Margaret Cullen is a licensed psychotherapist and a pioneer in bringing contemplative practices into mainstream settings, co-developing the Compassion Cultivation Training with Thupten Jinpa at the Stanford University School of Medicine, the Mindfulness and Compassion Training for Military Spouses with Amishi Jha at University of Miami, and Compassion Corps, a program which brings compassion programs to underserved populations around the world. She is coauthor of The Mindfulness-Based Emotional Balance Workbook (with Gonzalo Brito Pons) and serves as a Mind and Life Institute Fellow and advisory board member of the Global Compassion Coalition. She has been a meditation practitioner for over forty-five years.
