Leader. Builder. Connector. Storyteller.
Catherine Hampel, DrPH, MPH is senior healthcare leader, public health strategist, TEDx speaker on resilience, founder of Connecting Minds Peer Support, and Presidential Leadership Scholar, focused on leadership, wellbeing, and connection.
By training, I hold a Doctor of Public Health in Health Policy and Management. By practice, I lead large, complex organizations through moments of change: organizational, cultural, and human. By experience, I bring a lived understanding of how resilience is built and shared with others.
My TEDx San Diego talk, “Scars Are What Make You Powerful,” reflects this belief and is a reminder to the world that resilience is our blueprint.
About Me
I believe that connection is a life-saving skill. Our stories, especially the hard ones, become maps for others when they’re shared. This belief informs how I lead, consult, speak, and build.
On this site, you’ll find:
Speaking, consulting, and collaboration opportunities.
Connecting Minds Peer Support: a community-based initiative transforming lived experience into shared strength.
Inner Fire: short reflections on leadership & resilience.
Writing and talks on connection, peer support, & wellbeing.
Stay Connected
Follow Connecting Minds on LinkedIn and join our newsletter for occasional reflections, updates, and invitations. No noise. Just thoughtful notes on connection and shared strength.
Inner Fire Edition
Igniting Connection. Sparking Strength.
Short reflections on leadership, resilience, and connection.
Inner Fire is about staying present and choosing to keep going.
Together is brighter.
Connecting Minds Peer Support
Connecting Minds is a peer support movement created to break through isolation and spark resilience, one honest conversation at a time.
We build safe, welcoming spaces where people can show up as they are, share openly, and support one another through real connection.
Rooted in the belief that we heal in community, it’s about transforming lived experience into shared strength and igniting that inner fire that helps us keep rising.
Contact Me
If you’re interested in collaborating, consulting, speaking, or building something meaningful together, I’d love to connect.
