A Unique Partnership for Flourishing and Transformational Change

Born in Barcelona, with a background in Applied Economics and Information Systems corporate leadership, Jaume specializes in transformational change and flourishing. Project management professional and certified leadership coach, Jaume has led many large-scale international enterprise programs and project rescue situations. Passionate about building communities of practice, Jaume is an insightful expert and practitioner of sustainable leadership, flourishing coaching, Zen mindfulness, and character strengths. Living in Lausanne, Switzerland, Jaume’s working languages are English, French, Spanish, and Catalan.

• MBA in Economics, Universitat Autonoma of Barcelona
• Master Coach in Leadership and Communication
• Chartered Certified Mindfulness-Based Strengths Practice (MBSP) Lead Practitioner
• Self-Leadership Lecturer, HEG Geneva School of Business Administration
• Founding member, Mindfulness Practice Centre, Lausanne
• Owner, Managing Director, Gallifa & Partner LLC
• Ordained member, Order of Interbeing
• Co-Founder and Managing Partner, The Flourishing Circle

In 2008, when working as a leadership consultant, Tan began to be in touch with the mindfulness practices in the tradition of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh after a significant personal multi-crisis. Since then, he has been studying, practicing, and sharing mindfulness in this tradition and lately including other mindfulness approaches, such as MBSR, SIY, MBSP. Naturally, Tan combines mindfulness practices with his professional role as a leadership consultant since 2008 and has shared this approach with many individuals and organizations, including United Nations, General Electric, Salesforce, Heineken, L’Oreal, and Manulife. He has also translated books on mindfulness & leadership by Jon Kabat-Zinn, Otto Scharmer, and Robert K. Greenleaf. Currently, Tan lives at a mindfulness practice collective house in France with his companion and friends. Tan speaks Vietnamese, English, French, and Norwegian.

• MBA in Strategy and Leadership,  Norwegian University of Life Science Business School
• Certified teacher of Mindfulness-Based Emotional Intelligence, Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute
• Certified teacher level 1 of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
• Certified teacher of Mindfulness-Based Strength Practice by the VIA Institute on Character
• Member, the Order of Interbeing
• Certified coach by the American Board of NLP and Hypnosis
• Co-founder of Insight Leadership
• Partner, Gallifa & Partner LLC, Switzerland
• Co-founder & Managing Partner, The Flourishing Circle

Born in Dublin, Orlaith specializes in practical mindfulness solutions and building happier communities. Experienced in strategic change management and communication, she is passionate about creating innovative practices that meet us just where we are. She teaches internationally on making happiness a habit. Studying in the Plum Village tradition for over 20 years, she is known for blending poetry and practice, developing programmes for children and teens and creating sanctuaries of rest for adults. Orlaith is an award-winning author. Living in Dublin, Ireland, Orlaith’s working language is English.

• PhD in English Literature, Trinity College, Dublin
• Chartered Certified Mindfulness-Based Strengths Practice (MBSP) Practitioner
• Adviser, The World Happiness Festival
• Steering Group for Education, The Mindfulness Initiative (UK)
• Founding member, The Community of Contemplative Education (Mind & Life Europe)
• Founder, Orlaith O’Sullivan PhD: Mindfulness Training & Consultancy
• Co-Founder and Managing Partner, The Flourishing Circle

Born in Bern, Switzerland, Marco is a trainer, consultant and mediator in peacebuilding and nonviolent communication. With an extensive experience in Zen mindfulness practice in the Plum Village tradition he is engaged in the Empathy Initiative Switzerland and the Mindfulness Center Bern. Marco leads workshops in Switzerland and internationally in German, English, French, and Spanish.

• Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy (Focus on Peacebuilding), The Fletcher School
• Certification in Mediation, Bern University of Applied Sciences
• Certification in Mediation with Nonviolent Communication, Connecting2Life (2023; 2024 as Assistant)
• Certification in Family Mediation, Bern University of Applied Sciences
• Various long term retreats in the Plum Village Monastery since 2008
• Many years of global, national, and local—led peace activism
• Partner, The Flourishing Circle

Born in Barcelona, Clara is a trainer, consultant, educational psychologist, and organizational coach with a passion for social empowerment. She helps people and organizations build their capacities, evolve holistically, and flourish. Since 2011, Clara leads empowerment and skills-based workshops for organizations, schools, institutions, and companies in East Africa and internationally.  Living between Kampala, Uganda, and Barcelona, Clara’s working languages are English, Swahili, Spanish, and Catalan.

• Bachelor’s Degree, Elementary Education & Psychology, Universitat Ramon LLull, Barcelona
• Master’s Degree in Educational Psychology (Awarded), Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
• Psychotherapist specialized in Family constellations, Kuunganisha Institut, Kenya
• Clinical Integrated Hypnotherapy, Ekaa Foundation, India
• Regression Therapy, Tasso Institute, Netherlands
• NLP Coach and Trainer, Institut Gestalt, Barcelona
• Systemic Coaching, Institut Gestalt, Barcelona
• Mindfulness practitioner in the Plum Village tradition
• Board member, The Kobo Trust Foundation, Kenia
• Managing Director, Clara Garcias Counseling & Consulting
• Partner, Gallifa & Partner LLC, Switzerland
• Partner, The Flourishing Circle