Posts by Ellissa Nagle

Dr Elise Bialylew interviews Gil Frondsal  *click play to listen to the interview ABOUT: Gil Fronsdal is a internationally renowned American Buddhist teacher, writer and scholar based in Redwood City, California. He has been practicing Buddhism of the Sōtō Zen and Vipassanā schools since 1975, and is currently teaching the practice of Buddhism in…

Dr Elise Bialylew interviews Cortland Dahl  *click play to listen to the interview ABOUT: Cortland has practiced meditation for twenty-five years and has studied Buddhism around the world. He has spent time on retreat in monasteries and retreat centers throughout Japan, Burma, India, and Nepal and for eight years lived in Tibetan refugee settlements…

Dr Elise Bialylew interviews Shauna Shapiro  *click play to listen to the interview ABOUT: Shauna Shapiro, PHD, is a best-selling author, professor, clinical psychologist and internationally recognized expert in mindfulness and self-compassion. She has spent two decades studying the benefits of mindfulness and compassion, publishing over 150 papers and three critically acclaimed books. Her…

Dr Elise Bialylew interviews VIdyamala Burch  *click play to listen to the interview ABOUT: Vidyamala sustained spinal injuries as a young woman which required multiple surgeries and left her with partial paraplegia and severe chronic pain. She began to explore mindfulness and meditation in her twenties to manage her pain and found them profoundly…

Dr Elise Bialylew interviews David Treleaven  *click play to listen to the interview David Treleaven, Ph.D, is a writer, educator, and trauma professional whose work focuses on the intersection of mindfulness, trauma, and social justice. He is author of the book Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness: Practices for Safe and Transformative Healing. He received his master’s in…

Dr Elise Bialylew interviews Daniel Goleman  *click play to listen to the interview ABOUT: Dan Goleman is an internationally known psychologist and science journalist. He is co-founder of the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning at the University of Illinois in Chicago member of the Mind & Life Institute. He currently co-directs the…

Dr Elise Bialylew interviews Patricia Jennings  *click play to listen to the interview ABOUT: Patricia Jennings, Ph.D., is an internationally recognised leader in the fields of social and emotional learning and mindfulness in education. A teacher and teacher trainer by background she is now a member of the National Academy of Sciences Committee on…

Dr Elise Bialylew interviews Elizabeth Lesser  *click play to listen to the interview ABOUT: Elizabeth Lesser is the author of several bestselling books, including Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow and Marrow: Love, Loss & What Matters Most. She is the cofounder of Omega Institute, recognised internationally for its workshops and…

Dr Elise Bialylew interviews Jeremy Hunter  *click play to listen to the interview ABOUT: Dr. Jeremy Hunter is the founding director and associate professor of practice at the Executive Mind Leadership Institute at the Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management at Claremont Graduate University. For over a decade, he has…

Dr Elise Bialylew interviews Tara Brach  *click play to listen to the interview ABOUT: Tara Brach is as an internationally recognised meditation teacher and clinical psychologist, and founder of the Insight Meditation Community of Washington, DC. She has practiced and taught meditation for over 35 years and successfully published three bestselling meditation and spiritual…