Conscious Enterprises Roxana Rafatjah

Dr. Karuna Sabnani treats disease with modalities beyond conventional medication – she believes that optimum health can be achieved through approaches that value what nature has to offer, herbalism, contemplation, and most notably, feeding your senses. As a speaker and teacher of the principles of pleasure, Dr. Karuna is a naturopathic doctor with a deep understanding of holistic health.
I feel a personal appreciation for her work because I have found that my own journey back to wellness has depended on fostering a more nature-centric approach to life and an awareness that “consumption” is a lot more than what you eat. Dr. Karuna’s work validates all of this for me.
We discuss so much in this conversation, including naturopathic vs conventional healthcare, pleasure as medicine, and some great wellness tips to get you through the holiday season.


























































































































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Recognitions:Founder of Karuna Naturopathic Healthcare
Natural & Naturopathic Medicine Expert
http://www.karunanaturopathic.com/
Creator of The Real Detox + Pleasure Rx

Topics discussed in this conversation include:Dr. Karuna at Conscious Enterprises panel event at Donna Karan’s Urban Zen
What exactly is Naturopathic & Ayurvedic medicine? How does it differ from conventional medicine?
Some issues that Dr. Karuna sees with conventional medicine today and how Ayurvedic principles fill these gaps?
How Dr. Karuna got into medicine
Pleasure and “pleasure as medicine”
The connection between Pleasure and Purpose?
How business leaders can utilize an understanding of pleasure to improve their business
The difference between pleasure-seeking or instant gratification type pleasure VS sustainable pleasure or “fulfillment”
Everyone is concerned with COVID and health these days - how Dr. Karuna thinks the pandemic is affecting our ability to reach optimum wellness
Wellness tips for professionals working from home these days
Holiday advice from Dr. Karuna  
Dr. Karuna’s measure of “success” 
How Dr. Karuna sees the world evolving 10 years from now
Valuable advice you for professionals and entrepreneurs

Bio:Dr. Karuna Sabnani is founder of Karuna Naturopathic Healthcare. She works virtually with patients internationally.  
She has been on national television networks including The Dr. Oz show. Her advice has appeared in a variety of publications including Cosmopolitan, Business Insider, Yoga Journal, Martha Stewart, and Allure Magazines.
Dr. Karuna applies Ayurvedic philosophy, and the healing power of nature with her patients. For over 15 years, patients have come to Dr. Sabnani to learn how to get a lean body, restful sleep, restored energy, clear skin, strong digestion and stress reduction.  They often feel a sense of ease, balance and health after following Dr. Sabnani’s suggestions. 
She works with patients nationally + internationally.  She has been the health and beauty advisor to supermodel IMAN’S company, Iman Cosmetics. She has been a writer for The Huffington Post and her advice has been sought after in Cosmo, Yoga Journal and Allure Magazines. 
She speaks worldwide about the importance of beauty + pleasure in Wellness.  She launched the PLEASURE RX course and the Five Sense Experience in 2019. 
 www.karunanaturopathic.com
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Rian Doris is the co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of the Flow Research Collective, studying, deconstructing and training peak performance and flow states for leaders.
Alongside 8X Nationally Best-Selling Author Steven Kotler (one of the world’s leading speakers, researchers and authors in neuroscience and peak performance), Rian has drawn from his own personal challenges with mental health and performance to create the science-based approach in their research and training.
I’m especially thrilled to have connected with Rian and the Flow Research Collective because they are boosting the evolution of leadership by training leaders to understand their own brains on a neurobiological, psychological and chemical level.
Rian shares an abundance of useful resources in this conversation, linked below, but most notably, be sure to check out his TEDx Talk, Why Hustle Doesn’t Lead to Success. It’s a goodie:)
 


























































































































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 Recognitions:Co-Founder & COO, Flow Research Collective
TEDx Talk:
Why Hustle Doesn’t Lead to Success:
 
Topics discussed in this conversation include:Rian’s background and a childhood dealing with a head injury growing up in Ireland
Motivation and interest in personal development, philosophy, consciousness, flow states and peak performance
Tony Robbins
Rian’s educational background in Philosophy and Masters Degree in Applied Neuroscience
Keith Ferazzi & Never Eat Alone
Thought leaders who brought mindfulness to the west:
Dr. Dan Siegel ,
Jon Kabat Zinn ,
Jack Kornfield
Steven Kotler & Stealing Fire
(all of you interested in this conversation should read this book!)
Steven Kotler’s rigorous scientific approach to flow
Peter Diamandis
How Rian went from an admiring fan to business partner with Steven Kotler
How Rian’s struggles with mental health and performance due to his brain injury has helped him understand and connect to the work at the Flow Research Collective so deeply
What is “Flow”? 
How flow effects performance, wellbeing, creativity, learning, happiness, etc.
Martin Seligman, father of positive psychology
Training consciousness shifts into flow
22 Flow Triggers to access flow states
Certain activities that inherently induce flow
Flow Cycle
Herb Benson & The Breakout Principle
Flow Blockers
Best strategies to remove blockers before building triggers
Rian’s personal flow triggers and strategies for eliminating distraction
“Knowledge Work” – flow follows focus
“Flow Hygiene” – priming your system - how nutrition, exercise, sleep and general wellness influence flow states
Social support is as crucial as food physiologically and psychologically
How business leaders can utilize flow states to increase performance or maximize their impact
Mihai Csikszentmihalyi – “The Godfather of Flow Psychology”
Group Flow:
“Yes, and….”
Vulnerability
Risk
Familiarity
Equal Participation
Shared Goals
Close Listening
Efficient Operations
The dark side of flow
Flow Strategy: identifying your process of getting into flow
Hacks for professionals working from home
Dopamine & Norepinephrine
Dropping cognitive load
Environmental boundaries vs time boundaries
Transition Rituals
Breathwork vs Mindfulness
James Nestor & Breath
Rian’s TED Talk – “Why Hustle Doesn’t Lead to Success”
Rian explains why hustle doesn’t lead to success from the perspective of effort and productivity
Maximizing output from the least amount of input – “doing more with less”
Strateg

WORK-LIFE AFTER COVID:
Wondering how to stay healthy and sane as we emerge out of our stay-at-home orders?
In this live-feed episode from Conscious Enterprises’ instagram account (@conscious.enterprises), we discuss challenges, shifts and precautions that businesses and professionals are making during times of global pandemic, as well as valuable tips to keep your immune system strong during these bizarre times.
Dr. Rafatjah shares with us her own personal experiences as a business owner during quarantine before providing many useful tips to stay healthy, sane and fit. She also advocates for regenerative farming techniques.



























































































































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Bio:Dr. Soyona Rafatjah is a board-certified Family Medicine physician and Co-Founder and Medical Director of PrimeHealth. Dr. Rafatjah is passionate about helping her patients reach their health goals. She helps them to address the root cause of their issues and focuses on disease prevention in addition to treatment. With the knowledge and tools she gives them, her patients feel in control of their own health.
Through an intimate, patient-physician partnership, and a whole-body approach, she and her patients develop a personalized treatment plan which adjusts to their needs and environment over time.

Resources & Links from this episode:PrimeHealth
Home Exercise Equipment:
resistance bands
kettlebells
pull up bars
Desk Elliptical
Cubii
Standing Desk
Uplift
Regenerative Farming
Corner Post Meats
White Oak Pastures
Wild Pastures
US Wellness Meats
Vital Choice (fish)
Supplements:
Online Store

What makes a person influential in an age of distrust? Advertising and marketing master, Jason Harris has cracked the code and shares his introspective principles and character-building habits in his bestselling book, The Soulful Art of Persuasion.

Jason Harris is the co-founder and CEO of Mekanism, a creative agency serving brands such as Ben & Jerry’s, OK Cupid and HBO. He’s also founded the Creative Alliance, a consortium of 100 ad agencies using their advertising powers for good by creating socially impactful campaigns. Under his leadership, Mekanism was named to Ad Age’s Agency A-list, twice to their Best Places to Work, and to the Creativity 50. Jason has been named in the Top 10 Most Influential Social Impact Leaders as well as the 4A’s list of “100 People Who Make Advertising Great.” His methods are studied in cases at Harvard Business School.

Some highlights from this conversation include Jason’s career and challenges in advertising, his work for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, seeking fulfillment, why he founded the Creative Alliance, how he learned to become “soulfully persuasive”, how Jason measures success and valuable advice for professionals and entrepreneurs.






















































































































































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Recognitions: Co-Founder & CEO of Mekanism
Alaska Airlines, Ben & Jerry’s, OkCupid, HBO, MillerCoors, Peloton, The United Nations
Co-Founder of the Creative Alliance
Global Board of Directors, Advertising Week
Board of Directors, United Nations Social Impact Leadership Council
Author, The Soulful Art of Persuasion

Topics discussed in this conversation include: Jason’s upbringing and how he got into advertising
A first job working for Miller Coors
Attributes that make a successful CEO
The type of corporate culture that makes an agency thrive
Retaining talent
The United Nations Social Impact Leadership Council
Sustainable Development Goals
Why Jason founded The Creative Alliance
Using advertising powers for good
Working with the Obama-Biden administration on social good campaigns
Using advertising powers for good
Why Jason wrote The Soulful Art of Persuasion
How to get organized to write a book
The four main principles in The Soulful Art of Persuasion
How Jason has transformed into authenticity and vulnerability and learned to embody the principles of becoming soulfully persuasive over the course of two decades
How to train yourself to become more generous
Misconceptions about empathy
Jason’s definition of empathy and why it’s so valuable in persuasion
Why you should use positive persuasion when negative persuasion can be so effective
Axe Body Spray
Conscious Enterprises at Advertising Week panel
Meditation takes many forms
Jason’s morning routine
Gratitude journaling with kids
Jason’s measure of his success professionally vs personally
New Group Therapy
The evolution of purpose-driven work
Mind-body connections
Valuable advice for professionals

Bio:Jason Harris is the CEO of the award-winning creative agency Mekanism and the cofounder of the Creative Alliance. Harris works closely with brands through a blend of soul and science to create provocative campaigns that engage audiences. Iconic brands include Peloton, Ben & Jerry’s, MillerCoors, HBO, and the United Nations. Under his leadership, Mekanism was named to Ad Age’s Agency A-list, twice to their Best Places to Work, and to the Creativity 50. Harris has been named i

If you want some reassurance that big corporations and major luxury brands are leading the evolution of business, this episode is for you. Hannah Bronfman is the Director of Sustainability & Impact for all the Starwood Hotels & Resorts properties, including the 1 Hotels and the Baccarat Hotels. She has a zest for her work and an expertises that is incomparable.
As a passionate proponent of luxury and consciousness coexisting, I have always had a special admiration for brands like 1 Hotels in particular. If you’ve ever had the pleasure at staying at one of their properties, dining at one of their sustainable or zero-waste restaurants, or perhaps even attending a Conscious Enterprises LIVE event at one of their locations, you know that the ambiance exudes luxury, while holding an equally prominent respect to nature. And this exquisite balance that they have struck clearly comes from deep within the company and their leadership.
If there’s one thing that is apparent, by the sheer existence of this role and this perfectly suited impact-maker, about their CEO, Barry Sternlicht and his SH Group, it’s that he clearly understands that making an impact on the world externally comes from cleaning up his internal systems and processes within the organization. And that’s exactly what Hannah seems to live to do.
In this conversation we discuss Hannah’s fine tuned training in green buildings, engineering  and environmentally minded city planning, the global definition of sustainability vs a personal definition of sustainability, waste management, bedtime stories and how the world is evolving.


























































































































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Recognitions: Director of Sustainability & Impact for SH Group:
Starwood Hotels & Resorts (1 Hotels & Baccarat Hotel)
Teaches at Columbia University about green buildings
Background in program implementation on corporate real estate and hospitality
Trained as an Engineer
10 years of experience as a sustainability and green buildings expert

Topics discussed in this conversation include: Hannah’s fine tuned training for green buildings in cities
What appeals to Hannah about environmental planning
From Portland to NYC
How New York City compares to other cities in sustainability
Sustainability by a global definition VS personal definition
The initiatives Hannah is working on to keep the 1 Hotels and SH Group properties sustainable and impactful
Waste Management
Some things that the average person within a corporation or the average business can do to make themselves more impactful or sustainable
Balancing the scales of luxury and sustainability
Barry Sternlicht
LEED Certification
Low VOC paints (volatile organic compound)
Why running is just as much for mental health as physical health
Calm app for meditation
Bedtime stories
How Hannah measures success
Using metrics to measure a team’s accomplishments
Being obsessed with waste
Misfits Market
Hannah’s view of a world evolution towards simplification
Valuable advice for professionals committed to impact, sustainability and consciousness

Bio:Hannah Bronfman is the Director of Impact and Sustainability for SH Group. Hannah has over 10 years of experience as a sustainability and green building expert, including a background in program implementation and communications with a special focus on corporate real estate and hospitality. She has worked with organizations to incorporate sustainability across their business practices, from corporate-level

Imagine if happiness was not just your personal mission in life, but you made it your career goal to spread happiness. Arnaud Collery is not just an expert in happiness, but is living this mission to make happiness a profession and a system in businesses and organizations. After a diverse career in finance, acting and film, Arnaud found his fulfillment by indoctrinating Chief Happiness Officers across the globe. Beyond teaching programs that create sustainable happiness for leaders and organizations, Arnaud is also reaching the masses through his event series, Standup for Passion. His TedX talks are a must-watch if you are interested in how we can begin to make happiness a measurable value for businesses and society.
At the time of filming this interview, Arnaud was living in NYC, but has since moved back to Bordeaux as he continues international events.


























































































































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Recognitions:Founder of Standup for Passion
Global Chief Happiness Officer
CEO of Kikai Mining (Happiness Innovation Agency)
Leadership Coach & Team Building Trainer
Author, “Mr. Happiness”
TedX Speaker:
Ted X Lille "La passion, le moteur de notre vie" April 2018
Ted X Maastricht. "Share your story before you die!" November 2016
Ted X Aruba. "What is a Chief Happiness Officer" September 2015.
Comedian, Actor, Artist

Topics discussed in this conversation include:Arnaud’s extraordinarily international life, beginning in Champagne
Where Arnaud believes needs the most happiness work
The personal tragedy in Arnaud’s personal life that was the catalyst for him becoming so engrossed in happiness
The least and most fulfilling parts of Arnaud’s diverse career
Gallup stat that “unhappy employees cost $450-$550 Billion in lost productivity per year”
How corporations utilize Arnaud’s teachings as Chief Happiness Officers into their businesses
Are people meant to be happy all day every day?
Emotional Honesty
How Arnaud gets his nature fix at Ananda Ashram
Arnaud’s intentions and goals with Stand Up for Passion
Challenges vs Routines
How Arnaud measures success
Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness
The world’s evolution through Arnaud’s perspective
Valuable advice for entrepreneurs


BioSince 2014, Arnaud Collery has been working in the transformation space, both corporate and personal. He coaches c-suite teams and runs standupforpassion.com, a global platform on personal inspirational stories. 
Arnaud has coached 1000+ stories (youtube.com/standupforpassion) 100+ teams, led 100+ workshops and trained 100+ Chief Happiness Speakers. 10 000 pp attended our events. 100 + speeches (3 Tedx, Harvard, Google, UN,..) Published author. Worked with.. United Nations, Dior, Cartier, Novartis, L'Oreal, Nestle, Danone, BMW, Careem. He now coaches the next generation of Chief Happiness Officers in his own training programs.
Keynotes: World Happiness Report -NY
Word Happiness Summit
Miami Happiness at work-Copenhagen
Happiness 360 - Aruba
Happiness innovation- Dubai
Happiness Effect- Kuwait
Happy Folk - Paris