Executive Director, Center for Mindfulness, Compassion and Resilience
Arizona State University (ASU)Meditation, Mental Health, Mindfulness, self-care
Nika Gueci has been working in college and public health for more than a decade, examining topics from collegiate recovery to suicide prevention. Gueci serves as Executive Director at Arizona State University鈥檚 Center for Mindfulness, Compassion and Resilience where she advances well-being through the promotion of skills such as mindfulness and compassion to support lifelong resilience. Creating a culture where wellness is of vital importance to thriving is her daily call to action. She develops curricula for mindfulness leadership workshops, retreats, and Selectives for Mayo Clinic medical students; writes curricula as content expert and talent manager for online courses such as the Health and Wellness: Mind and Body series and the nanocourse mindfulness series for Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College. During the Covid-19 pandemic, she established the Caring and Connection Initiative in an effort to build a virtual community and provide compassionate support.
Attending physician in the Division of Adolescent Medicine at Children鈥檚 Hospital of Philadelphia, Founder & Program Director of the Center for Parent and Teen Communication
Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaParenting, Resilience, self-care, Teens, Trauma, Youth homelessness
, MD, MSEd, is a renowned expert in adolescent medicine at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) where he is the Founder & Program Director of the , emphasizing the importance of building resilience in youth. His approach helps adolescents develop healthy coping skills through a range of empowering strategies in today’s digitally-oriented world. He appears regularly in national, local and online media to comment on hot topics impacting teens and their parents such as stress management, effective parenting and parent self-care, youth homelessness, resilience, trauma and more.
Ginsburg is also a Professor of Pediatrics at CHOP and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. His focus is on social adolescent medicine — with special attention to recognizing and preventing unique stressors impacting the emotional and physical well-being of developing teens today.
Additionally, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) published his seven parenting books including, Congrats – You’re Having a Teen: Strengthen Your Family and Raise a Good Person, Raising Kids to Thrive: Balancing Love with Expectations and Protection with Trust, Building Resilience in Children and Teens: Giving Kids Roots and Wings, and Letting Go with Love and Confidence. He is also the author of Reaching Teens: Strength-Based Communication Strategies to Build Resilience and Support Healthy Adolescent Development, a comprehensive multimedia toolkit published by the AAP.Ginsburg lectures widely to national and international parent and professional audiences. He works closely with Covenant House International, The US Military and The Boys and Girls Club of America to deepen the role of resilience-building strategies in their programming. Learn more about his research