She is the owner of Intentional Balance, LLC, a mental performance consulting company serving individuals and groups in business, education, health care, and athletics. She has been teaching meditation for 30 years and is co-founder of Jewel Heart Buddhist Center. She has a Master’s degree in Public Health from University of Michigan, has lectured in University of Michigan Medical School and the Ross School of Business, and taught mindfulness and other focusing skills at University of Michigan Health System, Compuware Corp. and other businesses, and to the University of Michigan Men’s Basketball Team. Her collaboration with Barbara Frederickson researching the effects of loving kindness meditation on positive emotions and flourishing was published in JPSP and is featured in Frederickson’s book Positivity.