Emmet B. Keeffe III

Founder
Insight IGNITE at Insight Ventures

"I'm blown away by the impact that these practices have on the community here every single time. One of the things that really hit me is that to be mentally well, you have to be in a community that values wellbeing. What we did over the last five days was share our biggest fears were our anxieties and what we're stuck on. With this community, you can really openly talk about those things, which was transformative for me. So I think at the very foundation of our work, it's about forming community and being in a position where you can talk openly in that community about what you're struggling with."

Alexis Fosler

COO
COMO Lifestyle

"The Global Wellness Network allowed me space to create value and purpose - not just for myself, but for other people. It's very much about, "What can I give you? I have a certain set of skills. What can I give that would enhance this global community?" This community is engaged, curious, and passionate. We believe in the power of change, and in the power of one individual having an impact on their communities. I'm really optimistic about creating a massive global movement to impact the lives of chidlren and the communities around them."

Joshua Davis

Key Gaffer
Creed 3 & Spiderman: No Way Home

"I joined the Global Wellness Network looking for a community and an outlet to give back. I know I have a lot to give as a person, and I need an avenue for it. I need a community for it. The GWN is a group of people with that same mindset, who have found themselves in a place in life where they want to contribute more. Where they can gather and rally, and then play creatively from there. This community gives me an opportunity to come in with my skill set and add to the talent pool of amazing people that's already there. And then the sky's the limit."

Shamla Naidoo, J.D.

Head of Cloud Strategy & Innovation
Netskope

"This retreat is unique because I felt like it took care of my spiritual well-being, physical well-being, and emotional well-being at the same time. It brought together so many different experiences across multiple specialties to make this a very rich, rewarding, complete and holistic experience. I think if this curriculum were offered more broadly and everyone had the experience, it would create more resilient, healthy, happy, content humans. This is what the world needs. We can create an accelerated effect where more people do more good things to make the world a better place."

Alex Cornell Du Houx

Founder & President
Elected Officials to Protect America

"I run an organization where we train elected officials across the United States and the world. In that training, we start with emotional intelligence. I've learned so much here that we'll definitely be bringing into the trainings that we're doing so we can understand how we can be better leaders through incorporating mindfulness within our work. These tools help everyone regulate automatic reactions, and that is something a leader needs to know how to do to be effective in passing policy, whether it's at the local or national or global level."

Yossri Abdou, J.D.

Partner
Libertas Law

"The Global Wellness Network is an opportunity to create positive change on a global scale with a community that invites authentic and vulnerable conversations with people all around the world. This group really invites conversations that we don't often have even with our close family and friends. It's an opportunity to drop in and explore things that are that are personal and important. We learn from each other, and we support one another to grow individually. That's what's most important to me."

Nadya Hutagalung

Founder
IxSA

"This work is one of the greatest gifts to any human - to learn who you are in side. This community practices self-discovery, self curiosity, and reestablishing a sense of connection through empathy and kindness. You can really feel how well you become when you take that time to invest in yourself. And we invest in so many things in this life. We invest in the way that we look. We invest in cars and handbags and all of those things. People forget that to get those things, you need to do something well and be well. It takes an action, right? It doesn't just fall in your lap. Bringing this level of awareness that's so deep and rich is so mind blowingly awesome."

Melissa Loh

Co-Founder
Investera

"The Global Wellness Network is an amazing network of people. It's really powerful when you get a group of like minded individuals with similar values in positions of impact and influence coming together around a shared mission. There's something so motivating about meeting people like me who value personal work and positive impact. This has ripple effects to helping activate schools in the next City of Wellbeing. The personal work is rippling out across the globe to help children and teachers build a better future for us all. What's better than that?"