Cultivating Purpose with guest faculty Jill Nykoliation
Who Am I NOW? Find Clarity and Freedom to Thrive in 2025
Jan 6 - Jan 11, 2025 in Baja, Mexico Led by: Jill Nykoliation, Thérèse O'Neill, Jed Tarlow
Financial aid is available. Apply Here.
Start the Year with Intention: Crystalize Who You Are Now and Launch Your Best Chapter Yet
After decades of moving at a million miles an hour – striving, building, compromising, caretaking, seeking, and bending to meet life’s demands – have you stopped to reflect on who you truly are?
More specifically, who are you now?
You've taken on so many roles over the past 50+ years – adopting habits, patterns, beliefs, and identities that may no longer serve you.
Social science shows that midlife is a unique moment to pause, reflect, and transform.
What would it feel like to release the layers of identity that no longer align with who you are today?
Imagine shedding those old stories to step fully into who you are... clear and confident in your ability to make your desired experience a reality.
Start the year off with clarity and intention! This immersive workshop combines social science, human insight, and reflective exercises to help you shed outdated identities, crystallize who you are now, so you can step purposefully into your next chapter.
In this Cultivating Purpose workshop co-facilitated with award-winning business leader & brand strategist Jill Nykoliation, you will discard outdated identities and crystallize who you are now, so you can step purposefully into your next chapter and live your best life in 2025.
What You’ll Gain
Through a combination of our MEA Cultivating Purpose curriculum and Jill’s science-based experiential activities, you will:
By the end of your five days with Jill and our MEA faculty, you will feel clear, confident and liberated to step into 2025 for who you are now.
Meet Your Faculty
Jill Nykoliation
Human Insight Specialist
Award-Winning Business Leader | Brand Strategist | Personal Coach
Jill Nykoliation is an award-winning business leader with 30 years of experience shaping global brands, from Fortune 100 to entrepreneurial companies.
Jill is a master of human insight. As founder and former CEO of Juniper Park\TBWA, Jill guided the brand strategy for some of the world’s most powerful brands.
For over three decades, Jill has dedicated herself to understanding why we do what we do. Her fascination with human insight was the driving force behind her co-founding a creative agency eighteen years ago – and now drives her work as a Personal Coach.
Jill now applies her deep expertise as a Personal Coach, helping people unlock their true potential and navigate pivotal moments in their lives and careers.
Through her own executive experience and study, Jill understands the beauty, complexity and wonder involved in our life journeys.
Jill coaches executives one-on-one across the globe, and facilitates workshops for corporations, YPO and MEA Wisdom school, guiding leaders toward greater clarity, confidence, and impact.
This workshop is for you if...
You feel that the identities and habits you’ve built over the years no longer align with your current self.
You’re ready to deepen your understanding of yourself and step into this next stage with confidence.
You’re eager to release outdated patterns and embrace a more authentic version of yourself.
You’re seeking tools and strategies to help you design a fulfilling and meaningful next chapter.
You’re ready to step into your true self with intention and clarity.
You want to start the new year with a clear sense of purpose and direction.
Baja, Mexico
El Pescadero Resort
A stunning oceanfront property offering all of the amenities of a luxury hotel with beautiful beaches perfect for swimming or surfing. Located on the southern tip of the Baja Peninsula, just a short drive from Todo Santos, the “Pueblo Magico”.
Meet Your MEA Facilitators
In addition to the powerful sessions conducted by Jill Nykoliation, you will be guided through the core MEA Owning Wisdom curriculum by our seasoned faculty members:
Thérèse O’Neill
MEA Facilitator Lead
Thérèse O’Neill is the Facilitator Lead for MEA’s Baja campus. She is a longtime educator in California and in Mexico, working with Nest Global to provide education access to young asylum seekers and refugees. She holds degrees from UC Berkeley and Stanford, with a background in trauma-informed education and psychology. She is a resident of Baja, where she makes textiles and travels in her free time.
Jed Tarlow
Experience Facilitator
Jed is a student of the world and the human condition. He came from a nomadic career in river exploration, conservation, and guiding to settle in Baja Sur and build a B&B to help people connect with this powerful landscape. He’s passionate about taking care of people, creating enriching conversations, and chasing another dreamy wave.
It’s Time to Stop Moving a Million Miles an Hour and Get Clear on Who You Are Now
Social science shows that midlife is a unique moment to pause, reflect, and transform. And what better time to let go of what’s no longer serving you and gain the clarity and inspiration you seek than at the start of a brand new year?
