HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Optimizing the Future of Humanity
Dr. Manijeh Motaghy
Keynote Speaker
Fundamental Skills • Responsible Technology • Systems Accountability
125+
Daylong Retreats
850+
Speaking & Courses
20+
Years of Experience
Professional Speaker & Trainer


Dr. Manijeh Motaghy, PsyD, O.M.C., is an expert trainer, teacher, and speaker. A compassionate Meliorist who will not be a pessimist, nor an optimist, but believes the world can be improved through deliberate actions. Actions that include optimizing oneself and our systems with qualities and skills in her three domins of life intelligence.
She is an Organizational Psychologist, UCLA mindfulness instructor, NYU InnerMBA Leardership trainer, has thousands of hours of silent retreats, and the author of It’s Not Easy to Be Human: A Compassionate Journey and Guide to Optimize Human Potential, Achieve Fulfillment, and Systemic and Ecological Well-Being.
She is the founder of Perfectly Here, a nonprofit advancing whole human development with mindfulness and life intelligence.
She has spoken globally at leading leadership, sustainability, academic and corporate forums, including Planet Positive 2030 and Initiatives of Change, Geneva Switzerland, universities like Chapman University, Lesley University, California State University Channel Islands, and California State University Northridge and Glendale College. She has provided team development training for companies like Health Net, Kaiser, and Disney Imagineering.
Among her many recognitions, she is included in the Marquis Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who Among American Universities and Colleges.
Dr. Motaghy is the creator of the Mindful Life Optimization (MLO) methodology and has introduced frameworks such as the Circular Anxiety Economy and the Regenerative Integration Management System (RIMS), advancing sustainable and ethical system design.
Her work points to a fundamental principle: the future of our systems, societies, and planet depends on the depth of human development behind them and we can remedy many of our modern challenge by completing our human development.
Optimizing Human Development
In The Age of Intelligent Systems.
Learn how Dr. Motaghy connects failures in leadership, ethical innovation, well-being, and sustainability to a single factor, incomplete human development, and introduces Mindful Life and Human Software Optimization to upgrade human capacity for a successful future.
Explore Her Framework & Talks

It’s Not Easy to Be Human
A Compassionate Journey and Guide to Optimize Human Potential, Achieve Fulfillment and Systemic and Ecological Well-Being
“What makes this book stand out is its structure. Built around sixty lessons and a five-stage developmental process, it provides readers with both conceptual insight and practical tools aimed at improving emotional, mental, and even physical well-being. The author introduces her “Mindful Life Optimization” methodology, which encourages readers to examine their internal patterns, biases, and behaviors in order to make more conscious, aligned decisions.” Reviews













