Andrew Olendzki, PhD, is the Director of Mindfulness Studies at Lesley University. He is a scholar of early Buddhist thought and practice with a special interest in Buddhist psychology and its relevance to the modern world. He was executive director of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, MA, and senior scholar at the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies. He has also held faculty positions at Amherst, Brandeis, Harvard, Lesley, and Smith.  Andrew was also a senior scholar at the Mind and Life Institute. His books include Unlimiting Mind: The Radically Experiential Psychology of Buddhism, and Untangling Self: A Buddhist Investigation of Who We Really Are.