Ernest Ellender, PhD, the "Black Belt Trauma Coach", worked heavily in the fields of psychology, life coaching, and martial arts for over 25 years before authoring his first book to reach larger audiences than his own local clients and students. His advanced martial arts training (3rd degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu) combined with his doctorate in clinical psychology (2008) to produce his effective and empowering skills-building curriculum for healing past childhood and family dysfunction and traumas. Ernest was raised in Louisiana's Cajun communities that celebrate family life and a close connection to nature (fishing, farming, swimming, hunting, hiking, food), and he is affectionately known in his hometown as “Waffle” due to his particular love of breakfast foods. He spends his free time enjoying the wonderful Cajun cuisine, marshlands, beaches, and local microbreweries of south Louisiana with his family and friends.
