Shelly Young, MA, LPC, CAC III, is a licensed professional counselor and certified addiction counselor.  She has been a mindfulness instructor for over 25 years and has led workshops and trainings throughout the U.S. and Canada since 1985.

Shelly has led mindfulness trainings at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Sierra Tucson Treatment Center, University of New Mexico, JFK University, Longmont United Hospital, Denver Health Addiction Counselor Training Program, and many other health education facilities. She has presented Grand Rounds lectures at numerous hospitals including Bethesda Naval Medical Center.

Her course, Mindfulness As A Treatment Approach for Addictive/Compulsive Behavior was approved by the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division of the State of Colorado as an elective for addiction counselor trainees. She has led continuing education seminars for mental health and medical professionals in over 100 U.S. cities. Presently she maintains a private mindfulness-based psychotherapy and pain management practice near Boulder, Colorado.
Today Shelly is free from what was once a devastating sugar and food addiction.

Paul Harris, BS, CN, CI, is a health writer, certified nutritionist and health care consultant who has been practicing complementary alternative medicine since 1985. The health restoring biological therapies and natural healing methodologies he teaches were largely inspired by world renowned natural health care advocate, lecturer, author and practitioner, Bernard Jensen, DC, ND, PhD. He studied with Dr. Jensen from 1984 until 1995, at Hidden Valley Health Ranch in Escondido, California. 

Paul spent twenty-one years as a practice management and physician recruitment consultant to allopathic and osteopathic medical groups and hospital management. It was during this time that he gained a clear understanding of the many forces and mindsets permeating America’s health care industry. 

He periodically consults with community health centers and clinics, nationwide, about the issue of making  primary health care services available to the most disparity-prone, vulnerable, medically underserved populations. He frequently communicates with visitors to his websites, clients and readers of his publications, on various acute, chronic and degenerative health issues.