Nidhi Tewari, LCSW

Business adviser, Consultant, Foodie, Idea generator, Life mentor, Social entrepreneur

Nidhi Tewari, LCSW is a work culture and wellbeing keynote speaker, expert, & consultant. She is also a Thinkers50 Radar 2026 award recipient. Nidhi brings over 13 years of clinical expertise as a therapist who’s specialized in working with high performing leaders to her work with organizations, leadership teams and event audiences who are looking to improve wellbeing, connection, and leadership skills. Nidhi is the author of the Penguin Random House book Working Well: How to Build a Healthier, Happier Workplace Through the Science of Attunement (Out 3/24/26). Nidhi was invited to lead sessions on resilience and self-care at TEDWomen and TEDNext, and she has worked with organizations like LinkedIn, Warner Brothers Discovery, Molson Coors, Godiva, NPR, and McCain Foods. She has also spoken to the World Economic Forum with Female Quotient, Cannes Lions, Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), National Speakers Association, Meeting Professionals International, UC San Diego, American Society for Quality (ASQ), and many more. She is featured in The New York Times, Forbes, The Washington Post, Fast Company, Inc., Oprah Daily, Thrive Global, and HuffPost. She has collaborated on brand partnerships with Mars Inc., Adobe Express, Social Chain, TOGETHXR, among others. She is also part of the Harvard Business Review Advisory Council and the Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health 2026 Creator Cohort. She has over 4.5 million views and 19.8k followers on TikTok, leading to being invited to be a part of the TikTok AAPI Creator Communities Program. She has built a community of over 11.6k on Instagram, and she is a Linkedin Top Voice for Leadership Development and a 3x Linkedin Learning Instructor with 17.4k followers. She was invited by the TED Team to be a part of the Ignite Cohort, which is comprised of thought leaders with various domains or expertise. This cohort will attend the conference and contribute to the TED Global community for the next 5 years.

All things relating to the intersection of connection, well-being, and work. I love talking about how we can amplify creativity and ingenuity in the workplace by cultivating resilience and psychological safety, and improving interpersonal connection by attuning to the needs of teams. I enjoy teaching corporations about how we can cultivate connection and belonging, how mental health impacts our day to day lives, and how to support neurodivergent employees in the workplace so we can all self-actualize to our highest potential. I’m also passionate about by the far reaching impacts of trauma, and how trauma is a universal experience that affects us in all life domains.

We’ve focused so much on Emotional Intelligence (EQ) that we’ve neglected to develop our Relational Intelligence (RQ). Relationships are widely recognized as the bedrock of positive wellbeing in our professional lives, but many struggle to know how to navigate the pitfalls and nuances of connecting with others at work. Relational Intelligence helps us to adapt our responses to what people need, understand how life experiences shape people, and repair relationships when ruptures happen.

Corporate Wellbeing, Leadership, Mental Health at Work, Resilience, Trauma, Women's Mental Health, Workplace Culture

I was invited to attend TED 2022 as a thought leader, and it was a life changing, transformational experience. I was moved and inspired by the world class change makers delivering messages that will alter the trajectory of our future as a society. I fell in love with Vancouver, and more importantly, I fell in love with TED's mission. I'm excited to lead a Discovery Session at TEDWomen 2023 on The Science of Resilience, and I'm looking forward to sharing how we can optimize our resilience in order to successfully maneuver the inevitable challenges that we all will face.

Playing the drums. I was the drummer of a heavy metal band for almost 10 years, and I was the only female, woman of color drummer! I'm also a great cook, and I love to sing.