Nick Trenton grew up in rural Illinois and describes himself as "a farm boy." He earned a BS in Economics before going on to become a prolific author, with titles such as Stop Overthinking and works focused on anxiety, self-regulation, and emotional well-being. He has authored over 30 books, emerging as a writer in the early 2020s.

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

Charles Duhigg is an American journalist and non-fiction author.

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..

James Nestor is an author and journalist who has written for Outside, Scientific American, Dwell, National Public Radio, The New York Times, The Atlantic, Men's Journal, the San Francisco Chronicle Magazine, and others.