About the Author

Linda Graham, MFT, is a licensed psychotherapist and mindful self-compassion teacher in the San Francisco Bay Area. She teaches “Resilience: Facing the Mess We’re in with Compassion, Clarity, and Courage”; “Shift Happens: The Neuroscience of Resilience and Well-Being”; and “Bouncing Back: Coping with Difficulty, Disappointment, Even Disaster” in international trainings, consultations, workshops, and conferences. Her first book, Bouncing Back: Rewiring Your Brain for Maximum Resilience and Well-Being, won the 2013 Books for a Better Life award and the 2014 Better Books for a Better World award. She posts a monthly e-newsletter, Healing and Awakening into Aliveness and Wholeness, and weekly Resources for Recovering Resilience, archived at www.lindagraham-mft.net.