Blending neuroscience, personal experience, psychological theory, and spiritual philosophy, Caili’s talks educate, motivate, and inspire audiences to go deep within themselves in order to live more authentic, joyful, loving lives.

Insightful. Engaging. Inspiring.

The Scrappy Soul Podcast.

A home for healing. An unscripted podcast where I riff on all things healing. Featuring real and raw storytelling, this show weaves together spiritual philosophy, energetic principles and empirically supported psychology and neuroscience. Vulnerable, compassionate, and rooted in resilience, this show provides listeners inspiration, material for contemplation and tangible tools to support a more joyful, authentic life. Available on Apple Music and Spotify.

What audiences have to say:

“I teach lifespan development to clinical psychology graduate students. Often, lifespan classes are overly focused on childhood and adolescence, and many do not spend time on the end of life. I had read about death doulas in the popular press and believed that my students could learn a lot from a practicing doula. Caili came highly recommended, and I was thrilled to be able to welcome her to our campus as a guest speaker. Caili's passion for and dedication to working with families during the final stage of life was evident. My students came away from class inspired and full of knowledge they would not have been able to glean from an academic paper. Many of them mentioned Caili's talk as a highlight of the class, not only because of her excellent speaking skills and engaging content, but because of her ability to change their thinking about what it means to support and care for people as they die. I highly recommend Caili to anyone looking for an inspirational and invigorating speaker.”

-Övgü Kaynak, Ph.D., Penn State

“After hearing Caili's story from a colleague, I knew I had to get her to come in and speak to my students. Getting high school students to engage in this deep topic of mental health is quite the hardship, but Caili had no problem with this. Right off the bat, they were intrigued with her presentation. Caili started her presentation with experiences and pictures of her days as a high school student, something that my students could easily relate to. Caili was so impactful that after her speech was done, I had students approach me asking how they can get help from a professional. Some students even asked for Caili's contact information stating they felt she was a safe person that they could turn to in a time of need. It was so evident that Caili's speech was effective, that we asked her to attend our school wide retreats in order to impact as many students as possible. Our students and staff can't thank Caili enough.” -Jen Dinces, Bishop Timon St. Jude

Watch Caili inspire in her TEDx talk titled, “How I Found Joy By Embracing Suffering.”