GENERAL SESSION: Understand the Science of Your Happiness and Reclaim Your Joy
Are you looking for more meaning in your day-to-day? Are you going through a period in your life when things feel “off”? Do you feel restless when you are sitting still? If you look fine on the outside but don't feel fine on the inside, learn five tools to break the cycle of High Functioning Depression and experience more joy in your life. Dr. Judith Joseph will draw on original research, client cases, and her own personal struggles with HFD to demystify this poorly understood condition. Her five simple tools--the Five V's--will help in understanding the science of your happiness and empower you to reclaim your life and joy.
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Dr. Judith Joseph, MD, MBA, is a world-renowned psychiatrist, researcher, award-winning content creator, and expert in mental health for children and adults. She conducted the world’s first peer-reviewed study on high functioning depression, which became the foundation of her instant national bestselling book, “High Functioning: Overcome Your Hidden Depression and Reclaim Your Joy.” The book was named one of Audible’s Top 10 Well-Being Books of 2025, is published in more than 20 countries and 17 languages and has helped bring global attention to the hidden effects of pathological productivity and depression. Dr. Judith’s groundbreaking research was presented at The White House in 2024 to the Executive Office of the President of the United States and has earned her recognition as a 2024 NAACP Mental Health Champion, a 2025 CNN Gamechanger, and the recipient of a Congressional Proclamation Award from the U.S. House of Representatives in 2023. She was also nominated for a 2026 NAACP Image Award for Debut Author, named among TikTok’s Top 50 Creators in the World in 2026, and ranked among Spotify’s top 8% most-shared authors in 2025. As the Principal Investigator at Manhattan Behavioral Medicine, Dr. Judith has led more than 100 clinical research studies in psychiatry and neurology and is also widely recognized for her expertise in women’s mental health. She serves on the boards of Let’s Talk Menopause and The Testosterone Project and chairs Women in Medicine at Columbia University’s Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. In 2024, she became an official MasterClass instructor, teaching the platform’s first menopause series alongside Halle Berry and other experts. Dr. Judith is also an Assistant Professor in Psychiatry at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, where she has trained physicians for more than a decade on using traditional and social media to educate the public about health issues. Her expertise has led to collaborations with organizations including the United Nations, the World Health Organization, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Google, Moody’s, Barclays, Bristol Myers Squibb, and TikTok. Across social media platforms, Dr. Judith reaches more than 1.3 million followers and generates over 15 million monthly views with evidence-based mental health content focused on education, resilience, reclaiming joy, and combating medical misinformation.
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