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Annie Bartlett is an avid consumer of natural products and has professional experience as a body care buyer and beauty/supplement department manager at a national natural foods/goods store. She has personal experience in the natural food and body care industry since day one when she was born at home. Annie was raised on foods that were always (no exceptions) free of preservatives or artificial flavors and has always been aware of the "bad" ingredients in food and beauty products. She is quite the intense ingredient analyst, one of the reasons she loved being a body care buyer and beauty/supplement department manager. Annie is also very much into yoga and fitness.

Johanna Arnone is the deputy editor of Taste for Life magazine. Johanna holds a BA from McGill University and an MFA from Vermont College.

Johanna Arnone is the deputy editor of Taste for Life magazine. Johanna holds a BA from McGill University and an MFA from Vermont College.

Johanna Arnone is the deputy editor of Taste for Life magazine. Johanna holds a BA from McGill University and an MFA from Vermont College.

Lynn Tryba serves as editor-in-chief for Taste for Life magazine. Over the past 20 years, her journalism has appeared in Psychology Today and Robb Report, among other national magazines.

Sarah McLean, director of the Sedona Meditation Training Company, inspires people to "take time out for time in" through meditation. She’s meditated for 19 years, resided in a Zen Buddhist monastery, lived in an ashram in India, taught English to Tibetan Buddhist nuns, bicycled along the Silk Road through Pakistan, and meditated in temples in Thailand and Japan. McLean has served as the education director for Deepak Chopra’s Center for Wellbeing. She leads retreats and classes in Sedona, AZ. Visit www.sedonameditation.com, or call 928-204-0067.

CJ Puotinen is the author of Natural Relief from Aches and Pains (Keats/McGraw-Hill) and books about holistic pet care, such as The Encyclopedia of Natural Pet Care (Keats/McGraw-Hill) and Natural Remedies for Dogs and Cats (Gramercy/Random House).

Bernardo A. Merizalde, MD, DHt, started learning integrative and complementary medicine 30 years ago while finishing medical school at the Universidad del Rosario in Bogota, Colombia. He is board certified in psychiatry and neurology, having studied at Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia. He practices general medicine and psychiatry, with a particular focus on the mind-body connection. He is medical director at the Family Hope Center (www.familyhopecenter.org), associate clinical professor at Thomas Jefferson University, and attending physician at the Myrna Brind Center for Integrative Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. Dr. Merizalde is also past president of the American Institute of Homeopathy, the oldest extant medical association in the United States, and a board member of the Greater Philadelphia Society for Clinical Hypnosis.

Nanci Mora is chief fitness officer at CORE Fitness in Los Gatos, CA (www.corefitnesscompany.com). More than a decade ago, Mora decided to make her lifelong passion her profession and enrolled in the training to become an aerobics instructor. Since then, she has filled group exercise rooms and swimming pools at locations across Silicon Valley.
Mora holds certifications in nearly a dozen exercise disciplines from the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA), has completed Stott Pilates Reformer intensive training, and performed in Powder Blue Productions' Turbo Kick video used to train turbo-kickboxing instructors nationwide.
With a lifetime of fitness to her credit, she has a strong core, but Mora’s real strength is her passion, energy, and dedication to making fitness affordable, fun, and accessible to people of every age and practically every fitness level.

Nancy Massotto is executive director of the Holistic Moms Network. She is also the mother of two boys, both born at home. Massotto holds a Ph.D. in government and politics and spent several years working for nonprofit organizations focusing on women and community. She is a dedicated advocate for natural living and empowering women.