Carin Rockind is a happiness expert, media personality, and the founder of PurposeGirl, a movement to empower purpose-driven living for girls and women. Her philosophy is simple: She believes that purpose, above all else, fuels happiness—and she’s devoted her career to studying it, teaching it, and coaching individuals and teams to creating fulfilling lives and successful careers. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania (where she has also served as adjunct faculty) Carin was one of the first 250 people in the world to earn a Masters in Applied Positive Psychology. She has spent years at the intersection where science meets real life, helping people leverage one to improve the other, building upon their strengths, breaking free of old obstacles, regaining courage and learning how to create lives they love. Carin is a regular contributor to national media: She’s the Motivation Expert for YouBeauty.com, has appeared on NBC, CBS, PBS, and NPR, in Crain's Business, and is the Happiness Guru on Sirius XM’s Cosmo Radio. She also hosts her own show, “Happy Hour,” on the Lifestyle Talk Radio Network. Most recently, she became an international best-selling author for her contribution to Pebbles in the Pond: Wave Three. An engaging and dynamic presenter, Carin earns rave reviews from the work she’s done with companies like Alcoa, AVON, EY, and Morgan Stanley, where she conducts strengths-based team building, workshops, and other programs geared toward energizing and empowering employees at every level. Carin is a marathon runner, gourmet cook and painter and lives in New York and Philadelphia with her fiance Joshua, her soon-to-be stepson, and their mutt, Henry.