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Patti Digh (born August 16, 1959) is an American author, essayist, teacher, speaker, and activist. She is founder of Life is a Verb Camp, an annual three-day retreat celebrating all that brings people together: stories, workshops, music, art, and spontaneous connection.

Ms Digh's career as a high-level consultant and diversity trainer was highlighted by the publication in 2000 of her Global Literacies: Lessons on Business Leadership and National Cultures, a book Fortune magazine chose as a "Best Business Book" for that year. Her collaborative authorship of The Global Diversity Desktop Reference: Managing an International Workforce was published in 2003. It was soon after the book was published that Digh was called into service by her mother to assist in caring for her dying stepfather. The experience changed her life. She started writing about it in January, 2005 via her 37days blog.

In the years since, Digh has continued writing about life, what it means to live fully, and how best to be present for all of it. Her own life is now devoted to all the projects which have come about as a result of her new focus. She teaches both in-person programs and distance-learning classes. In collaboration with such notable cohorts as Susan Piver and Jennifer Louden, Patti has taught or facilitated seminars across the country.

Digh actively supports the LGBTQ community both in her personal interactions and in her public speaking and writing. Closest to her heart thanks to her younger daughter's challenges with Asperger's Syndrome, is her devotion to learning from her daughter and from all the resources she can find about coping skills for those with Autism-spectrum diagnoses.

Overview

Donna Patricia Digh was born in Morganton, North Carolina, one of 2 children of Melvin and Frances Digh, a barber and a homemaker. When she was sixteen, she spent a year living and learning in Bali, an experience which opened her eyes to a world very different than her small town in North Carolina. Graduating from Freedom High School in 1977, she pursued a degree in Literature from Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina. After graduating in 1982, she went on to earn a Master's Degree from the University of Virginia in 1984.

From 1971 to 1974, Weil traveled throughout South America as a fellow for the Institute of Current World Affairs. Weil published his first book, The Natural Mind, in 1972. He has since written or co-written nine books. Weil was a regular contributor to High Times magazine from 1975 to 1983. Weil has been open about his own experimental and recreational use of drugs including narcotics and mind-altering substances.

In 1994, Weil founded the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine at the University Medical Center in Tucson, where he serves as its director. He is a Clinical Professor of Medicine, Professor of Public Health, and the Lovell-Jones Professor of Integrative Rheumatology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine.

Weil appeared on the cover of Time magazine in 1997 and again in 2005. Time named him one of the 25 most influential Americans in 1997 and one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2005. Weil was honored by the New York Open Center in 2004 as having made "extraordinary contributions to public awareness of integrative and complementary medicine." Forbes on-line magazine wrote: "Dr. Weil, a graduate of Harvard Medical School, is one of the most widely known and respected alternative medicine gurus. For five years, he has offered straightforward tips and advice on achieving wellness through natural means and educating the public on alternative therapies." Forbes went on to list his Web site in their Best of the Web Directory, in the "Alternative Medicine" category, and characterized it as one of the three "Best of the Web" picks in such category.