Constance Scharff PhD
Constance [Ahuva Batya] Scharff, PhD, holds a doctorate in Transformative Studies, specializing in radical personal transformation. She is the founder and director of The Human Resilience Project.
To improve mental health outcomes worldwide, Dr. Scharff travels to some of the most remote areas of the world to research how indigenous and often marginalized groups develop and embody resilience. Her team examines the complex connections between mental health, trauma, and environmental change to generate practical, evidence-based insights.
For her efforts, Dr. Scharff was awarded the Sol Feinstone Humanitarian Award in 2019.
Dr. Scharff, who also writes under the pen name “Ahuva Batya,” is the author or co-author of four books. Ending Addiction for Good (2012) was an Amazon #1 bestseller. Rock to Recovery: Music as a Catalyst for Human Transformation (2021) won several awards, including a National Indie Excellence Award. Her poetry book, Meeting God at Midnight(2014), was lauded as best poetry book in Texas by the Texas Association of Authors. Her most recent book, The Path to God’s Promise (2023), is a magical realism novel that follows the adventures of a woman who explores the “what ifs” of how we might address the climate crisis.
Dr. Scharff has just completed the field work for her upcoming book, A Year of Living Bravely. This creative nonfiction book will share her year-long, seven-nation exploration of “everyday bravery,” combining memoir, psychology, and anthropology. It should be available in late 2026.
