RCSB Meeting -- Kathy Gruver

Dr. Kathy Gruver is an internationally recognized speaker and motivational powerhouse. She will move you with her passionate storytelling, provide you with actionable tools, and leave you empowered to change your life. Gruver has written 8 books, which have earned 12 awards, and has presented on 4 continents, 3 cruise ships, and a handful of islands.

Dr. Gruver speaks on topics such as enhancing communication, overcoming resistance to change, creating true leadership with practical presence, decreasing stress, personal and professional growth, and building a powerful team. Kathy helped develop a stress reduction program for the US military and has studied mind/body medicine at the famed Benson-Henry Institute for Mind/Body Medicine at Harvard. Dr. Gruver is an award-winning author, ACC certified coach, PhD, and two-time TEDx speaker, and is the host of the national TV series, The Alternative Medicine Cabinet. She has been studying psychology and human behavior her entire life.

Dr. Kathy Gruver has earned her PhD in Natural Health and is a Santa Barbara-based ACC certified coach with over two decades of experience in massage and hypnotherapy. She has been featured as an expert in numerous publications including Glamour, Fitness, Time, More, Women, Wall Street Journal, CNN, WebMD, Prevention, Huffington Post, Yahoo.com, Marie Claire, Ladies Home Journal, Dr. Oz's The Good Life, First, and Women. Dr. Gruver has appeared as a guest expert on over 250 radio and TV shows including NPR, SkyNews London, Every Way Woman, Morning Blend in Las Vegas, CBS Radio, Lifetime Television, and most recently appeared on the Dr. Phil Show. She is also the co-host of the hot new podcast The Fire and Earth Podcast.

Kathy lives in Santa Barbara, California. For her own fun and stress relief, Kathy does hip hop dance and flying trapeze (yeah, really).