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Estelle Erasmus is an award-winning journalist, writing coach, and longtime ASJA member and an adjunct instructor at New York University and for Writer's Digest. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Independent, WIRED, Huffington Post Personal, AARP the Magazine, Vox,Insider, Next Avenue, GH, Marie Claire and more. Estelle's articles for the New York Times and Washington Post have gone globally viral. She has appeared on Good Morning America, Fox News with Ernie Anastos and has had her articles mentioned on "The View". She is co-host of the Freelance Writing Direct Podcast (found on iTunes and Spotify) and was a guest judge for the Writer's Digest 2022 Personal Writing Contest. Her book WRITING THAT GETS NOTICED: Find Your Voice, Become a Better Storyteller, and Get Published from New World Library is available online and wherever books are sold. Find her on Twitter: @EstelleSErasmus, Instagram: @EstelleSErasmus, TikTok: @EstelleSErasmus  and on her website at http://estelleserasmus.com/ and on Substack https://estelleserasmus.substack.com

Elizabeth Pearson is the author of Career Confinement: How to Free Yourself, Find Your Guides and Seize the Fire of Inspired Work. Elizabeth is an executive coach who helps high-achieving women break out of their cages. She teaches practical steps to shift your mindset, unshackle yourself from your limiting beliefs, and helps you seize the fire of inspired work. In career confinement, she provides real-life client stories featuring women who broke free and are living fulfilled and abundant lives. Through easy-to-follow actionable steps for both your professional and your spiritual development, Elizabeth guides you to living the life your soul is begging you to live. For more information and resources you can download her app called EP Coaching.

Dr. Sarabeth Berk is the leading expert on hybrid professional identity, and a hybrid professional herself. She was featured in Forbes, and is a TEDx speaker, author of More Than My Title. Her hybrid title is Creative Disruptor because she works at the intersection of being an artist, researcher, educator, and designer. It took an identity crisis for her to realize she actually integrates these identities together. Through groundbreaking research, Dr. Berk developed a one-of-a-kind approach that COMBINES personal branding and career development. She helps professionals discover and articulate their hybrid professional identity and unique value in the workforce. Dr. Berk obtained her PhD from the University of Denver, and has degrees from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Rhode Island School of Design.

Stacey Delo is the CEO of Après, which acquired her website, Maybrooks, in 2017. Stacey spent eight years as a journalist with the Wall Street Journal Digital Network, where she was a multimedia reporter, producer, and the host of Digits, a live video program about technology, before founding her own business focused on flexibility in the workplace. Her book YOUR TURN: Careers, Kids, and Comebacks – A Working Mother's Guide, written along with Jennifer Gefsky, was published by Harper Business in October 2019. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and two children.

On Our Sleeves is a national movement to break stigmas around children's mental health. No family should struggle alone on their journey. Their mission is to provide free mental health educational resources to every community in America to educate families and empower advocates. They also support access to services by connecting families to trusted local resources. Today we have Marti Bledsoe Post, executive director of On Our Sleeves and Dr. Ariana Hoet, who is the clinical director of On Our Sleeves and a psychologist at Nationwide Children's Hospital.  In Marti's role with the On Our Sleeves movement, she leads strategy and operations. Marti was the founder of a'parently, a consultancy offering programs and resources to support parents in the workplace. The company grew under her vision and leadership to work with corporations across the country, providing training for parents and leaders. Marti is a published author and sought-after national speaker on parents in the workforce. Dr. Hoet cares deeply about working toward inclusion and equity in our society. Her personal experience as an immigrant from Venezuela, has helped to fuel that passion. Dr. Hoet works in Pediatric Primary Care where she serves immigrant children. She is also a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Pediatric Psychology and Neuropsychology at Nationwide Children's Hospital and The Ohio State University.

Corinne Crossley, LMHC received her masters degree in Counseling Psychology and is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor. After years of working with women in practice and becoming a mom (twice over) she started the blog and podcast Momma Bites where she regularly interviews experts in various fields of self-care including intuitive eating, mindfulness, yoga, complementary & alternative healing, sleep, sexual health, and many other areas. Corinne is now the author of the book Self-care for New Moms:  Thriving in Your Postpartum Year.

Lisa González has been passionate about supporting entrepreneurial leaders and their teams since she was a young adult. Lisa grew up in an entrepreneurial family that was pursuing the American Dream in southern California. She often jumped in to help their many businesses run more efficiently. Lisa graduated from UCLA and attended law school at University of Texas - Austin. After practicing law for several years in Denver, Colorado, she missed the world of entrepreneurs and joined the operations team at a start-up residential remodel firm that was expanding to multiple locations in the US. After years of using various tools to improve operations with varying success, she implemented EOS ® and it made all the difference. The start-up grew in revenue, generated consistent profits, documented and simplified its processes, and developed a leadership team that was healthy and happy in their personal lives. This deep-dive into the EOS method to strengthen a company's process component will help leaders at all companies—from early stage startups to established corporations—run better businesses and live better lives. Her book is available here.

UCLA's Anderson School of Management professor Cassie Holmes is the world's leading authority on time and happiness. In her ground-breaking new book, HAPPIER HOUR: How to Beat Distraction, Expand Your Time, and Focus on What Matters Most —a Forbes 2022 “Must Read”—she shares her cutting-edge research guiding readers how to immediately enrich their lives by better investing the time they have, no matter how “time poor” they feel.

Katherine Wintsch dedicates her life to making the lives of women easier. In her role as founder and CEO of The Mom Complex, she helps the largest companies in the world such as Walmart, Johnson & Johnson and Wells Fargo better understand and support their mom customers and employees. In her latest venture, Katherine combines 10+ years of groundbreaking research on motherhood with her own personal journey in her book Slay Like a Mother. Parade magazine recently named Slay Like a Mother, one of the “top 10 life-changing self-help books of the year” and Katherine's research has been featured by The Today Show, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Fast Company. Katherine is a recipient of the “Working Mother of the Year” award by the Advertising Women of New York, the “Outstanding Woman” award from the YWCA and, most recently, the “Woman of the Decade” award from the Women's Economic Forum in India. Katherine also has a Tedx talk called Unmasking motherhood.

Natalie Silverstein, MPH, is an author, speaker, consultant, and passionate advocate for family and youth service. Her first book, Simple Acts: The Busy Family's Guide to Giving Back, was published by Gryphon House in 2019 and was named one of the “10 Books for Parents Who Want to Raise Kind Kids” by HuffPost. Now, she is out with her second book Simple Acts: The Busy Teen's Guide to Making a Difference.

In her acclaimed New York Times bestseller (and Reese's Book Club pick) Fair Play, Eve Rodsky urged women to rebalance their domestic responsibilities and reclaim time for themselves. Her book started a national conversation and launched a movement toward greater equality on the home front…and then quarantine hit, and life as we knew it was upended. Now all of us are faced with an even more pressing question: how can we carve out a little time for ourselves?  This personal time–what Rodsky calls Unicorn Space, what makes us interesting–isn't just a luxury, she explains. The research is clear that it's a necessity for our mental health, our physical well-being, and our very sense of self. You can also find her on Instagram. 

Paris Rosenthal is an author whose works include #1 New York Times Best Seller, Dear Girl, co-written with her late mother, Amy Krouse Rosenthal and #1 New York Times Best Seller, Dear Boy, co-written with her father, Jason B. Rosenthal. She also wrote the New York Times Best Seller Dear Teacher, as well as Dear Baby, Project 1,2,3, and her latest book, Uni the Unicorn in the Real World. Uni the Unicorn is the third book in a series that her mother started. She says she wrote this book as a tribute of sorts to her. Her first published book, Dear Girl, was also co-written with her mom. That book came out when she was in college. Please visit her at her website, and on Instagram.

Phyllis Fagell has worked in both public and private schools with students in grades K-12. She currently works as the school counselor for Sheridan School in Washington, D.C. and provides therapy to children, teens and adults in private practice.  Phyllis is also a journalist and the author of Middle School Matters: The 10 Key Skills Kids Need to Thrive in Middle School and Beyond -- and How Parents Can Help. She's a frequent contributor to the Washington Post and other major news outlets, focusing on counseling, parenting and education. You can find her at PhyllisFagell.com and on Twitter.

Khara Croswaite Brindle is a Licensed Mental Health Therapist and Burnout Consultant in Denver, Colorado. Khara enjoys various roles as a serial entrepreneur, professional speaker, professor, Financial Therapist and author of Perfectioneur: From Workaholic to Well-Balanced: One Therapist's Workbook to Get You There. You can find Khara at her website.   

Dana Ponsky (pictured) began her career in education and advocacy more than 20 years ago. Her first professional experiences were at the University of Michigan, the University of Miami, and Barry University as a career counselor and then as an assistant director and director of orientation, leadership, and first-year programming. After working with first-year college students, Dana began to wonder how students were being supported in their high schools and what they were doing to be prepared for college. After realizing to be successful in college, students need excellent guidance while in high school, Dana transitioned to work as a school-based college counselor. She has served as a high school director of college counseling and has volunteered for nationally-recognized college access programs. You can find her at her website ConsultWithDana.com. Whitney Fisch, MSW started her career working on college campuses as the Jewish Student Life Director at Hillel at the University of Georgia and now as the Executive Director of the Hillel at Miami University in Ohio. She graduated from The University of Michigan School of Social Work and spent the next decade as a school counselor and Director of Counseling working in partnership with teens, families, and administration all in advocacy of the student. Now, she uses her years of training as a counselor and student advocate to help schools + other youth-focused community organizations to build comprehensive health + wellness programs, parent education, as well as helping families successfully navigate the college process from beginning to end making sure the student's needs never get lost in the process. You can find her at her website WhitneyFisch.com.  

KJ Dell'Antonia is the author of the viral New York Times essay Why I Didn't Answer Your Email. She is the former editor of the NY Times' Motherlode blog and the author of the book How to Be a Happier Parent. Her debut novel, The Chicken Sisters, is a NYT best seller, a selection in Reese Witherspoon's book club. It is a humorous exploration of the same themes she focuses on in her journalism: the importance of finding joy in our families, the challenge of figuring out what makes us happy and the need to value the people in front of us more than the ones in our phones and laptops, every single time. You can find all things KJ Dell'Antonia at her website.

Dr. Tim Jordan is a Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrician, he is the author of She Leads: Raising Girls Who Advocate , Influence and Lead. In this book, Dr. Tim reveals practical, common-sense guidance gleaned from his experience working with girls. He is an international speaker and consultant, founder of Camp Weloki for Girls – and as the brother of five sisters!

Karen Alpert is the writer of the popular blog Baby Sideburns. You may have seen a few of her more viral posts like "What NOT to F'ing buy my kids this holiday" and "Caillou sucks so bad, here's another blog about why I hate him." She spent fifteen years working for national advertising agencies until she was promoted to her newest favorite job-- Mommy. She is a NYT best selling author of the books, I Heart My Little A-Holes, I Want My Epidural Back and now her latest book, Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be A-Holes.

Clay Drinko, Ph.D. is an educator and the author of Play Your Way Sane: 120 Improv-Inspired Exercises to Help You Calm Down, Stop Spiraling, and Embrace Uncertainty. Clay earned his Ph.D. in drama and theatre studies and has two Master’s degrees and for the past decade has researched improvisation and its applications. Clay’s research explores improvisation's effects on consciousness and cognition while comparing these theories to current findings in cognitive neuroscience, psychology, and philosophy. In short, he says, this stuff is all backed by research and science.

Dr. Caitlyn Collins is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Washington University in St. Louis. Her research examines social inequality and gender inequality in the workplace and in family life. Dr. Collins conducted an interview study of 135 working mothers in Sweden, Germany, Italy, and the United States. These four countries offer distinct policy approaches to reconciling work-family conflict. She examined how different ideals of gender, motherhood, and employment are embedded in these policies, and how they shape the daily lives of working mothers in these countries. Dr. Collins is the author of the book based on this research called Making Motherhood Work: How Women Manage Careers and Caregiving.

Dr. Lisa Bravo aka "teen whisperer" is a highly acclaimed psychotherapist, speaker, author, and teacher. She holds a doctoral degree in behavioral health and maintains a private practice in Scottsdale, Arizona, as an expert in family dynamics and adolescent behavior. Dr. Bravo also spends time training the next generation of counselors, most recently through the graduate counseling program at Arizona State University. She is a regular consultant to various media and news outlets, academic institutions, and behavioral health organizations across the country. Dr. Bravo is the author of the forthcoming book, "The Bravo Effect" which is about raising extreme teens, and is available through her website.   

Dr. Robyne Hanley-Dafoe is a multi-award-winning psychology and education instructor who specializes in resiliency, navigating stress and change, leadership, and personal wellness in the workplace. Described as transformational, engaging, and thought-provoking, Robyne’s keynotes provide practical strategies grounded in global research and case studies that help foster resiliency within others and ourselves. Robyne is available for consultation, training and professional development opportunities ranging from one-to-one to company-wide initiatives. Her book Calm Within The Storm is available through her website.

As a Coach with Boot Camp for New Dads for 12+ years, Schuyler Totman has listened to thousands of guys mansplain breastfeeding. But these aren’t just any guys: they’re experienced “Vet Dads” who bring their 4-month-olds back to Boot Camp, and share insights gained since their baby was born. He has learned to ask these “Vet Dads” about breastfeeding specifically, because almost all agree that supporting mom through breastfeeding brought greater challenges than supporting her through the birth. Boot Camp for New Dads® (aka Daddy Boot Camp®) is a unique father-to-father, community-based workshop that inspires and equips men of different economic levels, ages and cultures to become confidently engaged with their infants, support their mates and personally navigate their transformation into dads. Boot Camp is validated by research and has been named a best practice by many organizations that consider it an exceptional means of supporting dads-to-be and fostering behaviors that greatly benefit children and help prevent a wide range of social ills. Founded in 1990, the non-profit Boot Camp for New Dads has graduated more than 325,000 men, making it by far the nation’s largest program for new fathers, and is now offered in 44 states, on U.S. military bases, Canada and the U.K.

Dr. Michele Borba is an educational psychologist, best-selling author of many books most notably UnSelfie, and TODAY show contributor who has spoken to over one million participants on five continents and to countless media about child development issues. She blends 40 years of teaching and consulting experience with the latest science to offer sound, realistic advice to parents, teachers and child advocates about helping children thrive. Dr. Borba’s latest book Thrivers is an urgently needed guide to address the staggering increase in anxiety, stress and emptiness for children from preschool to high school. She explains why the old markers of accomplishment (grades, test scores) are no longer reliable predictors of success in the 21st century – and she offers 7 teachable traits that will safeguard our kids for the future. Those essential character strengths-confidence, empathy, self-control, integrity, curiosity, perseverance, and optimism-will allow kids to roll with the punches and succeed in life.

Joann Crohn is a parenting expert who helps moms feel confident in different areas of parenting - from raising empowered kids to accomplishing personal goals. An accomplished writer, podcast host and speaker, appearing in national media and founder of the blogging site, NoGuiltMom.com. Joann is a former elementary school teacher with a Master's degree focused in Curriculum and Instruction as well as a Board Certified in Middle Childhood Education.

Natalie Silverstein is the author of Simple Acts: The Busy Family’s Guide to Giving Back, volunteer and passionate advocate for family service. Natalie holds a Masters in Public Health from Yale University and after a 15-year career in hospital administration, managed care and healthcare consulting, she now works as a freelance writer and editor with a particular focus on the non-profit sector and community service. In September 2013, Natalie launched the first local affiliate of Doing Good Together. Doing Good Together is a Minneapolis-based nonprofit with the mission of helping parents raise kids who care and contribute. As the coordinator for the New York area, she curates a free monthly email listing of family-friendly service opportunities that is distributed to thousands of subscribers.

Raised by two psychologists, Tessa Stuckey has a natural deep interest in human interaction and genuine relationships. Now, a therapist herself, Tessa works with teenagers, and has decided to take on parenting from a new perspective. Tessa coaches and presents to parents her research on today’s teen depression, anxiety and suicide rate focusing on parent/child connection. Tessa and her husband, Joseph, live in Houston, Texas where they are actively raising their four sons and continuing the fight against today’s cultural effects. Her book is called For the Sake of Our Youth: A Therapist’s Perspective on Raising Your Family in Today’s Culture. 

Carrie Dorr is a Successful Entrepreneur, the former founder and CEO of Pure Barre, Health + Wellness Expert, Seasoned Franchisor, Authentic + Engaging Speaker, Wife, Mom of 3 and Philanthropist. Her background started as a professional dancer, choreographer and law school graduate. In 2001, she started Pure Barre I believe out of the basement of her home, and eventually out of mine and it went on to become a highly successful franchise. Most recently she has created a 2 workout Methods- O44 METHOD + O44 BARRE + an at-home BOX.   It’s $39/month for 8 new workouts.  

W. Brad Johnson is the author of Good Guys: How Men Can Be Better Allies for Women in the Workplace, the first practical, research-based guide for how to be a male ally to women in the workplace. Filled with firsthand accounts from both men and women, and tips for getting started, the book shows how men can partner with their female colleagues to advance women's leadership and equality by breaking ingrained gender stereotypes, overcoming unconscious biases, developing and supporting the talented women around them, and creating productive and respectful working relationships with women. Brad is a professor of psychology in the Dept. of Leadership, Ethics and Law at the US Naval Academy and a faculty associate in the Graduate School of Education at Johns Hopkins University.

Karissa Rund is a super survivor, a speaker and a storyteller. She feels uniquely suited to talk about suffering and overcoming darkness because her life has had more than its share of tragedy. Her mother died of breast cancer when Karissa was just 11 years old,  she survived the Columbine shooting as a high school freshman. When she was 20, she became a war widow when her husband and high school sweetheart was killed in action in Iraq.  At 31, she was diagnosed with “terminal” Stage IV cancer. Karissa was educated in journalism at the University of Colorado Boulder, in public relations at Georgetown University, in business at the University of Colorado Denver and in theology at Denver Seminary. In addition to fighting for her life, Karissa is also currently co-authoring an as-of-yet untitled novel about her one in a trillion life. She’s married to Doug, her first husband’s brother. You can visit her website here. 

Lydia Rueger is a writer and editor for Colorado Parent magazine. After many years of writing children’s books on the side, she has released her first picture book, Victor and the Vroom, about a regular car with a not-so-regular engine, based on her son’s diagnosis of ADHD. Victor learns that yes, his engine was built exactly the way it was supposed to be built, and also yes, there are many things he can do to help make the most of his powerful engine.

Shannon Brescher Shea is devoted to telling authentic stories about green living and parenting. She's the author of the environmental parenting advice book Growing Sustainable Together: Practical Resources to Raise Kind, Engaged, Resilient Children and writes the parenting blog We'll Eat You Up, We Love You So. After receiving a master's degree from Oxford University in Nature, Society, and Environmental Policy, she worked for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and U.S. Department of Energy. She biked from New York City to Washington D.C. to raise money for climate change advocacy, protested the Keystone XL pipeline when she was pregnant, and led family community bike rides. Shea has bylines in numerous publications, including the Washington Post, Sierra Magazine, Scary Mommy, and Romper. She lives in the Washington D.C. suburbs with her husband and two kids.

When Women Vote is a new book from Stephanie Donner and Amber McReynolds that highlights the challenges Americans, particularly women, face when trying to vote in the current voting system, and the amazing things that happen with reform. They make the case for further voting reform and for removing bias in the voting process by sharing stories and experiences of women voters and leaders throughout the United States, and discuss what that entails on this week's podcast. Stephanie Donner has spent her career devoted to the development of women and girls.  She currently serves as Sr. Advisor for the Equality Initiative at the National Vote at Home Institute. She served as Governor Hickenlooper's Chief Legal Counsel and then went on to be Chief Legal and People Officer for Galvanize, a technology education company with eight campuses across the United States. Stephanie founded the Galvanize Foundation, a 501(c)3) that exists to increase access to tech careers for women and people of color and was recognized as 9NEWS Leader of the Year in 2017 for those efforts.   Amber McReynolds (pictured) is one of the country’s leading experts on election administration and policy. During her career, she has proven that designing pro-voter policies, voter-centric processes, and implementing technical innovations will improve the voting experience for all voters. Amber is now the CEO for the National Vote At Home Institute and is the former Director of Elections for Denver, CO. During her time in Denver, the elections office was transformed into a national and international award-winning election office. Amber was also recognized as a 2018 Top Public Official of the Year by Governing Magazine for her transformational work to improve the voting experience.

Parenting youth athletes by providing strategies to help ease pressure and anxiety- by America's most decorated soccer player of all time, Christie Pearce Rampone and Dr. Keane a neuropsychologist have written a book called Be All In: Raising Kids for Success in Sports and Life.  Christie Pearce Rampone is the most decorated American professional soccer player of all time. She has played in five FIFA Women’s World Cups, winning in 1999 and 2015. In addition, she is a four-time Olympian and a three-time Olympic gold medalist. Currently, Pearce Rampone is an active speaker, coach, and sports commentator. She is a sports mom of two girls, and has coached professional, high school and club soccer teams, as well as youth basketball teams. Dr. Kristine Keane, Psy.D. is a neuropsychologist who has been working with professional athletes, physicians, and mental health clinicians for the past twenty years. Dr. Keane is the owner, developer, and clinical director of two multi-specialty neuropsychological private practices and a Clinical Director of the Neuroscience Concussion Program at Hackensack Meridian Health. She is also the sports mom of two boys and a girl, who play soccer, basketball, and run track.

With 40 years of experience in emergency services leadership and over 600 authored articles, “Super-Charge Your Stress Management in the Age of COVID-19” is Taigman’s second book. The techniques in his book are distilled from practices Taigman has been teaching since analyzing the factors that minimized post-traumatic stress disorder among those who had worked during 9/11.  Mike’s expertise includes stress management, resilience, EMS street survival, patient-centered leadership, and effective quality and performance improvement. He teaches Improvement Science as an assistant professor at the University of San Francisco and an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. Sascha Liebowitz is a writer and author of Living Every Minute of It, a blog about living each day with patience, tolerance, kindness, and love towards oneself and others. A former New York lawyer, she now lives in California focused on family, writing, and being of service to others. She holds a BA from Columbia College and a JD from NYU.

Dr. Bruce Perry is the senior fellow of the Child Trauma Academy. A major activity of the CTA is to translate emerging findings about the human brain and child development into practical implications for the ways we nurture, protect, enrich, educate and heal children. This model has been discussed as optimal for promoting social change in our current complex world.  Solving problems which involve parenting, education, the law, child protection systems, mental health, law enforcement and a host of related systems across every professional discipline is challenging. In response to this challenge, Dr. Perry and his team have created a collaborative, interdisciplinary virtual Center of Excellence to address the needs of high needs, high risk children. Dr. Perry is a psychiatrist who holds an MD and PhD. His accomplishments are vast and numerous but to highlight some they include: best selling author the book The Boy Who Was Raised As a Dog, faculty member, research professor, Chief of Psychiatry at Texas Children’s Hospital, and Medical Director. He has attended or held positions at Baylor, University of Chicago Medicine, Northwestern, Amherst, Stanford and Yale. His experience as a clinician and a researcher with traumatized children has led many community and governmental agencies to consult Dr. Perry following high-profile incidents involving traumatized children such as the Branch Davidian siege in Waco (1993), the Oklahoma City bombing (1995), the Columbine school shootings (1999), the September 11th terrorist attacks (2001), Hurricane Katrina (2005), and the Sandy Hook Elementary school shootings (2012) and more. A word about what Dr. Perry's work has meant to my work... His clinical research over the years has been focused on integrating emerging principles of developmental neuroscience into clinical practice. This work has resulted in the Neurosequential Model©. This approach to clinical problem solving has been integrated into the programs at dozens of large public and non-profit organizations serving at-risk children and their families including where I started as a Clinical Director in 2003 using Dr. Perry’s work…   Personal experiences at Littler Center, Namaqua Center, Mt. St Vincent Home for Children, and CereScan now CereHealth   Today...I think Dr. Perry can help lead the way to how we reform law enforcement and help black, disadvantaged communities heal and create new systems of reality for their futures.

Dr. Tasha Eurich is an organizational psychologist, researcher, and New York Times best-selling author. Over her 15-plus-year career, she’s helped thousands of leaders become more self-aware and successful. With a PhD in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Tasha is the principal of The Eurich Group, a boutique executive development firm that helps companies—from start-ups to the Fortune 100—succeed by improving the effectiveness of their leaders and teams. She does executive coaching, executive team development, and leadership and high potential development programs.  Thinkers50 has named her one of the top 30 emerging management thinkers in the world and a top 50 World Leader in Coaching, and she ranked #13 on the GlobalGurus list of organizational culture experts.

Dr. Sharon Saline a clinical psychologist in private practice in Massachusetts who is a top expert in how ADHD, learning disabilities and mental health issues affect children, teens and families. Dr. Saline has worked extensively with schools on mental health issues in the classroom, interpreting psychological evaluations and improving teacher/parent communication. Her unique perspective, namely growing up in a household with a sibling who wrestled with untreated ADHD, combined with decades of clinical expertise, assists her in guiding families from the maze of emotions, conflict and stress toward successful dialog, interventions and connection.

Sheryl Gould is a Parenting Expert and author who has been coaching moms for over 15 years. She is the founder of Moms of Tweens and Teens, an international organization supporting moms to grow in their self-awareness, become more effective parents, and build stronger connections with their adolescents and families. Recently, she has written a book, SOS: A technology guide book for parents of teens and tweens, and due out this summer, You’re Not Crazy, You’re Not A Bad Parent, and No Your Teen Really Doesn’t Hate You. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/momsoftweensandteens/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/momsoftweensandteens/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/momstweensteens/pins/

Dr. Kathleen Smith is a licensed therapist and author of the book, Everything Isn’t Terrible: Conquer Your Insecurities, Interrupt Your Anxiety, and Finally Calm Down. She is a graduate of both George Washington University and Harvard University and she’s written for popular websites. Kathleen runs her own private therapy practice in Washington, DC, and is the host of the TV show Family Matters.

Dr. Aditya Nagrath is a visionary leader on a mission to change the way that the world teaches mathematics. He graduated from the University of Denver with a dual major in Mathematics and Computer Science, while working full time as a software developer. After a decade at the University, Dr. Nagrath founded Elephant Head Software where he led a team of engineers to bring over 35 different product lines with over 50 different applications to market. In 2016, Dr. Nagrath co-founded Elephant Learning in order to transform America's education system. Three out of 4 students are not proficient at High School Mathematics, leading to 69% of STEM majors switching to a major with less math.

Ryan Harris played offensive tackle on the Super Bowl 50 Denver Broncos champion team and is taking his life lessons to offer insights, inspiration and practical tools to help others overcome uncertainties to accomplish their goals. He endured nine surgeries over a ten year NFL career and shares how he did it in his book, Mindset for Mastery: An NFL Champions Guide to Reaching Your Greatness.

Lizi is a psychotherapist and life coach who is a Certified Daring Way™ and Rising Strong™ Facilitator and Case Consultant. Lizi translated the Daring Greatly™ and Rising Strong™ curricula into Spanish and Hebrew. She also leads parenting and Daring Greatly Workshops in Denver, Colorado.

Aimee Sullivan, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist at the University of Colorado Johnson Depression Center. She provides evidence-based psychotherapy to youth and adults with mood and anxiety symptoms, with a special emphasis on treating bipolar disorders. She earned her doctorate in Clinical Psychology with Dr. David Miklowitz at the University of Colorado Boulder, and completed her predoctoral clinical internship at UCLA. She specializes in the use of Dr. Miklowitz’s Family-Focused Treatment (FFT) for adolescents and adults with bipolar disorder, and youth at high risk for bipolar disorder. She has assisted with the completion of nationally-funded randomized controlled trials investigating the use of FFT, and served as a lead study psychologist for four years on these projects.

Dr. Justin Trosclair is a chiropractor trained in Texas with an undergrad from LSU. He had his own private practice for 6 years in the US until the past 5 years, where he has been the sole chiropractor in a hospital in the Yunnan Province of China serving 200,000 people. Dr. Justin started a weekly podcast called "A Doctor's Perspective" and is the author of two books: Today's Choices, Tomorrow's Health -small steps to improve health, food choices, exercise and life, and the other is Needle-less Acupuncture- self treatment guide for 40 common conditions all with no needles. He is married to a spectacular woman and they are raising a strong, intelligent, independent, beautiful daughter.

Suzanne Falter is a writer and speaker who after losing her 22 year old daughter, Teal, in 2012, shifted her life significantly as she found her own way back to joy, peace and balance. Today, Suzanne helps those who are suffering from trauma, grief, and burnout to find wholeness and fulfillment again.

Tiffany Dufu is the author of the book, Drop the Ball and the founder of the Cru, a peer coaching platform for women. Tiffany says that she is on the planet to advance women and girls. She was named as one of 19 “women who are leading the way” in the Huffington Post amongst luminaries such as Hillary Clinton and Diane Sawyer. She is a consultant to Fortune 500 companies, a sought after speaker on women’s leadership, and has presented at Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Summit, MAKERS and TEDxWomen.

Andy Seth is a serial entrepreneur, author, and music producer who has founded nine successful businesses, helped thousands of individuals break the cycle of poverty, and raised millions through his charitable endeavors. He serves as the Trustees Chairman for Minds Matter, is a Governor’s Fellow, and is a master diver. Andy has been featured by national media outlets and has won numerous awards including “Forty Under 40” and “Top 25 Most Influential in Colorado.” But things weren’t always so cush. Until the age of 14, Andy lived in a Los Angeles motel with his sister and parents. He was an entrepreneur from the jump, launching his first business at the age of thirteen while earning full-ride scholarships to Culver Military Academy and Boston College. He’s a husband and father and on any given day you’ll find him meditating, volunteering, and running the nation’s first digital agency founded with an apprenticeship program, Flow.

Dr. Katie Richardson is a pediatrician who sits on the board of a nonprofit called BBT. Bright by Text is a text messaging platform that provides quality information and trusted resources to parents and caregivers of children prenatal to 8. Available in English and Spanish; the messages are comprised of research-based content from Bright by Three and partners such as PBS, Vroom, and Sesame Street.

Nicole Jon Sievers is an activist, speaker, author, educator, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and mother of five boys. In 2011, Nicole founded the non-profit Stand For Courage bullying-prevention program. SFC’s student-led, school-based, and community activation offers one ultimate goal: disrupt and end the cycle of bullying by celebrating stand-up bystanders with the support of media recognition and luminary partners. The school pilot program was recognized with an American Psychological Association Visionary. Nicole's book, It's Your Mind: Own It! offers neuroscience-based information and exercises for teens. It won an Indie Excellence book-of-the-year award in psychology. The One and Only You!, Nicole’s forthcoming book, is a middle school version of It’s Your Mind!: Own It! She is also a producer in the upcoming IndieFlix documentary film, The Upstanders. 

Eve Rodsky is a Harvard Law School attorney. After working in foundation management at J.P. Morgan, she founded the Philanthropy Advisory Group to advise families and charitable foundations on the best practices. Eve was raised by a single mom in New York City and now lives in LA with her husband and their three children. Fair Play is her debut book that started from a text and some tears almost 8 years ago!