W. Daniel Hale is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Community Health Initiative at Stetson University. He earned his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the University of Massachusetts/Amherst, where he also completed his clinical internship. He served as a clinical psychologist at Orlando Regional Medical Center before joining the faculty at Stetson University in 1979. He has been a consultant to hospitals, medical centers, and colleges, and he maintained a psychotherapy practice for more than twenty-five years.
Lauren Mackler, an innovator in activating human potential, is a renowned coach, keynote speaker, and popular radio and TV talk-show guest. Over the past 25 years, she has been a psychotherapist, workshop facilitator, corporate consultant, and a leading authority in the areas of personal transformation, relationships, and professional performance. She is the author of Solemate: Master the Art of Aloneness & Transform Your Life and a fellow author of Speaking of Success with Jack Canfield, Stephen Covey, and Ken Blanchard. She's the host of Life Keys radio show on Hayhouse Radio that airs on Thursdays at 1-2:00 pm EST.
Dr. Karen Sherman, a New York licensed psychologist, has been in practicing for over 20 years. Her focus is relationships/marriage and helping people achieve their greatest potential. Dr. Sherman has authored Mindfulness and The Art of Choice: Transform Your Life which enables people to let go of conditioned responses, empowering them to make their own choices. She has co-authored Marriage Magic! Find It, Keep It, and Make It Last, and contributed to 101 Great Ways to Improve Your Life, Vol. 2, writing about overcoming stress. She's a featured writer on Yahoo Personals, a relationship blogger for ThirdAge.com, and writes the "Disputes" column for Hitchedmag.com. She currently serves on the Undergraduate Psychology Department at CW Post University.
Rudy Simone is a writer and Asperger's Syndrome educator who lives in Western New York. Her website, www.help4aspergers.com,
supplies information and support to individuals and AS support groups
throughout the world. Rudy has begun to establish herself through her
workshops, website, seminars and writings as a force for change in the
world of Asperger's Awareness. She is the author of 22 Things a Woman Must Know if She Loves a Man with Asperger Syndrome (Jessica Kingsley Publishers) and "My Life with Puddleglum" (an essay published in the book Voices of Autism; and Working
with Aspergers: an essential guide for employers, HR professionals,
counselors, job coaches and people with Asperger syndrome). Prior
to making Asperger education and awareness her personal calling, Rudy
was a Senior editor at Moka (Mobile Knowledge Assistant). She was also
the staff writer for TAPS Paramagazine, owned by the creators of Sci-fi
Channel's successful Ghost Hunters series.
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