About Joan Borysenko, PhD
Joan Borysenko is a distinguished integrative medicine pioneer and a world-renowned expert in the mind/body connection. Her work has been foundational in an international health-care revolution that recognizes the role of meaning, and the spiritual dimensions of life, as an integral part of health and healing. Eloquent and inspiring in settings that range from hospitals to hospices, from theaters to conference venues, and from boardrooms to houses of worship, she is a credible bridge between faith and reason.
A licensed psychologist, and former instructor in medicine at the Harvard Medical School, she is the author or co-author of 16 books, including the New York Times bestseller, Minding the Body, Mending the Mind, which sold over 400,000 copies. She lives in the mountains of New Mexico with her husband, Gordon Dveirin, and their two dogs, Mitzi and Milo.