Patty Purpur de Vries | Living Well USA

I'm Patty Purpur de Vries. I teach practical neuroscience for leadership, self-compassion, and nervous system regulation, and I host Conversations for Change here.

For more than 30 years I have helped people move from reaction to choice: Stanford athlete, entrepreneur, former Director of Well-Being at Stanford, Stanford Continuing Studies instructor, and Stanford GSB LEAD facilitator. Through Living Well USA in the Santa Cruz Mountains, I make the inner game usable. Notice the story your brain is running. Interrupt the pattern. Lead from a regulated state.

Here you'll find conversations with physicians, coaches, scientists, and practitioners, plus short practices you can do today. I keep interviewing people who make this work more humane.

Study live with me at livingwellusa.com. Neuroscience of Leadership and Emotional Mastery, Thu 10 Sep to 15 Oct 2026. Inside the Happy Brain, 3 Nov to 8 Dec 2026.