Brenda Elizabeth Novack is an interdisciplinary scholar, writer, teacher, editor, and certified holistic health practitioner who holds four university degrees, including a PhD in theology from Trinity College Dublin and a Master’s degree in philosophy from Dalhousie University in Canada. She is also trained in the areas of palliative care and bereavement counselling and has acquired a diverse array of knowledge, skills, and experience over the course of her adventurous lifetime. The recipient of several academic awards, Brenda is as artistic as she is intellectual. She is a highly skilled and naturally gifted writer whose output reflects a unique creativity and precision woven through with threads of deep insight, integrated wisdom, passion, and compassion. Brenda's works span the fields of history, ethics, politics, philosophy, theology, spirituality, travel, and much more! She is a lover of animals, the ocean, music, travelling, drawing, reading, and good company.