Areas of expertise: Lean startup/entrepreneurship, Negotiation and assertive communication, Process redesign, Strategic planning & analysis, Community building

Kara Martin Snyder is the Owner/Strategist over at vital corps, a health + lifestyle studio located at the 3-way intersection of functional health, self-care and strategic action. Kara's not your run of the mill, wellness coach, though. Sure, she's got the classroom and professional creds that many health coaches have, but she's also got an arsenal of hard-won skills from fixing broken processes in the world of finance - namely distressed businesses (PwC/FTI), entertainment (CBS, HBO), and early-stage startups (Insound, Cookstr, Case Commons). Since 2009, Kara uses her skills to help frazzled, Type-A women strategically turn around burnout and bring their foundational health and lifestyle habits back into alignment with their personal and professional goals. Additionally, she’s the host of Le vital corps Salon podcast and the creator of the 33K Task List Project. Her work has been featured in Prevention, Wall Street Journal and Fortune magazine among others.

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