Poonam Gunjal
Chief Heart Officer & Founder
My work centers on Remembrance, helping people return to themselves beneath stress, pressure, and habitual ways of coping. I bring together nervous system science, embodied awareness, intuitive coaching, and over twenty years of leadership experience across biotech, pharmaceutical, and academic environments. Much of my career has been spent supporting people who carry responsibility and lead others, often in complex, high-pressure, and global contexts.
I’m a certified Hogan coach and have taught Hogan-based leadership and self-awareness programs internationally, across diverse organizational and cultural settings, working with individuals, couples, families, young adults building self-leadership, and corporate teams. I also guest lecture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on leadership and nervous system awareness, and have previously spoken there on investigator-initiated trials.
I’m also trained in Astrology (Western & Vedic), Ayurveda, Yoga, Reiki, mindfulness, and somatic practices, and I’m certified as an Alchemical Constellations Facilitator through Seeing With Your Heart. I’m also currently completing Practitioner Certifications in Forest Therapy and Ocean Therapy. These inform my work in grounded, practical ways. From this integration, I developed NSRR, Nervous System Regenerative Remembrance, a simple framework that supports regulation, awareness, and the remembering of inner safety.
My professional background spans 20+ years in biotech and life sciences, including regional sales leadership managing a multistate team across the Northeast US and Canada, as well as commercial development and organizational leadership in psychedelic medicine, spanning research operations, clinical training, and program design. I served as Director of Commercial Development at Usona Institute, and currently serve as a Commercial Development Advisor to The Synthesis Institute. This experience shaped how I think about nervous system plasticity, altered states, and the responsibility required when working with powerful inner experiences, as well as the importance of integration, ethics, and care.
It’s also the foundation for Fullmoon Clinical Consulting, where I advise organizations building psychedelic-assisted therapy programs. Learn more about that work here. I also coach people navigating careers in this emerging field, alongside more general career coaching work. I’m currently pursuing the Synthesis Institute’s Psychedelic Practitioner Core Training to continue deepening this work.
My academic foundation includes a Bachelor of Science in Molecular Biology, a Master’s in Organizational Management, and an Executive MBA. I’m currently completing my Master of Social Work, with a clinical practicum at Yale’s Department of Psychiatry through the ENACT Research Collaborative, focused on trauma-informed, nervous-system-aware care and equitable access to psychedelic-assisted therapy.
I’m also the founder of The Naina Foundation, a nonprofit I started in 2018 that redistributes clothing and essential items to underserved communities in the U.S. and in India. Service and Remembrance are deeply connected for me, both rooted in dignity, care, and presence.
Speaking is one of the ways my work reaches beyond the session room. I’m a graduate of Heroic Public Speaking, and I speak on leadership, nervous system awareness, emotional safety, and the inner conditions that support meaningful change. You can see where I’m speaking next on my Events Page.
Outside of sessions, you’ll usually find me with a book or knitting needles in hand, watching an old Bollywood film, or out on a walk in nature.
Clients often describe my presence as calm, clear, and grounding. My intention is not to fix or push, but to create enough safety for remembering to happen naturally.
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