I GIVE UP: The Surprising Power of Letting Go

Amy Sandler, MBA, MFA

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Do you have an inner critic that just won't quit? Do you ever feel like you're constantly trying to keep up, get it right, or become the person you think you're supposed to be?

What if the answer isn't trying harder but letting go?

In this interactive Spark Salon, TEDx speaker and Harvard MBA Amy Sandler introduces a surprisingly powerful practice built around three words we don't usually associate with personal growth: I GIVE UP.

Through storytelling, humor, and personal reflection, Amy invites us to explore the expectations we've absorbed, the beliefs we've come to accept as truth, and the ways these stories shape our Perception Box.

Drawing on decades of work with leaders, organizations, and her own overthinking mind, Amy offers a different way to think about surrender: not as defeat but as an opportunity to create space for curiosity, self-compassion, and new possibilities.

You may not find enlightenment in three words. But you might discover something worth letting go of.

5:00 p.m.: Doors open, reception
6:00 p.m.: Program begins promptly
7:00 p.m.: Reception

Bio

Amy Sandler is a TEDx speaker, leadership coach, and pioneer in bringing mindfulness and compassionate leadership to the workplace. She has trained more than 50,000 people and worked with hundreds of top companies, including Amazon, Costco, Ford, Microsoft, and Spotify.

One of the first 30 certified teachers of the Search Inside Yourself program developed at Google, Amy is also a certified breathwork teacher and Qi Gong practitioner. She has held leadership roles at UCLA, the CEO organizations YPO and Vistage, and most recently Radical Candor, where she hosted its hit podcast, featured on American Airlines.

Amy has an AB and MBA from Harvard University and an MFA in Screenwriting from UCLA. A recovering perfectionist, she has performed stand-up comedy and walked on fire seven times. She is working on her first book while taking orders from her cat, Ziji.