Michaela Haas, PhD, is the owner of HAAS live!, an international coaching company for media, mindfulness and communication training. She is the author of Bouncing Forward and Dakini Power, as well as a contributor to and editor of several other books. Her articles have appeared in the Washington Post, the Huffington Post, CBS, Psychology Today, Psych Central, and numerous online media.

As a successful writer, reporter and interviewer for Germany's leading newspapers, magazines and TV stations, she has more than 20 years of media experience and has been studying and practicing Buddhist meditation for almost twenty years. With a PhD in Asian studies, she combines powerful storytelling with scientific research, grounded in spiritual insight.  Visit http://www.michaelahaas.com & www.dakinipower.com.

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