In a session titled, The Lost Art of Being Human: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Wellness Leaders, biophilic lifestylist Jennifer Walsh will share timeless practices that our ancestors understood intuitively but modern culture has buried under trends, technology, and optimization culture. As a speaker at Well Defined’s Women in Leadership Summit on April 21, 2026, in New York City, she will give you permission to stop chasing the next new thing and instead help you to become a curator of proven, ancestral practices.
“In the rush towards a more technological life, I will connect the dots between ancient wisdom traditions and contemporary neuroscience, revealing that the most powerful wellness practices aren’t innovations at all,” says Walsh. “They’re rememberings.”
Throughout her career, Walsh has been at the forefront of transformative movements in beauty, retail, and biophilic design.
Walsh founded Beauty Bar, the first experiential omni-channel beauty brand in the U.S., introducing open-sell environments, curbside service, and men’s skincare departments, concepts that reshaped how people shop for beauty. This trailblazing work integrated biophilic principles long before they became mainstream, earning recognition as an industry innovator. After selling Beauty Bar, which was ultimately purchased by Amazon in 2011, she continued to build groundbreaking businesses and brands, always staying ahead of the curve.
She created Walk With Walsh as a living lab to explore the profound connection between nature and brain health. These walks have since become a cornerstone of her work, bringing corporate clients, hotel groups, schools, and communities outdoors to experience the transformative power of nature.
Today, she guides large- and small-scale biophilic design projects, collaborating with brands, urban planners, educators, and property developers to create spaces that promote human flourishing. As a faculty advisor at UPenn and Harvard, she explores the intersection of biophilia, brain health, and performance.
In 2025, she founded Natural Intelligence to help women reclaim their most sophisticated operating system: the embodied wisdom of their bodies. This transformative program integrates sexual confidence, ancestral intelligence, neuroaesthetics, biophilic connection, voice mastery, and nervous system regulation. Natural Intelligence teaches women to lead with presence, decide with clarity, and show up with unshakeable confidence in a world that’s becoming more artificial every day.
For more on Walsh, check out our Wellness Questionnaire with her. Get your tickets today to hear her speak at our upcoming Women in Leadership Summit.
