Lish collaborates with Dr. Carter Lebares at the UCSF Center for Mindfulness in Surgery. She has previously taught Enhancing Stress Resilience Training (ESRT) to interns at UCLA and California Pacific Medical Center, as well as to the hospital staff and leadership at the Oakland Zoo. Trained as a facilitator by Dr. Judson Brewer, She employs evidence-based mindfulness interventions for habit change and has been instructing at the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine for four years. A dedicated meditator, she also serves as a retreat manager at the Insight Retreat Center in Santa Cruz, California. She holds a Master of Education degree from UC Berkeley and a bachelor's degree from Stanford University.

Mick, a retired ENT physician, has dedicated 30 years to the practice of meditation. In his personal life, he is happily married, has two children, and is a proud grandparent to two grandchildren. He completed his teacher training at Spirit Rock's CDL program and currently leads a mindfulness practice group in San Luis Obispo. He is a certified MBSR instructor through UCSD and has trained with Ronald Epstein and Mick Krasner at the University of Rochester, focusing on facilitating mindfulness practices for healthcare professionals. Mick has been an ESRT instructor for three years.

Salva is the founder of Mindful Muslims®, a resource site dedicated to exploring the connection between mindfulness practice and Islam. In recognition of her social impact work, she has been honored as a StartingBloc Fellow and Hive Global Leader. An expert in mind-body preventative health, she is a practicing holistic nutritionist, providing guidance on wellness and integrative health to clients of all ages. Salva received her training in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) from the Center for Mindfulness at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center. She earned a bachelor's degree in Social Science from the University of California, Irvine and a Masters in Public Health from the University of Southern California. Salva has served as an ESRT instructor at the UCSF Center for Mindfulness in Surgery since 2018 and resides in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and two children.

Brian holds a senior teaching position at the UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center and serves as a mentor in their Training in Mindfulness Facilitation (TMF) program. Equipped with a bachelor's degree in Kinesiology and a master's degree in Psychology/Interpersonal Neurobiology, he focuses on the role of the body in cultivating a flexible mind and emotional intelligence. Brian has provided mindfulness programs to notable organizations such as the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team, NASA, Disney Animation Studios, Mattel Inc., Salesforce, and the UCLA Women's Varsity Indoor and Beach Volleyball Teams. He currently leads 3-day silent retreats for law enforcement in the Pacific Northwest and is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist and Mindfulness Skills Specialist for Westside DBT.

Dr. Rebecca Maine is a board-certified general surgeon with specialization in trauma surgery and surgical critical care. After transitioning from academic medicine at the University of Washington, where she served as an Associate Program Director for the General Surgery Residency Program from 2022-2024, she is now focused on creating a more balanced surgical career while helping others avoid the burnout she experienced through mindfulness practices, coaching, and system-level interventions.

Dr. Maine brings over 15 years of personal mindfulness practice to her teaching. For the past four years, she has been teaching Enhanced Stress Resilience Training (ESRT) to surgeons, surgical critical care fellows, and surgical interns, providing them with essential cognitive skills for resilience in high-stress medical environments.

Her professional journey includes extensive experience in trauma systems across the United States and internationally, with research projects in Washington State, Rwanda, and South Africa focused on improving surgical care equity. This global perspective informs her unique approach to mindfulness training for medical professionals.

Currently pursuing certification as a professional coach, Dr. Maine is actively involved with the UCSF and UCLA WISe (Wellbeing in Surgery Collaborative) initiative, developing innovative approaches to physician wellbeing. Previously, she served on the Wellness Committee at the University of Washington from 2020-2024, where she co-led the ESRT program. Prior to her time at UW, she was an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of North Carolina (2017-2019), where she gained additional perspectives on surgical education and physician wellbeing. She maintains her clinical skills through part-time general surgery positions at Virginia Mason St. Francis Medical Center and the Palo Alto Veterans Administration Hospital.

Dr. Maine is deeply committed to addressing the systemic factors that contribute to physician burnout. Her comprehensive understanding of surgical practice, combined with her mindfulness expertise, allows her to tailor resilience training specifically to the challenges faced by surgeons. By integrating evidence-based mindfulness practices with her firsthand knowledge of surgical environments, she creates practical, accessible tools for sustainable wellbeing in medicine.

When not teaching or practicing surgery, Dr. Maine enjoys cooking, traveling, hiking, gardening, and surfing

Megan is a Nationally Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach (NBC-HWC) and with a graduate degree (MA) in Integrative Health and Wellbeing Coaching and a graduate minor in Health Equity from the University of Minnesota (UMN). She serves as Adjunct Faculty at Northwestern Health Sciences University for the graduate health coaching program. She has specialized training in Cultural Approaches to Health, Nature-Based Healing, Reiki I and II, and Mindfulness Facilitation (via ESRT). Megan brings a decade of experience in community-building and healing through storytelling in the arts, allowing time and space for immersive and embodied creative activities to tap into one's inner wisdom and intuition. This whole-person and compassionate approach has guided Megan to coaching, facilitation, mentorship, and now teaching initiatives throughout the arena of health and wellness. Megan's coaching experience includes: NWHSU Integrative Clinic of Minnesota (formerly Pillsbury Clinic); BeWell program at UMN; VA Medical Center; HennepinHealth; Minnesota Head and Neck Pain Clinic; Mettacool International; The Driven Mama; and her own private practice, Harvest Health and Wellbeing LLC.

Gael has been practicing and teaching meditation and mindfulness for over 40 years— in both Buddhist and secular contexts. She has an MA in Mythology and Depth Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute and once worked with exotic animals in education and conservation. Gael has worked with the Mindful Awareness Research Center at the Semel Institute of Behavioral Neuroscience at UCLA, where she has directed MARC’s online Intensive Practice Program for the last 9 years. She completed the first teacher training in Mindful Self-Compassion with Kristen Neff, and weaves mythopoetics and social engagement into her mindfulness and compassion teachings. Gael is also trained in Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.