Girish Jha,

Girish Jha is a mentor and coach based in Gilbert, Arizona. He has spent more than 45 years guiding individuals, groups and organizations with Eastern wisdom. He describes his approach as a blend of Vedanta, Yoga and mindfulness with modern psychological principles. He says his mission is to help people evolve, end suffering, and awaken to lasting happiness, love, truth and wisdom, drawing on teachings that go back more than a thousand years.

His work covers individual coaching, group coaching, organizational programs, workshops and courses. He names the AWARE Method and the RISE Model among his methods, and he describes a Head-Heart-Hands approach. He tailors his programs to different generations, from the Silent Generation and seniors to Gen Z. The themes he returns to are stress, anxiety and fear, work-life balance, leadership, and living with purpose. His group programs follow the texts he teaches from, including Vedanta, Patanjali's Yoga Sutra, the Gita and the Upanishads.

He says he has worked with military officers, corporate executives, diplomats, healthcare professionals, psychiatrists and psychotherapists, and more than 5,000 youth and students. The organizations he names as ones he has guided include the UN Drug Prevention Program, the International Health Exchange Program, Greystone Psychiatric Hospital, and IBM, Microsoft, Google and TCS. He reports more than 20,000 clients worldwide, along with books, courses, free videos and podcasts.

Girish Jha lists his credentials as MA, BS, APA and RYT-500.