Dr. Neeta Bhushan

Dr. Neeta Bhushan is a world-renowned emotional health advocate and expert in the areas of grit and resilience. She has shared her thought leadership on international stages (including the Women’s Economic Forum in India, Google HQ, Mindvalley A-Fest, Evercoach XP Experience, and Mindvalley University), as host of her top-rated and popular podcast The Brave Table, and in bestselling books such as Emotional GRIT: 8 Steps to Master Your Emotions, Transform Your Thoughts, and Change Your World. Neeta has been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur, NBC, ABC, CBS, Chicago Today, Verve, Tatler magazine, and more.

Dr. Neeta sold her large million-dollar cosmetic-dentistry practice, helping people transform smiles to spark inner greatness. As part of her own journey to becoming a leader in her field and a voice for immigrant women and women of color, she traveled across 45 countries researching human behavior, ancient Eastern philosophy, and therapeutic psychology. She pooled that learning—along with other life experiences overcoming multiple adversities, which include being orphaned at 19, surviving an abusive marriage, and extensive loss—and contributed to the powerful message of resilience and grit to found several institutes, including the Global GRIT Institute—a wellness-education platform for optimizing emotional well-being for entrepreneurs—and is cofounder of Dharma Coaching Institute, an organization helping train thousands to be the highest versions of themselves. Dr. Neeta lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband and two children. Her latest book, That Sucked. Now What? How to Embrace the Joy in Chaos and Find Magic in the Mess, released in January 2023.