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

Jerome David Salinger was an American author best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye.

Kristin Neff, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin and a pioneer in self-compassion research, having conducted the first empirical studies in the field. She is the author of Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself (William Morrow, 2011) and co-founded the nonprofit Center for Mindful Self-Compassion (CMSC).

Peter Attia is a Canadian-American author and former researcher known for his work in longevity medicine.

Sylvia Plath was an American poet and author.

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