Meet Our Contributors

Sarah Abedi, M.D., is a board-certified emergency medicine physician, speaker, and educator.

George A. Bonanno is a clinical psychologist at Columbia University and author of The Other Side of Sadness: What the New Science of Bereavement Can Tell Us about Life after Loss.

Jamie Cannon, MS, LPC, specializes in the treatment of trauma, anxiety, and grief with populations ranging from children and families to victims of domestic violence.

Chloe Carmichael, Ph.D., a licensed clinical psychologist, is the author of Nervous Energy: Harness the Power of Your Anxiety.

Sherrie Bourg Carter, Psy.D., psychologist and author of "High Octane Women: How Superachievers Can Avoid Burnout," specializes in the area of women and stress.

Jonathan Fadok, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Tulane University where he holds the Burk-Kleinpeter Professorship in Science and Engineering.

Tamara Goldsby, Ph.D., is a Clinical Research Psychologist affiliated with the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and a sound healing researcher. Her goal is to bring healing to people on a large scale through her research and writing.

Matt Grawitch, Ph.D., is a professor at Saint Louis University (SLU), serving within the School for Professional Studies (SPS).

Michael Harris is a contributing editor at Western Living and Vancouver magazine. He is the author of The End of Absence.

Shaili Jain, M.D., is an Adjunct Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine.

Christine Korol, Ph.D., is a registered psychologist, Director of the Vancouver Anxiety Centre, and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychology at UBC.

Beth Kurland, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist, TedX and public speaker, mind-body coach, and author of four books. Her newest book is You Don’t Have to Change to Change Everything.

Michael D. Matthews, Ph.D., is a professor of engineering psychology at the United States Military Academy. He is the author of Head Strong: How Psychology is Revolutionizing War and co-author of The Character Edge: Leading and Winning with Integrity.

Mary McNaughton-Cassill, Ph.D., is a Professor of Clinical Psychology and an award-winning teacher at the University of Texas at San Antonio.

Marilyn Mendoza, Ph.D., is a clinical instructor in the psychiatry department at Tulane University Medical Center.

Robert T. Muller, Ph.D., is a professor of psychology at York University, and the author of the book Trauma and the Avoidant Client.

Danny Penman, Ph.D., is a feature and comment writer for the UK’s Daily Mail newspaper and has also worked for the BBC and New Scientist magazine.

Susan M. Pollak, MTS, Ed.D., a psychologist, is a co-founder for the Center for Mindfulness and Compassion, Harvard Medical School.

Andy Puddicombe is a Clinical Meditation Consultant and the co-founder of Headspace, which aims to make meditation simple and accessible through its website and app.

Joseph Shrand, M.D., is an instructor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.