Daniel J. Siegel received his medical degree from Harvard University and is a practicing child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist and clinical professor at the UCLA School of Medicine.

There, he is a co-investigator at the Center for Culture, Brain, and Development and co-director of the Mindful Awareness Research Center.

He is the author of the internationally acclaimed books The Developing Mind, The Mindful Brain, and The Mindful Therapist.

He is also the author of Mindsight, co-author of Parenting from the Inside Out (with Mary Hartzell), and co-author of The Whole-Brain Child (with Tina Payne Bryson).

Dr. Tina Payne Bryson is the co-author (with Dan Siegel) of two New York Times Best Sellers: Whole-Brain Child and No-Drama Discipline.

She is a pediatric and adolescent psychotherapist, the Director of Parenting for the Mindsight Institute, and the Child Development Specialist at Saint Mark s School in Altadena, CA.

She keynotes conferences and conducts workshops for parents, educators, and clinicians all over the world. Dr. Bryson earned her Ph.D. from the University of Southern California, and she lives near Los Angeles with her husband and three children.