Authors

JEAN-PAUL DEDAM, MD, DABMA, is the in-patient physician at the Lovelace Heart Hospital of New Mexico in Albuquerque. He graduated with a B.A. in Biochemistry at Dartmouth and an M.D. through their medical school. He practiced Family Medicine in Lawrence, MA, then worked four years in Indian Health Services as the primary care physician. Jean-Paul

ANDREA MEIN DEWITT is an author, speaker, and life coach who helps leaders see and step into their power, their potential, and their truth. Known for her infectious energy, her career path is proof that it is never too late to transition, modify, revise, and rewrite your life story. After over thirty years as an

ALVIN N. EDEN, M.D., F.A.A.P., was a clinical professor of Pediatrics at Weill-Cornell College of Cornell University, New York, NY, and chairman emeritus at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY. A practicing pediatrician for over 40 years, Dr. Eden had contributed numerous articles to the medical literature and was the author of seven child care

LAURA FAHRENTHOLD is a mother, widow and writer. Her career in journalism includes both Woman’s World and The New York Daily News. Laura has hundreds of newspaper bylines and has won several Associated Press writing awards. Her late husband was Mark Pittman, Bloomberg financial reporter and the first person ever to sue the Federal Reserve.

LAUREN FEDER, M.D. was a nationally recognized physician who specialized in holistic health and was board certified in homeopathic medicine. Author of Natural Baby and Childcare and Natural Pregnancy, she was affiliated with La Leche League, Holistic Pediatric Association, and the National Center for Homeopathy. She was also frequent lecturer and was featured nationally on

FREDERIC FLACH, MD, KCHS, was an internationally recognized psychiatrist and author whose highly acclaimed books include Putting the Pieces Together Again; A New Marriage, A New Life; Resilience; Rickie; Choices; The Secret Strength of Angels; Faith, Healing and Miracles; and The Secret Strength of Depression. He founded Hatherleigh in 1981. An esteemed physician and educator,

MATTHEW FOGEL, FNP, is a Family Nurse Practitioner and a part of the Society of Cannabis Clinicians. He graduated with an associate’s degree in nursing from Pima Medical Institute in New Mexico, and graduated from Simmons University in Boston with a Master’s degree as a Family Nurse Practitioner. He spent his nursing career on a

ELIZABETH FOGEL, FNP, is a Family Nurse Practitioner and patient advocate. She graduated from Central New Mexico Community College with her associate’s degree in nursing and graduated with her Master’s degree as a Family Nurse Practitioner from Simmons University in Boston. Elizabeth has spent most of her nursing career at the University of New Mexico

HELEN FRIED remarried in 2006 and found the intricacies of dealing with a blended family and ex-spouses to be quite trying. She founded a monthly support group to allow others with similar divorce stories to vent, working together to grow from their hardships. Residing in Weston, Florida, Fried continues to write as she works to