Debra Sabatini Hennelly lives in New Jersey – close to the ocean and not too far from New York City – with her husband, Bob, a broadcast journalist, and their (fourth) rescue dog, Leo. Although their three daughters have their own homes now, family time is still a big part of life – which is especially cherished now as grandparents.

Debbie's passion for finding equilibrium in her own life

has been her inspiration for coaching other

professionals, helping them lead effectively and develop strategies for resilience.

She has more than 25 years of experience creating innovative approaches to managing risks and fostering ethical leadership – from boardrooms to break rooms – in corporate roles and as an advisor. She helps leaders and teams address obstacles to ethical decision-making and psychological safety, increasing wellbeing, collaboration, engagement, and productivity.

Debbie is an adjunct professor in Fordham University Law School’s Program on Corporate Ethics & Compliance, a Master of Studies in Law (M.S.L.) program for non-lawyers. She frequently speaks at conferences and delivers workshops and webinars on ethical and effective leadership, burnout and resilience, psychological safety and speaking up, multi-generational collaboration, effective teamwork, corporate culture, environmental and social responsibility, and stakeholder engagement.

She has been interviewed on several podcasts and writes on several platforms. She has co-authored three articles for Harvard Business Review: “Resilient Organizations Make Psychological Safety a Strategic Priority,” “Bridging Generational Divides in Your Workplace,” and "How 'Carewashing' Alienates Employees." Two of the articles have been included in three of Harvard Business Review's books: "Inclusion" and "Psychological Safety" (both are part of HBR's Emotional Intelligence series) and the "Multi-Generational Workplace."

Debbie is the founder and president of Resiliti (www.resiliti.com), providing consulting, coaching, experiential learning for organizations of all sizes. Resiliti focuses on resilience at the individual, team, and organizational levels – addressing and preventing burnout, developing ethical and effective leadership, inspiring authenticity and collaboration, engaging employees in making ethical decisions, and creating inclusive, risk-aware, speaking-up cultures.

Earlier in her career, Debbie spent more than 10 years in legal and compliance leadership roles in large multinational corporations. Before practicing law, she was a civil and environmental engineer, supervising construction in the oil and gas industry.

Debbie is a proud alumna of Duke University (B.S.E., Civil/Environmental Engineering) and University of Virginia School of Law (J.D.). She enjoys singing, gardening, photography, cooking, genealogy research, walking on the beach at sunrise, exploring the world, and – most of all – spending time with her family.

PRESENCE IN CHAOS – 365 MINDFUL MOMENTS is a collection of thought-provoking quotes, illustrated with the author's original photography – the product of her search for mindfulness through creativity.

This book is laid out in a quote-a-day format, with space for jotting daily thoughts, gratitude notes, or just doodling. It's intended to inspire taking a little time each day to be present "in the moment," and helping build resilience for the random chaos that can come with our day-to-day lives.

We need focus and presence to give our best to the people with whom we work and those we love but the tempo of daily life can drive us to multi-task frenetically to keep our commitments at work and at home. The 21st-century information-overload only heightens the stress of focusing on the essential. We defer the things that renew and sustain us—family time, unplugging, caring for our well-being.

For Debbie Hennelly, like so many in middle-age reflection, life feels like a blur since her 20s – juggling all the commitments in her work and in raising a family – sometimes chaotic, sometimes just plain exhausting. Some of it was self-imposed some of it came with the territory of working in law firms and corporate-land, surrounded by high-achievers and soccer-moms.

Debbie realized she needed a major reset to overcome the physical and mental drain of serious burnout. "Put on your own oxygen mask before assisting the person next to you," right? She needed to get centered.

And that's how this book was born.

The growth of formal and informal mindfulness practices indicates the increasing value in building the physical, mental and emotional resilience we need. There isn't one "right way" to practice mindfulness, so there is plenty of room to improvise.

Debbie began by spending the first 30 minutes of every morning finding ways to just be "in the moment." Present. No email, no news, just quiet reflection.

She was hopelessly bad at quieting the running to-do list in her mind for more than 10 minutes, though so, she opted to add a "Plan B" approach: getting creative.

She started sharing with friends – just one inspiring quote each day, using her photography to reflect something in each quote.

These became her daily social media posts for a few years, now with a following of thousands who often have then shared their own reflections.

PRESENCE IN CHAOS – 365 MINDFUL MOMENTS is a year's-worth of her favorite posts, shared as inspiration for others to find their "mindful moments."

Be present with yourself, those you love and

those you serve.

Time is a finite resource, so it's a very

precious gift.