Barb Schmidt is an international best-selling author, sought-after motivational speaker, mindset coach, and meditation teacher. A practitioner of mindfulness and meditation for more than 37 years, Barb is the author of The Practice: Simple Tools for Managing Stress, Finding Inner Peace, and Uncovering Happiness.
 
In 2011, Barb, with her daughter Michelle Maros, co-founded the nonprofit Peaceful Mind Peaceful Life® with the mission to further inner peace and bring mindfulness teachings to the global community. Together they create viral videos for social media that reach millions of people each week. Barb and her daughter also co-host Barb Knows Best™, a weekly podcast in which they share simple, helpful tools for managing daily stress. 
 
Barb is passionate about mentoring the next generation of leaders. The Barb Schmidt Fellowship for Cultivating Community Involvement, Activism, and Social Change aims to provide high school student leaders with a platform to develop the skills and knowledge needed to initiate, execute, and sustain a social movement. She holds an honorary doctorate from American College Dublin, and from Florida Atlantic University’s Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters.