Mark Robert Waldman is a faculty member at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, where he teaches Executive Communication, Stress Reduction, and Mindfulness to Executive MBA students. He is the author of 13 books including Words Can Change Your Brain and How God Changes Your Brain. He teaches all over the world and his work has been shown on PBS, NPR, Oprah & Friends, and in dozens of national magazines. Chris Manning has been a finance professor at Loyola Marymount University since 1986. Manning currently serves as a columnist for the ARES Member Profile and on the editorial board of the National Research Journal.