Hi, I’m Brandon.

Despair, loneliness, and polarization are stretching the heart in unimaginable ways. The human heart can scarcely bear what it’s being asked to hold each day.

I’m a spiritual guide, meditation teacher, writer, and podcaster. I’ve worked with some of the most famous celebrities on the planet, and I’ve sat in jail with the incarcerated. My work to ease suffering has brought me to professional ballet companies and NASCAR racetracks. I’ve taught at Yale with the intellectually adept and learned extraordinary lessons from people who are intellectually challenged. I’ve been invited to speak before executives at Disney, coaches in the NFL, and some of the world’s most powerful Fortune 50 executives. What I want you to know most is that I care. I’m curious. My love language is feeding people with food and love. I’m known to my friends as equal parts monk, Italian grandmother, and golden retriever. I believe we can change our relationship with change, and I’ve come to know that healing is always possible.

Professional Bio

For over 20 years, Dr. Brandon Nappi’s life has been dedicated to helping others discover new and ancient ways to thrive. As a spiritual teacher, mindfulness practitioner, and spiritual guide to celebrities, he has been a frequent speaker with Fortune 100 leaders, NFL and NBA coaches, elite athletes, actors, musicians, judges, and people from all walks of life. He has had numerous television appearances on NPR, CBS, ABC, and NBC.

Brandon is the founder of Copper Beech Institute, a global mindfulness community and training center which has shared research-based, life-saving wellness practices with over 60,000 people from more than 50 countries. He has developed and facilitated conferences, workshops, and courses across the country designed to tap into the capacity of the human spirit to thrive amid even the most heart-stretching challenges.

Brandon is a lecturer at Yale Divinity School and the Executive Director of Leadership Programs at Berkeley Divinity School at Yale, where he helps leaders find their unique calling to make a difference in the world. He is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and holds a Master of Divinity degree from Yale University. His doctoral research explored inter-religious dialogue, mysticism, and Zen meditation as a healing practice within the history of spirituality. He has also received extensive mindfulness training from the University of Massachusetts Medical School’s Center for Mindfulness and Zen Mountain Monastery.

Drawing upon the world’s diverse wisdom traditions, he has supported countless individuals in their spiritual journeys. Brandon also works privately with clients at the renowned wellness and recovery center, Privé-Swiss, where he helps individuals with issues of burnout, healing, and purpose, cultivating a spiritual life that supports joy, resilience, and thriving.