Erin McLaughlin
The founder of Positive-Ed Consulting, Erin has spent her career focused on the best methods of unlocking potential. As an educator, she has worked tirelessly with individuals, groups, and teams to help them recognize, develop, and apply their strengths to reach their goals. Erin’s main passion is in creating positive cultural change in institutions through implementing viewpoint diversity. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania’s prestigious MAPP program with a capstone project on viewpoint diversity that earned a mark of distinction, she went back to the classroom to apply her work. Erin founded Positive-Ed Consulting to share her ideas and practices with others in order to make a bigger and better difference in the world.
Abigail Somma is a writer, coach, and meditation teacher. She currently offers a range of mindfulness-based courses to individuals and organizations, including Mindful Parenting, Mindful Communications and Mindfulness for Social Change. She also runs a program called “Wisdom Buddies” that merges meditation and peer-to-peer support. Ms Somma was trained by the Nalanda Institute of Contemplative Science in NYC and is a certified instructor with Search Inside Yourself, the renowned mindfulness and emotional intelligence program founded at Google. Previously, she worked as a speechwriter for United Nations figureheads, celebrities and business personalities, and also taught speechwriting to UN staff. To learn more, visit her website: themindfulgoods.com