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Show 005: Rachel Herz

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She is the author of many books, including most recently, the novels La Negra y Blanca and Feral; Ruin and Beauty: New and Selected Poems; From Grief Into Vision: A Council; Doors: A fiction for Jazz Horn; Entering the Ghost River: Meditations on the Theory and Practice of Healing; The Other Hand; Tree: Essays and Pieces, A Sabbath Among the Ruins, Looking for the Faces of God and Writing For Your Life.

She conducts training groups on the spiritual, creative, political and ethical aspects of healing and peacemaking, individual, community and global, drawing deeply on alliance with spirit, indigenous teachings and the many wisdom traditions. One focus is on uniting Western medical ways with indigenous medicine traditions.  With her husband, writer/healer Michael Ortiz Hill, she has introduced the concept of Daré, meaning Council, to North America. The Topanga Daré relies on Council, alliance with Spirit and the natural world, ancestor work, indigenous and wisdom traditions and teachings, music healing, dream telling, divination, kinship, and storytelling to achieve personal transformation, community healing and social change.

Deborah Roffman, a nationally acclaimed educator and author of Talk to Me First and Sex and Sensibility, distills her more than thirty years of experience teaching kids—and their parents how to become your kids’ number one source for information and guidance on human sexuality. Roffman tackles everything from developmental stages to strategies for handling embarrassing or difficult conversations, offering the best ways to make sure you both keep talking (and listening). Her work on childhood and teen sexuality has been featured in numerous publications, including the Washington Post and USA Today. A recipient of the Mary Lee Tatum Apple Award from Planned Parenthood Federation of America, she has also been recognized by the National Federation of Republican Women. The mother of two grown sons, she lives with her husband in Baltimore, Maryland.

Rachel Herz is a world-renowned expert on the psychology of smell, and author of The Scent of Desire and most recently, That’s Disgusting in addition to   numerous research publications.   Since the mid-1990s Rachel has been consulting for many of the world’s leading multinational fragrance and flavor companies and regularly lectures to national and international audiences.

After completing her PhD in 1992, she won a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Post-Doctoral Award and took her research to the University of British Columbia.^[1] In 1994, she received the Ajinomoto USA Inaugural Award for Promising Young Scientists and joined the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia as an Assistant Member.^[2] In 2000, Rachel Herz joined the faculty at Brown University, where she first was a member of the Psychology Department and is now a visiting professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, of Brown University Medical School.  In 2004 Rachel shifted her relationship with Brown University to more limited involvement so that she could pursue other creative enterprises. It was at this time that she began writing The Scent of Desire: Discovering Our Enigmatic Sense of Smell  as well as working on other means to educate and stimulate the general public about the chemical senses.

Paul Dugliss, M.D. is the author of Capturing the Bliss: Ayurveda and the Yoga of Emotions as well as several other books including Ayurveda – The Power to Heal, Enlightened Nutrition, The Myth of Cholesterol, and Yoga & Ayurveda.  He practices Ayurvedic Medicine, Ayurvedic Counseling and Internal Medicine. He also is an acupuncturist and practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine.  He began studying Ayurvedic Medicine inthe mid-1980s and has trained both in this country at Maharishi InternationalUniversity and in Europe at Maharishi Vedic University, Valkenberg, Holland. He

has been a member of the Board of Directors of the National Ayurvedic Medical Association.  Dr. Dugliss is the Director and Academic Dean of New World Ayurveda, an organization providing training in this comprehensive system of natural medicine. He has a master’s degree in Clinical and Counseling

Psychology and is currently focusing his practice of medicine on Ayurvedic Medicine and Ayurvedic Counseling.

William J. Broad is a science journalist and senior writer at The New York Times. He shared two Pulitzer Prizes with his colleagues, as well as an Emmy Award and a DuPont Award.  He joined The Times in 1983 and writes about everything from exploding stars and the secret life of marine mammals to the spread of nuclear arms and the inside story on why the Titanic sank so rapidly.

Most recently, He is the author of The Science of Yoga: The Risks and the Rewards, which The Times Magazine excerpted as “All Bent Out of Shape.”In 1986, Mr. Broad was a member of the team that won a Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the feasibility of the Star Wars antimissile program. And in 1987, he and Times colleagues won a Pulitzer for reporting on the Challenger space shuttle disaster. He was a Pulitzer finalist in 2005 for articles written with David E. Sanger on nuclear proliferation. In 2007, he and Mr. Sanger shared a DuPont Award from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism for the television documentary “Nuclear Jihad: Can Terrorists Get the Bomb?”

Before joining The Times, Mr. Broad worked as a reporter in Washington, D.C., for Science — the weekly magazine of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He earned a master’s degree in the history of science from the University of Wisconsin, and in 1995 won the school’s Distinguished Service to Journalism Award.

Mali Apple and Joe Dunn are the co-authors of The Soulmate Experience: A Practical Guide to Creating Extraordinary Relationships. They have been lovers, partners and friends and wanted to share their experience of getting love right with the world.  Mali and Joe promote a new way of relating and have earned a faithful following of more than 50,000 on Facebook. Many of their community members are committed to doing relationship differently using The Soulmate Experience as their guide. 

In addition to his private practice, he teaches and supervises first through third-year family medicine residents at Kaiser Permanente, Woodland Hills, through which he is an assistant clinical professor at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine

Tammy Nelson, PhD, is a world renowned human sexuality expert and acclaimed author of several books, including Getting the Sex You Want, one of the most practical, ground-breaking books of our generation. Tammy’s book teaches us a style of communication that heals marriages, deepens intimacy, and awakens the erotic potential of our relationships. Tammy is an esteemed psychotherapist and highly sought international speaker, changing the lives of countless couples through her books, couples retreats, lectures and private practice.

She is a Board Certified Sexologist, an AASECT certified Sex Therapist, a Diplomate of the American Board of Sexology, a Licensed Professional Counselor, a Certified Imago Therapist, an Advanced Clinician in Imago Relationship therapy, an Imago workshop presenter, a Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor and a Registered Art Therapist. She is the author of several books including, the upcoming, “The New Monogamy; Redefining Your Relationship After Infidelity,”“Getting the Sex You Want; Shed Your Inhibitions and Reach New Heights of Passion Together” as well as “What’s Eating You? A Workbook for Anorexia and Bulimia.” She has been a featured expert in Glamour Magazine, Cosmopolitan, Men’s Health, NY Times, Washington Post and a source in Time Magazine. She has written for Psychotherapy Networker and other trade journals and writes for the Huffington Post and YourTango, Tammy offers workshops and seminars and trains therapists around the world on issues relating to sex and relationships.

Dr. Brian Clement and Dr. Anna Maria Gahns-Clement are co-directors of the Hippocrates Health Institute in West Palm Beach, Florida.  Co- authors of the 7 Keys to Lifelong Sexual Vitalit., they are internationally recognized as leading experts in the fields of health, natural healing and anti-aging. Both have dedicated their entire professional careers to supporting Hippocrates’ historic mission, “Let Food Be Thy Medicine and Medicine Be Thy Food” by imparting knowledge on how to improve health by trading nutrient-deficient “dead” foods for a diet rich in antioxidants, vitamins, minerals and plant-based proteins.

Brian has also written numerous books in which he explores the various aspects of health, spirituality and natural healing. His best-selling book, Living Foods for Optimum Health, has been acclaimed by Marilyn Diamond, co-author of the book Fit for Life, as “an important and eminently readable book for the new era of self-care,” and by Coretta Scott King as a “landmark guide to the essentials of healthy living.”  Most recently, he was commissioned by government-supported organizations to establish, organize and direct health programs in Denmark, Switzerland, Greece and India.

Sterner has parlayed what he learned from his profession into a love of practice. He is an accomplished musician, private pilot, student of archery, and avid golfer, and practicing these activities fills his spare time. He has also worked in the sound and video arts fields as a recording engineer, audio and video editor and processor, and composer.

He has produced a radio show about The Practicing Mind and continues to teach his techniques to businesspeople and at sports clinics. He lives in Wilmington, Delaware

Carter Phipps is an author, journalist, and leading voice in the emerging field of Evolutionary Spirituality. For the past decade, as executive editor of EnlightenNext magazine, he has been at the forefront of contemporary spiritual, philosophical, and cultural discourse, and his writings have played a key role in making important new thinking accessible to a wider audience. His first book, EVOLUTIONARIES: Unlocking the Spiritual and Cultural Potential of Science’s Greatest Idea, was be published by Harper Perennial in May 2012.

Claire Robinson, MPhil is research director at Earth Open Source. She has a background in investigative reporting and the communication of topics relating to public health, science and policy, and the environment. She is an editor at GMWatch (www.gmwatch.org), a public information service on issues relating to genetic modification, and was formerly managing editor at SpinProfiles (now Powerbase).

Wendy Strgar is and an award winning social entrepreneur. She is the author of Love that Works: A Guide to Enduring Intimacy and soon the to be released Life That Works: How Positivity Reinvents Us. She is the founder and CEO of Good Clean Love and her organic products are sold and endorsed by physicians nationwide.  She is a well known blogger  who writes on the topics of love, sexual health and positivity. Her writing is featured on such high-profile sites as Care2.com, Huffington Post and Elephant Journal. Her work focusing on teaching the skills of sustainable love and positivity consciousness makes her a much sought after speaker at forward thinking events such as Bioneers and the Seattle Green Festival. In addition, she does positivity work with cancer survivors, returning soldiers and high school students. Her award winning blog atwww.makinglovesustainable.com is read by millions of people each year.

Ken McLeod is one of the most innovative teachers of Buddhism today and he is known for his ability to explain difficult and subtle teachings. In a review of Ken’s first book Wake up to Your Life, Phil Catalfo, Yoga Journal, said “he distills the nature and purpose of Buddhism to make it accessible for any newcomer without dumbing it down.” Ken’s private practice model of one-on-one consultations roiled the Buddhist world in the 90s only to become an accepted way of working with students. Through his non-profit website and organization, Unfettered Mind, he has pioneered a client or student centered approach to spiritual development, created new retreat and group learning formats, and developed translations of traditional practices and teachings that make them accessible and relevant for contemporary Western culture. He now provides teacher training and online workshops for people around the globe.

Betsy Chasse is a Filmmaker, Author, Radio host and Blogger. Best known as a co-creator of the hit film What The Bleep Do We Know?!   Currently as the co-owner of Intention Media she produces and distributes a range of socially meaningful documentaries including Pregnant In America.  She recently released Metanoia-A Tranformational Change of Heart,  a short e-book of essays written about the painful process of divorce.  She is the radio personality behind her weekly radio show Life Unscripted.

Tinamarie Bernard is a blogger, eco-intimacy coach and green living consultant focused on the eco sexuality movement. With a clear and articulate voice and enthusiastic energy she empowers you to detoxify your life and experience eco-conscious love and relationship. I accomplish this through engaging content, one on one private sessions via phone or Skype, and seminars or play shops.

Nicholas Carr writes about technology, culture, and economics. His most recent book, The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains, is a 2011 Pulitzer Prize nominee and a New York Times bestseller. Nick is also the author of two other influential books, The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google (2008) and Does IT Matter? (2004). His books have been translated into more than 20 languages.

Nick has been a columnist for The Guardian in London and has written for The Atlantic, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Wired, and The Times of London, the New Republic, the Financial Times, Die Zeit and other periodicals. His essay “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” has been collected in several anthologies, including The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2009, The Best Spiritual Writing 2010, and The Best Technology Writing 2009.

Nick is a member of the Encyclopedia Britannica’s editorial board of advisors, is on the steering board of the World Economic Forum’s cloud computing project, and writes the popular blog Rough Type. He has been a writer-in-residence at the University of California, Berkeley, and is a sought-after speaker for academic and corporate events. Earlier in his career, he was executive editor of the Harvard Business Review. He holds a B.A. from Dartmouth College and an M.A., in English and American Literature and Language, from Harvard University.

Inga Muscio is the author of  Rose: Love in Violent times, Cunt: A Declaration of Independence and Autobiography of a Blue-Eyed Devil. She lives in the Pacific Northwest and lectures widely across the nation.  A revolutionary thinker determined to wake up our ideas about sexuality, racism and war, her anger is fuel for her creative voice.

Wendy Maltz, LCSW, DST, is an internationally recognized author, psychotherapist, and certified diplomat sex therapist with more than thirty years in the field. Her books include The Sexual Healing Journey: A Guide for Survivors of Sexual Abuse, The Porn Trap: The Essential Guide to Overcoming Problems Caused by Pornography, Private Thoughts: Exploring the Power of Women’s Sexual Fantasies, Intimate Kisses: The Poetry of Sexual Pleasure, and Passionate Hearts: The Poetry of Sexual Love. Wendy is the producer of Partners in Healing and Relearning Touch, two highly acclaimed video productions for couples who are healing intimate problems caused by sexual abuse.  Wendy is co-director of Maltz Counseling Associates and an adjunct professor at the University of Oregon Graduate Program in Couples and Family Therapy in Eugene, Oregon.

Lynne McTaggart, a world expert on the science of spirituality, is the award-winning author of six books, including the worldwide bestsellers The Field, The Intention Experiment and The Bond. As editorial director of What Doctors Don’t Tell You , she also publishes one of the world’s most highly praised health publications and runs highly popular health and spirituality teleconferences and workshops. Lynne is also the architect of The Intention Experiment, a web-based ‘global laboratory,’ testing the power of intention to heal the world.

She is one of the central voices in the new consciousness movement bridging science and spirituality. She is an award-winning journalist and author of six books, including her latest, The Bond, and the worldwide bestsellers The Intention Experiment and The Field, both translated into 30 languages   McTaggart, her book and the web-based experiment have been prominently featured in Dan Brown’s latest book The Lost Symbol, and in part inspired one of its characters. She’s also been featured and seen by millions in the documentaries What the Bleep!?, The Living Matrix and I Am.

All three of Lynne’s books are considered seminar books of the New Age. Over the years she has been referred to as a ‘metaphysical rock star’, ‘the Madonna of the Quantum World,’ ‘the Malcolm Gladwell of new science’ even ‘The Dalai Mama.’ For two years running Watkins Review has voted her one of the world’s top 100 spiritually influential people.  A member of the Transformational Leadership Council and the Evolutionary Leadership Council, Lynne is an inspiring worldwide speaker who holds lectures and workshops around the world. She lives in London with her husband Bryan Hubbard and their two daughters.

Julie McIntyre is an Earth ceremonialist and Métis of Norwegian and Mohawk/Blackfeet decent. She is the director for the Center for Earth Relations and for a decade and a half has worked with the Sacred Pipe, Medicine Wheel, sweat lodge and Vision Quests in facilitating closer human bonding with the Earth. An ordained practitioner of the Church of Gaia, Julie directed a state ceremonial program for Native men in prison and also works with young women with ceremonial rites of transition into womanhood. A double-degree graduate in Political Science and Public Communications Julie has completed postgraduate training in sacred plant medicine, Ayurveda, Reiki, medical herbalism, Huichol shamanism, and wilderness survival. For six years she wrote a monthly column for Tapestry Magazine (Lansing, IA) on Earth relationship and ceremony, the sacredness and ecology of the Mississippi River system, raptor ecology, and the healing of human disease through the use of Earth medicine.

She worked for four years as a Holistic Health Practitioner in an integrative medical clinic in Wisconsin, providing herbal and nutritional counseling, laser acupuncture detox, lymphatic drainage therapy, and patient education and support. Devoted to helping people reclaim their ecological identity, Julie has taught adults, young adults and children on the sacredness of Earth relations, the heart as the organ of perception, the ecstatic path, healing shame, medical herbology, and the Medicine Wheel. She has a private Holistic Health practice working with Herbal medicine, sacred Plant Medicine, and spiritual mentoring. When she’s not working she can be found hiking or sitting in the sacred waters of the hot springs of her beloved Gila Wilderness and national forest.

Florence Williams is an award-winning journalist and contributor to Outside magazine. She also writes regularly forSlate and the New York Times, both of which have published pieces related to BREASTS. Her article “A Might Wind,” about a wind-powered island in Denmark, was picked by Jerome Groopman for The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2009. The manuscript for this book was a finalist for the prestigious Columbia/Nieman J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Prize.

Mark Sundeen was born in Harbor City, California, in 1970. He is an award-winning writer whose nonfiction has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Outside, National Geographic Adventure, the Believer, and elsewhere. He is the author of the books Car Camping (HarperCollins, 2000) and The Making of Toro (Simon & Schuster, 2003), and co-author of North By Northwestern (St. Martin’s, 2010), which was a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller. He has taught fiction and nonfiction at the MFA creative writing programs at the University of New Mexico and Western Connecticut State University. He lives in Montana and Utah.

Dr. David Knighton has achieved the highest standards in his several careers as a doctor, researcher and academic. While at medical school at the University of Illinois, he worked on cancer research at Harvard Medical School. His subsequent work in general surgery, trauma surgery and vascular surgery formed a foundation for his groundbreaking advances in wound care. He founded the Wound Healing Clinic at the University of Minnesota in 1987 which became a prototype for such clinics across the country. His research successes encompass many patents and hundreds of papers and articles for scholarly journals.

David Knighton M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.C.A., is one of the world’s leading authorities on wound healing; a visionary medical researcher who has worked with C. Everett Koop, Judah Folkman, Thomas Hunt, and other giants in the field; and a highly successful inventor and entrepreneur. His discoveries have generated over a billion dollars in revenue, and he has put most of his own share of this revenue into further research and discovery. For ten years, he ran the Wound Healing and Limb Salvage Clinic at the University of Minnesota Medical Center, which specialized in healing patients who had been declared unhealable by other doctors. David taught and did research at the U. of Minnesota from 1984 to 1998.
David has spoken to hundreds of groups—from social workers to spiritual leaders to college students to physicians—on the topic of healing. He has published hundreds of short pieces in general-interest publications, including the Chicago Tribune, Science, the Chicago Sun-Times, and Christianity Today, as well as 100+ articles in medical journals such as Lancet, Annals of Surgery, and Cell and Tissue Research. He lives in Minneapolis with his wife Florence.

Dr. Georgianna Donadio has been a pioneer in the field of behavioral health working with health care professionals and patients to change behaviors and improve health.  Author of  Changing Behavior: Immediately Transform Your Relationships with Easy-to-Learn, Proven Communication  Skills.  She is a popular blogger for Huffington Post and Dr. Mehmet Oz’s TeenDailyStrength,  and her expertise has been showcased in hundreds of print, online,radio and TV interviews including on Oprah.com, WebMD, CNN News,  and TODAY/MSNBC among others.

Until recently she hosted a nationally syndicated cable TV show, Woman to Woman® which explored all topics of interest to women with a special focus on relationships. As a long-time proponent of the important role nurses play in
health care, she is one of only six American Florence Nightingale Scholars.

Bio

As a Promotional Wordsmith & Personal Scribe, Alexandra Franzen channels entrepreneurial LOVE into unforgettable language—the kind that inspires an immediate “YES.” Her deep listening translates into a wide ripple effect as she is able to grasp and articulate the essential truth and intentions of entrepreneurs from all walks of life. In here own words, she describes her work as Dialectic. Eclectic. and Electric with the ability to help others break their own sound barriers. Her love of life and contagious enthusiasm is a the back drop on truly innovative creativity.
Alexandra has also worked as an on-air promotional coordinator for the largest public radio network in the nation, a grant-funded researcher with Occidental College, and a cocktail waitress & cigarette salesgirl at a boutique casino on the southern tip of New Zealand. Hers is the powerful storytelling that instigates the ripples of life that change who we are.

Melissa Febos is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir, WHIP SMART (Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin’s Press), about her career as a professional dominatrix, which Kirkus Reviews said, “Expertly captures grace within depravity.” She has been featured on NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross, Anderson Cooper’s daytime show, and the cover of the New York Post, among many other national publications. Her writing has been published and anthologized widely, in venues such as Glamour, Hunger Mountain, Salon, Dissent, The Southeast Review, ReDivider, The Brooklyn Rail, The Huffington Post, The New York Times, Bitch Magazine, The Chronicle of Higher Education Review, and on The Nervous Breakdown , where she regularly blogs. For five years, she has co-curated and hosted the popular Mixer Reading and Music Series at Cake Shop in Manhattan. The recipient of an MFA from Sarah Lawrence College, she has taught writing at SUNY Purchase College, The New School, NYU, and Sarah Lawrence, and is currently Assistant Professor at Utica College. A 2010 & 2011 MacDowell Colony fellow, she speaks widely, and splits her time between Brooklyn and Clinton, NY. She is currently at work on a novel.

For over 18 years Donna Fisher has been teaching people the art and skill of communicating and connecting. Her books, Power Networking, People Power, and Professional Networking for Dummies have been translated into 5 languages, recommended by Time Magazine and used as textbooks in universities. Her newest book, Switched-On-Networking, is co-authored with Dr. Jerry Teplitz and includes information on how to use brain optimization processes to balance your brain for networking ease and effectiveness.Donna shows professionals how to communicate and connect to create powerful teams, marketplace visibility and new opportunities. She is a Certified Instructor for the Language of Mastery program based on the book “Conscious Language”.

Dr. Jerry Teplitz, also a best-selling author, is known as “an expert in Brain Performance Optimization”. Jerry has spent more than three decades teaching revolutionary techniques that quite literally switch-on the mind to achieve full potential through optimum brain performance by using movement exercises called Brain Gym®. As a professional speaker, he has spoken to over one million people and has been honored by his peers in the National Speakers Association by receiving the “Certified Speaking Professional” designation. Jerry was recently awarded Best-in-Business by the Small Business Commerce Assoc. which honors only the Top 5% in the country. He is the author of six books, including Switched-On Living, Brain Gym for Business, and his two latest books are Managing Your Stress in Difficult Times and, of course, Switched-On Selling: Balance your Brain for Sales Success.

Anya Shekina is an Intimate Passionate Love coach, Tantra Teacher and Sexual Health Consultant. She has a Ph.D. in Psychology and a Masters In Education, specializing in Adult Education and Counseling.  She has been a private Tantric coach for approximately 15 years and a relationship counselor for 20 years.  She is also an accomplished workshop leader in the area of intimacy and Tantra.   She and her husband Steven Vogue, have been in, what they have termed, an Evolutionary Relationship for over 4 years.  Anya Shekina, together with her husband, is currently writing two books on this topic.  They are also producing related products on Tantra, sustaining romantic love and sexual turn-on in long term relationships, and sexual health.  She and Steven will soon be presenting a teleseminar and webinar series for couples who want coaching – whether they are in the early days of their relationship or have been together a long time. She has two meetup groups in San Diego, California, where she lives.  She also has a radio show on Intimate Passionate Love on SexTalkRadioNetwork.com.

Deborah Roffman is a teacher, sex educator and author of Sex & Sensibility: The Thinking Parent’s Guide to Talking Sense About Sex. Her work has been featured in most of the nation’s major newspapers, including the Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Washington Times. She has been interviewed on Nightline by Ted Koppel, by Bryant Gumble and other interviewers on the CBS Early Show, and has also appeared on the O’Reilly Factor. In 2003, she was the featured expert―and helped shape―a highly acclaimed segment on teen sexuality with John Stossel for 20/20. Her radio credits include multiple appearances on the Diane Rehm Show and Talk of the Nation, and she also appears (it runs several times a year) in the acclaimed HBO documentary for parents entitled, “Middle School Confessions.” She has provided background for a variety of stories on ABC News, and for 60 Minutes.

What is most remarkable about Ms. Roffman’s work is her ability to speak the language of common ground around topics often fraught with controversy and conflict. With uncommon good sense and unshakable commitment to core, universal values, hers is the voice that most often cuts through the rhetoric, the politics, and the false polarities that keep adults focused on their needs and interests, rather than squarely on children. She also understands that the issue at stake is parenting, not politics. The proof lies in her wide appeal to parents of all political stripes, religions, and backgrounds, and the national recognition she has received from such seemingly diverse groups as the Planned Parenthood Federation of America (the coveted Mary Lee Tatum Apple Award) and the National Federation of Republican Women (Favorite Teacher Award).

Rachel A. Sussman, author of the Break-Up Bible is a licensed psychotherapist and is the founder of Sussman Counseling, a psychotherapy practice specializing in treating couples and individuals with relationship dilemmas. She is an official relationship expert forCosmopolitan, Destination Maternity and Celebuzz.com  and has appeared on the Today show, the CBS Early Show, Martha Stewart LivingRadio among others.   She holds a BA from Emerson College and a master’s from NYU.

Dr. Marty Klein is a California psychotherapist, sex therapist, and international lecturer in sexuality and public policy. He has been an expert witness or invited plaintiff in many important state and federal obscenity and anti-censorship cases. His landmark book America’s War On Sex, with a foreword by the ACLU’s Nadine Strossen, was honored as Book of the Year by AASECT.

Marty is frequently quoted by the popular press, including The New Yorker, The New York Times and on TV’s 20/20 and Nightline. He is outspoken about many popular and clinical ideas about sexuality, decrying psychology’s gender stereotypes, medicine’s sex-negativity, and what he calls “the Oprah-ization of relationships.” He is the country’s best-known critic of the concept of “sex addiction.” Marty’s latest book is Sexual Intelligence: What We Really Want From Sex–And How to Get It. Psychology Today magazine raves “Read this book if you want to improve your sex life.” Sign up for Marty’s newsletter is www.SexualIntelligence.org.

Jim Wysong is a businessman, contractor and real estate investor who spent more than 30 years observing and studying psychology and human behavior through workshops, seminars and textbooks. His efforts to better understand his own emotional discomfort led to theories that have universal applications in modern society. He is author of the book The Neutering of the American Male.

Taggart Siegel

For 25 years, Taggart Siegel has produced and directed Emmy-nominated, award-winning documentaries and dramas that reflect cultural diversity with absorbing style. From spiritual elders struggling to preserve traditions in alien environments to marginalized youth surviving hostile streets, the subjects of his films present vital perspectives rarely seen on mainstream media.
He is best known as the director of the 2006 grass-roots hit THE REAL DIRT ON FARMER JOHN. This critically acclaimed feature documentary about a maverick visionary farmer, won 31 international film festivals awards and was released theatrically around the world. Siegel is also known for his award-winning films THE SPLIT HORN: Life of a Hmong Shaman in America, BETWEEN TWO WORLDS and BLUE COLLAR AND BUDDHA which capture the struggle of refugees in America. He is the co-founder of Collective Eye, Inc., a non-profit media production and distribution organization based in Portland, Oregon and San Francisco.

Broadcasted and distributed worldwide, Siegel’s films bring compelling voices and visions to a global audience. The Real Dirt on Farmer John, Siegel’s critically acclaimed documentary about a maverick visionary farmer, won 31 international film festivals awards and was released theatrically around the world. It was broadcast worldwide and was aired in 2007 on INDEPENDENT LENS. The Real Dirt on Farmer John was written up by Roger Ebert for it’s U.S. theatrical release as  ”A loving, moving, inspiring, quirky documentary” and by former Vice-President Al Gore as “Unbelievably special…a real and gripping story with insight and humor.”

Jacqueline Freeman is a biodynamic farmer and keeper of bees. She teaches people how to steward honeybees in a respectful way, always with loving kindness. Many bees who live on the farm including one hive in a standing hollow tree and another who lives inside the north wall of their home. She is published in the Queen of the Sun book, Biodynamics magazine, Lilipoh magazine and a few others, and is writing a book and multi-media presentation on the spiritual life of the honeybees (June 2012). She is a featured presenter in March 2012 at the Organic Beekeeping Conference in Arizona. She speaks bee.

Don’t miss this conversation that may well help you put your relationship first, leading to the most satisfying emotional healing in your life.

Stan Tatkin, author of Wired for Love is a Psy.D clinician, researcher, and teacher. He developed and trains therapists in a Psychobiological Approach To Couples Therapy® (PACT) which integrates neuroscience, emotional attachment, and healthy adult intimate relationships. He works with couples in private practice and runs a bi-weekly clinical study group and training programs for medical and mental health professionals through out the world. Over the last decade, Dr. Tatkin began linking his research in psycho-neurobiological theories of human relationship, with his early work in the field of mother-infant attachment to adult romantic relationships.

He speaks to professional audiences on subjects of couples therapy and preventative psychotherapy through early intervention with infants, children and their parents. He has published several articles on the psychobiology of couples’ therapy and is currently training therapists on his unique approach to couples work using attachment theory, neuroscience, and principles of arousal and affect regulation.

In addition to his private practice, he teaches and supervises first through third year family medicine residents at Kaiser Permanente, Woodland Hills, through which he is an assistant clinical professor at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine.

Website: www.ahealthymind.org/

Learn how our capacity for emotional intelligence can expand as well as how crucial it it to any lasting success in life.

Harvey Deutschendorf is a business coach, speaker and author  of  The Other Kind of Smart: Simple Ways to Boost Your Emotional Intelligence for Greater Personal Effectiveness and Success. He is certified to administer the Bar-On EQI, the first scientifically valid test for emotional intelligence that has been approved by the American Psychological Association.  Harvey has an extensive background in Career Development and Social Work.

Harvey is a member of the Mankind Project, a men’s organization dedicated to personal improvement and service to the community. His mission is to help people bring more power and joy into their lives.   He lives in Edmonton, Alberta CANADA

Ian Kerner, Phd,  widely known as “America’s sex therapist”  is a New York Times best-selling author of numerous books including She Comes First and Love in the Time of Colic. Ian’s journey to becoming a sex therapist grew out of his own personal battle with sexual dysfunction and his desire to help others. He often addresses issues that are painfully common in the “American bedroom” but nonetheless lead to lives of quiet desperation. Ian appears frequently on NBC TODAY and writes a bi-weekly health column for their website. He is also a regular contributor to CNN as well as wide a range of magazines, blogs and other media outlets.

In addition to a busy private practice, Ian lectures nationally on a variety of subjects and recent appearances have included: The Organization of Women Leaders at Princeton University, human sexuality classes at Indiana University, the 92nd Street Y in New York City, Sex Week at Yale University and the Psychology Honors Society at New York University.  is certified to counsel by the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) and is a Diplomate in Sex Therapy of the American Board of Sexology. Ian is also a professional member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health and The Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (SSIS).

Ian is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Brandeis University, and also holds degrees from New York University and the American Academy of Clinical Sexologists. Ian is a former Thomas J. Watson Fellow and recipient of the Erwin J. Haberle Award in Clinical Sexology. Ian was born and raised in New York City where he resides with his wife and two young sons.

Dr. Todd B. Kashdan’s broad mission is to increase the amount of well-being in this world. He uses cutting edge science to help people function optimally in life and business. He is Associate Professor of Psychology and Senior Scientist at the Center for Consciousness and Transformation at George Mason University. He received the 2010 Distinguished Faculty Member of the Year. Dr. Kashdan regularly leads keynotes and workshops to business executives, coaches, health professionals, schools, parents, retirees, government and other organizations. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles and authored Curious? Discover the Missing Ingredient to a Fulfilling Life (William Morrow) to promote the science of well-being for a general audience, Designing Positive Psychology (Oxford University Press) to provide a comprehensive volume on innovative theories and research on well-being, and is finishing his third book, Cultivating Well-Being: Treatment Innovations in Positive Psychology, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Beyond (New Harbinger Publications) to give concrete advice to leaders and health professionals.

Debby Herbenick, PhD is a research scientist and associate director of Indiana University’s Center for Sexual Health Promotion and sexual health educator at The Kinsey Institute. Dr. Herbenick is also the author of Because It Feels Good, Read My Lips: A Complete Guide to the Vagina and Vulva, and The I Love You More Book. Her newest book, Great in Bed, is out this month.  Herbenick is one of the lead scientists associated with the National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior. She writes the responses to the Kinsey Confidential questions for the Kinsey Institute as well as her own well respected and widely read blog MySexProfessor.com.

Additionally she is the author of the sex advice column for Time Out Chicago and  Men’s Health and has appeared several times as an expert in human sexuality on The Tyra Banks Show and The Doctors and on one occasion taught about the vulva by using a vulva puppet on Tyra. This clip resulted in millions of views on YouTube and also aired on The Soup and Best Week Ever.

Mark Gungor is Sr. Pastor of Celebration Church, a multi-site church with five campuses across Wisconsin, and the CEO of Laugh Your Way America.  He is the author of Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage® (Simon & Schuster, 2008), the book is based on his phenomenally successful seminar and years of working with thousands of couples. Mark balances his pastoral duties with a rigorous travel schedule. He speaks for churches, civic events, and business meetings and is a much requested speaker for the US Army.

Mark has also been featured on national broadcasts such as Focus on the Family, Life Today and ABC News. His Better Marriage Minute radio program is heard on 250 radio stations nationwide and his daily internet radio talk show, The Mark Gungor Radio Show, debuted in the fall of 2008. He is also the creator of the television series, Love, Marriage, and Stinking Thinking broadcast around the world on various networks including TBN. He is married to Debbie, his high school sweetheart and constant travel companion. The Gungors have been married for over 39 years and have two married children and five grandsons.

When Mark Gungor conducted his first marriage seminar, he did so for one reason—because somebody had to do it, and no one else was reaching the couples in his area. The enthusiastic response he received from his first audience was just the tip of the iceberg. Today, he is one of the most sought-after speakers on marriage and family in the country. Each year thousands of couples attend his Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage® seminars.

Samuel Barondes has an A.B. and an M.D. from Columbia University, and was trained in clinical medicine and psychiatry at several Harvard teaching hospitals (Peter Bent Brigham, McLean, and Massachusetts General). He learned to do research in molecular biology at the National Institutes of Health.

Thereafter, Barondes devoted himself to applying the new sciences of molecular biology and molecular genetics to psychiatry. He has been a professor at the  University of California since 1970, first at its San Diego campus where he was a founding member of the Department of Psychiatry, and, since 1986, at its San Francisco campus, where he was, for seven years, Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Director of its Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute. Currently Barondes remains at UCSF where he is Jeanne and Sanford Robertson Professor and Director of the Center for Neurobiology and Psychiatry.

Barondes is author of more than 200 original research articles. He is a member or fellow of many societies, including the Institute of Medicine and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is or has been member of many editorial boards and scientific advisory boards.  He was President of the McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience for ten years and also served as Chair of the Board of Scientific Counselors of the National Institute of Mental Health.

In addition to his research publications, Barondes has written four books for a general audience: Molecules and Mental Illness (1993); Mood Genes (1998); Better Than Prozac (2003), and his latest, Making Sense of People: Decoding the Mysteries of Personality, which was published by Pearson in August 2011.

Maryanne is a relationship activist, coach, radio personality, award-winning author, and frequent guest on TV and radio talk shows around the country. Millions of people worldwide listen to her three live weekly radio talk shows: Maryanne Live!, The Power of We with her husband David Raynal, and Heart Talk with Eve Hogan.

Maryanne is a go-to expert for Fox News, WetPaint, Hollywood Life and more. Her blogs can be found on dozens of internet sites. Along with a private practice, she leads transformational workshops for men and women, awarding the Certificate of Responsible Relationship, CORR®, certified by the State of California for Continuing Education credits. She’s the author of the award-winning book, Skinny, Tan and Rich: Unveiling the Myth, as well as Hindsight: What You Need To Know Before You Drop Your Drawers!, and the CD series “Thrive: Seven Essential Truths.” She and David have just released their Great Relationships Begin Within Divination deck. Maryanne’s gift is translating life’s complexities into practical tools for creating healthy, fulfilling, sustainable relationships. She’s recognized by her peers and students as a wise, witty, soulful teacher who walks her talk.

An Organic Conversation Team

Mark Mulcahy is a produce retail consultant, educator, and organic advocate. Mulcahy is a member of CDS Consulting Co-op, which provides produce consulting and educational services for co-ops and independent retailers worldwide.[4]He has spoken at numerous events and conferences including the Ecological Farming Conference, Natural Products Expo East and West, Organic Trade Association’s All Things Organic Conference, Natural Products Expo Europe and the Consumer Cooperative Management Association Conference. Mulcahy is a regular columnist for Natural Food Merchandiser, Natural Food Network, Cooperative Grocer and the Melissa’s World Variety Produce web magazine, Organic Solutions. His “Language of Flavor” seminars, and his monthly organic produce newsletter Fresh Perspectives is used in stores around the United States.

Sitarani Brian is the Culinary Program Director for Bauman College, training chefs in a holistic approach that focuses on nutrition and sustainability. She has worked professionally in restaurants and as a personal chef, caterer, and cooking instructor in New York City and the San Francisco Bay Area. Her specialties include vegan, vegetarian, and raw cuisines, as well as macrobiotic, Ayurvedic, and gluten-free diets. Chef Sita¹s commitment to organic, local, seasonal whole foods and fairly traded ingredients led her to her motto: Enjoy food that is good for the body, good to the Earth, and good for the welfare of the people. She is currently working on her cooking show “Twice-a-Week Vegetarian” which encourages people of all diets to choose a plant-based meal twice a week to save money and to promote better health and a lighter carbon footprint.

As a former contributing editor and columnist at Penthouse she has worked with legends like Dr. Ruth and Helen Gurley Brown.  She has interviewed thousands of men and women about their sex lives and has developed several sexual techniques that have helped thousands of women achieve orgasm.  She has appeared on Oprah, Good Morning America and numerous other television and radio programs.

Italian born, Tiberio Simone is a James Beard Award-winning chef and pleasure activist. He has been cooking for as long as he can remember, beginning in his mother’s kitchen. Tiberio started his career by working at an Italian restaurant in Seattle, where he moved at the age of 21. He eventually became the pastry chef at Seattle’s Four Seasons Olympic Hotel. Years later – tired of corporate cooking – Tiberio launched his own company: La Figa Catering.

Matt Freedman is both a professional photographer and a professional technologist. In 2007, he was able to combine his passion for photography and technology by becoming the staff photographer and Director of Technology for JUST CAUSE Magazine – a bi-monthly magazine focusing on solutions, with stories of individuals, organizations and businesses doing good in the world. In 2009, Matt once again merged photography and technology to produce Burning Man: A Photo Essay – the first iPhone app about the Burning Man festival. A “coffee table book for the iPhone,” the app combines Matt’s photography, writing and software engineering.

Elayne Angel is a world-renowned professional body piercer and author of The Piercing Bible–The Definitive Guide to Safe Body Piercing (Random House, 2009), the only comprehensive book in English that is exclusively on the subject of body piercing.

She’s performed over 40,000 piercings in her career since the 1980s when she managed Gauntlet, the first piercing specialty studio in the United States. She was founder and President of Rings of Desire, the only licensed body art studio in the French Quarter of New Orleans, where she pierced for over twelve years. She helped legislators to promulgate the regulations on body art for the state of Louisiana. Following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, she closed her business and relocated to the Yucatán in Mexico.

Mrs. Angel guest pierces in fine studios all around the US and she is a monthly columnist for the body art industry trade publication, Pain Magazine. Now serving her fourth elected term of service on the Board of Directors of the Association of Professional Piercers, she is the current President of the organization.

Reid has been a featured speaker at dozens of conferences on relationships and sexuality and is a sought-after presenter and teacher at colleges and sex positive stores across the country.  Reid has appeared on the Emmy award-winning talk show Montel, Fox News, in Newsweek, Seventeen, GQ, The Washington Post, and in thirteen countries and at least seven languages.

What makes David’s writing so deeply insightful is how he weaves his training in biology with his inquiry of human psychology, offering a unique perspective of how biology affects behavior including gender differences, reproductive strategies and the troubling problems of violence.  Combining this with his interest in Buddhism and existentialism, David’s science is a philosophy which enlightens the core questions at the heart of life’s meaning.

Trained as an agricultural mechanic, Heart has run an organic market garden, raised free-range pigs and built her own house out of recycled lumber in the backwoods. She’s done a great deal of personal growth and healing work with illustrious teachers including Brooke Medicine Eagle and Angeles Arrien. Heart is a spiritual teacher, offering workshops based on the art of being human, and a qualified kitesurfing instructor, her greatest passion..

Stanley Siegel is a psychotherapist in New York City and writes a weekly blog on sex for Psychology Today. He is an international lecturer and former director of education and senior faculty member of New York’s renowned Ackerman Institute for Family Therapy. He is the author of The Patient Who Cured His Therapist and Other Unconventional Stories (Penguin 1992) and Unchartered Lives: Understanding The Life Passages Of Gay Men (Penguin 1994), and most recently Your Brain on Sex. He has appeared on ABC’s Good Morning America, as well as many other television and radio programs across the nation, and is regularly quoted in the media, often described as the “therapist to the celebrities.”

Rachel Kramer Bussel is a New York-based author, editor, blogger and event organizer. She is the editor of over 35 anthologies, including  Orgasmic, Surrender, Passion,  and Obsession as well as Best Sex Writing series editor. Bookslut has said about her work, “Bussel always portrays sex as delicious, wonderful, and fun.” She writes the biweekly Secrets of a Sex Writer column for SexIs Magazine. Her writing has been published in  Jezebel, Mediabistro, New York Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Time Out New York, The Village Voice, among many other publications. Her books have garnered five IPPY (Independent Publisher) awards. She is the former host of In The Flesh Reading Series, and conducts readings and erotic writing workshops nationwide and is the co-founding editor of the popular blog Cupcakes Take the Cake.

Nina Lesowitz is the author of four books including the bestselling Living Life as a Thank You which inspired the recently released title, The Gratitude Power Workbook (Viva Editions, 2011) She is on the executive committee of Litquake, and also helps aspiring and established authors publish and promote their books worldwide.

Robert Enright is a Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  He has been a leader in the scientific study of forgiveness and its effects since 1985. Time magazine referred to him as “the forgiveness trailblazer.”  He is the author of over 100 publications, including five books: Exploring Forgiveness, Helping Clients Forgive, Forgiveness Is a Choice, The Forgiving Life (currently in production), and a children’s book, Rising above the Storm Clouds. .  His colleagues and he have been working in Belfast, Northern Ireland since 2002, assisting schools in setting up forgiveness education programs.

Dr. Fred Luskin serves as Director of the Stanford Forgiveness Project, an ongoing series of workshops and research projects that investigate the effectiveness of his forgiveness methods on a variety of populations. The forgiveness project has successfully explored forgiveness therapy with people who suffered from the violence in Northern Ireland, Sierra Leone as well as the attacks on the World Trade Center on 9/11. In addition his work has been successfully applied and researched in corporate, medical, legal and religious settings. He currently serves as a Senior Consultant in Health Promotion at Stanford University and is a Professor at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology. He presents lectures, workshops, seminars and trainings on the importance, health benefits and training of forgiveness, stress management and emotional competence throughout the United States. He offers presentations and classes that range from one hour to ongoing weekly trainings. He is the author of Forgive for Good and Forgive for Love.

Kerry Patterson is the four-time New York Times best-selling co-author of Crucial Conversations, Crucial Confrontations, Influencer, and Change Anything. For more than twenty-five years, he has served as an expert in organizational behavior, interpersonal communication and corporate training. Patterson is also the co-founder of VitalSmarts, an innovator in corporate training and organizational performance. VitalSmarts has consulted with more than 300 of the Fortune 500 companies and trained more than 650,000 people worldwide.

Christopher Ryan received a BA in English and American literature in 1984 and an MA and Ph.D. in psychology from Saybrook University, in San Francisco, CA twenty years later. He spent the intervening decades traveling around the world, living in unexpected places working at very odd jobs (e.g., gutting salmon in Alaska, teaching English to prostitutes in Bangkok and self-defense to land-reform activists in Mexico, managing commercial real-estate in New York’s Diamond District, helping Spanish physicians publish their research). Somewhere along the way, he decided to pursue doctoral studies in psychology. Drawing upon his multi-cultural experience, Christopher’s research focused on trying to distinguish the human from the cultural. His doctoral dissertation analyzes the prehistoric roots of human sexuality, and was guided by the world-renowned psychologist, Stanley Krippner.

Based in Barcelona since the mid-1990s, Christopher has lectured at the University of Barcelona Medical School and consulted at various local hospitals. He speaks about human sexuality to audiences around the world (in both English and Spanish). His work has appeared in major newspapers and magazines in many languages, scholarly journals, and a text book used in medical schools and teaching hospitals throughout Spain and Latin America.

Cacilda Jethá, M.D.

Cacilda Jethá has an Indian face, a European education, and an African soul. She was born in Mozambique to a family that had immigrated two generations earlier from Goa, India. As a child, she fled civil war to Portugal, where she received most of her education and medical training before returning to Mozambique in the late 1980s. A young physician determined to help heal her country, Cacilda spent seven years as the only physician serving some 50,000 people in a vast rural district in the north of the country. While there, Cacilda also conducted research (funded by the World Health Organization) on the sexual behavior of rural Mozambicans in order to help design more effective AIDS prevention efforts.

After almost a decade in Mozambique, Cacilda returned to Portugal, where she completed her medical residency training in both psychiatry and occupational medicine.

She and Christopher currently reside together in Barcelona, Spain, where she is a practicing psychiatrist at Hospital San Joan de Déu and in private practice. She speaks Portuguese, French, Spanish, Catalán, English, and some rusty Tsonga.

Tammy Nelson, PhD, LPC is a licensed psychotherapist and author with over 20 years experience working with individuals and couples. In her private practice she helps couples increase the passion in their relationship using empathic dialogue and other forms of intimate communication. She holds a PhD in Sexology from the American Academy of Clinical Sexologists, and a Masters of Science Degree in Art Therapy and Psychology, she is a Licensed Professional Counselor, a Certified Sexologist, a Diplomate of the American Board of Sexologists, a Registered Art Therapist, and a Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor as well as a Certified Imago therapist, an Advanced Clinician and Certified Imago workshop presenter.

Tammy is the founder and Director of the Center for Healing in Connecticut, a holistic psychotherapy center providing psychotherapy, massage, hypnosis, as well as groups, workshops and classes that support a balanced, holistic lifestyle. She has been a featured expert in Glamour Magazine, Cosmopolitan, Mens Health and a source in Time Magazine. She has written for Psychotherapy Networker as well as several other major websites.

Tammy is the author of several books including “Getting the Sex You Want” and “Whats Eating You?” She travels world wide to train therapists, doctors and health practitioners.  Her passion is to help couples increase their connection regardless of boredom or conflict. Tammy works with clients of all genders, sexual identities and ages to re-charge their relationships and create long term connection.

Kristin Neff, author of Self-Compassion got her Ph.D. at the University of California at Berkeley in 1997 in the field of moral development. She then spent two years of post-doctoral study in the field of self-concept development at Denver University. Her current position is in the Human Development and Culture Program, Dept. of Educational Psychology, at the University of Texas at Austin.  She started at UT in 1999 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2006.

During Kristin’s last year of graduate school in 1997 she became interested in Buddhism, and has been practicing meditation in the Insight Meditation tradition ever since. While doing her post-doctoral work she decided to conduct research on self-compassion – a central construct in Buddhist psychology and one that had not yet been examined empirically.  The scale she created to measure self-compassion was published in 2003 and is now being used by hundreds of researchers worldwide.  She is widely considered the world’s foremost expert on self-compassion.

Kristin lives in the countryside in Elgin, Texas with her husband Rupert Isaacson – an author and human rights activist – and with her young son Rowan. She and her family were recently featured in the documentary and book called The Horse Boy, which chronicles her family’s adventure to Mongolia to search for healing for their autistic son (www.horseboymovie.com).

Author and speaker Joan Price calls herself an “advocate for ageless sexuality.” At 61, Joan wrote Better Than I Ever Expected: Straight Talk About Sex After Sixty (Seal Press, 2006) to celebrate the delights of older-life sexuality—especially her spicy love affair with artist Robert Rice, who became her husband.  After Better Than I Ever Expected came out, hundreds of senior readers sent her questions and comments about the problems in their own sex lives. Joan’s follow up guide, Naked at Our Age: Talking Out Loud about Senior Sex (Seal Press, June 2011)  is a self-help guide for both men and women dealing with the challenges of older-age sexuality.

Formerly a high school English teacher, Joan is also a fitness professional and author of The Anytime, Anywhere Exercise Book: 300+ Quick and Easy Exercises You Can Do Whenever You Want. Joan teaches contemporary line dancing in Sebastopol and Santa Rosa, California.

Bad Girl Liz is an entrepreneur and a life and business coach for female strippers.  Trained as a yogini,  shaman and a Reiki healer she offers a special blend of spirituality and business savvy to help young women use the adult entertainment industry instead of being used by it.    

As an empowerment coach, she is dedicated to help those women avoid the traps of  the adult industry and achieve their dreams and fabulous education goals using stripping to get there. In response to the many stories she has seen through her own career she has set her  mission to shed a positive light on this industry and raise the bar of what the adult entertainment industry can offer its star talent.   

She is an expert  and has helped many women in developing and creating Marketing Ideas, Entrepreneurial Concepts, Investment Opportunities, Educational Pursuits, Building Resumes, Creating More Wealth, Finding Your Job Transfer Skills, Finding Your Purpose and helping ease fears, depression or anxiety.

Lou Paget is a Certified Sex Educator, an international best selling author and entrepreneur of five books, translated into 28 languages, represented in over 60 countries with over 3 million copies sold.  Paget is an in-demand international speaker, presenter and sought after multi-media expert with countless TV appearances, her work has also been the focus of shows like HBO’s ‘Real Sex’, C4’s ‘Sex Tips for Girls’ and WE’s ‘Making Love Happen with Lou Paget’.

By blending her vast general knowledge of all things sexual with her hard sciences background she delivers with her trademark calm fearless intelligence a clearer, more demystified body of information used equally by the general population and her peers in the fields of sexuality research.   Her brand is known for delivering information about sexuality and relationship sans the sleaze factor while retaining all of the accuracy, fun and the “You’re kidding!!” factor.  Techniques and Tips are her specialty, she delivers bite-sized chunks of information you can use right away, that work!

Sexual Health is a major focus of her professional mission, she was one of 13 members of the National Advisory Council convened by the 16th US Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher, she is on The Leadership Council of the First Endowed Chair for Human Sexuality at the University of Minnesota Medical school and is a continuing expert to numerous blogs and a Redbook Love Network expert.

Sexual issues have a soul and learning from them as you would a spiritual practice brings depth and meaning to every aspect of your relationship.   Sally shares insights and easy to adopt practices of breath and attention that will transform your intimate relationships into one of greater consciousness and joy.   Her unique perspective which brings the best of sex therapy and tantra together will inspire you to embody love in a whole new way.

Dr. Sally Valentine has a doctorate in clinical sexology, is a licensed clinical social worker, and tantrika. She is an AASECT certified sex therapist and supervisor, certified in  hypnotherapy and EMDR (eye movement desensitization & reprocessing) and a Sivananda Yoga Teacher. She has a private practice in Boca Raton, FL, and specializes in relationship/intimacy issues, sexuality concerns, phases of life transitions, trauma, and stress reduction. Sally Valentine facilitates a program in Personal Transformation Intensive which focuses on codependency, releasing addictions, sexual abuse, mind/body issues and improving relationships. Sally is a national presenter to professional associations and workshop facilitator, speaking on sex, relationships, and the mind-body-spirit connection. She teaches mental health professionals ways to incorporate Tantra practices and sacred sexuality as a healing modality in the psychotherapeutic setting. Additionally, she offers weekend Tantra/Sacred Sexuality workshops for Couples, locally, as well as across the country.
 

Dr. David Schnarch is a licensed clinical psychologist, internationally recognized expert on relationships and sexuality, and best-selling author of Passionate Marriage, Intimacy & Desire, Resurrecting Sex, and Constructing the Sexual Crucible. He is the founder of Crucible® Therapy, an integrated treatment for sex, intimacy, and relationship problems, an approach which is studied by clinicians around the world. Crucible® Therapy differs from conventional couple’s therapy by emphasizing personal growth (“differentiation”) rather than communication skills, empathic listening, or compromise and negotiation. Differentiation-based Crucible Therapy teaches couples to tolerate the anxiety of communicating difficult things, while soothing one’s own emotional state which results in the ability for each partner to grow individually and becoming more skilled at growing a relationship.

Dr. David Schnarch has been the subject of feature articles on NBC-TV Dateline, Town and Country Magazine, and CNBC-TV Real Personal. He has appeared on Today, and Good Morning America, and in USA Today, The Washington Post, Associated Press, Family Therapy Networker, Psychology Today, Self, Shape, and Mirabella. His work has been cited in Mademoiselle, Cosmopolitan, Ladies Home Journal, McCall’s, Glamour, Redbook, and other magazines. He’s been featured in television, radio, and print media around the globe.

Nicole Daedone is a speaker, author, and educator focusing on the intersection between orgasm, intimacy, and life. She is the founder ofOneTaste, a cutting-edge educational company bringing a new definition of orgasm for both women and men. She is the author of Slow Sex: The Art and Craft of the Female Orgasm (Grand Central/Hachette, May 2011) and has appeared on ABC’s Nightline. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, the New York Post, the San Francisco Chronicle, and 7×7 Magazine, among others, and her writing has appeared in Tricycle magazine.

The practice at the heart of her work is called OM or Orgasmic Meditation. OM uniquely combines the tradition of extended orgasm with the practice of Zen Buddhism, mystical Judaism and semantics. Helping to foster a new conversation about orgasm —one that’s real, relevant, and intelligent—she has inspired thousands of students to discover the pleasure available to them by making OM a part of their daily lives.

Tami Lynn Kent is a woman’s health physical therapist, founder of Holistic Pelvic Care for women, and author of Wild Feminine: Finding Power, Spirit & Joy in the Female Body. She is passionate about cultivating the creative energy that is meant to run through all aspects of a woman’s life–and draws upon hers daily in mothering three gorgeous sons and making her way in the world. Her goal is to teach every woman how to read the physical and energetic patterns of the pelvic bowl and restore access to the full range of creative resources–this beauty and wildness within. Find out more at www.wildfeminine.com.

Wendy Strgar, founder and CEO of Good Clean Love, is a loveologist who writes and lectures on Making Love Sustainable, a green philosophy of relationships which teaches the importance of valuing the renewable resources of love, intimacy and family.  In her new book, Love that Works: A guide to Enduring Intimacy,  she tackles the challenging issues of sustaining relationships and healthy intimacy with an authentic and disarming style and simple yet innovative advice. It has been called “the essential guide for relationships”.  The book available as an ebook.  Wendy has been married for 27 years t0 her husband, a psychiatrist, and lives with their four children ages 13-22 in the beautiful Pacific Northwest.

Sandra Ingerman, is the author of numerous books and has taught thousands of workshops internationally on shamanic practices and healing.  She has trained thousands and  founded an international alliance of Medicine for the Earth Teachers and shamanic teachers.  Sandra is recognized for bridging ancient cross-cultural healing methods into our modern culture which  address the needs of our times.

Sandra is devoted to teaching people how we can work together as a global community to bring about positive change for the planet which is the topic of her most recent books: How to Thrive in Changing Times and Awakening to the Spirit World: The Shamanic Path of Direct Revelation.  She has also authored six other books including Soul Retrieval, Medicine for the Earth, Shamanic Journeying: A Beginner’s Guide, and How to Heal Toxic Thoughts.

She has also produced several audio CDs  ”Shamanic Meditations: Guided Journeys for Insight, Vision, and Healing” and “Soul Journeys: Music for Shamanic Practice” which have helped many learn the art of shamanic journey work.  Her work has been translated into ten languages and she produces an international monthly newsletter called Transmutation news.

Sandra is a licensed Marriage and Family therapist and Professional Mental Health Counselor. She is also a board certified expert on traumatic stress as well as certified in acute traumatic stress management.

Carol Queen is an American author, editor, sexologist who has been influential in promoting the sex positive and feminist movement. Queen is the author of Real Live Nude Girl: Chronicles of Sex-Positive Culture as well as Exhibitionism for the Shy: Show Off, Dress Up and Talk Hot.  She has also edited several volumes of erotica.  She is a regular contributor to the Spectator and on several blogs including at Good Vibrations where she has been the resident sexpert for years. Queen has produced adult movies, events, workshops and lectures. She has been featured as an instructor and star in several pornographic productions.

Queen, together with her partner Robert Morgan Lawrence are the co-founders of the 501(c)3 education San Francisco based non-profit Center for Sex and Culture. The mission of the CSC is to “provide non-judgmental, sex-positive sexuality education and support to diverse populations by means of classes, workshops, social gatherings, and hands-on, practical skills-building events”.

Sally Kempton is an internationally known teacher of meditation and spiritual wisdom, who has practiced and taught for more than 40 years in a Hindu tradition. Once a groundbreaking journalist writing for the Village Voice, Esquire, New York Magazine and the New York Times, Sally was also an early voice in the second wave feminist movement. In 1974, she left her career to study with her guru, travelling to India and around the world. She now teaches independently, writes a popular column, Wisdom, for Yoga Journal, and is the author of the recent Meditation for the Love of It, which the magazine Spirituality and Health called “the meditation book your heart wants you to read.”

Paul K. Chappell graduated from West Point in 2002.  He served in the army for seven years, was deployed to Baghdad in 2006, and left active duty in November 2009 as a Captain. He is the author of Will War Ever End?: A Soldier’s Vision of Peace for the 21st Century and The End of War: How Waging Peace Can Save Humanity, Our Planet, and Our Future. He lives in Santa Barbara, California, where he is serving as the Peace Leadership Director for the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation (www.wagingpeace.org). He is working on his third book, Peaceful Revolution: How We Can Create the Future Necessary for Humanity’s Survival, and he speaks about the necessity of ending war and doing the work of waging peace throughout the country to colleges, high schools, veterans groups, churches, and activist organizations.

Before joining the Berkana Institute, Deborah was a partner and founding member of ZEFER, an Internet services firm that integrated business strategy, experience design, technology and program management. Earlier in her career, she was an editor for Snow Country magazine, and she continues to count skiing and winter sports among her greatest passions. She has worked in partnership with the Mastery Foundation, leading peace and reconciliation programs in Northern Ireland and Israel. She serves as a consultant and advisor to numerous grassroots organizations both locally and abroad. Deborah has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a bachelor’s degree from Amherst College.

In her work, Lyubomirsky has focused on developing a science of human happiness. To this end, her research addresses three critical questions: 1) What makes people happy?; 2) Is happiness a good thing?; and 3) How can we make people happier still?  Lyubomirsky’s current focus is on exploring different psychological processes that play a role in sustaining or increasing happiness – for example, counting one’s blessings, practicing altruism, and avoiding obsessively dwelling about oneself and making excessive social comparisons.  She is currently testing the potential of such happiness-sustaining activities to durably increase a person’s happiness level higher than his or her “set point” and to thwart adaptation to positive experiences.

Tara Parker-Pope, who writes the “Well” blog for the New York Times, is one of the newspaper’s most popular and most-emailed journalists.  She wrote for The Wall Street Journal before moving to the Times.  Her work is featured regularly on television and radio.  She has appeared on Today, Good Morning America, CNN, Charlie Rose, and numerous National Public Radio shows.   She became interested in marriage research and hoped that For Better would “arm readers with the information they need to save a struggling relationship or strengthen a good one”    There is actually a science behind a good and lasting relationship and For Better offers the optimism and advice to care for our most significant relationships. Parker-Pope lives in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

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