Thrive Symposium Teaches Women About The Wonders Of Life Outside The Office

Thrive Symposium Teaches Women About The Wonders Of Life Outside The Office
NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 24: (EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE) Arianna Huffington (R) and Mika Brzezinski speak on stage during THRIVE: A Third Metric Live Event at New York City Center on April 24, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by D Dipasupil/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 24: (EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE) Arianna Huffington (R) and Mika Brzezinski speak on stage during THRIVE: A Third Metric Live Event at New York City Center on April 24, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by D Dipasupil/Getty Images)

It’s late afternoon on Thursday and hundreds of women in trendy outfits and high heels, many of them in their 20s and 30s, wrap around a city block in Midtown Manhattan, waiting to get into a conference to learn how to breathe, eat right, get more sleep, volunteer and, the hardest task of all, turn off their cellphones. The symposium site, a 93-year-old Moorish temple, somehow seems an appropriate choice of location for learning how to wind down.

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