Dr. Leslie B. Newman is an author, speaker and Creator of the Spiral Path™. She holds a doctorate in psychology and developed and taught psychology and mindfulness courses at the college level, including her community college's first Positive Psychology course. She trained in energy medicine at the Barbara Brennan School of Healing and has practiced meditation for more than 30 years.

Dr. Leslie B. Newman is an author, speaker and Creator of the Spiral Path™. She holds a doctorate in psychology and developed and taught psychology and mindfulness courses at the college level, including her community college's first Positive Psychology course. She trained in energy medicine at the Barbara Brennan School of Healing and has practiced meditation for more than 30 years.

Her own career zigzagged. She taught college as a single mom while working retail at night, and later found her way back to writing. That lived experience shapes her message: growth moves in spirals, and when an old lesson returns, it means you're ready to meet it with more awareness.

Leslie is the author of A Daily Dose of Happiness: Bite-Sized Nuggets to Uplift Your Mood and Live the Life You Deserve. Her second book, From Kansas to Oz: Unmask, Unlearn, Unleash, is finished and finding its home with a literary agent. She lives in Asheville, North Carolina.