About the Author

Dan Pearson Jones, Ph.D., is a former professor; a retired counselor and a semi-retired trainer of counselors and retreat leader; an ex-Marine and a grandfather. He is the therapist featured in John Lee's best-seller, The Flying Boy, and he and John are co-founders of the P.E.E.R. Training in emotional healing.

Dan is also the founding board chairman of the Austin Men's Center and the founder/publisher of a local holistic health magazine.

This piece is the outcome of a 50 year search to solve the problems of anxiety and depression (both personal and in counseling others) through natural means.

He lives happily with his wife, Anya -- after 30 years, still crazy about each other.

He can be reached at safeplace@howtolivehappily.net. He regrets that he can't answer all of the messages he receives each day, but he does try to read all of them.