Renee Brna is a clinical therapist-in training in the marriage and family therapy program at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Her work focuses on parental wellbeing, burnout, and mindfulness informed approaches to supporting families. She brings experience in crisis counseling, community programming, early childhood education, and psychological research. A mother of two, she first turned to the original edition of A Happy, Healthy Mom during her own early parenting years and later contributed new writing and updated research to this revision. Before entering clinical training, Renee worked professionally as a Broadway and television performer.