Nathalie Nahai is an oil painter, author, speaker and musician who works at the emergent edges of psychology, persuasive technology, society and the arts.

Born to a multilingual family of Iranian and European descent, her childhood experiences of plurality and otherness ignited a desire to weave connections between seemingly distinct fields and cosmologies, a passion that fuelled her to establish the Flourishing Futures Salon - curated, facilitated gatherings in which strangers are invited to explore how we might collectively meet the challenges facing us today.

Fascinated by technology’s impact on society, Nathalie has hosted the Guardian Tech Weekly and “Reclaiming humanity in a digital age” for Advaya, and currently hosts In Conversation, a podcast exploring how we might flourish in times of turbulence and change (guests include Bayo Akomolafe, Manda Scott, Rupert Read, Jo Confino, Dr Ros Watts and more).

Trained in Suzuki violin and self-taught on guitar, Nathalie recorded two folk albums while completing her Psychology BSc, and studied Fine Art at Central Saint Martins. Having authored “Webs Of Influence” and “Business Unusual,” aiming to redefine how companies engage more ethically in business, her deepening focus is on painting, gathering and weaving songs that bring us into closer contact with beauty and belonging.

Currently curating the music lineup for The Heat, a counterintuitive climate-tech festival, Nathalie is also training to become a shamanic practitioner – a fertile practice from which her paintings are conceived. She is recording her third album, rooted in nature connection, folklore and animism.