Dr. Blake Hestir is President and Co-founder of the Mind Body Ecology Institute and Professor of Philosophy and Associate Director of CALM Studies at Texas Christian University. He is also a member of the Flourishing Academic Network.  His work explores the relationship between the nature of self, ecological interdependence, and people’s intrinsic capacity for resilience. Through research, teaching, and eco experiential programs, he investigates how these insights can support well-being, strengthen communities, and foster personal and planetary flourishing. Blake’s work brings together perspectives from philosophy, contemplative science, Buddhism, Indigenous knowledge, and ecological thought to help people understand our relationality with the world and live as wise and responsible steward of nature. He is a certified meditation teacher, a Healing with Nature Trauma Care facilitator, and Work that Reconnects facilitator.