Join us for a remote Zoom panel on mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. This discussion will cover the unique challenges facing performers right now, as well as strategies to face these obstacles with fortitude, positivity, and a calm and healthy mindset.
RSVP-ed members will receive the Zoom link by email one hour prior to the start of the program, and will be able to ask questions through Zoom's chat function.
PANELIST BIOS
Kristine Oller - As a master coach and strategist, Kristine Oller specializes in helping big-hearted achievers who feel confined by the complexity of their current circumstances create new, clear paths towards exponential personal and professional growth. For over two decades, she has been guiding smart, talented adults through ground-breaking chapters of their lives and careers… the big decisions, the tough conversations, the significant shifts, and the inspiring expansions. Every single month for twenty consecutive years, Kristine has coached multiple mastermind groups, helping close to one thousand self-employed, multi-hyphenate creators, freelancers, and artists advance their careers and strengthen their business muscles. Host of the podcast Creating Cashflow – she is also an award-winning Golden Circle Member of the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals. The three words that delight her the most are: “before and after.” More at KristineOller.com.
Mitra Manesh - Mitra Manesh is the founder of “innermap”, an innovative new mindfulness App, and the host of “Lights on”, a podcast offering support for a mindful life. She is a mindfulness thought leader, storyteller, and educator with over 3.5 decades of experience helping people of all ages and many different cultures to live, love, and lead more consciously at home and at work.
Her work is a blend of Western corporate training and Eastern inner-based practices. The result is a unique approach offering knowledge & wisdom in a practical and empowering way.
Her clients range from everyday people seeking peace at home and work, to celebrities seeking balance, to institutions and other entities, like, UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center, Amazon, Merrill Lynch, Unilever, UCLA Anderson School of Management, Hugo Boss, C.A.A., Thomas Cook, The Senate of Canada, KPMG, Labatt, Christian Dior, Capital Group, Insomniac, United Health Group... to name a few.
Beyond mindfulness and corporate work, Mitra has been a Human Right Commissioner in Ontario, Canada, a commentator/panelist for CBC and Omni TV, and an executive for numerous non-profit and for-profit entities.
Emiliya Zhivotovskaya - Emiliya Zhivotovskaya is a leading voice in the world of positive psychology and the science of flourishing. She is the CEO and founder of The Flourishing Center, and creator of the acclaimed Certification in Applied Positive Psychology (CAPP) program that’s been offered in 13 cities across the U.S., Canada and online worldwide (www.GetCertifiedinPP.com), which has trained over 1,400 practitioners to date across 38 countries. She is the creator the Bounce Back Better® (B3®) Resilience Program, Applied Positive Psychology Coaching Certification, Flourishing Skills Group® (FSG®) Program and co-creator of the Positive Education Certification (PEC) Program. Emiliya is one of the first 60 people in the world to hold a Master’s Degree from the University of Pennsylvania in Positive Psychology and is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Mind-Body Medicine from Saybrook University, where she also an adjunct faculty member. Emiliya is one of only ~1,000 people in the world to hold a Master Certified Coach (MCC) credential with the International Coaching Federation (ICF), and holds over a dozen certifications in modalities ranging from coaching to yoga, Reiki, intenSati, Thai massage, biofeedback, motivational interviewing and more. She refers to herself as a pra-cademic-prenuer emphasizing her work as a practitioner, academic and entrepreneur, empowering others to apply research in a sustainable way that drives individuals, organizations and communities to thrive. Prior to her work in the science of wellbeing, Emiliya was a professional party entertainer. She educates in a way that entertains and enables people to connect to each other. She integrates these tools into a unique approach to resilience, vitality and mind-body health, inspiring and empowering others to craft a life of thriving.
Joan Pastor - Joan Pastor, Ph.D., has her degree in both Industrial-Organizational psychology and Clinical psychology, with over 30 years of experience providing therapeutic, business development coaching, innovation skills, and performance enhancement services to people in all areas of entertainment around the world. Her private clients include Oscar, Emmy, Grammy and Tony award winners. Joan specializes in assisting people through the many internal and external barriers that hold us back from being the absolute very best we can be in our work, and from doing everything necessary to achieve success. She once had such a deep fear of performing that she fainted in the middle of a radio call-in talk show! Now, she is a Certified Speaking Professional through the National Speakers Association, and speaks professionally to audiences as large as 5000 people, all over the world. Her webinars on emotional and psychological self-management beginning April 23rd at 10am PST on Zoom, are free and are open to everyone.
Joan has developed a unique process especially for those in any and all facets of entertainment, and be prepared- her work is powerful. This includes working behind the scenes to consult on several television projects and assist various entertainment individuals negotiate better terms for themselves. Joan has consulted to over 65 organizations all over the world. Those that were specifically on entertainment-related projects include Sony, Disney, Mattel Toys, PepsiCo, Snowfall Films, Women in Film, China Clicks (talent agents, Beijing), University of California- all campuses, Interlochen National Music Camp, and Dun & Bradstreet. She has received numerous awards, has been on numerous television and radio talk shows, and hosted her own radio show, "Psychologically Speaking," in Philadelphia. She also was the talent and director of a 3 hour DVD program produced for PepsiCo.
Joan has her bachelor and master’s degrees in Far Eastern Studies. She has been a practicing Zen Buddhist (while still embracing her Jewish roots) for over 35 years. She is honored to be participating on this panel during very challenging times for actors everywhere.
Lori Hammel, Moderator - Lori Hammel is a NYC-based actress and writer who has performed on Broadway, Off Broadway and in National Tours including: Mamma Mia, Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5 and as Ethel Mertz in I Love Lucy Live. Film work includes the feature Puzzle, the Coen brother's Burn After Reading; She's Lost Control and playing the lead in Coney Island Queen (Cannes Shorts Corner). TV includes Jessica Jones, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, Master of None, The Following; 30 Rock; Difficult People and The Colbert Report. Lori played recurring political pundit Leslie Hillerman on the Onion News Network series, In The Know and is the creator and star of the series Margo Rose Reports. Lori received an Excellence in Acting Award at the NY International Fringe Festival. She is the recipient of a Jeff Award, two Jeff nominations, two After Dark Awards and the SAG-AFTRA Joseph C. Riley Service Award. Lori co-authored the critically acclaimed guidebook Minding the Edge – Strategies for a Fulfilling, Successful Career as an Actor and is a contributing writer for Acting for the Stage (Focal Press). www.lorihammel.com
