Caroline Welch is teaching during the Wisdom & Wellbeing Weeks at Blue Spirit in Multi-Faculty Week 2, January 20 – 27, 2024 about the following topic:

Mindfulness Meets Living Life on Purpose

Purpose, like mindfulness, is an underutilized natural resources, available to us 24/7. Becoming aware of what matters most to us can bolster our well-being and change our lives. We’ll explore questions such as, How do I find my purpose? Why do people who live with purpose lead longer, happier lives? How do we align our lives with purpose? How does purpose allow us to discover talents or skills we never knew we had?

Caroline Welch is the CEO and Co-founder, with Dr. Dan Siegel, of the Mindsight Institute in Santa Monica, California. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin Law School with a master’s degree from the University of Southern California, she started her career in law as a corporate litigator. Welch has served as a Los Angeles County court-appointed mediator, as well as in-house counsel at MGM Studios and Spelling Entertainment Group. She began her mindfulness practice forty years ago while working in Japan as an English teacher.

Welch’s first book, The Gift of Presence: A Mindfulness Guide for Women has been widely acclaimed, described as, “A gift for us all—filled with practical insights about the power of mindfulness” and “a must-read for women of all ages” by Arianna Huffington and a “wise and clear book that shows us how mindful awareness can give us back our life,” by Tara Brach. Publishers Weekly praised Welch’s work as follows: “In The Gift of Presence … Caroline Welch … sets out to distill reams of peer-reviewed science about mindfulness into plain, clear advice.”

Welch provides lectures and workshops on antisexism, antiracism, and well-being in our personal and professional lives. She and her husband, Dan, live in Santa Monica and have two adult children. For more information about Caroline Welch, please visit her website: www.carolinewelch.com