In 2015, Nancy Norton, owner of The Good Life in Surf City, was hit by a car and suffered a concussion, a brain injury from whichit would take her almost four years to recover. The light at the end of the dark, seemingly-infinite tunnel of rehabilitation? The launch of her nonprofit “Do Good Foundation,” which brings mindfulness, gratitude and meditation to children.

As a former market research director for L’Oréal, Norton would pore over spreadsheets and numbers, analyzing data and digits on a regular basis.