Dr. Sylva is a transformational counselor, humanitarian, and author who maintains a part-time private counseling practice while serving as Chief Inspiration Officer for the I Am Foundation (www.iamfoundation.org) and a consultant to other social-cause organizations.
Sylva received her undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and her PhD from Beurin University in Los Angeles. She is also on the faculty of Beurin University.
Sylva has developed programs for numerous Fortune 100-500 clients including, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Amway, Prudential, Herbalife, ARCO, HealthNet, Success for Kids Foundation, and Deloitte & Touche.
With a Ph.D. in Psychoneurology and Integrative Healing, Sylva is a mind-body specialist that is able to guide her clients to create new neural pathways using specific processes and rituals to establish a basis of harmony that can transform their well-being on every level. Her passionate enthusiasm for her patients is felt by everyone she touches and she’s been called a “master at the language of the heart.”
As an author, she has published numerous articles; contributed to several books, is the co-author of “HealthFairs for the Healthy Workforce” (WELCOA Publishers) and is co-author of the NY Times bestseller, Your Hidden Riches – Unleashing the Power of Ritual to Create a of Life of Meaning and Purpose with Janet Bray Attwood and Chris Attwood.
Sylva has worked with top corporate executives, spoken at international corporate events, and spoken to audiences from health care professionals to the general public and has shared the stage with Don Miguel Ruiz, Marci Schimoff, Janet Bray Attwood, Mary Morrissey, Phil Town, Marcia Weider, and numerous others.
Sylva’s commitment to help others find their personal freedom goes back to her experiences as a young child. She and her family escaped from what was then Czechoslovakia during the Soviet Union occupation and at that time she spent time in refugee camps. As far back as she can remember, Sylva had mystical experiences and past life memories. Starting from a very young age, Sylva was fascinated by rituals. At the age of 13, she directly experienced uniting with Source Light, which turned her in the direction of studying numerous spiritual philosophies and practices, including ancient rituals and ceremonies.
Sylva lives what she teaches, she is devoted to her daily spiritual and physical practice, while her academic, professional, and personal life is integrated with authenticity and love. She is passionate about merging spiritual wisdom with scientific understanding of the body and mind and how that can lead to healing and inner transformation.
It is Sylva’s deep understanding of human nature, a life-time of personal experiences and study and application of ritual, and a commitment to a life of contribution that added to the depth and breath and depth to Your Hidden Riches, Unleashing the Power of Ritual to Create a Life of Meaning and Purpose.
