Generated by All in One SEO v5.0.0.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Teresa Kay-Aba Kennedy Speaker. Author. Global Transformational Leader. ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://teresakayabakennedy.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Uptown Magazine - August 2004](https://teresakayabakennedy.com/uptown-magazine-august-2004/) - What might a Harvard-trained business executive have in common with a yoga instructor? Or what might she have in common with a holistic health counselor who provides her services to families, children, and cancer survivors out of a brownstone in Harlem? Teresa Kay-Aba Kennedy is one and the same. It's no wonder she caught the attention of Bill Clinton's Harlem Small Business Initiative and the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone. Thirty-something, with enough life experience to last several lifetimes, she's taking Harlem by storm. - [Index Magazine - February 2005](https://teresakayabakennedy.com/index-magazine-february-2005/) - "IF YOU DROP DEAD TOMORROW YOUR JOB WILL STILL BE THERE. I LEARNED THAT. DON'T TAKE YOURSELF TOO SERIOUSLY." - [O: The Oprah Magazine - July 2004](https://teresakayabakennedy.com/o-magazine-july-2004-live-your-best-life-book-sept-2004/) - After graduating from Wellesley College with a double major in sociology and studio art, Teresa Kay-Aba Kennedy earned an MBA from Harvard Business School. At 24 she went to work for MTV–often working until 1:30 in the morning–and quickly became a vice president. Everyone was impressed, except Kennedy’s parents. - [Fit 'n Style Magazine - May 2013](https://teresakayabakennedy.com/fit-n-style-magazine-may-2013/) - "I live on purpose every day; I look to my Creator to show me the way. I choose thoughts that nurture my mind, I eliminate views that are negative and unkind... - [Yoga Journal - September 2009](https://teresakayabakennedy.com/yoga-journal-september-2009/) - When cover model Terri Kennedy became a 2009 Young Global Leader for the World Economic Forum, her guiding principles of living her yoga took on new meaning. - [Prevention Magazine - December 2005](https://teresakayabakennedy.com/prevention-magazine-december-2005/) - "In 1997, I spent 10 days in the hospital before I was diagnosed with Crohn's disease. I almost died." Although the precise causes of Crohn's--a painful inflammatory bowel disease that affects about 1 million Americans--and IBD are unknown, stress may worsen the disease. - [Harvard Business School](https://teresakayabakennedy.com/harvard-business-school/) - In October 2022, I was honored to teach Mind PWR™: Breath & Meditation Techniques To Activate Your Highest Self at Harvard Business School during my 30th reunion (MBA class of 1992). It was great to be back on the beautiful Cambridge campus. The program was held at the Class of 1959 Chapel, a cylindrical, copper-clad main building - [World Economic Forum in Geneva](https://teresakayabakennedy.com/world-economic-forum-in-geneva/) - "You are the asset. Invest in cultivating your mind and understanding your nervous system, and you will access new levels of energy, creativity, insight and compassion. That is the foundation of communication, leadership, innovation, resilience and exponential growth in business and as humans." - Teresa Kay-Aba Kennedy In October 2022, I was delighted to teach Mind PWR™: - [Black Enterprise Health Is Wealth Summit](https://teresakayabakennedy.com/be-health-is-wealth-summit/) - What’s your health credit score? That was one of my favorite questions that came out of the Black Enterprise Health Is Wealth Retreat in Nashville, TN powered by Walmart. It was a fun, uplifting and life-affirming experience focused on lifestyle changes to improve physical fitness, daily nutrition, emotional wellness and mental health. Held at the Westin Nashville on ## Pages - [Home](https://teresakayabakennedy.com/) - Teresa Kay-Aba Kennedy, Ph.D., MBA is a global thought leader and executive educator at the forefront of integrating neuroscience, embodied wisdom, and AI to accelerate leadership development and personal growth. Creator of Embodied Success®, she is redefining how to lead, live and thrive from the inside out with programs that focus on communication, innovation, peak - [Writing & Media](https://teresakayabakennedy.com/editorial/) - Brand Representations & Campaigns Teresa Kay-Aba Kennedy is a recognized thought leader in Lifestyles of Health & Sustainability (LOHAS). Learn more about her backstory of almost dying in 1997. She has lent her expertise, leadership and energy to organizations like the American Heart Association, HealthCorps, and Adesso Health, and campaigns like Face of South Harlem, - [Speaking & Moderating](https://teresakayabakennedy.com/programs/) - Teresa Kay-Aba Kennedy is training conscious change agents to transform how we live, work inhabit the planet through her signature mindfulness-based programs - [About](https://teresakayabakennedy.com/about/) - About A Global Leader called "Smart with a Heart" Meet Teresa Kay-Aba Kennedy My mission is to unleash innate potential and raise human consciousness. A Blessed Beginning Although I am American, I was born in Accra, Ghana and started school in Adelaide, Australia. 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