Lisa Esile is a humorous spirituality blogger and illustrator living in Los Angeles.  A few years ago, depressed, anxious, struggling with a 10–year bout of chronic fatigue, and desperate for a way out, she spent the better part of a year being silent in a mining village in a rain forest in New Zealand, guided by a wise spiritual psychologist friend. She emerged with a fresh understanding of the mind and how to easily put it in its place when it starts causing havoc.