Stanford Wellness Fireside Chats

Fireside chats offer you a break in your day to re-center and focus on your emotional health. We encourage you to relax and join us for our free fireside chats with well-known luminaries.

Upcoming chats are listed below. For your convenience, recordings of chats are posted in a list at the bottom of the page.

Upcoming fireside chats

Thursday, May 13
12:30 pm – 1:00 pm
Aleta Hayes, choreographer, performer and lecturer in the department of theater and performance studies at Stanford University
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Tuesday, June 15
12:30 pm – 1:00 pm
Colleen Reilly, senior vice president of business development at Immersive Worlds, adjunct faculty, University of Denver
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Thursday, July 15
12:30 pm – 1:00 pm
Vinutha Mohan, LMFT specializing in trauma
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Tuesday, July 20
12:30 pm – 1:00 pm
Dan Klein, creative consultant and professor at Stanford University
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Tuesday, August 24
12:30 pm – 1:00 pm
Tara Mohr, expert on women’s leadership and well-being, author, educator and certified coach
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Thursday, September 23
12:30 pm – 1:00 pm
Helen Krug von Nidda, international coach, trainer and speaker
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Previous fireside chats:

Focus on Calm with Emma Seppala, PhD ’09, psychologist, author, international speaker

Being a Positive Energizer with Kim Cameron, PhD, author of “Positive Leadership”

Creating Habits with BJ Fogg, MA ’95, PhD ’97, author of “Tiny Habits”

Gratitude with Robert Emmons, PhD, author of “Thanks!”

Progress & Positivity with Pamela Dukes, MA ’87, USA Olympian

Adapting to Change with Al’Ai Alvarez, MD, Stanford Health Care

Transforming your Trek with David Hunnicutt, PhD

Resilience with Bryan Sexton, PhD, Duke Patient Safety Center

Staying Positive with Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, PhD

Movement & Wellness with Laura Putnam, MA ’87

Contributing with Tom Rath, author of “Life’s Great Question”

Positivity with Barbara Fredrickson, PhD ’90, author of “Positivity”

Cultivating Joy with Byron Katie, author of “Loving What Is”

Learning Through Challenge with Chip Conley ’82, MBA ’84, author of “Rebel Rules”

Healthy Eating at Home with Christopher Gardner, PhD, Stanford Medicine

Compassion & Peace with James Doty, MD, author of “Into The Magic Shop”

Equity, Leadership & Change with John L. Hennessy, PhD, author of “Leading Matters”

Compassionate Care with Lee Tomlinson, founder of the CARE Effect Movement

Compassion at Work with Monica Worline, PhD, author of “Compassion at Work”

Leading Through Challenge with David Jones, MA, chief HR officer, Stanford Health Care

Change with Meag-gan O’Reilly, PhD, CEO, Inherent Value Psychology

Self-care with Lakiba Pittman, Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT) instructor, author of “Bread Crumbs from the Soul”

The PlayfulMonk Approach with Amaranatho, international speaker, scrum master

Gratitude & Culture of Health with Ron Goetzel, PhD, senior scientist in health, behavior and society and vice president of IBM Watson Health

Happiness is a Choice with Karith Foster, speaker, humorist, author

Self-Compassion with Kristin Neff, PhD, researcher, professor and author of “Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself”

Justice Reform with Jim Gash, JD, author of “Divine Collision,” President of Pepperdine University

Self-Forgiveness with Fredrick Luskin, PhD, PhD ’98, author of “Forgive for Good”

Creativity with Constraints with Tina Seelig, PhD., PhD ’85, author of “Creativity Rules”

A Life with Purpose and Workability, Roy Redd, author and internationally recognized speaker

Purpose in Life and Resilience with Vic Strecher, PhD., author of “Life On Purpose”

Love and Gratitude with don Jose Ruiz, author and motivational speaker

Positivity & Connections with Mark J. Lindquist, motivational speaker, performer, and United States Air Force and Afghanistan War Veteran

Thoughts Create Feelings with David Burns, M.D., author and adjunct clinical Professor Emeritus of psychiatry and behavior science

Intentions, Connections, and Listening with Phyllis Stewart Pires, MA, assistant vice president of WorkLife strategy at Stanford University

Post Traumatic Growth with Stephen Buehler, psychotherapist, leadership coach, consultant

Strengths and Wellbeing with Ryan Wolf, physical wellbeing lead at Gallup

Compassion and Empathy with Bryan Bohman, MD, associate CMO for Workforce Health and Wellness, senior advisor of WellMD, and clinical professor at Stanford University School of Medicine

Meaningful Conversations with Tanya Luhrman, psychological anthropologist, professor, author

Risk-taking and Resilience with Becky Diamond, journalist, director of video journalism at Columbia University

Cultivating Compassion with Roshi Joan Halifax, PhD, founder of Abbot, and head teacher of Upaya Zen Center

Compassionate Care with Noemie Le Pertel, DACM, MS, MPH, MAPP

Resilient Warrior with Tony Drees, motivational speaker, Army Veteran, Purple Heart recipient, athlete

Leading with Agape with Jack Groppel, PhD, FACSM, FACN, professor of exercise and sport science, and professor of business at Judson University

Wellness & Energy with Trinny Woodall, founder and CEO of the disruptive beauty brand Trinny London