Founder & CEO

Paul Sebastian MBA
Master’s in Business Administration • Certified Kids Mindfulness Teacher • Self-Empowerment & Wellness Coach

Paul Sebastian is a visionary entrepreneur who bridges science, spirituality, and everyday practice.

Before founding Tranquil Minds Academy, Paul spent nearly seven years in financial crime consulting and blockchain forensics, working with global firms such as PwC and Ernst & Young. A former Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) and founder of the Palm Beach Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Paul specialized in deterring the illicit flow of funds tied to child exploitation, human trafficking, and terrorist financing.

Growing up between a traditional South Indian household and an American classrooms, Paul experienced early on what it meant to straddle two worlds. He also struggled with focus and attention, often lost in vivid inner imaginings — experiences that now inform his empathy and teaching style. These personal challenges sparked a lifelong commitment to practices that cultivate presence, reduce reactivity, and transform distraction into creative focus.

The inspiration for Tranquil Minds Academy began when Paul moved to downtown Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and witnessed how widespread depression, anxiety, and emotional disconnection had become among adults — especially Millennials and Gen Z. He recognized that these struggles often stem from societal pressures and digital overload, and realized that cultivating mindfulness from childhood could be a solution.

Paul’s teaching integrates modern neuroscience with the contemplative traditions he’s explored deeply — Christian mysticism, Vedic wisdom, Hermetic philosophy, and herbal medicine. He approaches mindfulness as a modern form of alchemy — a continual process of refining the inner world by noticing unconscious patterns, transforming limiting beliefs, and expressing that clarity through compassion and purposeful action.

Outside the classroom, Paul embodies balance through yoga, martial arts, and weightlifting. He enjoys cooking, traveling, reading, music, and a good glass of wine, all as expressions of mindfulness in motion. He also channels his creative side through Demiurge Fashion, his esoteric streetwear brand celebrating divine symbology and self-expression.

Through Tranquil Minds Academy and his Self-Empowerment & Wellness Coaching, Paul helps families and individuals cultivate calm, resilience, and deeper self-awareness — so that stillness becomes not just a state of mind, but a way of life.

“If we can build a culture of mindfulness within families, we can transform the consciousness of a nation.”