Anu Gupta (he/el) is a lawyer, educator, scientist, and the Founder of BE MORE with Anu. He founded BE MORE in 2014 after witnessing the social and financial harms of bias to individuals, organizations, and communities firsthand. He foresaw the numerous possibilities available when people have access to mindfulness practices and scientific wisdom. He synthesized his skills as an attorney, research scientist, and a meditation teacher to build programs centered on advancing equity and belonging unlike any that existed before. Anu has logged over 10,000 hours of meditation and developed BE MORE’s approach after 15 years of research that was funded by the National Science Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation, the American Heart Association, among others.

The key moments in this episode are:

00:02:08 - Anu's Journey

00:10:10 - Ancient Wisdom and Social Connectivity

00:15:47 - Writing as a Process of Self-discovery

00:20:02 - Primary and Secondary Identities

00:26:38 - Moving Beyond Dualities

00:29:00 - Navigating Bias in the Workplace

00:31:27 - Hope in Challenging Times

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