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Kelly M. McGonigal, PhD

Health Psychologist; Award-Winning Psychology Lecturer, Stanford University; Invited Lecturer, Stanford University School of Medicine; Creator, Stanford Compassion Cultivation Training, Stanford Center for Compassion and Altruism; Recipient of the Walter J. Gores Award, Stanford University’s highest teaching honor; Author, The Joy of Movement: How Exercise Helps Us Find Happiness, Hope, Connections, and Courage (2019), The Upside of Stress (2016), and The Willpower Instinct (2011)

Events

Teaching Engaged Brains

The Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, CA or Virtually via Zoom  February 22-24, 2024

Keynote: The Joy of Movement: The Power of Exercise for Self-Development, Connections, and Courage

Educating with Empathy

The Historic Fairmont Hotel, Atop Nob Hill,
San Francisco, CA  February 15-17, 2019

Keynote Address: The Science and Power of Compassion