Bristol Baughan is an Emmy-winning and Oscar-Nominated filmmaker, author, and private coach. She founded Inner Astronauts to support people in becoming fully alive in service to the world. She has gone on pilgrimage with Tibetan monks in India, studied Tantric & Hatha Yoga in Thailand, and experimented with both ancient and modern healing modalities around the world. She reports from the front lines of inner space for Poppy + Seed and is currently writing a book with her psychologist mother about freedom from inter-generational patterning called "Permission". She also facilitates vulnerability workshops for TED. Bristol spent over ten years in the film and media business making relevant stories entertaining through documentary film at GOOD and Uprise. She is a TED Fellow and served as a delegate for the State Department Documentary Showcase in China. Bristol holds a B.A. in International Studies from the American University School of International Service and an M.A. in Spiritual Psychology from the University of Santa Monica.
