Lama Tsultrim Allione is an internationally known Buddhist teacher and the founder and resident lama of Tara Mandala Retreat Center. She is the author of Women of Wisdom, the national bestseller Feeding Your Demons: Ancient Wisdom for Resolving Inner Conflict, which is now translated into twenty languages, and Wisdom Rising: Journey into the Mandala of the Empowered Feminine. She has a Master’s degree in Buddhist studies/women’s studies from Antioch University, and she was named Buddhist Woman of the Year in 2009.