Olivia Ames Hoblitzelle is a writer and dharma teacher whose work is inspired by almost fifty years of practice in Buddhist meditation, psychology and the wisdom traditions. She taught in the field of mind/body medicine where she pioneered the integration of meditation, yoga, and cognitive therapy with traditional Western medicine.Olivia is the author of the award-winning book Ten Thousand Joys & Ten Thousand Sorrows: A Couple's Journey Through Alzheimer's, and more recently Aging with Wisdom: Reflections, Stories & Teachings. Now living in an Elder community in Massachusetts near her two families, she also spends time at the family place in Vermont where, as a lover of nature, she hikes, gardens, and sky gazes.