Valerie Sheppard is a catastrophic stroke survivor, inspirational keynote speaker, multi-award-winning, #1 international best-selling author, university lecturer, certified Laughter Yoga instructor and CEO of the Heartly Center for Mindfulness and Self-Mastery! She teaches self-mastery, featuring her 4-Step Happy to Be ME! process, and is helping people have more happiness, fulfillment and success. She loves to work with the 17-25 age group, and is partnering with the University of California, Irvine to pilot her Consciousness-raising content in a class called Living 101: Being Happy and Whole. Valerie also intends to take her work to underserved populations through the 501c3 non-profit she founded called Hearts Awakening.
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