Amaris Vicari, Esq., has years of experience in mindfulness, working across diverse environments and engaging with a wide range of audiences. Through her mindfulness and emotional intelligence sessions, she has positively impacted thousands of individuals. As the creator and facilitator of the Mindfulness for Reuters Hostile Environment Trainings, she empowers journalists and photojournalists covering high-stress situations such as war zones, protests, and natural disasters. These tailored sessions emphasize resilience, stress management, performance enhancement, attention management, emotional awareness, and other essential skills for mental well-being.

Amaris has collaborated with Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, non-profits, law firms, tax professionals, schools, and private groups. She has developed and led numerous customized leadership series, professional development courses, and specialty programs that focus on enhancing focus, self-awareness, resilience, team-building, emotional intelligence, empathy, and stress management, all grounded in neuroscience.

Additionally, she created and facilitates the Mindfulness for Customer Experience series for sales leaders and customer-facing roles. Amaris is passionate about empowering women and minority groups through tailored programs that span all organizational divisions.

As a keynote speaker, Amaris has presented at leadership meetings, sales conferences, editorial workshops, and retreats, engaging diverse participants. Recently, she was interviewed by Reuters about self-compassion in journalism. She also hosts off-site retreats for organizations and co-creates programs for elementary schools, finding joy in working with children.

Her unique approach aligns seamlessly with the initiatives, priorities, and culture of the organizations she partners with, making The Beneficial Element's programs both dynamic and effective.

Amaris is a certified Search Inside Yourself (SIY) Teacher, authorized to teach the 2-day mindfulness program developed at Google. She has completed the 'Engage' mindfulness training at the Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute, specializing in mindfulness-based emotional intelligence and neuroscience. She studied at The Mindfulness Training Institute and holds a Compassion certification from Stanford's CCARE and ACA. Amaris is a certified yoga instructor, Amaris enjoys spending her free time outdoors with her family.

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