Author Bios

Lori Palatnik is a Jewish educator, author, speaker, and founder of The Jewish Women’s Renaissance Project (JWRP), an international nonprofit organization that brings thousands of Jewish mothers from around the world to Israel each year to reconnect with their heritage and strengthen their families. Her work sits at the intersection of Jewish spirituality, personal development,…

Susan David is a psychologist, author, and speaker whose pioneering work on emotional agility has transformed how organizations, leaders, and individuals understand the role of emotions in professional and personal performance. Born in South Africa and educated at the University of Melbourne and Harvard University, she is a faculty member at Harvard Medical School and…

Shawn Achor is a positive psychology researcher, Harvard lecturer, and bestselling author whose work has redefined the relationship between happiness and success for audiences around the world. His central thesis — that happiness precedes and produces success rather than following from it — upended conventional assumptions in business and psychology and offered organizations a research-backed…

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi was a Hungarian-American psychologist and author widely regarded as the world’s leading researcher on the psychology of optimal experience. His concept of “flow” — a state of complete absorption in a challenging, meaningful activity — has become one of the most influential ideas in twentieth-century psychology, reshaping understanding of creativity, happiness, productivity, and…

Napoleon Hill was an American author and lecturer whose writings on success, achievement, and the power of the mind established the foundations of what would become the personal development industry. His most famous work, Think and Grow Rich, has sold more copies than virtually any other self-help book in history and has influenced generations of…

Minter Dial is an author, speaker, and entrepreneur whose work explores the evolving landscape of leadership, branding, digital transformation, and personal authenticity. With a career that has spanned corporate executive roles, startups, filmmaking, and writing, Dial brings an unusually broad perspective to his work — combining deep commercial experience with genuine philosophical curiosity about what…

Shauna Shapiro is a clinical psychologist, mindfulness researcher, professor, and author whose work bridges the ancient contemplative tradition of mindfulness with the rigor of contemporary neuroscience and clinical psychology. One of the world’s leading researchers on mindfulness-based interventions, she has spent over two decades studying how mindfulness practice changes the brain, the body, and the…

Johann Hari is a British author, journalist, and public intellectual whose books on depression, addiction, attention, and the social determinants of mental health have challenged dominant narratives in psychiatry and sparked important public conversations about the roots of suffering in contemporary society. His work combines rigorous research, wide-ranging interviews, and a gift for accessible, narrative-driven…

Mark Herschberg is a technology executive, educator, and author whose career spans software development, startup leadership, and professional skills instruction at some of the world’s most demanding institutions. His work addresses a gap he identified firsthand during his career: the significant mismatch between the technical skills that universities teach and the professional competencies that actually…

Ashley Stahl is a career coach, author, and speaker who has helped thousands of professionals navigate career transitions, discover their true vocational calling, and build working lives that align with their core strengths and values. With a background that includes counterterrorism work in Washington D.C. and extensive experience in career development coaching, she brings a…