Contributors

Amara Rose guides individuals and organizations to create sustainable change. Adept at bridging mainstream and metaphysical, she worked in corporate communications for ten years before launching a successful content marketing business in San Francisco, and later her coaching practice. She writes regularly about wellness, green living, vital aging, and personal growth.

Abel James is a #1 best-selling author, top 10 App Developer, musician, radio show host, entrepreneur, and veritable health crusader. Abel’s work has been featured in WIRED Magazine, Paleo Living, and hundreds of media outlets in business, technology, psychology, and health.

I'm a big DIY kinda guy. I love traveling, building things, growing stuff, and aspire to one day start my own brewery. I graduated from UC Irvine with a B.A. in Social Ecology and am currently training for my first triathalon. I love to live life as it is meant to be lived... of course, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Best believe I have fun - the world is my playground.

Alexandra Jamieson CHHC, CAPP, is a best-selling author, functional nutrition and cleanse coach, professionally trained healthy gourmet chef, and “cravings whisperer.” She has been seen on Oprah, Dr. Oz, Martha Stewart Living, CNN, Fox News, USA Today and People Magazine. Alex delivers inspirational keynote speeches and workshops around the globe, and was declared Elle Magazines Coach for January 2015. Alex was the co-star and co-creator of the Oscar-nominated documentary Super Size Me. Her new book Women, Food & Desire (Gallery Books, 2015) guides the reader to embrace their cravings as their allies, make peace with food, and heal and reclaim their body.

Alison Brehme is the founder and CEO of Virtual Corporate Wellness. Her company is dedicated to helping businesses invest in their team so they can maximize productivity, boost profits, and become known as one of the best places to work! Corporate Wellness isn't just a gym membership, a fruit bowl, or healthy snacks. It's a business necessity that increases employee engagement, lowers healthcare costs, and create a stress-free culture where wellness is the center. With over 12 years in corporate marketing, Alison understands both the executive side and employee aspect of corporate wellness making her perspective unique. In addition to managing her own company, she’s the Program Director of Well.org’s Corporate Wellness Academy, a certification program for those interested in workplace wellness. She’s also a certified nutrition coach, certified corporate wellness consultant and has an advertising degree from the University of Texas.

Anna Marie Cruz is a Los Angeles-based Holistic Health Coach who teaches clients to leave behind calorie-counting for the freedom of health and wellness through self-love. She's a reformed workaholic, sugar-addict and self-sabotager who now spends her days working on social impact projects, concocting healthy recipes and getting her om on. Anna Marie also enjoys Baedeker-less travel in which locals and weather become the ultimate guide.

Dr. Ara is a practicing ER physician, Chief Wellness Officer for Emergency Physicians of Florida and an Assistant Professor at the University of Central Florida Medical School. He is also the personal physician for the PGA Tour of America, treating an A list roster that includes US Open Champion Justin Rose, Ian Poulter, Steve Stricker, Hunter Mahan and Hall of Fame member Vijay Singh.

Bill Harris began teaching personal growth trainings in 1979 (as an assistant with the Dale Carnegie training organization) and since then has been involved in personal development for over thirty-five years as a seeker, teacher, public speaker, author, musician, composer, therapist, workshop leader, and business owner.

Brandon Bennett is the owner of Grapefruit Wellness, a health coaching and mentoring company. As a Certified Nutritional Psychology Coach, he works with clients on the mind-body connection; with an emphasis on the role nutrition plays in creating balance between the two. Brandon is also a one-on-one Yoga Instructor. Prior to coaching, he worked in professional sports for close to 10 years as a Premium Sales Consultant, with his most recent team being the Dallas Cowboys.

Charlotte received her bachelor's degree in print journalism from California State University, Fullerton in 2013. She aspires to be a novelist and has traveled to France, Ireland, Japan, Spain, and the United Kingdom.

Cynthia is a clinical nutritionist, spiritual leader, media personality and best-selling author. She is the founder and director of the Institute of Transformational Nutrition – the only nutrition certification program where students receive an in-depth understanding of holistic health through science, psychology and spirituality to help people create permanent change in their health and life. She’s also the co-founder of SoCal Cleanse, an award winning cleansing and detoxification company, and the best-selling author of The Hungry Hottie Cookbook and PINK Method.