Sustainable Wellbeing, Health and Performance
The Flourishing Circle is a partnership of mindfulness and character strengths expert practitioners who help people, teams, organizations, and communities to generate human flourish and positive transformational change.
We co-create pathways for people to enjoy sustainable wellbeing, health, and performance through mindfulness and character strengths practice.
Our Approach
Our approach is based on the cultivation of presence and character strengths and is proven to enhance sustainable human flourishing, wellbeing and performance.
We lead a variety of spaces internationally, from bespoke foundational trainings to masterclasses and intensives on mindfulness and character strengths, leadership and positive peace, online and in person. We support The Flourishing Circle Community to make the flourishing practice sustainable, so that people can thrive for life.
Our partners have all trained with the VIA Institute on Character and other prestigious organizations. We all practice mindfulness in the Plum Village tradition and are students of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, one of the world’s most respected mindfulness teachers. We team up with associates specialized in complementary disciplines, like NVC, NLP and leadership.
Together we bring decades of experience in mindfulness and character strengths practice as a foundation for living and working well. We pool our strengths to advance mindfulness and character strengths practice for thriving teams, organizations and community environments.
Meet the Team
Jaume Gallifa, MBA
Co-founder & Managing Partner
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Born in Barcelona, with a background in Applied Economics and Information Systems corporate leadership, Jaume specializes in transformational change and human 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 leadership, positive peace, human flourishing, 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 and Managing Director, Gallifa & Partner
- Ordained member, Order of Interbeing
- Co-Founder and Managing Partner, The Flourishing Circle
Tan Tran, MBA
Co-founder & Partner
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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. Tan speaks Vietnamese, English, French, and Norwegian.
- MBA in Strategy and Leadership, Norwegian University of Life Science Business School
- Certified traiter of Mindfulness-Based Emotional Intelligence, Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute
- Certified traiter level 1 of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
- Certified traiter of Mindfulness-Based Strength Practice by the VIA Institute on Character
- Ordained member, Order of Interbeing
- Certified coach by the American Board of NLP and Hypnosis
- Co-founder, Insight Leadership
- Co-founder, The Flourishing Circle
Laia Muns, Master in Cultural Management
Associate
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Born and living in Castelltallat, Barcelona, Laia is a cultural and tourism management consultant, specializing in regenerative tourism and wellness projects, and a facilitator in forest bathing, NLP and conscious leadership. She works promoting initiatives that put people, territory and social transformation at the center.
- Master in Cultural Management, UOC
- Postgrad in Forests and Heath, Universitat de Girona
- Certified Professional in Communication, Marketing and ITC Event Management
- Certified Professional in Interpretation and Environmental Education
- Certified High-performance Program in Leadership and Personal Development Coaching
- Certified practitioner NLP
- Certified leader in Rural Innovation
- Co-founder, Espai Barrina
- Associate, The Flourishing Circle
Orlaith O’Sullivan, BA, PhD
Co-founder & Partner
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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 Partner, The Flourishing Circle
Marco Pfister, MBA
Associate
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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
- Associate, The Flourishing Circle
Clara Garcias, MPsy
Associate
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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
- Associate, The Flourishing Circle