Bessel van der Kolk is a Boston-based Dutch-American psychiatrist, author, researcher and educator.

Casandra Brené Brown is an American academic and podcaster who is the Huffington Foundation's Brené Brown Endowed Chair at the University of Houston's Graduate College of Social Work and a visiting professor in management at the McCombs School of Business in the University of Texas at Austin..

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Jon Kabat-Zinn (born June 5, 1944) is an American professor emeritus of medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, scientist, writer, and meditation teacher. He is the creator of the Stress Reduction Clinic and the founder of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). His books include *Full Catastrophe Living* (1990) and *Wherever You Go, There You Are*, among others.

**Award-winning fitness journalist** Lou Schuler has spent over three decades transforming how people think about strength training and exercise.

Alwyn Cosgrove is the co-author of the New Rules of Lifting book series, including The New Rules of Lifting for Women, co-written with Lou Schuler and Cassandra Forsythe. He co-owns one of the most successful training gyms in America, coaches fitness business owners, serves as a Nike consultant, and is a top presenter for Perform Better.