By her own definition, Debra Winger is first, a mother, second, an ambassador for Sight Savers International, an organization working to eradicate blindness in the world’s poorest countries, and third, an actor. As an actor, her credits include more than 20 films and three Academy Award nominations (An Officer and a Gentleman, Terms of Endearment, and Shadowlands. As a teenager she immigrated to Israel, where she worked for two years on a collective farm and served in the Army. Upon returning to the United States, she was involved in a serious accident that left her in a coma. During her recovery, Winger decided that, upon recuperating, she would become an actress. With this deliberate action, Winger travelled from commercials to the television series, “Wonder Woman,” to an acclaimed career in film, (Urban Cowboy, The Sheltering Sky, Legal Eagles, Black Widow, and more). In 1995 Winger left acting and did not look back, explaining to the UK’s Guardian newspaper that "Nothing quite compares with the sense of liberation I felt.” Married now to director Arliss Howard, and in the midst of raising three sons, she has recently returned to the screen.

Maia Danziger has been teaching Relax & Write and guided meditation workshops for more than ten years. She runs weekly private classes in Los Angeles and also teaches workshops for a variety of organizations, including hospitals, wellness communities, universities, spas and corporations. A Certified Life Coach, Danziger specializes in working with writers and artists on developing creativity and fulfilling their careers. An Emmy Award winning actress, Danziger has appeared extensively on and off-Broadway, on television, and in film. She is also the founder and former Artistic Director of the Actor's Company Theatre in New York. Diagnosed in 1994 with breast cancer, Danziger developed Relax & Write as a part of her healing process.

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