Joan Borysenko

On the Board of Advisors of Solstice Films

Joan brings to Solstice the gifts of wisdom and knowledge. Her intuition and years of experience make her a superb resource in the development of new projects. We are very excited to have Joan as one of our Board of Advisors.

Joan Borysenko, Ph.D., has a powerfully clear vision bring science, medicine, psychology and spirituality together in the service of healing. Her brilliance as a scientist, clinician, and teacher has placed her on the leading edge of the mind/body revolution, and she has become a world renowned spokesperson for this new approach to health, sharing her pioneering work with a gentle graciousness and humility. Trained as both a medical scientist and a psychologist, Dr. Borysenko has gone beyond her traditional academic training and developed both depth and breadth in a number of fields, including cancer cell biology, behavioral medicine, women's health, psychoneuroimmunology, and the great spiritual traditions of the world. A licensed psychologist, Dr. Borysenko is co-founder and former director of the mind/body clinical programs at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, on which her classic, best selling book, Minding the Body, Mending the Mind is based.

Joan Borysenko is a spell binding lecturer and workshop leader who blends science, psychology, and spirituality in a unique and powerful way. Her presentations are full of humor and personal anecdotes as well as the latest research and practical exercises. Her nine books are a complete library of healing, combining scholarly wisdom with the language of the heart, and bringing body and soul together with unprecedented clarity and sophistication. Dr. Borysenko's work has appeared in numerous scientific journals and has been featured in many popular magazines and newspapers. She is equally at home presenting in hospitals, corporations, synagogues, churches, and civic settings transcending boundaries and bringing a much needed message of peace and unity.

For more information on Joan see her website at http://www.joanborysenko.com/