EXPERT ON:
◉ Decision-Making & Emotional Intelligence
◉ Leadership Development
◉ Motivation & Mindset
◉ Overcoming Adversity
◉ Work-Life Balance & Focus
EXPERIENCE:
◉ Founder of Be Kind to Yourself – Creator of a transformative body of work that reframes self-kindness as a practical necessity for sustainable leadership, resilience, and well-being.
◉ Burnout Recovery & Human Sustainability Expert – Works with leaders and high-pressure professionals to release chronic tension, move beyond grit-driven survival, and return to clarity, presence, and coherence.
◉ Authentic Voice for the Exhausted High Achiever – Speaks from lived experience, offering honest language and practical insight for people ready to stop overriding themselves and begin living with greater grace and balance.
Mary Meduna-Gross, Ph.D., works with people who are tired of holding themselves together. They don’t want to quit—and they know, through lived experience, that they can’t keep living the way they are. Her work meets people at this exact crossroads, where effort is no longer the answer and honesty becomes the turning point.
She is the founder of Be Kind to Yourself, a body of work and public message grounded in a simple, often radical idea: kindness toward oneself is not indulgent—it is necessary for sustainable living and leadership. Through her work at PlenaVita, Mary supports leaders and high-pressure professionals in releasing chronic tension and burnout-driven grit and in returning to coherence, presence, and a way of living that does not require constant self-override.
Mary speaks from lived experience, not performance. Her work resonates with those who have been capable for a long time and are quietly exhausted by it. In her talks and conversations, she offers language for what many already know but rarely say—and an invitation to live with more honesty, sustainability, and grace.
