Archives: Authors
Brandon Rennels
Brandon graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in business and psychology, and spent his first two years after graduation working as a management consultant in Dubai. He worked on strategy & operations projects across the Middle East, Europe and Africa, developing a skill-set for how to effectively implement new concepts across diverse cultures. Brandon then relocated to the US to continue working as a Senior Consultant out of Chicago, IL. While he enjoyed the problem-solving nature of the work, he felt he should be serving a different client; it was people, not corporations, that he wanted to see grow. Recently, Brandon has been applying his business background to the mindfulness field by supporting two education initiatives commissioned by Thich Nhat Hanh. He lives in Escondido, California. You can read more of his writings at www.brandonrennels.com.
Scott Mitchell
Scott Mitchell is the Rev. Yoshitaka Tamai Professor of Jodo Shinshu Buddhist Studies at the Institute of Buddhist Studies in Berkeley and the author of <em>Buddhism in America: Global Religion, Local Context</em>.
Jenna Hollenstein
Jenna Hollenstein, MS, RDN, CDN, is nutrition therapist, meditation teacher, and mom to her son Domenico. She is the author of three books including <em>Eat to Love: A Mindful Guide to Transforming Your Relationship with Food, Body, and Life</em>. Jenna has been featured in Forbes, Wall Street Journal, U.S. News & World Report, Health, Lion’s Roar, Mindful, Vogue, Elle, Glamour, Women’s World, and Fox News. For more information, visit <a href="http://jennahollenstein.com/" rel="noopener">jennahollenstein.com</a>.
Emily Strasser
Emily Strasser has spent time living and studying Buddhism in Dharamsala, India. A writer and traveler, she is rooted for the moment in New York City, where she writes and edits The Pushcart Journal and serves on the editorial board for the PEN America Journal.
Sarah Maynard
Sarah Maynard is a clinical psychologist living in Kent, UK. She has been practicing within the Triratna Buddhist community for the past year and a half.
Angela Gunn
Angela Gunn is a freelance writer and television/film producer in Atlanta. Just yesterday, she completed a year-long Buddhist blogging experiment in which she listened to a Zencast podcast (IMC) daily, related the teaching to her life, and then wrote about it every day. This experience has been the inspiration for her first novel, which she plans to complete this year, as well as for an ebook that will be published later this year. Angela has always been a Buddhist, but only realized it a few years ago. She has been practicing seriously, with an online and physical sangha, for the last two years.
Bodhipaksa
Bodhipaksa is a Buddhist teacher and writer. He is the founder of <a href="https://www.wildmind.org/" rel="noopener">Wildmind.org</a> and runs <a href="http://www.fakebuddhaquotes.com/" rel="noopener">FakeBuddhaQuotes.com</a>. His forthcoming book <em>I Can’t Believe It’s Not Buddha!</em> will be published by Parallax Press in the fall of 2018.
Sarah Jackson
Sarah Jackson is an award winning writer, producer, and creative director in television marketing and production. She began her career at Comedy Central as an assistant to the and grew into one of the key members of the network’s branding team as a writer, producer, and director. Sarah left Comedy Central in 2010, but is still happy to work with them on a freelance basis as a writer, producer, and brand consultant to the network’s international partners. Her client list has expanded to include IFC, BBC America, Food Network, Nickelodeon, and MTV Latin America. Outside of television, Sarah produces original content for her site, sarahcentric.com. Through essays, photography, and video, Sarah presents her take on family, cultural identity, travel, and personal growth. Sarah lives in Brooklyn, NY but secretly thinks of Sydney, Australia as her ancestral homeland.
Rebecca Jamieson
Rebecca Jamieson grew up in the Driftless region of Southwest Wisconsin and moved to Portland, Oregon in her mid-twenties. She was drawn to Buddhism through the writing of Natalie Goldberg and the influence of a creative writing teacher who incorporated meditation into her classes. Rebecca's poetry and lyric essays have appeared in Stirring, &review, r(evolve), Cup of Poems, and the Wisconsin Poets' Calendar.
Karuna Cayton
Karuna Cayton, psychotherapist and author of The Misleading Mind, spent twelve years working with Tibetan refugees in Nepal and studying with Buddhist masters. His Karuna Group practice applies Buddhist psychology to individual and organizational clients. He lives in Northern California. Visit him online at www.thekarunagroup.com.