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My Story

In 2013, I lost my husband suddenly from the flu. This is the beginning of my growth story and intentional happiness journey. After experiencing trauma over his loss and the ensuing grief, I grew. I pursued an MBA from Georgetown University to compliment my extensive experience in communications, from journalism to branding, positioning and crisis management.
In 2016, I quit my stable and successful position in a prestigious international communications agency to follow my purpose and become a social entrepreneur founding WOHASU® LLC to make the World Happiness Summit® a reality, and bring the tools of the science of wellbeing to a global audience. In creating WOHASU, I launched a wellbeing brand fostering a global movement for optimism, positivity, happiness and community, which has had a positive rippling effect around the world.

MY PURPOSE

"Make a case for happiness by highlighting the opportunities for win-win scenarios created by learning and implementing evidence-based tools and policies that increase the happiness and wellbeing of people, organizations, and communities."

I’ve had the honor of collaborating with world’s leading happiness experts like Lord Prof. Richard Layard, Dr. Arthur Brooks, Prof. Jan-Emmanuel DeNeve, Dr. Martin Seligman, Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar, Dr. Laurie Santos, Dr. Fred Luskin, Dr. Kelli Harding, Dr. Sonja Lyubomirsky, Dr. Robert Biswas-Diener, Dr. Isaac Prilleltensky, Dr. Sandro Formica, Dr. Itai Ivtzan and many more, which has so enriched my life and made me grow. 

As CEO, I lead WOHASU®‘s efforts including ideating, producing, organizing, designing and promoting the World Happiness Summit attended by thousands of people from over 65 countries and 45 US states. I also created the World Wellbeing Policy Forum, an initiative of the WOHASU Wellbeing Foundation, to highlight the importance of wellbeing economics and policy to inform decisions related to education, government, and business. Along with fellow experts, I created unique programing like the WOHASU® Chief Happiness Officer Certificate program.

As a speaker, I enjoy speaking about finding meaning and purpose from challenges and developing resilience skills during difficult situations. In my first TEDx Talk The Bridge to Happiness I discuss how people can find happiness after loss and challenges, and why I became an entrepreneur.

Given my unique perspective, I enjoy speaking about the global happiness movement, making a business case for happiness, and post traumatic growth.

To deliver on our mission to expand the ripples of WOHASU, we took the World Happiness Summit to Lake Como, Italy, in 2023, and in 2024 to London. And we are very proud to bring back the Summit to Miami for WOHASU 2025 on March 15, & 16.

At heart, I am a happiness advocate who has to work every day to stay true to my mission.

 

-Karen G.


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