"Stop Beating Yourself Up. It’s Stressing You Out." is a transformative program that helps you break free from perfectionism, burnout, and relentless self-criticism. Matt empowers participants to embrace self-compassion and mindfulness as tools for building resilience, improving mental health, and achieving sustainable success.

Matt Kovatchis, CPCC, is an ex-corporate banker turned mental health and self-compassion speaker, coach, and entrepreneur. Prior to speaking, Matt spent seven years in corporate banking at multinational banks. Externally, he had the “dream” life — checking all the boxes of what success was supposed to look like. Internally, though, he was miserable, empty, and alone. Matt is also the founder and host of a top 1% mental health podcast, “The Men in the Arena With Matt Kovatchis & MD” and is the author of Enjoying Your Own Company: A 75-day Guided Self-Love Journal. Finally, Matt graduated from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2017 and is a proud member of Alpha Tau Omega. 

Matt will present his program on Wednesday, April 8th at 6:00pm. Doors open at 5:30pm in the HSC Capitol Room.