Nedra Glover Tawwab, MSW, LCSW is a licensed therapist and the author of Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself, an instant New York Times best seller translated into over 35 languages worldwide. In addition, she has authored seven other books, including Drama Free: A Guide to Managing Unhealthy Family Relationships and, most recently, The Balancing Act: Creating Healthy Dependence and Connection Without Losing Yourself. A sought-after relationship expert, she has practiced relationship therapy for almost 20 years. With more than 2.5 million followers across her social media platforms, Tawwab has appeared as an expert on Red Table Talk, The Breakfast Club, Good Morning America, and CBS Mornings, to name a few. Her work has been highlighted in The New York Times, The Guardian, and Vice, and has appeared on numerous podcasts, including The School of Greatness, We Can Do Hard Things, and 10% Happier. She lives in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Kristina Scharp, PhD is a Professor of Communication at Rutgers University, a Director of the Family Communication and Relationships Lab, and Fellow of the International Association of Relationship Research. She is also the Principal Consultant at Scharp Consulting LLC. With over 120 scholarly journal articles and book chapters across her career, Dr. Scharp is one of the original and leading voices in the study of parent-child estrangement. For more than a decade, she has focused on understanding how adult children, parents, immediate family members, and grandparents navigate their changing identities, manage related stigma, uncertainty, and disclosure, as well as enact communication strategies to move forward. Her primary goal is translating her academic experience to helping real people make sense of and cope with all forms of family disconnection and distancing. Toward that end, she regularly engages with media outlets such as The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and NPR.

Lori Gottlieb, LCSW, is a psychotherapist and New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, which has sold over one million copies and is currently being adapted as a television series. In addition to her clinical practice, she writes The Atlantic’s weekly “Dear Therapists” advice column and is co-host of the popular “Dear Therapists” podcast produced by Katie Couric. She contributes regularly to The New York Times and many other publications, and her recent TED Talk was one of the Top 10 Most Watched of the Year.

A member of the Advisory Council for Bring Change to Mind, she is a sought-after expert in media, such as The Today Show, Good Morning America, CBS This Morning, CNN and NPR’s “Fresh Air.” Learn more at LoriGottlieb.com or by following her on Twitter @LoriGottlieb1 and Instagram @lorigottlieb_author.