Rev. Carol Richardson, M. Div., M.P.H. studied traditional, western approaches to wellness at the School of Public Health at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, Texas. She also has a bachelor's degree in psychology, and received a Master of Divinity degree with studies in environmental theology and feminist theology from Vanderbilt University Divinity School. Ordained as a minister, Carol has since studied Eastern approaches to wellness at the Self-Realization Meditation Healing Centre in Somerset, England, and at Spirit of Wellness in Stanton, Michigan. On May 27, 2010, Carol received an Interfaith Vision in which she was blessed by masters of many faiths. She is the author of Aging Well: Be Your Best Self Forever, as well as Exodus 2012: A Mission to Save the Earth.