Kristy Arbon is the founder of HeartWorks and the Administrative Director the Center for Mindful Self-Compassion (www.CenterForMSC.org). She has practiced meditation and mindfulness for 25 years and has made a conscious decision to focus her work toward easing suffering, both for herself and for those she comes into contact with.
HeartWorks Contributors
Annette Boden
I live in the UK, am an integrative psychotherapist by profession and have completed training courses in Compassion Focused therapy under Professor Paul Gilbert. I also have the privilege of being a […]
Tim Burnett
T im is the Executive Director and founder of Mindfulness Northwest. He has been teaching mindfulness and compassion courses since 2010 and practicing meditation since 1986. Tim is fully certified […]
Melita Caulfield
Melita was introduced to mindful self-compassion in 2013 and has quickly come to love the solace that regular practice brings. Melita believes in living mindfully and authentically which is reflected […]
Kay Colbert
Kay Colbert is a licensed clinical social worker in private practice in Dallas, Texas. She specializes in substance abuse and addictive behaviors, mental health issues, trauma, anxiety and women’s issues. Kay […]
Sean Cook
Sean is a psychologist in private practice in Sacramento, California. He is a certified Emotionally Focused Couples Therapist and he teaches Mindful Self-Compassion Courses with his wife, Luana Coloma Cook, through their business “Compassion Habit.” Sean specializes in working with individuals and couples to build secure, loving, authentic relationships.
Leanne Faulkner
For the past few years Leanne has been on a journey of self-discovery. She has explored many ways to recover from her experience of business failure. It has been a painful process, and in 2014 she summoned the courage to attend the inaugural MSC five day workshop in Byron Bay, facilitated by Kristy Arbon & James Bennett-Levy. This was a breakthrough experience for her.
Jan Fite
Philosophy: “Whatever we practice, we become.” These words have become my philosophy since I have discovered the power of mindfulness, self-compassion and loving-kindness. When I began my training as a […]
Steve Hickman
Steve Hickman is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and is an Associate Clinical Professor in the UCSD Departments of Psychiatry and Family & Preventive Medicine. Steve is the Founder and Director of the UCSD Center for Mindfulness, a program of community building, clinical care, professional training and research.
Catherine Klostermeier
After receiving an MBA in Marketing, I worked in the corporate world for several years before becoming a stay at home mom. When my mother-in-law became ill, my family didn’t […]
Anna Mckeever
My name is Anna. I am originally from Ireland, and trained as a Doctor in Scotland. I worked in the UK for several years before making the big move to New Zealand with my lovely man. It has been a huge adventure, and I miss my large (and at times slightly intrusive!) family.
Kristin Neff
Kristin studied communications as an undergraduate at the University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., 1988). She did her graduate work at University of California at Berkeley (Ph.D., 1997), studying moral development with Dr. Elliot Turiel. Her dissertation research was conducted in Mysore, India, where she examined children’s moral reasoning.
Susan M. Pollak
Clinician, author, and instructor in Psychology at Harvard Medical School, Susan Pollak teaches Mindful Self Compassion (MSC), meditation, and psychotherapy.
Frances Roland
I am a health professional and I have an interest in mindfulness and compassion-based philosophies as well as neuroscience, and how early attachment effects the brain and overall well-being. I believe that they key to well-being is a balance of meaningful and positive connection to others, as well as work, fun, stillness, movement, and nourishment.
Gina Rolkowski
I’m a born Philly girl (Philadelphia Eagles and Phillies fan 🙂 who moved to Florida when I was 18 and spent a combined 20 years there learning about grits-which I […]
Megan Spencer
Megan is an Australian broadcaster, writer, film critic and media arts professional. She has been practicing mindfulness meditation since 2009.
Stephanie Stewart
Hello, my name is Stephanie Stewart and I live in the city of four seasons in one day, Melbourne Australia. Growing up I always had a passion for health and wellness and knew this was the field in which I wanted to pursue a career.
Martin Thomson-Jones
Martin Thomson-Jones, PhD, first encountered loving-kindness meditation when he took MBSR from Mary Love May in Chapel Hill, North Carolina in 2010, and from there he gradually found his way to Kristin Neff and Christopher Germer’s work. A philosophy professor at Oberlin College, Ohio, and has also taught philosophy at Princeton University and U.C. Berkeley. His research is primarily in the philosophy of science.