Michele Kambolis

Dr. Michele Kambolis is a mind-body health specialist, meditation teacher, registered therapist, author and speaker who has been practicing for more than 20 years. She describes herself as an unshakable believer in our innate capacity to self-heal and thrive.

Her work is grounded in mind-body medicine. She teaches practices such as meditation, biofeedback, perceptual challenging, positive neuroplasticity and emotional freedom techniques, with the aim of helping people change their inner patterns and build gratitude, ease, clear-mindedness and joy. Her library of guided meditations draws on many traditions, including Vipassana, Anapanasati, Tonglen, Zazen counting breath, Metta, Ho'oponopono and Nadi Shodhana. She writes that she took refuge on the Buddhist path at 16, and she has sat a 10-day silent Vipassana retreat.

Michele runs a therapy practice in Vancouver, where she works with her team of registered clinical therapists. She also guides meditation at corporate retreats for some of Canada's best-known companies and co-hosts live-streamed meditations on IGTV. She teaches on Insight Timer, where her meditations are described as inspiring a calm, radiant and expansive presence.

She is the author of When Women Rise, a guide for women who want to bring more joy, power and peace into their lives, and she has written on children's anxiety, mindfulness and nutrition. Her media appearances include Goop, Good Morning America, Huff Post Live, Sirius Satellite Radio, Canada AM and the Raw Beauty Talks podcast.