Hawaii Book and Music Festival

Professor emeritus, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Jon Kabat-Zinn, defined the modern holistic approach for treating pain, anxiety, and brain and immune function. His Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program, adopted by health centers nationwide, integrates meditation... Read More →

Thao N. Le is currently associate professor in the Human Development & Family Studies program at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She received her Masters degree at UC Berkeley in public health and PhD at UC Davis in personality/social psychology. Thao currently teaches Adolescence... Read More →

Sonia Patel is a child and adolescent psychiatrist, trained at Stanford University and the University of Hawaii. She lives and practices in Hawaii. Rani Patel in Full Effect, her first young adult novel, is a Morris Finalist, and received four starred reviews from trade magazines... Read More →