Dr. Bauer has been practicing psychology in the New Orleans Metropolitan Area since 2000. Dr. Bauer specializes in Child and Adolescent Mental Health and has administered Evidence Based Protocols for Depression, Anxiety, Trauma and Disruptive Behavior Disorders. She likewise has experience with Functional Family Therapy, Multi-Systemic Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy.

William Thiele, PhD is founding director of the School for Contemplative Living, and author of Monks in the World: Seeking God in a Frantic Culture. He also pastors Parker United Methodist Church in New Orleans, has spent 25 years as a psychotherapist, and twelve years as a spiritual director.

Lindsey Greeson, MS, CHES oversees Tulane University’s Center for Wellness and Health Promotion with a passion for promoting student well-being and resiliency. Lindsey is enthusiastic about collaborating with her campus partners to support and sustain a mindful Tulane.

Mark Morris continues to live and evolve his personal understanding of Living Yes as a psychotherapist. Mark is certified in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) by the Academy of Cognitive Therapy. Mark has led CBT groups, Living Yes groups, and meditation groups. Before that he was a professor for fourteen years, and for the eleven years before that, he was a filmmaker.

Dr. James S. Gordon is the Director and Founder of the Center for Mind-Body Medicine in Washington DC, and former advisor to Presidents Clinton and G.W. Bush. Dr. Gordon is a world-renowned expert in using mind-body medicine to heal depression, anxiety, and psychological trauma. His comprehensive mind-body programs and work with traumatized populations throughout the world.

Eddie Starr is a second year student at the LSU School of Dentistry. Recently, He is passionate about the environment and the mind-body connection and has recently helped form two new student organizations at the LSU Health Sciences Center: Students for Sustainability, and Mindfulness in Medicine.

Kristopher Kaliebe MD is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center. He is Board Certified in Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry. Since 2013 he has served as President of the Louisiana Council for Child Psychiatry. He has been a Louisiana Top Doctor for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry since 2007.

Whitney Stewart published the first of her award-winning biographies after interviewing the Dalai Lama in India. She trekked with Sir Edmund Hillary in Nepal, interviewed Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi in Burma, and traveled to China to write about Deng Xiaoping and Mao Zedong. She is the author of three middle-grade novels and multiple nonfiction books.