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Laurie Nadel, PhD, is an expert on mental health and climate change. She has been interviewed in the New York Times, National Public Radio, Reuters, and NBCNews.com. A specialist in acute stress, she is a member of a critical incident stress management team working with first responders.
During her 20-year career in journalism, she recognized a need to help people whose lives were shattered by violence. After earning two doctorates through independent study and completing training in mind-body medicine, she pioneered emotional first aid tools to help lower acute stress after catastrophic events. After losing her home during Hurricane Sandy, Dr. Laurie ran long-term support groups for survivors. From 2003 to 2005, she directed a program for teenagers whose fathers were killed in the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks and wrote the script for After the Fall: The Rise of a 9/11 Community Center, narrated by Dan Rather.
Her four-time bestseller, Sixth Sense: Unlocking Your Ultimate Mind Power, was featured twice on Oprah. A journalist for twenty years, Laurie reported for Newsweek and United Press International in South America, wrote TV news for CBS, ABC News, and Reuters Television, and was a religion columnist for the New York Times Long Island section.
The Five Gifts: Discovering Hope, Healing, and Strength When Disaster Strikes, is her seventh book. Please visit her at: www.laurienadel.com and www.mindbodynetwork.com.