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Meet Our Expert Team

MindJrnl is built by a team that combines clinical expertise in psychology and neuroscience with real-world experience in mindfulness and wellness coaching. Together, we create content and features that are both scientifically rigorous and genuinely helpful.

Content & Editorial Team

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Sarah Chen

Wellness Editor
B.A. Psychology, Certified Journaling Coach

Sarah is a wellness writer and certified journaling coach with over 8 years of experience helping people build mindfulness practices. She holds a degree in Psychology from UC Berkeley and has been featured in Mindful Magazine and Psychology Today.

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Dr. James Miller

Clinical Psychologist
Ph.D. Clinical Psychology, Licensed Psychologist

Dr. Miller is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in cognitive behavioral therapy and stress management. He has published research on the therapeutic benefits of expressive writing in the Journal of Clinical Psychology.

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Emma Brooks

Mindfulness Coach
Certified Mindfulness Instructor, Habit Coach

Emma is a certified mindfulness instructor and habit formation specialist. She has guided thousands of people through meditation and journaling practices, combining ancient wisdom with modern behavioral science.

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Our Advisory Board

Our advisory board comprises leading professionals in psychiatry, neuroscience, and mindfulness education. They provide ongoing guidance on clinical accuracy, research integrity, and best practices in wellness content.

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Dr. Patricia Navarro

Advisory Board - Psychiatry

M.D. Psychiatry, Board-Certified, Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association

Dr. Navarro is a board-certified psychiatrist with over 20 years of clinical experience specializing in mood disorders and integrative mental health. She serves as a clinical professor at Stanford University School of Medicine and has published extensively on the intersection of lifestyle interventions and psychiatric care. Dr. Navarro advises MindJrnl on clinical accuracy and safety for all mental health-related content.

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Dr. Raj Patel

Advisory Board - Neuroscience

Ph.D. Cognitive Neuroscience, Postdoctoral Fellow, Published Researcher

Dr. Patel is a neuroscience researcher at MIT whose work focuses on the neural mechanisms of habit formation and emotional regulation. His research on how journaling affects brain plasticity has been published in Nature Neuroscience and Psychological Science. He advises MindJrnl on the neuroscience behind our features and ensures our claims about brain health are grounded in current research.

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Yuki Tanaka

Advisory Board - Mindfulness Education

Certified MBSR Teacher, Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT 500), M.A. Contemplative Studies

Yuki is a senior mindfulness teacher with over 15 years of experience training individuals and organizations in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). She trained at the Center for Mindfulness at UMass Medical School under Jon Kabat-Zinn's lineage and has facilitated retreats for thousands of participants worldwide. Yuki ensures that MindJrnl's mindfulness and meditation content is authentic, safe, and accessible to practitioners of all levels.

Why Our Team Matters

In the wellness space, trust is everything. Too many platforms publish health advice written by people who lack the training to do so responsibly. At MindJrnl, we believe you deserve better.

Our commitment to Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, and Trustworthiness (E-E-A-T) is not just an SEO strategy -- it is a core principle that shapes how we build our team and create our content. Every article is written by a credentialed professional and reviewed by at least one additional expert before publication.

This means when you read about the benefits of journaling on MindJrnl, you can be confident that the claims are supported by research, the advice is clinically sound, and the content has been vetted by people who have spent their careers studying these topics.

We are proud of our team and transparent about who they are. If you want to learn more about our editorial process, visit our editorial standards page.

Want to join our team?

We are always looking for qualified wellness professionals who share our commitment to evidence-based content.

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