Pioneering Self-Compassion Researcher; Author, Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself

Clinical Psychologist; Co-Creator, Mindful Self-Compassion Program (MSC); Author, The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion

NYT Best-Selling Author, My Grandmother’s Hands; Founder, Justice Leadership Solutions; Leading Voice on Racialized Trauma

Psychologist; Meditation Teacher; Best-Selling Author, Radical Acceptance and Radical Compassion

Founder, Compassion Institute; Principal Author, Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT) Program, Stanford University

Clinical Psychiatrist; Trauma Expert; Author, The Body Keeps the Score

Co-Founder, Trauma Research Foundation; Somatic Educator; Artist

Program Director, Self-Compassion in Psychotherapy; Clinical Psychologist; Artist; Community Advocate

Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, UCLA, Director, Mindsight Institute, Author, The Mindful Therapist and The Power of Showing Up

Psychologist; Military Veteran; Author, Healing the Soul Wound: Trauma-Informed Counseling for Indigenous Communities

Distinguished Researcher; Co-Author, Altered Traits and The Emotional Life of Your Brain; Founder, Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin

Clinician; Author, The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy and Anchored: How to Befriend Your Nervous System Using Polyvagal Theory

Chaplain; Pastoral Counselor; Co-Founder, Center of the Heart; Founder, Audre; Co-Editor, Black and Buddhist

Clinical Psychologist; Mindful-Self Compassion Teacher; Co-Author, Therapeutic Presence: A Mindful Approach for Effective Therapy

Psychologist; Educational Consultant and Speaker; Faculty, Harvard Medical School. Author, How We Grow Through What We Go Through. 

Founder, Internal Family Systems (IFS); Author, Internal Family Systems Therapy

Therapist; Author; Retired Military Officer; Founder, Black Therapists Rock

Non-Binary, Queer, First-Generation Afro-Caribbean; Licensed Clinical Psychologist; Buddhist Chaplain; Death Doula; Writer; Public Speaker

Clinical Psychologist; Director, The Center for Compassion Focused Therapy; Author, How to Be Nice to Yourself

Expert Psychotherapist and Trainer; Founder, The Center for Compassion Focused Therapy; Author, The Compassionate Mind Approach to Overcoming Anxiety

Trauma Educator; Mindfulness Teacher; Author, Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness; Founder, Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness Community

Faculty, Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy, Author, Wisdom and Compassion in Psychotherapy

Professor of Law, University of San Francisco; Author, The Inner Work of Racial Justice

Assistant Professor, Naropa University; Researcher of Contemplative Pedagogy;
Psychologist; Author; Consultant

Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus of Psychology, York University; Author; Founder, Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT)

Professor; Meditation Teacher; Author, Natural Wakefulness and Natural Bravery

President, Compassionate Mind Institute; Author, The Compassionate Mind; Founder, Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT)

Clinical Psychologist; Lecturer in Child Psychology; Director, FLOW Psychology

International voice artist; Mentor of soul singing ceremonies; Creator of alternative spaces for prayer.

Professor and Dean for Diversity and Faculty Development, John Hopkins University; Researcher

Buddhist Teacher; Activist; Author; Founder, Upaya Zen Center

Director of Family Programs, UCSD Center for Mindfulness; Author, Making Friends with Yourself and Self-Compassion for Teens

Creator, Compassion for Couples Program; Founder, Wise Compassion; Teacher, Compassion Cultivation Training

Founder, Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy; Speaker; Educator; Author, Hold Me Tight

Psychiatrist; Author; Filmmaker; Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association (APA)

Psychologist; Senior Fellow, UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center; NYT Best-Selling Author

Director, CHA Center for Mindfulness and Compassion; Professor, Harvard Medical School

Mindfulness Teacher; Open Dialogue Trainer; Researcher; Professor; Author, Dialogical Psychiatry