Amel Murphy

Embodied Beings

Wokingham, Berkshire,
United Kingdom.

Amel is a trauma-informed Wellbeing & leadership facilitator and coach with over 20 years of experience in accompanying groups and individuals on the journey to belonging and wellbeing. Amel believe that to restore wellbeing and reclaim our voices and sense of belonging to ourselves and the world, we need to reconnect to our Seselelame: “Feel Feel At Flesh Inside”. We live in a world that values the mind’s intelligence over other intelligence; therefore, Amel’s work is about reconnecting to our felt sense to metabolise our experiences and release stuck energies and patterns to invite a new way of beings and showing up in the world. Amel delights in working with groups as she believes in the healing power of being witnessed by others as we navigate and touch the dis-ease of the inner experience. The community helps us remember we aren’t alone, allowing us to drop in even more and touch what needs to heal. Amel’s works are informed by different modalities, including; movement therapy, art, systemic constellation, energy work, storytelling, and mindfulness. In addition, Amel loves to work with body intelligence in service of renewal. Amel believes The Wellbeing Project work is fundamental to shifting the narrative around self-care/ inner wellbeing within the sector and globally. Offering safe, structured containers for participants to slow down, explore, release, reframe and renew their life force and work purpose. Amel lives in South England with her husband, John and their cat Taz. Amel loves traveling and exploring new cultures and food traditions. She has worked and lived in 17 countries.

What does inner wellbeing mean to you?

Inner wellbeing is that sense of ease and flow I experience as I move through the day, experiencing different aspects of life. It’s this capacity to rest in not knowing, rest in doubt, rest in imperfection, rest in love and pain. It this experience of this also shall pass. It’s the moments of awe for life and being moved in the presence of someone.

How would you define wellbeing in one word?

In Flow.

Are there any rituals or practices you use to enhance your wellbeing?

One of my favourite wellbeing practice is dance, moving to my body’s rhythm while listening to music, allowing myself to be moved. Also, journaling allows me to check in with myself in the morning and direct my energy as I tend to what is in the way and what has life.

Why is it important that we prioritize individual, organizational and societal wellbeing?

To thrive, to reconnect to our hearts, to stop the continues act of violence toward ourselves (self-hatered), towards the planet and everyone around. To experience belonging, to communion with others, and to dare to thrive.

Do you have any favorite books, podcasts, or articles that you believe support, promote or educate on wellbeing and related themes?

Radical wholeness, rooted, the untethered soul, the myth of normal, Us.

How would you define wellbeing in one word?

Podcast: Brene Brown, Dare to Lead. Book: Wisdom of the Enneagram. Meditations: Tara Brach

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Stephan Hausner

Siegsdorf, Bavaria,
Germany.

Stephan’s lifelong passion is a sustainable life in harmony with the principles of nature. The path brought him to his basic profession as a non-medical practitioner of holistic medicine. Coming from a background in Traditional Chinese Medicine, Homoeopathy, and Osteopathy, today Stephan applies for Systemic Constellation Work in the field of illness and health. Since 1993 he has worked, lectured, and trained in more than 50 countries and is dedicated to exploring the profound healing potential of Systemic Constellation Work for Individuals, Couples, Families and Organisations. Stephan is driven by his contribution to the required global change in culture and consciousness for a sustainable health of all living beings and the planet and by this an improvement in the quality of life for all people. Stephan is the author of: Even if it costs me my life – Systemic Constellation Work and Serious Illness, currently available in 14 languages. Stephan’s work can also be experienced by watching the Transgenerational Healing Series, 5 films soulfully produced by Ali Mezey, www.ConstellationArts.com Stephan´s current project is Viseon Leben, a hub for inner development, practiced sustainability, and ReGeneration in the beautiful landscape of southern Bavaria.

What does inner wellbeing mean to you?

Wellbeing to me means having enough resources to live a maximum possible connectednes for the good of all.

How would you define wellbeing in one word?

Being in tune.

Are there any rituals or practices you use to enhance your wellbeing?

Mindfulness practice and bodywork.

Why is it important that we prioritize individual, organizational and societal wellbeing?

Health is the ability to respond – contrary to reactivity, wellbeing is a condition to live the most adequate or creative answer to a current condition.

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Personal website
Viseon Leben's website

David Feinstein

Innersource

Ashland, Oregon,
United States.

DAVID FEINSTEIN, Ph.D., is a pioneer in developing innovative therapeutic approaches, leading to nine national awards for his books on consciousness and healing. A licensed clinical psychologist, he has served as an Instructor in Psychiatry at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and as an Associate Professor of Psychology at Antioch College. He is a recipient of the Marquis Who’s Who Lifetime Achievement Award, the U.S.A. Book News Best Psychology/Mental Health Book Award of 2007, the Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology (ACEP) Outstanding Contribution Award (2002, 2012), and the Canadian Association for Integrative and Energy Therapies’ 2015 Outstanding Leadership Award. David and Donna were honored by the Infinity Foundation as the first couple to receive its annual “Spirit Award” for their contribution to “the evolution of consciousness” and its “impact on society.”

To learn more about David’s work with energy psychology, visit www.EnergyPsychEd.com.

What does inner wellbeing mean to you?

Peace, clarity, and purpose.

How would you define wellbeing in one word?

Relationship.

Are there any rituals or practices you use to enhance your wellbeing?

Tuning inward, taking care of business, and prioritizing relationships.

Why is it important that we prioritize individual, organizational and societal wellbeing?

So the culture can thrive.

Do you have any favorite books, podcasts, or articles that you believe support, promote or educate on wellbeing and related themes?

Too many to mention, yet none are complete. The Harvard Study of Adult Development reveals a lot.

Eden Method's website

Adam Molyneux-Berry

CoCo Labs

Washington, DC,
United States.

My work has always been to create safe spaces to shift consciousness, activating people as changemakers, contributing to planetary wellbeing. In my coaching practice, using a multi-disciplinary approach, I work with leaders to support them in showing up as the best versions of themselves – accompanying them in their self-discovery of what moves them to be forces for positive change in the world. In my systems-level work, I work with changemakers across entire ecosystems, using Collaborative Innovation, Human Centred Design, Social Innovation and Social Impact methodologies to solve shared challenges and scale impact collectively. The combination of deep interpersonal work with leaders, and broad systemic impact across ecosystems is part of my theory of change: By working on our inner worlds and collaborating radically in our outer worlds, collective wellbeing is not only possible, it is inevitable. In my own journey, I have launched 10+ organisations – including SMEs, nonprofits and social businesses – 3 of which were launched during the Arab Spring. Having experienced the full-spectrum of leadership challenges, from personal and team burnout to systems-level collaborations during extreme uncertainty and volatility, I learned first-hand just what it takes to thrive individually and collectively, in the midst of complexity. Working across languages, cultures and generations in complex socio-political contexts has been one of the most challenging and rewarding experiences of my career. In 2014 I was awarded an Ashoka Fellowship for work I did during the Arab Spring – leveraging the Green Economy in the MENA region as a safe space for youth, government, private sector, civil society and academia to work together in rebuilding the region. My current focus the systems-change initiative, CoCo Labs, tasked with advancing equitable wellbeing for collective thriving.

What does inner wellbeing mean to you?

Inner wellbeing for me is a combination of many things coming together. It includes integrating our mental, emotional, somatic, relational, and spiritual aspects. It also includes an ability to be present, self-aware and to meet our experience with gentle and kind awareness.

How would you define wellbeing in one word?

Harmony.

Are there any rituals or practices you use to enhance your wellbeing?

Meditation/sitting, qigong, inner relationship focusing, exercise, ritual, music, dance, poetry, connection, and community.

Why is it important that we prioritize individual, organizational and societal wellbeing?

To activate the most beneficial potential in our emerging future.

How would you define wellbeing in one word?

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CoCo Labs's website

Christina Purrer

Hil-Foundation

Vienna,
Austria

As a project manager at Hil-Foundation, Christina supports the cooperation partners and transfers know-how between the projects and into the local ecosystem. Having founded a social initiative herself in 2016, Christina is aware of the various challenges associated with social entrepreneurship, considering wellbeing as one of the biggest and most central. She is delighted to share her experiences and professional know-how with social entrepreneurs in Austria as a workshop facilitator and coach. Christina holds a B.A. in social and cultural anthropology and a double M.A. in Intercultural Management. She has lived and studied in Austria, Germany, France, Turkey and Tunisia.

What does inner wellbeing mean to you?

Feeling balanced, whole, healthy and connected. Feeling great trust into the course of events and the direction of my personal development path.

How would you define wellbeing in one word?

Wholeness

Are there any rituals or practices you use to enhance your wellbeing?

Movement to wake up in the morning, yoga & breathing exercises, guided meditation, journaling, walks in nature.

Why is it important that we prioritize individual, organizational and societal wellbeing?

I am convinced that we will not make a change in this world if we don’t start by changing our personal harmful patterns of thought, emotions and behaviors.

Do you have any favourite books, podcasts, or articles that you believe support, promote, or educate on wellbeing and related themes?

“Man’s Search for Meaning” by Viktor Frankl

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Bilal Ghalib

Bloom.pm

Beirut, Lille, Detroit –
Lebanon, France, Michigan/USA

Bilal Ghalib is the co-founder and Head of Research at Bloom. He has 18 years of experience working with social enterprises and organizations in the USA and MENA. He helped found Bloom in 2016 with the vision of creating positive change by facilitating personal and professional development for social entrepreneurs in the Middle East and Africa. Bilal holds a Master’s degree from the Universite de Paris in Interdisciplinary Approaches to Research and Education. He applies his expertise at Bloom by conducting research and development on applied positive psychological frameworks for creating a community-oriented, online learning environment for startups. Furthermore, he manages team development, builds organizational partnerships, and co-facilitates online accelerator programs.

What does inner wellbeing mean to you?

Inner wellbeing is a state of equanimity that arises from patience and acceptance of what is. It means to have the knowledge and skills to be able to take care of the challenges and stressors that life brings.

How would you define wellbeing in one word?

Balance.

Are there any rituals or practices you use to enhance your wellbeing?

Alongside meditation and journaling, I find that building rich and vulnerable friendships support my wellbeing.

Why is it important that we prioritize individual, organizational and societal wellbeing?

The ripple-down effects impact every level of society. Firstly healthy minds and hearts are their own reward. Secondly, there are many impacts from the reduction of stress leading to less costs of healthcare, to a person’s okness changing(reducing) their consumption patterns, to more effective teams, to confidence in choosing vocations which support a healthy person and a healthy planet. It seems wellbeing, where ever it manifests, is both the reward and the way to a more positive future.

Do you have any favourite books, podcasts, or articles that you believe support, promote, or educate on wellbeing and related themes? 

I loved the onbeing podcast. Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Ching, the Quran. A Hidden Wholeness by Parker Palmer. Atlas of the Heart by Brene Brown. An Everyone Culture by Robert Kegan and many others

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Personal website
Bloom's website

Luís Manuel Pinto

Learning for Well-being Foundation

Lisbon,
Portugal

I apply a holistic approach to creating and managing programs focusing on the intersection between well-being and participation. I am particularly interested in how identity and inner diversity impact relationships —in particular, between children and adults— and how these become pathways for personal and social development.

What does inner wellbeing mean to you?

It’s a moment-by-moment process of making and re-making meaning from our experiences.

How would you define wellbeing in one word?

Well-being. It’s in the word.

Connect with Luís Manuel Pinto on social media :

Learning For Wellbeing's Website

Gaby Arenas de Meneses

TAAP Foundation

Bogota,
Colombia

Gaby is a refugee from Venezuela; she has lived in Colombia for eight years. She is passionate about promoting peaceful coexistence, well-being, and social entrepreneurship through the visual arts and innovation in education. Most of her works focus on the support of the integration of refugees around the world.

Gaby is a Social Communicator who graduated from the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello with a specialization in Journalism and a Master’s degree in Communication for Development, specializing in violence analysis, peacebuilding, and Human Rights in Latin America. Rotary Peace Fellow, with a degree in Peace Studies at Chulalongkorn University.

She leads the Art Team at RoundGlass, developing art programs for holistic well-being.

She is the Founder of the TAAP Foundation, an organization created to promote peaceful coexistence and sustainable development in communities that have impacted more than 4.5 million people in 14 countries.

She was the developer and first executive director of Aid Live Foundation, an organization created to support Venezuelan refugees in Colombia.

Gaby is a Rotary Peace Fellow, Opportunity Collaboration Fellow, CAFAM Atlántico Woman, Ashoka Fellow, Perennial Fellow, winner of the Ideas Contest in the Social Entrepreneurship category, and finalist in the Social Entrepreneur of the Year award from the Schwab Foundation and Venezuela Sin Limites Foundation. In addition, the She Is Foundation recognizes her as Social Woman of the Year 2022.

Social entrepreneur, researcher, and professor of communication. She has been part of diverse projects and has been a coordinator and speaker in forums and meetings worldwide on refugee integration, peacebuilding, and social and educational innovation issues.

Since 2008, she has conducted research in communities linked with the analysis of violence, peacebuilding, and the use of communication and art for social development.
Co-founder of the Weaving Lab, Catalyst 2030, and Colombia Cuida Colombia.

What does inner wellbeing mean to you?

For me, inner well-being is living in peace, recognizing our lights and shadows but being able to heal and improve every day.
It is living positively, connecting with those around you and the environment.
It is living creatively, smiling, and working for yourself and others.

How would you define wellbeing in one word?

For me, it is the same as personal well-being but for everyone. I do not believe the world’s well-being is possible if people suffer or feel harm. If we cultivate the emotional, cognitive, social, and planetary dimensions of well-being, we can be more aware and have a world of well-being.

Are there any rituals or practices you use to enhance your wellbeing?

I meditate, practice yoga, dance, and hug my family everyday.

Why is it important that we prioritize individual, organizational and societal wellbeing?

All of them.

Do you have any favourite books, podcasts, or articles that you believe support, promote, or educate on wellbeing and related themes? 

I have many resources including:

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TAAP Fundation's website

Renald Morris

Networks Elder at The Wellbeing Project

Johannesburg; Gauteng Province,
South Africa

Renald is a South African living on the outskirts of the city of Johannesburg. He grew up during the time when the apartheid government was in power having to endure and overcome the injustices of the time. Upon completion of his secondary education he ventured into the mechanical engineering field where he gained experience in the areas of quality assurance, design and development, client liaison, and, production management. He left this sector for the Non-Governmental Sector after 15 years as result of his deep interest in social justice and community development.

The next phase of his career spans over a period of 25 years. In his newly-found path, he played a key role in dealing with the political violence which preceded and threatened the birth of the New South Africa. This included working with opposing political leaders towards stabalising communities so that the aspirations of the new democratic government could find fertile ground. This work later contributed to courses in peace education in schools and the University of South Africa.

His passion for the protection of women and children’s rights presented him with further opportunities to contribute to the national policy framework and to set up a national leadership development network directed at improving government services to women and children – especially those most vulnerable. Similar leadership development initiatives were also undertaken on a global scale working with multi-stakeholder social changemakers on in-country social and economic challenges.

Over the past eight years, Renald engaged with the work of The Wellbeing Project which inspired him to incorporate personal and organisational wellbeing into his leadership development work. After serving The Wellbeing Project as a co-creator under the banner of Synergos, he transitioned to the role of Network Elder where he continues to work with a fabulous team of people on growing and expanding the knowledge and practice-base on personal and organisational wellbeing globally.

Collectively his skills can be summarised as (among others) fundraising, program design and implementation, project management, fluency in English and Afrikaans, computer literacy, convening and facilitating gatherings, knowledge sharing, training, story collection, collaboration, partnership building, research, mentoring, M&E, reporting, advocacy, stakeholder liaison, grant-making and management.

He is an avid rugby and cricket supporter and loves classic and vintage cars. His philosophy is to look for opportunity in unusual places because, the dark reveals no horizons and therefore no limits.

What does inner wellbeing mean to you?

Understanding what is needed to sustain you from within.

How would you define wellbeing in one word?

Gratification.

Are there any rituals or practices you use to enhance your wellbeing?

Reflection time.

Why is it important that we prioritise individual and collective wellbeing?

So that we have a healthy and happy world.

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Sandrine Woitrin

Co-Lead at The Wellbeing Project

Madrid,
Spain

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Sandrine Woitrin worked for over ten years in the retail and restaurant business. She was part of the opening team of Starbucks in Spain and France, then helped create the CSR departments of Grupo Vips and Starbucks Spain and France. She studied Naturopathy and is passionate about alternatives therapies.

She is now Co-Lead for the Wellbeing Project, a global initiative co-created with Ashoka, Impact Hub, Georgetown University, Porticus, Skoll Foundation and Synergos, catalyzing a culture of inner wellbeing for all changemakers.