Joanne DiMaggio, MA, CHt , is a respected expert in the field of reincarnation and soul writing, which she describes as a written form of meditation. She has been actively involved with Edgar Cayce's Association for Research and Enlightenment (A.R.E.) since 1987 and has been the coordinator for the Charlottesville, Virginia, team since August 2008. Joanne is a sought-after lecturer and has given talks on past-life exploration and soul writing to audiences across the United States. She has appeared on nearly 70 radio programs and has written hundreds of magazine articles. Joanne has been professionally pursuing past-life research and therapy for over 30 years.

She earned her master's degree in transpersonal studies and her spiritual mentor certification from Atlantic University. She is also a graduate of the Eastern Institute of Hypnotherapy and completed additional training at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, where she studied under Dr. Irene Hickman, a pioneer in the field of nondirective hypnotherapy. Joanne is the author of Karma Can Be a Real Pain, Your Soul Remembers , and Soul Writing . She is the founder and director of the Unity Holistic Healing Center, a service of Unity of Charlottesville, where she conducts private past-life regressions and soul writing sessions.