We are delighted to welcome the inspiring Sepideh Eivazi as our guest today.
Sepideh is on a mission to move everyone she encounters, leaving them changed and feeling seen. She is a 2025 inductee of the Smart Meetings Hall of Fame, a Smart Speaker, a 40 Under 40 honoree, and a 2025 Meetings Today Trendsetter. Her powerful TED Talk, Breath as an Act of Rebellion, has inspired audiences around the world.
She joins us today to share her journey and insights.
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Sepideh’s Journey
Sepideh Eivazi grew up in Iran, navigating a life constrained by societal and political limitations. At the age of 20, she moved to the United States with her younger sister in search of freedom and opportunity. Starting from scratch, she worked in hospitality in Las Vegas, learning about the event industry from the ground up, embracing mentorship, and observing inspiring and cautionary examples of leadership. Eventually, she relocated to Los Angeles, where she joined Elevated Meeting Solutions and later launched her own wellness platform, Dawn of the Earth, which integrates tea culture, somatic breathwork, nervous system regulation, and psychedelic integration practices. Her work focuses on conscious leadership, healing trauma, and empowering others, bridging both Eastern and Western wellness traditions.
Freedom and Feminism
Sepideh shares the challenges Iranian women face under restrictive societal norms, particularly the compulsory wearing of a veil. She emphasizes the importance of personal choice, freedom, and human qualities over appearance or imposed rules.
Singing as Healing and Expression
Reclaiming her voice through singing became an emotional and symbolic act of empowerment, connecting Sepideh to her heritage and generations of suppressed women in Iran. She views singing as both a personal healing practice and a form of standing for those who cannot freely express themselves.
Mentorship and Community
Sepideh credits several mentors and supportive figures for her growth. She emphasizes the importance of showing up for others, paying support forward, and nurturing a sense of community.
Leading Beyond Burnout
Burnout is a result of prolonged stress, fight, flight, freeze responses, and neglecting emotional and physical health. Sepideh utilizes somatic breathwork to help leaders and employees regulate their nervous systems, process suppressed emotions, and create safe spaces for vulnerability and healing. She explains that burnout is preventable when organizations and individuals prioritize conscious, holistic self-care.
Plant Medicine and Integration
Sepideh views plant medicine as a tool for mental health and emotional integration, highlighting it as a catalyst for self-awareness rather than a recreational high. She works with clients to integrate insights from plant medicine into daily life, cultivating emotional intelligence, forgiveness, and presence. Her approach combines body awareness, somatic practices, and intentional reflections.
Performance, Presence, and Ritual
In high-performance industries, constant productivity and measurement can undermine confidence and well-being. Sepideh advocates rituals and presence-based practices, such as mindful breathing, sensory activation, and slowing down during daily activities, to reconnect with oneself and cultivate sustainable performance without anxiety or self-judgment.
Future Vision and Celebration
Sepideh measures success through progress and the ability to give back to humanity. She values learning, growth, and curiosity over rigid goals or timelines, viewing each step forward as a meaningful achievement for herself and others.
BIO:
Sepideh Eivazi is a revolution in motion, a visionary TEDx speaker, event designer, trauma-informed mental health activist, and founder of Dawn of the Earth, a purpose-driven wellness platform weaving together somatic breathwork, plant medicine, and ritual tea alchemy. Born in Iran and rooted in global consciousness, her work seeks to repair our disconnection from mind, body, and soul.
As a psychedelic integration practitioner and member of the Global Wellness Institute’s Breathe Initiative, Sepideh is redefining how we gather, designing immersive events that awaken, restore, and transform. Her mission is to leave every soul she encounters moved, seen, and forever changed.
A 2025 Smart Meetings Hall of Fame inductee, Smart Speaker, 40 Under 40 honoree, and 2025 Meetings Today Trendsetter, Sepideh’s work has been featured in Poosh, The Purist, Skift, Women to Watch, IMEX, and MPI. Her groundbreaking activations include wellness roadshows with Caesars Entertainment and the somatic pre–Met Gala experience with Morphe and Dripology.
Leading Beyond Burnout in Hospitality & Events – why nervous system regulation is the missing key in one of the world’s most high-stress industries.
Breath as a Leadership Tool – harnessing somatic breathwork to help event planners and leaders cultivate presence, clarity, and resilience under pressure.
From Survival to Sovereignty – shifting from fight/flight into grounded, visionary action in the fast-paced world of meetings and events.
Embodied Leadership in Hospitality – integrating wellness and nervous system practices into event design to transform both leaders and attendees.
The Future of Events & Leadership – moving beyond performance-driven models toward human-centered, regulated leadership that inspires connection and creativity.
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