Prince Harry.Photo: Betterup
Prince Harry’s first appearance since the global release of his memoir,Spare, is now on the calendar.
On Thursday, BetterUp announced that the Duke of Sussex, 38, will speak at the coaching and mental health company’s upcoming Uplift summit in San Francisco in March. He’ll joinIssa Rae,David Chang,Robin Arzón,Adam Grantand more to discuss “purpose, performance and human transformation,” BetterUp said in astatement.
The conference is set to be held on March 7 and 8, andvirtual registrationis free. Prince Harry has served asChief Impact Officerfor the coaching platform since March 2021, taking on the job after stepping back from his senior royal role and relocating to California with his wife,Meghan Markle.
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The Duke of Sussex’s appearance at the two-day summit is his first work outing announced afterSparewas released on Jan. 10.Prince Harrywrote openly about his mental health throughout the text, reflecting on the tragic death of his motherPrincess Diana, hismilitary servicein Afghanistan and attending therapy in adulthood.
Prince Harryexclusively covered PEOPLEthe week of the book’s release and said that advocating for mental wellness is one of the key causes that drives him today.
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The Duke of Sussex’s upcoming BetterUp event will be his second in recent months. In October 2022, Harry made asurprise appearanceat the company’s Masters of Scale Summit in San Francisco. He took the stage for a chat titled “The Mental Game” with BetterUp CEO Alexi Robichaux and entrepreneur Reid Hoffman.
In video footage shared exclusively with PEOPLE,Prince Harrysaid, “I never, ever, ever thought I would be sitting on this stage saying, ‘Therapy is good, and coaching will change your life’ or ‘both will change your life.’ And the more people that we can get that to, the better.”
The CIO continued, “So from a BetterUp standpoint, what we’re trying to do now — the goal — is the democratization of coaching to make sure we can get it to the masses.”
source: people.com
