Kate Simpson: Author

Kate is the author of BREATHE: Stop Overthinking, Calm Your Emotions, & Change Your Life, a guide designed to help individuals manage anxiety, reduce overthinking, and foster emotional resilience. She is also the co-author of Take Two: A Journal for New Beginnings, published by Chronicle Books in 2020, which guides readers through significant life transitions.

Kate is also the Co-Founder and Head of Outreach for ValuesAdvisor, a non-profit that empowers investors to align their capital with their social or environmental values by connecting them with the right financial advisor. Learn more on her LinkedIn profile.

Kate holds a degree in English literature and secondary education from Boston College and a master’s degree in education from Stanford University. She lives in Maine with her husband and has a high school-aged and two young adult children. She tries to meditate every day and spend as much time in nature as life allows.
You can contact her by emailing her here.

Ray Baskerville: Meditation Creator & Therapist Consultant

Ray has been a practicing meditator for over 30 years and has led workshops in mindfulness-based trainings worldwide since 2000. He is the author of several books on meditation and mindfulness as healing and therapeutic practices. Ray is a certified hypnotherapist, holds a master’s degree in mindfulness-based psychotherapy, is currently completing a doctorate in clinical psychology, and has received training in EMDR. He currently works as an attachment-focused therapist and transpersonal coach in Maui, Hawaii, where he resides with his family. https://raybaskerville.com/

Joellen McCosh: Artist

Joellen is the owner of olive + you, a small interior wall decor company based in Yarmouth, Maine. Her work focuses on the interaction between emotions, color, shape, and space in our interior and exterior worlds. She holds a B.S. in biology with a minor in art from Allegheny College and a Master’s degree in speech-language pathology from Purdue University. Joellen resides in Maine with her husband and two children. https://oliveandyou.com

Diane Murray: Designer

With more than 25 years of experience, Diane provides art direction, graphic design, project management, and production for both digital media and print projects. Her clients range from small startups to global corporations. With the proven ability to manage complex projects through thoughtful, detail-oriented design, I approach each project with a personalized vision. https://www.ddmurray.com/

Kari Herer: Design Consultant

Kari is a Maine-based professional photographer and printmaker
and has been a featured artist on Etsy, Design*Sponge, and Click Magazine and collaborated with Anthropologie, IKEA, Martha Stewart Weddings, and Restoration Hardware. She conducts photography workshops around the U.S. https://www.kariherer.com/

Ellen Cady: Editor

Ellen manages the social media strategy for a nonprofit and is a trained yoga teacher, a freelance writer, and a mom to two daughters. She’s lived and worked in Telluride, CO, San Francisco, Seattle, and Manhattan, before settling back into the comforts of her native Maine. As a writer and mother, she is inspired daily by the sights and sounds of the outdoors and its natural beauty, taking her children on as many adventures as she can muster. https://www.breathe-journal.com/ellenwatson

Anna Mantzaris: Editor

Anna is a San Francisco-based writer and editor. She has worked with publishing, nonprofit, and advertising clients. She teaches writing in the M.F.A. program at Bay Path University. www.annamantzaris.net