Gia MerloDr. Gia Merlo is a clinical professor of psychiatry at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, associate editor of the American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, founding chair of the Lifestyle Psychiatry Caucus of the American Psychiatric Association, and a fllow of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. She is a part of the Faculty Group Practice at NYU Langone Health in New York City. She completed her Master of Education in Health Professions at Johns Hopkins University School of Education in August 2022 and is currently an Adjunct Faculty at Johns Hopkins helping students in the program complete their capstone projects. She has published numerous peer-reviewed articles, chapters in books, and published three academic books for healthcare professionals with Oxford University Press and Taylor and Francis.Merlo has been curious about and interested in lifestyle interventions, especially concerning the overlap of mental and physical health. She is thrilled to write a self-help book that is firmly grounded in science. In this book, the science is drawn from psychology, psychiatry, and lifestyle medicine and her personal narratives are sprinkled throughout in an accessible and helpful way.In her spare time, Dr. Merlo enjoys playing tennis, not taking herself too seriously as she re-learns how to play violin (after many, many years) in a community orchestra, and hiking in New York and New Jersey. She finds great joy watching a good comedy that allows her to fulfill her daily health prescription dose of laughing out loud. Read More Read Less