About the Author

LYNDA CHELDELIN FELL is an international best-selling author and creator of the award-winning Grief Diaries and Real Life Diaries book series. She embraces the power of storytelling as a healing modality across all life experiences. Learn more at www.LyndaFell.com. Born in Melbourne, Australia, Carmela graduated from Melbourne University with a degree in Social Sciences. She is a wife and mother of one. She has worked in information technology for over twenty years as a consultant specializing in project and change management. A voracious reader, author, and mental health advocate, Carmela actively supports a number of organizations and institutions and provides support to mental health caregivers through her voluntary work with BeyondBlue (www.beyondblue.com.au) and Deakin University, as an expert panel member to establish guidelines for carers. She founded an online community to support mental health carers in Australia and across the globe called A Black Dog About the House. Carmela co-authored Grief Diaries: Grieving for the Living, where she shares her story of supporting a partner with depression. Carmela has retrained, turning her focus to health and well-being. She is the director and Usui Reiki Master/Teacher of Soulworks Essential Therapies. Her goal is to guide individuals to embrace discovering health and wellness from within using alternative therapies to complement Western medicine.