
Founder

Megan McDonough
Megan McDonough is the award-winning author of Infinity in a Box and A Minute for Me. Megan uses divergent thinking and creative perspectives to build organizations and networks that harness the best in people for the greatest good. With a degree in nuclear medicine, senior leadership experience in healthcare, two decades as a yoga practitioner and teacher, and experience directing numerous online-learning start-ups, Megan focuses on how to get from point A to point B through whole-person engagement. A national media source for Fast Company, Yoga Journal, and Woman’s Day, Megan is an explorer at heart, working with the WBI team to navigate the path from dreaming about the summit to actually climbing the mountain.
Core Faculty

Phoebe Atkinson
Faculty
PP Coaching: Skill-Building Intensive
Positive Psychology Coaching Mentorship
Certificate in Wholebeing Positive Psychology
Positive Psychology Coaching Mentorship
Certificate in Wholebeing Positive Psychology

Megha Nancy Buttenheim
Director of Yoga, Movement, and Meditation
Certificate in Wholebeing Positive Psychology

Dianna Collier
Teaching Assistant
PP Coaching Fundamentals
PP Skill-Building Intensive
PP Skill-Building Intensive

Jennifer Hanawald
Faculty
PPC Skill-Building Intensive
Positive Psychology Coaching Mentorship
Group Coaching
Positive Psychology Coaching Mentorship
Group Coaching

Maria Sirois
Faculty
Certificate in Wholebeing Positive Psychology
Teaching for Transformation
Mastering Resilience
Writing Through Fear, Storytelling, Writing Toward Happiness
Teaching for Transformation
Mastering Resilience
Writing Through Fear, Storytelling, Writing Toward Happiness

Michael Steger
Faculty
Meaning in Life
Meaning in the Moment
Meaning in the Moment

Lynda Wallace
Faculty
Director, PP Coaching Certification
PP Coaching Fundamentals
Certificate in Wholebeing Positive Psychology
PP Coaching Fundamentals
Certificate in Wholebeing Positive Psychology

Anthony Zipple
Faculty
Support Team

Suzee Connole
Marketing Assistant

Karen Cutler
Marketing

Abby Hurd
Graphics Designer

Paula Hurd
Operations Manager

Dianne Rossi
Finance

Tresca Weinstein
Senior Editor
Guest Faculty

Caroline Adams Miller, MAPP

Jane Anderson

Joan Borysenko, PhD

Henrique Bueno

Stephen Cope, MSW

Richard Miller, PhD

Dr. Ryan Niemiec, PsyD

Emiliana R. Simon-Thomas, PhD
