Stacy Kesten is a Leadership Consultant for Integrated Leadership Systems (ILS) in Los Angeles, California where she provides coaching, consulting and leadership development training to various types of organizations. She has helped numerous leaders and executives to be more effective through training in self-awareness and communication. After receiving her certification in mindfulness facilitation through UCLA’s Mindful Awareness Research Center, Stacy was invited to become a teacher for UCLA. She has since taught mindfulness practices to thousands of students in the Los Angeles area through speaking engagements, classes, workshops and retreats. She specializes mindful communication as well as other “outside the box” versions of mindfulness such as mindful creativity and mindful improvisation. Stacy also has a B.A. in psychology and communications and she lives with her husband Brian and two cats in Los Angeles. In her free time she loves to paint, write, travel, meditate, hike, and generally be in nature as much as possible.