Description

Join members of the Melrose Chamber and members of the Reading-North Reading, Stoneham, Wakefield Lynnfield and Wilmington Tewksbury Chambers for one of our popular Women in Business events. There will be plenty of networking with 50 other women professionals from these communities and complimentary appetizers, beer and wine courtesy of Artis Senior Living in Reading. An informative presentation is also part of the evening. Come connect with us and walk away feeling centered, focused and restored.

About the Topic:
As a nurse practitioner for over 20 years, Conway has seen a growing number of her patients present with stress-related health problems.  Scientific studies show that practicing 20 minutes of mindfulness each day can change the brain in a positive way, reducing our stress and improving health. Mindfulness doesn’t just make us happier and healthier; it’s a proven competitive advantage in business success. Mindfulness is not a luxury, but rather is a necessity and is one of the most powerful tools at your disposal to improve your health, happiness and prosperity.

About the Speaker: Eleana M. Conway
Eleana obtained her Bachelors of Science in Nursing from Saint Anselm College in 1995 and earned her Masters in Community Health Nursing and Family Nurse Practitioner from Boston College in 1998. She has studied at the UMass Medical School, Center for Mindfulness.

Over the course of her professional career, Eleana has directed population health and risk reduction opportunities for Health Systems. She passionately promotes a culture of health and encourages all to pursue a balanced lifestyle through evidence based and patient centered wellness programs.

Eleana has a longstanding interest in the practice of meditation. She believes cultivating mindfulness plays an important role in the reduction disease and suffering and in learning to live in a skillful way. She is dedicated to her own formal meditation practice often refers to it as the ‘superhero cape’ that allows her to happily and successfully manage two careers and a family with four children.

She was driven to create a space and community that supports easy, effective and efficient meditation so that everyone can reap the benefit- whether you are a child, student and stay a home or mom or budding C-Suite executive.