Emma Seppälä is science director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education at Stanford University and co-director of the Yale College Emotional Intelligence Project at Yale University. Her field of expertise is health psychology, well-being, and resilience. This research was highlighted in the documentary film Free the Mind . She conducted ground-breaking research on mind-body practices for combat veterans and has also conducted research on medication and compassion. Her research has been featured in the New York Times , Forbes , The Boston Globe , U.S. News & World Report , The Huffington Post, Inc ., and Fast Company .

She has appeared on Good Morning America , ABC News , and Fox News . She is founder of the popular online magazine Fulfilment Daily and has written for Psychology Today , Harvard Business Review , The Huffington Post , Scientific American Mind , Mind Body Green , and Spirituality & Health . Seppälä consults for Fortune 500 leaders on building positive organizations. She regularly addresses academic, corporate, and governmental institutions. She holds an undergraduate degree in comparative literature from Yale University, a master's degree in East Asian languages and cultures from Columbia University, and a PhD in psychology from Stanford University. Originally from Paris, France, she is a native speaker of French, English, and German.