Eudemonia Wellness Summit welcomed 4,000 elite athletes, longevity experts and celebrities to Palm Beach County Convention Center for the second annual extreme wellness event.
When you are hosting 4,000 elite athletes, longevity experts and celebrities of the caliber of Academy Award-winning actress Halle Berry (who also happens to champion women’s health as an advisor to Pendulum Therapeutics and founder of menopause company rē•spin), how do you ensure the second annual Eudēmonia Summit dedicated to advancing the horizons of “life well lived” offers something for everyone even as it almost doubles in size at Palm Beach County Convention Center?
Founders Sean Hoess (creator of Wanderlust Festival) and Tyler Wakstein crafted a formula that blends active classes, practitioner and thought leader presentations, and an Exposome trade show area featuring live demonstrations of treatments and supplements.
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Smart Meetings flew in to bounce, ask questions and drink the mushroom coffee in the spirit of energy, curiosity and exhibiting an open mind. In the process, we found three overarching themes that can bring the engagement, meaning and buzz of this Palm Beaches vibe to your next event.
Go Pod-Forward
At one time, celebrity speakers hailed from television, magazine and newspaper fame. A TV anchor could command a crowd and set a dignified tone. Radio disc jockeys brought the fun.
Then TED Talks redefined the keynote as shorter, topic-specific presentations based on YouTube views, making the Mel Robbins and Brene Browns of the world hot tickets.
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Now, celebrity podcasters resonate with thousands of dedicated listeners who hang on their every endorsement. Eudēmonia doubled down by creating podcast studios for live taping by the likes of endurance athlete Rich Roll and Function Health Chief Medical Officer Dr. Mark Hyman. Dave Asprey was in the Palm Beach County Convention Center with multiple sessions and samples of his Bulletproof and Danger coffees.
Stanford neuroscientist and host of The Huberman Lab podcast Andrew Huberman, Ph.D. returned for a standing-room-only conversation about human optimization. He pulled from recent work linking vision and respiration to human performance and brain states such as fear and courage and his upcoming book, “Protocols: An Operating Manual for the Human Body.”
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Speakers debated everything from sex biohacking and how AI can increase longevity/ “healthgevity” to beach volleyball champion Gabby Reece explaining her formula for using movement and nutrition to manage the mental wounds the world throws at everyone.
The summit was filled with sometimes conflicting advice about how to hack human health but the point was to make space for emerging approaches to growing and learning.
Set Up Action Stations
Each of the three days started with action stations, exercise classes that allowed attendees to try new activities or practice with leaders in the sport. In addition to core glow yoga with master yoga instructor Sarah Platt-Finger (change yourself and you change the world) and Aireal Yoga with recovery expert Carmen Curtis (floating postures in silk aereal hammocks to decompress the spine), attendees could try bounce cardio with the ness founder Colette Dong, survival tactics with Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Maser Rener Gracie and TRX Strong Training tension workouts with experts from the Palm Beaches-headquartered experts.
Alternatively, attendees could meditate on ikigai or “reason for being” with Practice You podcast host Elena Brower or enjoy a silent disco on the Hilton West Palm Beach Event Lawn. A gym with cushioned mats and pickleball court took up residence for the weekend on the expo floor as well.
Offer Test Drives
A major sponsor was Rivian and they were giving literal electric vehicle test drives all day, but the expo floor was filled with people getting a taste of Everyday Dose mushroom coffee, Shaklee sparkling protein (quite refreshing) and the Brez aptogenic mood enhancing beverages.
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Test drives included Ammortal chambers that combined multi-wave pulsed electric fields, vibroacoustic sound therapy, light therapy and molecular hydrogen (felt tingly and energized afterward) and roXiva pulsing light, sound and vibration for synchronizing consciousness frequencies. We did not test the Aescape robot massages but the face-down posture and rotating arms were industrial scale. MRI scanning machines, vibrating plates, blue-light blocking glasses and blood tests for personalized tips on optimizing performance put attendees in the driver’s seat so attendees could decide what works for their health stack.
