Michaela Haas

Michaela Haas, PhD, is a reporter, resilience researcher, and consultant. She is the author of Bouncing Forward: The Art and Science of Cultivating Resilience (Atria/Enliven, 2015), the first mainstream book about posttraumatic growth from a survivor's perspective, Dakini Power: Twelve Extraordinary Women Shaping the Transmission of Tibetan Buddhism in the West (www.dakinipower.com, Shambhala, 2013), Crazy America (Goldmann, 2017), co-author of Coco Schumann: The Ghetto-Swinger, and more. An experienced speaker and consultant (www.michaelahaas.com), she skilfully weaves together storytelling, scientific research and spiritual wisdom. With a PhD in Asian Studies, she has taught at the University of California Santa Barbara, the University of the West, and various study centers in America and Europe. She is the owner of HAAS live!, an international coaching company which combines her experience in media with mindfulness training. She has been studying and practicing Buddhist meditation for 20 years. Her articles have appeared in the Washington Post, the Huffington Post, Psychology Today, CBS, DailyBeast, and many international publications. Since the age of sixteen, she has worked as a writer and interviewer for major nationwide German newspapers, magazines and TV stations including hosting her own successful nationwide talk show.