About
Maureen Healy is an award-winning author, popular speaker and leader in the field of children’s emotional health. Dalai Lama said, “I hope Maureen Healy’s book, The Emotionally Healthy Child, can contribute to more wholesome education for future generations.” Unique to Maureen is her global experience helping parents and their highly sensitive children (learn more).
Maureen has also contributed across all media platforms including: ABC’s “Midday Live” in San Francisco, radio such as Martha Stewart Living, streaming such as The Fatherhood Project with Hank Azaria, print such as New York Times, and online with PBS, This Emotional Life and Scholastic, as well as others. In addition, Maureen has written a blog for Psychology Today since 2009, which includes her article on sensitive children.
Along with her 20 years of experience, Maureen holds traditional credentials with a BA in Psychology and an MBA from Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, as well as a PhD program in Clinical Psychology from Fielding Graduate University in Santa Barbara, California. She has also studied from happiness teachers throughout the world, which has bolstered her joy immensely.
Fun Facts About Maureen
Psychology Today called Maureen in 2009 (way back when!) and asked if she’d like to blog. She said, “yes” and then called her sister asking: “What’s a blog?”
Maureen has a sign in her office that says, “I walked on fire. I know I can do anything!” She’s literally walked on fire more than 7 times, and her feet never got burned.
In 2007, Maureen lived at the Base of the Himalayas teaching kindergarten to Tibetan refugee children and studying with His Holiness the Dalai Lama in his temple with many others.
Maureen’s first job is extinct now, but she had a paper route and delivered the local paper, Newsday, by bicycle!
