Over 35 of the world’s leading medical and mental health experts, in the fields of psychiatry, family counseling, sports psychology, psychology, quantum physics and neuroscience as well as best-selling authors, weigh in on the topic of mindfulness in this ground-breaking documentary. They are a distinguished and diverse group, hailing from places far and wide….like Sri Lanka to London; Malaysia to Harvard Square; and Appleton, WI to the halls of Congress in Washington, D.C. Most of these experts Brummen have been exclusively interviewed for the film (in alphabetical order).

• Ronald A. Alexander, Ph.D.; psychotherapist, leadership coach for Fortune 500 companies, author of Wise Mind, Open Mind
• Donald Altman, M.A., LPC; psychotherapist, former Buddhist monk, Emmy award-winning writer, author of The Mindfulness Code
• Elena Antonova, Ph.D.; neuroscientist, recently received Templeton Positive Neuroscience Award for investigating the effect of mindful attention on sensory information processing using fMRI.
• Thorsten Barnhofer, Ph.D.; worked in Prof Mark Williams’ group at the Oxford Department of Psychiatry for eight years, researching the effects of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) in suicidal and chronic depression.
• Jo Anne Bishop, Ph.D., MPA; internationally renowned psychotherapist, books include Success Is A State of Mind with Deepak Chopra and Mark Victor Hansen and Roadmap to Success with Stephen Covey and Ken Blanchard
• Richard Burnett; co-founder of the Mindfulness in Schools Project, starting the first UK school to include mindfulness in its curriculum for all 13-14 year olds.
• Guy Claxton, D.Phil.; Cambridge and Oxford-trained psychologist, author of the bestseller Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind
• Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Ph.D.; Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Management at Claremont Graduate University, founding Co-Director of the Quality of Life Research Center, author of Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
• Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D.; clinical psychologist, author of The Now Effect: How This Moment Can Change the Rest of Your Life
• Rick Hanson, Ph.D.; neuropsychologist, author of Buddha’s Brain (published in 22 languages). Dr. Hanson’s work has been featured on the BBC, NPR, Consumer Reports Health, and U.S. News and World Report.
• Gay Hendricks, Ph.D.; doctorate in counseling psychology from Stanford; over 500 radio and television show appearances (including OPRAH), author of 33 books including Conscious Living and The Big Leap
• Kathlyn Hendricks, Ph.D., BC-DMT; co-authored the bestselling Conscious Loving, used as a textbook in graduate programs throughout the country
• Ellen Langer, Ph.D.; Harvard Professor of Psychology, Guggenheim Fellowship, three Distinguished Scientist Awards, World Congress Award
• Joseph LeDoux, Ph.D.; professor and a member of the Center for Neural Science and Department of Psychology at NYU, researching brain mechanisms of emotion and memory.
• David Levy, Ph.D.; holder of the Harissios Papamarkou Chair in Technology and Education at the Library of Congress; author of No Time to Think (in progress)
• Dan Millman; author of Way of the Peaceful Warrior (adapted to film in 2006), and numerous other books read by millions of people in 29 languages
• Richard Moss, M.D.; author of The Mandala of Being and Inside-Out Healing: Transforming Your Life Through the Power of Presence
• Michael Neill; internationally renowned success coach and author of You Can Have What You Want, Feel Happy Now
• Kristin Neff, PhD.; Associate Professor, Psychology Department at University of Texas, co-created the program, Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) with Chris Germer at Harvard University.
• Andrei Novac, M.D.; board-certified psychiatrist, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UCI, School of Medicine, named among the “Top Psychiatrists in America” by the Consumer Research Counsel of America in Washington, DC.
• Judith Orloff, M.D.; board-certified psychiatrist, assistant professor of psychiatry at UCLA. Voted “Most Inspirational Person” for the Readers Choice 2012 awards on About.com
• Joseph Parent, Ph.D.; author of Zen Golf, named “Top Ten Mental Game Experts” in the world by Golf Digest
• Danny Penman, Ph.D.; bestselling author of Mindfulness: An Eight Week Plan for Finding Peace in a Frantic World with Mark Williams of Oxford University.
  ‘I love the idea behind the Mindfulness Movie,’ says Danny Penman, ‘Follow the ideas in the film and begin to live a less frantic and more enjoyable life.’
• Norman Rosenthal, M.D.; clinical professor of psychiatry at Georgetown Medical School, author of the New York Times bestselling book, Transcendence
• Congressman Tim Ryan; Ohio’s 17th Congressional District, author of The Mindful Nation. During his tenure in the House, he has helped to get mindfulness programs established in several schools.
• Jeffrey M. Schwartz, M.D.; research psychiatrist at UCLA School of Medicine, author of The Mind and the Brain: Neuroplasticity and the Power of Mental Force
• Daniel J. Siegel, M.D.; medical degree from Harvard University, clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine
• Andrea Spolti; award winning performer, composer, and recording artist. Served as the official pianist for the Centro Italiano Musica Antica of Rome
• Eckhart Tolle [Licensed from ABC News]; The New York Times has called Tolle “the most popular spiritual author in the nation”. He is the author of the bestsellers “The Power of Now” and “A New Earth”.
• Mark Williams, Ph.D.; Oxford University clinical psychologist, Director of the Oxford Mindfulness Centre, author of The Mindful Way through Depression
• Fred Alan Wolf, Ph.D. (aka Dr. Quantum); recipient of the prestigious National Book Award  for “Taking the Quantum Leap,” resident physicist on Discovery’s The Know Zone
• Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D.; professor of medicine emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, and found the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society, bringing mindfulness into the mainstream.