Rethinking Failure: Jovanka Ciares at TEDxBarnardCollege

In her TEDxBarnardCollege performance, Jovanka Ciares reflects upon her sometimes circuitous path through life's failures on the path to success and good health.

Jovanka Ciares is a tri-lingual wellness expert + nutrition coach based in NYC + LA. With a rare talent for making healthy living fun, simple + sexy, Jovanka's approach to mind-body wellness has earned her thousands of fans the world over — and regular slots on Fox News, NPR, CBS Radio, Telemundo, The Huffington Post and MindBodyGreen.

The Athena Center for Leadership Studies at Barnard College was proud to host a diverse and talented line up of speakers who shared their stories of resilience and failure.

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