Dr. Tom Pinkson serves as a bridge builder between ancient wisdom and contemporary society, walking in two worlds — one of traditional healing and one of Western psychology — and addressing the challenges of modern living. For over 50 years he has worked with Indigenous elders around the world, from the deserts of Mexico to the jungles of the Amazon, embracing spiritual teachings and sharing them with integrity to both preserve ancient knowledge and to leverage that wisdom for practical application to the issues that face our world today.

Tom has played a key role in three social movements of the 20th Century: the establishment and growth of the first at-home Hospice program in the United States, the introduction of the Native American-based Vision Quest to mainstream America, and, together with Dr. Jerry Jampolsky, the growth of Attitudinal Healing, a forerunner to today’s popularity of "positive psychology" via the internationally renowned Center for Attitudinal Healing, where Tom created and led counseling programs for life-threatened children and adults for 32 years. He is the founder and director of WAKAN, a community-based nonprofit organization committed to restoring the sacred in daily life.

Tom has touched thousands of lives throughout the world. As international keynote speaker, transpersonal psychologist, consultant, retreat and ceremonial leader, spiritual counselor, and author of The Gift of Mantra, Do They Celebrate Christmas in Heaven? and The Shamanic Wisdom of the Huichol, he guides people to discover a path of sacred and harmonious living in balance with the web of life.