Doc Childre

Doc Lew Childre Jr. (born September 7, 1945) (pronounced "Chill-dree") and the founder of the HeartMath Institute, a non-profit organization whose objective is to help the development of "heart-brain-coherence". He works on child development and strategies for dealing with stress.

Biography Doc Lew Childre Jr. is the son of Doc Lew Childre Sr., the Grand Ole Opry star best known for his song "Let's Go Fishing". The prefix "Doc" was inherited from his father. His mother is Eleanor B. Fields. He left school in the 11th grade. The institute conducted experiments in how the right sounds can, according to HeartMath, help align a person's heart and mind energies; for example by monitoring EKG and blood pressure of subjects listening to various sounds, it would be possible to tailor sounds to invoke a specific response.