Susan L. Smalley, PhD

About the Author

Susan L. Smalley, PhD is Professor Emerita of Psychiatry and Founder of the Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC) at UCLA. Dr. Smalley works to bridge research with action through her involvement at MARC as well as the UCLA Bedari Kindness Institute.  She’s a mother of three and lives in Los Angeles with her husband. 

Diana Winston is the Director of Mindfulness Education at MARC. She is the author of The Little Book of Being, Wide Awake: A Buddhist Guide for Teens, and Glimpses of Being. The LA Times calls her “one of the nation’s best-known teachers of mindfulness.” A former Buddhist nun, mother of a pre-teen, and Los Angeles resident, you can find her on the UCLA Mindful or Ten Percent Happier app, or at http://www.dianawinston.com.