Mark Edwards lives in Exeter and works as a Primary Mental Health Worker in South Devon.  He has a developing interest in working systemically and the focus of his work is with children and families.  He runs a successful course for parents on Managing Challenging Behaviour.   He has contributed the review of Can I Tell You About ME/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome? by Jacqueline Rayner

Terry Goodwin, was a senior marketing executive at Finexport Ltd in London and Bangkok until his retirement in 1992, since when he has been in private practice as a marketing consultant.  Terry has been the persona of our business editor since the inception of Nurturing Potential.  Terry has contributed the article on Social Networking and the Business Incentive.

Caroline Jenner is a graduate of Warwick University.  She teaches English and drama at Bromley High School (Girls' Day School Trust) in Bromley, Kent.  She is Nurturing Potential's editor for the Arts.  She has contributed the article on the Klee exhibition at the Tate Modern in London.

Michael Mallows is an Honorary Fellow within the Association for Professional Hypnosis and Psychotherapy.  He developed the Crafty Listening approach to developing Emotional Intelligence.  He coaches individuals and trains teams and groups in the voluntary, public and private sectors.  Michael is the author of The Power to Use NLP and co-author of Peace of Mind is a Piece of Cake . He has contributed the book review on Attachment in Common Sense and Doodles by Miriam Silver.  His website can be found at www.craftylistening.co.uk

Sep Meyer is a graduate of the London School of Economics and, since his retirement from a commercial life, has been devoting his time to writing poetry, magazine articles, book reviews and drama.  His contributions to these pages isusually in the area of politics and current affairs. He has contributed a book review The Rise and Fall of Al-Qaeda by Fawaz A. Gerges.in this issue.

Judith Orloff MD  is a psychiatrist, intuitive healer, and NY Times bestselling author. Her latest book, on which her article in this issue is based, is The Ecstasy of Surrender: 12 Surprising Ways Letting Go Can Empower Your Life. Dr. Orloff's other bestsellers are Emotional Freedom, Second Sight, Positive Energy, and Intuitive Healing. Dr. Orloff synthesizes the pearls of traditional medicine with cutting edge knowledge of intuition, energy, and spirituality.  To learn more about the power of surrender visit www.drjudithorloff.com

Bruce Deitrick Price is an author, artist, poet and education activist. He founded Improve-Education.org in 2005. This site now has 60 articles. Some are academic/intellectual; others deal with theories and methods used in public schools.  His article Sages on Stages Desperately Needed, in the Education section,  has been written, inevitably, from the perspective of the author's American experience, but we believe it has a lot of lessons that could apply to British education.

Joe Sinclair is Managing Editor of Nurturing Potential and was involved in its creation.  Writer (nine published books to his name), Publisher (seven titles) and prolific contributor of articles and book reviews (several in this issue) his full (ish) biography can be found on his website www.conts.com 

Colin Tracy is a Buddhist and follows a path of meditation and contemplation and, as a photographer, uses the mindfulness and awareness techniques from this path to keep his mind fully present as he photographs.  In this issue he has contributed a book review of   Photography & Zen: Discovering Your True Nature through Photography by Stephen Bray.  His website is www.fullyfocusedphotos.co.uk