Dr. Eve Ekman, PhD, MSW
Lead Teacher, Cultivating Emotional Balance | Senior Fellow, Greater Good Science Center UC Berkeley | Fellow, Mind and Life Institute
Eve Ekman, PhD, MSW, is a contemplative social scientist, writer, and teacher designing, delivering, and evaluating tools to support emotional awareness. Eve draws from interdisciplinary skills and first-person experiential knowledge from clinical social work, integrative medicine, contemplative science, and meditation. Eve is lead teacher for Cultivating Emotional Balance, was recently the wellbeing lead on the health team at Apple, is a Senior Fellow at Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, and a fellow at the Mind and Life Institute.
WHY MENTAL HEALTH?
Over 20% of the population lives with a mental health or substance use disorder.
From academic achievement to economic mobility and overall equality, mental health and addiction play a central role in every major social issue.
Mindful Philanthropy envisions a world in which all funders are invested in solutions that integrate mental health and well-being so that all people have equitable access to the tools and resources they need to be well.
ABOUT
Mindful Philanthropy was founded in 2020 with the mission to catalyze impactful funding in mental health, addiction, and well-being. We envision a world in which all funders are invested in solutions that integrate mental health and well-being so that all people have equitable access to the tools and resources they need to be well.