Ken McLeod has been studying Buddhism since 1970. In 1985, he became authorized as a teacher and in 1988 developed a new model for working with students that was later used as the basis for "Unfettered Mind". His group curriculum was published in 2001, titled "Wake Up to Your Life: Discovering the Buddhist Path of Attention". He has narrated several audiobooks by Thich Nhat Hanh and the Dalai Lama.