About Us

John is the designated “flourishing practice facilitator” of the Flourishing Network of the Harvard University Human Flourishing Program and also facilitates a meditative community of practice group for some of the leaders of the Flourishing Network; he a member of the Leadership for Flourishing working group of the Flourishing Network; he is chair of the civic engagement and leadership task force of the Spirituality and Flourishing interest group of the Flourishing Network; John lectures about, consults, mentors, trains, and facilitates conversations about Flourishing Leadership in community, professional and higher education settings; he leads the IPP Institute (see theippinstitute.com), his primary vehicle for sharing integral polarity practice (IPP); John co-founded and chairs the NGO, YOUnify (see younify.org), that models and teaches how to apply Flourishing Leadership in communities and broader societal contexts grounded in IPP principles.

IPP, developed by John Kesler, is a spiritually grounded character and virtue practice in a developmental framework that is designed to foster personal integration and holistic inner flourishing in support of Flourishing Leadership in the world in ways that support interrelated individual, collective, and ecosystemic flourishing. IPP practices and training emphasize supporting adults over time to grow into even greater maturity and more profound leadership capacities and skills. John takes the position that a deep spiritual centering is foundational to optimal attainment of stable, virtuous, moral and mature capacities. As far as John is aware, IPP is the only practice that is designed to work with and integrate primary dimensions of every established stage of human development in support of such developmental flourishing and Flourishing Leadership.