About the Author

Dr. Richard Louis Miller is an American clinical psychologist, owner of Wilbur Hot Springs Sanctuary for the Self, and radio broadcaster who hosts Mind, Body, Health & Politics, which airs on National Public Radio affiliate KZYX FM in Mendocino County, California.

Dr. Miller was the founder and chief clinician of the nationally acclaimed and highly successful Cokenders Alcohol and Drug Program. This pioneering program viewed chemical dependence as an opportunity to enter the world of health through group, individual, and family therapy, along with mindful awareness training, yoga, aerobic exercise, nutrition education, art therapy, breath training, and right livelihood.

During his long career Dr. Miller was on the faculties of the University of Michigan and Stanford University; served as division president of Parkside Medical Services Corporation, the country’s largest provider of chemical dependence treatment; was consultant to the Haight Ashbury Free Medical Clinic and the New Hampshire Division of Alcoholism; and gave testimony before the California Assembly and the President’s Commission on Mental Health. He is presently in private practice in Fort Bragg and Wilbur Springs, California, where he lives with his wife, Jolee; two Rhodesian ridgebacks, Abigail and Franklin; one Borzoi, Sasha; one Angus steer, Brownie CowSanova; five goats; three chickens; two ducks; and seven cats.