Barb Schmidt - author of The Practice

Barb Schmidt is founder of Peaceful Mind Peaceful World, a community outreach program through Florida Atlantic University designed to promote dialogue on the topic of inner peace. Barb is also the founder of Peaceful Mind Peaceful Life, a non-profit organization through which she teaches steps from her book The Practice, a three-part guide to practical spirituality in the modern world and her tool for spreading her belief that “outer peace begins with inner peace.” Peaceful Mind Peaceful Life has a huge online presence (with posts reaching10 million people.) In 2014, Barb’s achievements earned her an invitation to the White House State Dinner.