The Wellbeing Check-in is officially open, take the survey now.
WIST x SOUNDINGS SURVEY
The Weight We Carry:
A Wellbeing Conversation
for Event Professionals
Event work asks a lot of people. The hours, the pressure, the pivots, the travel, the onsite execution, and then straight into the next one. Most people push through because the work has to get done. But what does that cost over time? This conversation, hosted by Soundings Connect in partnership with Wist, is built around a simple question: how are you really doing?
A COMMUNITY SURVEY
We will introduce the Soundings Connect Wellbeing Check-In, a community survey designed specifically around the real pressures of event work.
AN HONEST CONVERSATION
We'll talk honestly about what stress, burnout, recovery, and sustainability actually look like for event professionals. Not theory. Something practical you can use.
HELP US TELL THIS STORY
The wellbeing check-in survey launches the same day. Come to the webinar. Take the survey. Help us tell this story.
TAKE THE SOUNDINGS SURVEY
The Wellbeing Check-In Community Survey
This check-in goes deeper into what event professionals are actually carrying, how you recover, whether you feel supported, and what would make this work more sustainable.
By taking the check-in and sharing it with your network, you'll help us build a fuller picture of wellbeing across the industry. What we learn will be shared back with this community and shape the report to come.
Watch the Webinar
A Wellbeing Conversation
for Event Professionals
Event work is meaningful, and it's genuinely hard. We hosted an honest conversation about stress, burnout, and sustainability in the events industry, in partnership with Wist, a daily stress management platform built on CBT and positive psychology.
Click on the picture to watch and listen about what event talent is really carrying, and what we can do about it.
Tasha has put together a resource page with more tools and support for event professionals, check it out here!
Meet the Speakers
Anil Punyapu
Founder & CEO, WIST
Anil Punyapu is Co-Founder and CEO of Wist, a daily stress management platform built on cognitive behavioral therapy, positive psychology, and neuroscience. He spent over a decade as one of the earliest employees at Cvent (NYSE: CVT), helping grow the company from a two-person startup to a global leader in events technology with 5,000 employees and over $200M in annual revenue.
Working alongside event professionals for years, he watched stress take a real toll on good people, including himself, and could not find tools that actually helped. That experience led directly to Wist. He holds a JD from the University of Maryland Carey School of Law and is pursuing an EMBA at UCLA Anderson.
Tracy Judge
Founder & CEO, Soundings
Tracy Judge is the Founder and CEO of Soundings. Soundings works with corporations, agencies, and associations to help them build and scale their teams, connecting them with top freelance and full-time talent and supporting a global community of more than 3,800 professionals.
Through this work, Tracy brings a unique perspective on how talent and workforce dynamics are reshaping the business events industry. She serves on the CSU AI Workforce Acceleration Board as the sole representative from the hospitality and events industry, helping shape how the industry prepares for AI and the future of work.
Tasha Golden, PhD
Speaker, Consultant & Behavioral Scientist
Dr. Tasha Golden is a singer/songwriter turned behavioral scientist, and a leading expert in the impacts of creativity and culture on wellbeing and change. She was the first Director of Research for the International Arts + Mind Lab at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, is adjunct faculty in the University of Florida's Center for Arts in Medicine, and lead author of Arts on Prescription: A Field Guide for US Communities.
Named one of Fierce Pharma's "Fierce 50" for her innovative work integrating arts and health, she has published extensively on intersections of creativity, design, behavioral science, and flourishing—including a regular column in Psychology Today and research featured in The Guardian, NPQ, and the CBC.
Golden has spoken or consulted for SXSW, Google, the US Conference of Mayors, the NEA, POLITICO, and the Mayo Clinic, among many others. Sought for path-breaking ideas and practical frameworks, she helps clients and audiences link science and creative practice to reimagine their work, workplaces, and impact.
ABOUT WIST
Stress doesn't stay at work. It follows you home, sits in your chest on Sunday night, and shows up again Monday morning. Most workplace wellness tools ignore this.
Wist is daily stress support that fits into a real workday. You check in for 10 minutes a day. You get techniques grounded in Cognitive Therapy, Positive Psychology, and Immersion Theory. Over time, your AI companion, Joy, learns your stress patterns and adapts to what actually works for you.
Want early access to WIST? Sign up for the beta here: Join the WIST Beta
