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Rise and Thrive: A PP Approach to Metabolic Health - Final Project Friday with Leah Burkhart

25apr12:00 pm1:00 pmRise and Thrive: A PP Approach to Metabolic Health - Final Project Friday with Leah BurkhartFinal Project presented by a CAPP graduate.

Event Details

Hi CAPPsters, Join me to welcome Leah Burkhart to Final Project Friday! For her project she created the Rise and Thrive Metabolic Health Workbook. It’s a holistic and empowering guide designed to help individuals optimize their metabolic health through science, mindset, and actionable strategies.

About Leah (CAPP.110)

Top VIA Character Strengths

  • Curiosity, Zest, Love of learning

If I could sit down with a PP researcher

  • I’d sit down with Kelly McGonical and ask her what is going on behind the curtain and whether she ever struggles with stress, herself (given that she has achieved so much in so little time).

Where I’ll be on my PP journey in 5 years

  • I currently have a number of projects going at any one time (a couple of part time jobs, two businesses). In five years, I hope that my entrepreneurial pursuits and self-sustaining. I am not in need of part time jobs to supplement the work. I can do the work from anywhere. I can regularly do work-cations. And I have a sustainable enough income that I am confident I can take care of my more vulnerable family members and can regularly give back to my community. I also would like to have authored a coach training program for people who want to work specifically with highly sensitive people.

What inspired my final project

At our clinic, we wanted to create a program aimed at helping women who run a business to have reliable energy (in other words, we wanted to help women entrepreneurs with navigating burnout). It turns out – burnout and metabolic dysfunction go hand in hand. If you solve one, you naturally solve the other. They require the exact same tools. While in the Applied Positive Psychology course, it seemed like a natural fit to apply a positive psychology approach to helping women cultivate metabolic health.

Bio

Leah Burkhart is a national board certified wellness coach with NBHWC and a certified life coach with ICF. She and her business partner run a healthcare clinic (Phoenix Rising Family Medicine). They specialize in working with women who run a business and want to have steady, vibrant health. Leah also has a separate branch of work called The Healthy Sensitive where she specializes in working with highly sensitive professionals who want to lean into their ambitions without burning out in the process. Her greatest passion lies in helping people answer this one question: what makes you come alive?

 

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Time

April 25, 2025 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST(GMT-04:00)

Organizer

Emiliya Zhivotovskaya

Emiliya is the CEO and founder of The Flourishing Center, a New York City based, Benefit Corporation (B-Corp) that is dedicated to increasing the flourishing of individuals, organizations and communities worldwide. She is the creator of the acclaimed Certification in Applied Positive Psychology (CAPP) program, currently offered in 12 cities across the U.S., Canada and online worldwide, which has trained over 750 practitioners to date. She is the creator the Bounce Back BetterTM (B3) Program, Positive Psychology Coaching Certification, Flourishing Skills Group® (FSG®) Program, iMMi Program, co-founder of the Positive Educator CertificationTM (PEC) Program, creator of the PERMA-V Model and the 5i Change Agent Model. (If you haven’t noticed, she likes creating and is an “inventor” in our 5i Change Agent Model.) Emiliya holds 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 is also an adjunct faculty member. Emiliya holds a PCC credential with the International Coaching Federation (ICF), as well as over a dozen certifications in modalities ranging from coaching to yoga, Reiki, intenSati, Thai massage, biofeedback, motivational interviewing and more. Prior to her work in the science of wellbeing, Emiliya was a professional party entertainer for over 12 years. She brings her entertaining background to her work today as a “pra-cademic-prenuer”; first and foremost she is a practitioner working in the field with individuals and organizations, then a researcher and academic, and an entrepreneur, focusing not just on the growth of The Flourishing Center, but is passionate about the craft of entrepreneurism and helping others grow their work. She integrates these tools into a unique approach to vitality and mind-body health, inspiring and empowering others to craft a life of thriving mentally, emotionally, physically, spiritually and financially.

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