Joseph Schmidt

Joseph Schmidt was raised in a Midwestern Mennonite family. He attended Occidental College in Los Angeles during the late 1960's and then accepted a three-year teaching assignment in India. Returning to the United States, he earned an MA in Psychology from Columbia University, opened a psychotherapy practice in San Francisco, and then worked as a corporate executive in New York for twenty years. Following his corporate career, he cofounded New York Insight Meditation Center and served as its...See more

Joseph Schmidt was raised in a Midwestern Mennonite family. He attended Occidental College in Los Angeles during the late 1960's and then accepted a three-year teaching assignment in India. Returning to the United States, he earned an MA in Psychology from Columbia University, opened a psychotherapy practice in San Francisco, and then worked as a corporate executive in New York for twenty years. Following his corporate career, he cofounded New York Insight Meditation Center and served as its Executive Director. He is currently training as a chaplain with the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care. He lives in Ridgewood, New Jersey, with his wife. They have two sons, a daughter-in-law, and a grandson. See less