Dr. Joseph Parent, Nancy's brother, has practiced and taught Mindfulness and principles of psychology in the Buddhist tradition since the 1970s in the lineage of Venerable Chogyam Trungpa, one of the great teachers to come to the West from Tibet. Dr. Parent is the bestselling author of Zen Golf: Mastering the Mental Game, Zen Tennis: Playing in the Zone, The Best Diet Book Ever: The Zen of Losing Weight, and several other works. He is a highly regarded keynote speaker and coach of performance psychology in wellness, business, and sports. Dr. Parent teaches in Ojai, California, where he makes his home with his wife, Megan.
