NEUROSCIENCE, HAPPINESS & SELF-LEADERSHIP
Meet Patty
Purpur de Vries.
An experienced educator. A curious mind. A very human approach to living well.
Practical science.
Personal possibility.
Patty Purpur de Vries, also known as Patty de Vries, is an educator, entrepreneur, and co-founder of Living Well USA in the Santa Cruz Mountains near Los Gatos, California. She teaches practical neuroscience, happiness, emotional mastery, and self-leadership through live learning and conversation.
Her background includes a psychology degree from Stanford University, more than three decades of work in well-being and leadership, and experience leading Stanford well-being programs. She teaches through Stanford Continuing Studies and has served as a facilitator in Stanford Graduate School of Business (contract), including the LEAD program.
Patty’s classes connect ideas about the mind with the situations we encounter every day: a difficult conversation, a familiar emotional reaction, a new chapter of life, or the wish to notice more of what is meaningful and good.
How Patty teaches
Expect a mix of explanation, reflection, conversation, and practice. The intention is to make the science useful and the learning personal. You bring your questions and experience; Patty brings a framework for exploring them.
Her approach invites people to Observe, Honor, Discern, Choose, Connect, and Create. These practices appear across her teaching in happiness and conscious leadership.
See Patty in Stanford’s course catalog ↗Learn with Patty
Inside the Happy Brain explores the practice of happiness. Self-Leadership & Emotional Mastery focuses on awareness, reactions, relationships, and intentional choices. For an introduction, watch Your Sovereign Voice, a free 30-minute lesson.
Patty also offers workshops, talks, and team experiences at Living Well, at organizations’ workplaces, and online.
Explore Patty’s classesWHAT PARTICIPANTS HAVE SHARED
“This class far exceeded my expectations.”
EXPERIENCE WITH A HUMAN CENTER
A lifetime of learning.
Made practical for yours.
Patty’s background spans entrepreneurship, organizational well-being, and teaching. Her experience includes Stanford Continuing Studies and facilitation at Stanford Graduate School of Business (contract).
Today, she brings that experience into Living Well USA’s classes, learning circles, and team experiences.
Living Well USA’s classes on Maven are independent offerings. References to Stanford describe Patty’s experience and do not imply Stanford sponsorship or endorsement.
Learn with PattyONE FAMILY, MORE THAN ONE WAY TO GATHER
Living Well USA & the event center
Living Well USA is the umbrella for our learning programs and Living Well Event Center. Patty and Greg de Vries steward a gathering place in the Santa Cruz Mountains. For weddings, private celebrations, venue rentals, and tours, visit the Living Well Event Center website ↗. For Greg’s meditation teaching, visit MeditationCoach.com ↗.