Elisha Goldstein

Elisha Goldstein has been practicing mindfulness for 16 years. He is certified to teach Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and focuses on helping others develop a mindfulness practice to aide in parenting and cope with anxiety. Elisha authored the Mindfulness at Work program for eM Life as well as a six month online coaching program, A Course in Mindful Living. He has written several books including Uncovering Happiness: Overcoming Depression with Mindfulness and Self-Compassion, The Now Effect: How This Moment Can Change the Rest of Your Life, A Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Workbook and MBSR Everyday: Daily Practices from the Heart of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction. For the past 15 years, Elisha has also written a blog, Mindfulness and Psychotherapy and as well as hundreds of articles and other publications. Elisha describes mindfulness as having personally saved his life. He feels his practice makes him more present in his work and more at ease with a variety of difficult emotions. Elisha lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife, three boys, two cats and dog.