Joan Borysenko, PhD
Joan Borysenko, PhD is a distinguished pioneer in integrative medicine and world-renowned expert in the mind/body connection whose work has been foundational in an international healthcare revolution recognizing the role of meaning and spiritual dimensions of life as integral to health and healing. After graduating magna cum laude from Bryn Mawr College and earning her […]
Rabbi Tirzah Firestone
Rabbi Tirzah Firestone is a pioneering author, Jungian psychotherapist, and leader in the international Jewish Renewal Movement who brings together Kabbalah, depth psychology, and the re-integration of feminine wisdom traditions within Judaism. Raised in an Orthodox home in St. Louis and sister to radical feminist Shulamith Firestone, Rabbi Tirzah embarked on a spiritual odyssey that […]
Nipun Mehta
Nipun Mehta is the founder of CharityFocus (now ServiceSpace), a fully volunteer-run organization that has delivered millions of dollars of web-related services to the nonprofit world for free while building a global community of 285,000 members dedicated to compassionate action and gift economy principles. Originally pursuing a Computer Science and Philosophy degree at UC Berkeley […]
Marianne Williamson
Marianne Williamson is a bestselling author, political activist, and spiritual thought leader who has been a leader in spiritual and religiously progressive circles for over three decades, authoring 14 books including four #1 New York Times bestsellers that have influenced a contemporary generation of seekers. Her mega-bestseller “A Return to Love” contains the widely quoted […]
Joanna Macy (1929-2025)
Joanna Macy was a scholar of Buddhism, general systems theory, and deep ecology who interwove her scholarship with five decades of activism as a respected voice in movements for peace, justice, and ecology. As the root teacher of the Work That Reconnects, she created groundbreaking theoretical frameworks for personal and social change along with powerful […]
Karen Armstrong
Karen Armstrong is a renowned religious scholar and interfaith advocate whose extensive writings on world religions have been translated into forty-five languages, establishing her as one of the most influential voices in contemporary religious studies and interfaith dialogue. Author of numerous acclaimed books including “A History of God,” “The Battle for God,” “Holy War,” “Islam,” […]
Bill Plotkin
Bill Plotkin, Ph.D., is a depth psychologist, wilderness guide, and agent of cultural evolution who founded western Colorado’s Animas Valley Institute in 1981 (originally 1980) and has since guided thousands of seekers through nature-based initiatory passages, including a contemporary Western adaptation of the pan-cultural vision fast, having previously been a research psychologist studying non-ordinary states […]