Jared Levenson is an eating coach and counselor who blogs at EatingEnlightenment.com. Jared writes about new ways to think about and relate to food. He also has a podcast titled Eating Enlightenment. Jared also works at an eating disorder center in California’s Bay Area. He plays chess and hikes in … Read more
Charlotte Nuessle is an internationally certified yoga therapist, gerontologist, and online educator and coach. She has forty-three years of personal practice and twenty-seven years experience consulting and teaching self-awareness using body-based and meditation practices that bring kindness, clarity and calmness into people’s lives. Interested readers can reach her by email … Read more
Linda Graham, MFT is an experienced psychotherapist and mindful self-compassion teacher in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is the author of the award-winning book Bouncing Back: Rewiring Your Brain for Maximum Resilience and Well-Being and the new book Resilience: Powerful Practices for Bouncing Back from Disappointment, Difficulty, and Even Disaster. Linda … Read more
Dr. James Lake is a Board-certified psychiatrist in the San Francisco Bay area and the author of four textbooks on integrative mental health care. He has served as a clinical assistant professor in the department of psychiatry at Stanford University and he founded and previously chaired the American Psychiatric Association’s … Read more
Amy Funk, PhD, RN-BC, teaches mental health and community health nursing. She is an avid outdoorswoman who enjoys hiking, mountain biking, canoeing, and geocaching. She developed her hobby website, www.agingwithamy.com, to create a revolution in aging. This revolution focuses on a deep, spiritual approach to authentic aging, incorporating time in … Read more
Joanna Ciolek is a self-taught artist, recovering self-critic, and a firm believer in the healing and transformative powers of mindfulness. She runs a free twenty-week mindfulness and self-discovery course to help others overcome their self-defeating patterns and fears, learn self-compassion, and take ownership of their body-mind wellbeing. She is also the author of The … Read more
Dr. Saundra Jain is a psychotherapist, educator, WebMD blogger, and strong supporter of living a life based on wellness practices. She is also the co-creator of the WILD 5 Wellness Program, a comprehensive, evidence-based approach to optimal health. In this contribution to the KineSophy Mindfulness Series, she explains how mindfulness fits … Read more
Leah Weiss, Ph.D., MSW, is a teacher, researcher, and meditation expert at Stanford University specializing in the application of mindfulness and compassion in secular contexts. She is also the Director of Education at HopeLab, a social innovation lab focused on designing science-based technologies to improve the health and well-being of teens and … Read more
Tyler S. Harris is a doctoral student at Michigan State University. He is studying sport psychology with an interest in exercise and physical activity motivation. He is a certified athletic trainer and has provided sports medicine coverage to teams at MSU as well as the Olympic Training Site at Northern … Read more
Despite the growing public buzz over mindfulness, I never paid much attention to this attribute. Then the simple Swahili advice, “Pole pole,” changed my mind. Mindfulness is a big buzzword these days in the self-help and wellness communities. It is presented as a virtue with various mantras and paths to … Read more