
With a strong focus on regional heritage, interdependence, and holistic wellbeing, participants will engage through storytelling rituals, collaborative learning sessions, and creative expressions grounded in Gulf traditions—all amplifying voices often overlooked in global conversations. Anchored in local realities yet globally connected, the summit is a bold invitation to co-create a future shaped by care, belonging, and hope.
Register Here:
https://wellbeing-project.org/hearth-summit-kuwait-2025/

Hearth Summit Istanbul
2025-12-20 - 2025-12-21 | Bilgi University, Emniyettepe, Kazım Karabekir Cd. No: 2/13, 34060 Eyüpsultan/İstanbul, Türkiye, Istanbul, 34060, Turkey

Hearth Summit Nairobi
2026-03-19 - 2026-03-20
Wellbeing, Creativity, and Connection
Axum convenes the two-day Hearth Summit Nairobi in Kenya, bringing together changemakers from across Africa to reimagine how we work, build, and create in the digital age. Rooted in ecological and relational wellbeing, this immersive gathering places care, creativity, and community at the heart of navigating today’s complex challenges.
Across two days of plenaries, workshops, and creative labs, participants will explore themes of workplace and ecological wellbeing, money and burnout, restoration and reconciliation, grief and healing, and the role of technology in connection and activism. Guided by experienced facilitators and enriched through embodied artistic practices, the summit offers space for reflection, learning, and collective renewal.
Express your interest in attending here: https://share.hsforms.com/1HMOTXvkLRAiun8dTkGPaVA51kvn

Hearth Summit Rabat
2026-05-08 - 2026-05-10
Register Here:
https://wellbeing-project.org/hearth-summit-rabat-2026/

Hearth Summit Japan
2026-06-21 - 2026-06-24
Register Here:
https://wellbeing-project.org/hearth-summit-japan-2026/

Hearth Summit Higher Ed 2026
2026-07-29 - 2026-08-01
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Hearth Summit Detroit
2026-10-08 - 2026-10-10

Hearth Summit Athens 2026
2026-10-23 - 2026-10-25
