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Known as The Mind Architect, Peter devotes his life to sharing insights and strategies to awakening new levels of awareness. He works with the world’s greatest performers in sports, business, and entertainment, helping them to transcend primal limiting mental constructs. He introduces people to a new world of total freedom, peace, and vitality beyond all constraints and with it a profound sense of enhanced possibility, presence, and performance.

Featured in the popular Netflix documentary “Heal”, as well as one of the most listened to guests on over 100 podcasts, Peter is a writer, speaker, and thought leader in accessing greater human awakening and potential

Founding Member of Mayo Clinic’s Well Living Lab | Health and Wellness Enthusiast | Sustainability and Chemical Free Advocate | Entrepreneur of the Year | Eco Citizen Award Recipient

Founder and CEO of Essentia, Jack also leads the company in its material science developments for the healthiest sleep outcomes.

Through the years leading Essentia Jack has worked directly with health gurus, professional athletes, and teams in the NBA, NFL, MLS, and over 25% of the NHL players on creating healthy sleep performance. Some of the greatest athletes have relied on Essentia for best recovery outcomes, these include Kevin Love, Sidney Crosby, Jonathan Toews, Matt Duchene, and Haley Wickenheiser to name a few.

In keeping with his vision on keeping Essentia at the forefront of sleep wellness, Jack has closely worked with globally renowned health leaders/gurus and interpreted their teachings in human sustainability and how they can apply to better sleep. Through the years Jack has established Essentia as the leading sleep wellness product and has to lead the space in truly restorative sleep. Those health gurus today use, endorse and recognize Essentia as the leading wellness mattress. They include wellness leaders such as Dr. Mark Hyman, Dave Asprey, Deepak Chopra, Ben Greenfield, Brian Clement, Andy O’Brien, Dr. Frank Lipman, Delos (The founders of the Well Health Safety Rating & Stay Well Properties), Dr. Jace Provo, and many more.

Through Jack’s involvement with Mayo Clinic’s Well Living Lab, Essentia has also focused on healthy sleep during travel and is a key health feature in Stay Well rooms in hotels such as the Four Seasons, Marriott’s, MGM Resorts, and many more.

Recognized by several internationally renowned institutions for creating the healthiest sleep environment, Essentia has been rated #1 for 6 consecutive years on Consumer Reports including 2021. Essentia is also the only approved mattress by the Hippocrates Health Institute.

Jack strives for balance and his ambition for Essentia’s growth includes growth for the people at Essentia, thoughtfully designed products and processes, and the wellness of both Essentia clients and our communities.

In response to the impacts that Covid-19’s impact on our communities, Jack repositioned Essentia’s altruistic Betterhood Program which now focuses on donating mattresses, foundations, and pillows to local charities with a focus on charities that can help spread wellness through sleep with a donation goal of over $1.2 million worth of products throughout the year. This includes charities that help families impacted by natural disasters, job loss, and other issues highlighted by COVID-19 such as women and children in abusive environments and those suffering from depression.

 

Christian holds a Neurophysiology degree from McGill University. He is the author of several scientific articles in the fieldsof epileptogenesis and stem cell research,where he created a new therapeutic approach called “Endogenous Stem Cell Mobilization”. He isthe author of the best-selling book “Cracking the Stem Cell Code”, he created the concept of “stem cell enhancement” and developed the first plant-based product supporting the role of stem cells in the body. He is the founder and CEO for Kalyagen, where he formulated the stem cell supplement STEMREGEN.

Frank Elaridi is the creator and host of the Quite Frankly podcast (YouTube, Spotify, Apple), taking spirituality out of the realm of the esoteric and bringing it to everyday life. Frank is joined by thought leaders, spiritual masters, and celebrities who share their stories of personal growth and offer practical insights to help listeners transform their lives. With real and raw conversations that inspire and empower, “Quite Frankly” is making podcasts relatable again.

Covering everything from Syrian refugee camps to the Academy Awards, Frank Elaridi is a 4-time Emmy-Award-Winning Journalist who became a highly-sought-after celebrity healer with an emphasis on clearing trapped emotions and subconscious blocks that keep people stuck in old patterns and separate from the careers, relationships and health they say they want.

His YouTube channel (40 million views / 150,000 subscribers) is centered around wellness and spirituality. At www.youtube.com/frankelaridi viewers can learn about people who have activated their pineal gland or “third eye” and can still see even when completely blindfolded, watch the “real-life Thor” taking a DNA test, follow along some of Frank’s own experiences with plant medicines like ayahuasca, learn about stem cell treatments, and go on adventures like the time he and his friends destroyed the things they were attached to!

Frank Elaridi is the co-author of the Modern Nirvana Oracle Deck published by Chronicle Books. A sensory experience inspired by avant-garde ’80s fashion, The Modern Nirvana Oracle Deck includes a guidebook and 50 beautifully illustrated cards. Each card provides an inspiring quote, ageless wisdom for our modern lives, breathwork and meditations, and a mantra designed to further activate the intentions within the cards.

Philipp Samor von Holtzendorff-Fehling is a coach, conscious entrepreneur, and energy healer.

In parallel to a successful international business career, he constantly worked through blockages and barriers that prevented him from truly connecting with his true self. With that, he also started to see energy fields and developed his unique skills as a healer, and he went through two decades of training in shamanic and other energy healing practices.

During his business career, he worked as an executive for several well-known companies, including T-Mobile International and T-Mobile US, where he served as Vice President.

Rowena Gates is a principal at Eng3 Corporation. She helped launch Eng3’s NanoVi® technology and currently oversees business development for its use in health, wellness, and performance. Rowena has been a serial entrepreneur since 1995 when she co-founded one of the earliest companies to offer an Internet-based solution to the logistics industry. Rowena received her Ph.D. from the University of Washington for her work on international strategic alliances and regional economic development. While her collaborative approach remains, her focus has shifted from the economic wellbeing of regions to the health and wellness of individuals.