About

Dr. Franca Baroni is an award-winning author, speaker, trainer, attorney, actress & coach. She is a pioneer of heartfulness in law & governance with a passion to help us discover the power of our physiology in creating overall well-being & justice and approach politics in a fresh way.

Franca holds a doctorate (Ph.D. equivalent) in public international law and Master of Laws and is admitted to practice in New York, Washington State and Switzerland. She is a contributor in the 2017 American Bar Association publication “Lawyers as Changemakers”. She has been practicing humanitarian US immigration law since 2001.

For over 20 years, she has assisted many professionals to maximize their well-being while she has continued to practice law. She has been a speaker for over two decades and regularly offers Continuing Legal Education (CLE) programs about coherent lawyering, resilience, optimal performance, mindfulness and mental & emotional health.

As an independent certified Heart Math® resilience trainer, she shares valuable knowledge and evidence-based practical skills that help professionals in many sectors to effectively build resilience in the midst of crisis. In her programs, she offers a blend of the science of coherence & neuroscience, heart- & mindfulness, somatics, meditation, and trauma-informed approaches to enter the experience of justice.

Public Heart®

Credentials

Dr. Franca Baroni, Esq. is the founder of The Public Heart®.

Attorney at law admitted in WA since 2017, NY since 1999, admitted in Switzerland since 1997.
Doctorate (Ph.D. equivalent) in Public International Law, Basel University, Switzerland, 1994
Masters in Comparative Law, University of Miami, 1998
Certified County and Family Mediator, Florida, 2003
HeartMath® Certified Trainer, 2017
Fred Pryor Training, Train the Trainer, 2016
Teaching the Positive Discipline Way Certification, 2014
Possibility Management Training, 2013
Dynamic Facilitation Training, 2010
Compassionate Listening Project, Basic and Advanced Trainings, 2009-2010
Meditation teacher, 2000-2007
Matrix Energetics Trainings, Level 1-3, 2003-2004
Certified Healing Practitioner, 1999-2002
Reiki Master, 1998
National Public Radio of Switzerland (RSI), 1985-2000, Correspondent
Professional actress

Mission

The mission of the Public Heart ® is to generate heart-and body-intelligent, resilient leaders delivering engaging and powerful solutions beyond polarization. Redefining and humanizing law and governance through a heart-intelligent lens, the Public Heart® draws from Franca’s intuitive wisdom and expertise & the science, resilience trainings and documented outcomes of the HeartMath® Institute to engage us as meaningful participants in our collective systems.

Committment

I am committed to spark a new individual and collective legal & civic practice to look underneath to reemerge transformed and reclaim our extraordinary power to bring about health and serenity in our society.
I am committed to honor you, your experience, your vulnerability, your passion and desires and your goals with care, integrity, confidentiality and most importantly with conscious presence.
Thank you for your trust.
Franca

Heart Math® Trademark

HeartMath® Institute started in 1991 as a non-profit research and education organization. In 1996, HeartMath® LLC was formed to offer research-based training programs and products to individuals and organizations in a wide variety of sectors around the world. Heart Math® is a registered trademark of Quantum Intech, Inc.