Bridging the worlds of mindfulness and marketing. Paul Zelizer’s thriving social impact business

Growing up in the Hudson Valley, NY in a white, privileged community.

How Paul sees his mother as a role model who stepped out of the norm and has deeply impacted three generations.

How Paul sees the progressive Jewish influence in his family and his own life.

How Paul’s educational experience (college) was very painful and how he thrived in graduate school

His graduate degree in counseling with a psycho-neuro immunology approach in 1989 in Boston

Mindfulness is a 1billion dollar industry

How he has been since the beginning in the mindfulness trend

Paul’s move in 1993 and life in New Mexico

Paul’s 15 years of work (restorative justice, ending gender-based violence, masculinities) before he became a social entrepreneur

Paul’s take on NGO and/ or Social Enterprise and how they are false dichotomies

Paul’s definition of what a conscious entrepreneur is

Paul explains what his business is and the foundational tenets of Awarepreneurs

But how does he make a living? Paul explain his paulzelizer.com (marketing consulting) and Awarepreneurs (a network of 400 conscious impact entrepreneurs)

Paul’s work-life balance and burn-out prevention strategies

Paul’s best career advice he has received in his life

Paul’s failure story

Paul’s top three things to follow a career of impact