Wellbeing Experience Featuring Dr. Mary Jo Kreitzer and Dessa

The Wellbeing Experience will feature talks from international wellbeing expert Dr. Mary Jo Kreitzer and Minneapolis rapper, singer, and author Dessa. Dessa will also be performing live music and will be accompanied by Aby Wolf and Matthew Santos.

Prior to the talks, an indoor wellbeing festival will include live music from local artists, food trucks, aromatherapy, acupuncture, massage, therapy animals, yoga, Reiki, health coaching, engaging opportunities with sponsors, and even an indoor forest!Schedule:5:00 – 6:45 pm: Wellbeing Experience Indoor Festival

7:00 – 9:00 pm: Talks by Dessa and Mary Jo Kreitzer, musical performances by Dessa, interactive question/answer with MPR’s Kate Moos

Global Flourishing: Igniting Change through Personal Wellbeing Looking through the lens of wellbeing, Dr. Mary Jo Kreitzer will challenge us to become a catalyst for change in our personal lives and the world around us.Greater than the Greatest Good? What, if anything, do we appraise as more valuable than happiness? How do our ideas about purpose and authentic experience inform our understanding of well-being? Drawing from philosophy, published research, and her own experience as a touring musician, Dessa talks about happiness, meaning, art, and the drive to lead a self-determined life.5:00 - 6:45 pm: Enjoy a festival with food available for purchase, music, interactive wellbeing activities, therapy animals, and more.

Festival Details:EatFood truck and food/beverage vendors will have something for every appetite!

• Alimama's Food Truck
• Reverie Food Truck
• So Good So You
• Twin Cities Co-Op Partners: Wedge + Linden Hills
• Green Garden Bakery
• Surdyk's Cafe

ListenHear some great local musicians.

• Jarrelle Barton
• LOTT
• DoubleDragon

ExperienceArrive at 5 so you can explore the many activities!

• Health Coaching mini-sessions with alumni from the Center's Health Coaching program
• Reiki sessions led by Center faculty
• Hand and chair massages from Northwestern Health Sciences University students
• Acupuncture from Selby Acupuncture
• Indoor nature experiences including therapy animals, pop-up forests, and indoor landscapes from the Center's Nature-Based Therapies program
• Pop-up yoga classes
• Blood pressure checks by M Health
• Financial security with LSS Financial Counseling
• Aromatherapy & therapeutic application of plant essential oils: Lead by Center faculty in collaboration with Plant Extracts International Inc.
• Blood pressure checks by M Health
• Financial security with LSS Financial Counseling
• Dessa's book My Own Devices: True Stories from the Road on Music, Science, and Senseless Love will be available for purchase courtesy of Magers & Quinn Booksellers ($26)
• This event couldn't happen without our sponsors. Stop by their tables at the event to learn all about the organizations that make this event possible.
• So much more!