CHAMP10N Guest: Marla Metzner, Certified Meditation Teacher
Marla’s 10 Moments:
- Certified meditation teacher through The Chopra Center for Wellbeing
- Founder and President, Fashion Licensing of America, Inc.
- Created a new consumer brand, The Ernest Hemingway Collection, which was the ‘most successful’ furniture launch in the history of the industry with Thomasville Furniture shipping over $60.0 million in their second year with the brand.
- Previous President of American Licensing Group.
- Studied dance at The Juilliard School of Music and later received a Psychology degree, summa cum laude from New York Institute of Technology.
- Founded a mentoring group called Women as Mentors and belongs to several business organizations including IFDA, Women’s Fashion News Network, Executive Women in Home - - Textiles and IONS.
- Marla and her husband reside between New York and California. Marla is an avid equestrian and spends most of her leisure time with her horses.
CONVERSAT10N: Have you ever felt like you “had it all” yet were still unhappy? What role does mediation play in your wellbeing? Today, Carlette’s CHAMP10N guest is Marla Metzner. Marla is a certified meditation instructor who was trained at the highly acclaimed Chopra Center for Wellbeing founded by Deepak Chopra. Marla shares the story of her many unique careers which began with studying at The Juilliard School of Music. After her many professional business successes, Marla realized that she “had everything” yet still wasn’t happy. That’s when she discovered the practice of meditation. She’ll share her transformative experience as well as some key thoughts and techniques. Marla shares how meditation can become a habit that can actually help bring more joy to your life by learning to be less anxious and judgmental of yourself and others.
