Wednesday, August 13, 2025 | 10:00am PT
Rise Above: Overcome a Victim Mindset, Empower Yourself, and Realize Your Full Potential with Scott Barry Kaufman, PhD
Join renowned psychologist and author Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman for a powerful Spark Salon exploring themes from his latest book, Rise Above: Overcome a Victim Mindset, Empower Yourself, and Realize Your Full Potential. In this engaging session, Dr. Kaufman challenges the limiting beliefs and cultural narratives that keep us feeling stuck, offering fresh insight into how we can move beyond a victim mindset to reclaim our agency and become the heroes of our own lives. Drawing on cutting-edge psychology and grounded in empathy and humor, he reveals how to harness emotional intelligence, reframe past experiences, and unlock the resilience and potential within each of us.
Each in person attendee will receive a complimentary copy of Rise Above.
9:00am: Doors open, reception
10:00am: Program begins promptly
11:ooam: Program concludes
Bio
Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman is a psychologist, professor at Columbia University, and director of the Center for Human Potential, dedicated to helping people of all backgrounds live creative, fulfilling lives. One of the world’s most cited scientists in the fields of intelligence and creativity, he hosts the popular Psychology Podcast (30M+ downloads) and has authored or edited 11 books, including Rise Above, which explores how to overcome limiting beliefs and unlock human potential.
His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Scientific American, Psychology Today, and Harvard Business Review. A former professor at Penn and NYU, he earned degrees from Carnegie Mellon, Cambridge (as a Gates Scholar), and Yale. Scott is also a keynote speaker, founder of Self-Actualization Coaching, and Honorary Principal Fellow at the University of Melbourne’s Centre for Wellbeing Science.
Kaufman is the author of Rise Above: Overcome a Victim Mindset, Empower Yourself and Realise Your Full Potential
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