Meik Wiking
Meik Wiking is CEO of the Happiness Research Institute, research associate for Denmark at the World Database of Happiness, and founding member of the Latin American Network for Wellbeing and Quality of Life Policies.
He and his research have been featured in more than five hundred media outlets, including The Washington Post, BBC, Huffington Post, the Times (London), The Guardian, CBS, Monocle, the Atlantic, and PBS News Hour.
He has spoken at TEDx, and his books have been translated into more than fifteen languages.
He lives in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Out now: "Secrets of Adulthood"
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Gretchen Rubin is one of today’s most influential and thought-provoking observers of happiness and human nature.
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Renee enjoys encouraging people to pursue wellness, to follow their dreams, and to lead a passionate life. In addition to writing books about health and fitness, Renee also practices as a Registered Nurse in the area of behavioral health.
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With two children off at college and only one still at home and in high school, Renee has begun a new chapter in her life of launching a career in writing and blogging. Her dream is to educate as many people as she can about healthy lifestyles and to inspire them to reach their highest potential.
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Brontë Aurell
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So far, I’ve authored a few cookery books and published my own guide to hygge after an essay I wrote about it caused a mini media controversy. My mostly non-food book Nørth: How To Live Scandinavian is a humorous, but incisive look at what it means to be Scandinavian. I also manage to get out of the kitchen t -
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Mencius
Mencius (Chinese: 孟子; pinyin: Mèng Zǐ; Wade–Giles: Meng Tzu; Zhuyin Fuhao: ㄇㄥˋ ㄗˇ, most accepted dates: 372 – 289 BCE; other possible dates: 385 – 303/302 BCE) was a Chinese philosopher who was arguably the most famous Confucian after Confucius himself.
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Also known by his birth name Meng Ke or Ko, Mencius was born in the State of Zou, now forming the territory of the county-level city of Zoucheng (originally Zouxian), Shandong province, only thirty kilometres (eighteen miles) south of Qufu, Confucius' birthplace.
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Anna Brones is a writer and digital communications professional with a love of travel, food and bicycles. A believer in connecting passionate people to do good, she uses her marketing and production savvy to work on cause driven issues and amplify stories that need to be told. She is also the founder and editor of Foodie Underground where she pens stories of kale and sea salt.
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Linda Wolfe
Linda Wolfe is an award-winning journalist and novelist. Among her many books are the novel "Private Practices" and the nonfiction books "Wasted: The Preppie Murder," "The Professor and the Prostitute," and "The Murder of Dr. Chapman." A longtime contributing editor at New York magazine, Wolfe's articles and personal essays have also appeared in The New York Times, Vanity Fair, Playboy, and many other publications. Her short fiction has appeared in the Southwest Review and other literary journals. Learn more at www.LindaWolfe.com.
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Danielle Postel-Vinay
French alter ego of Danielle Trussoni.
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Danielle Postel-Vinay is an American writer who has lived extensively in France. She currently lives in the Hudson Valley of New York with her Parisian husband and children.
Danielle was born in Wisconsin and made her first trip to France at the age of sixteen. She fell head over heels in love with France, but noticed that the French had very different ideas about everything from diet to manners to love. She met her first mentor in the art of French living soon after, Jacqueline Manon, an expatriate woman who had brought her French sensibility to her Midwestern home. They became close friends, and for the next decades Danielle became a passionate student of all things French. Danielle became intimately c -
J.C. McKeown
J. C. McKeown is Professor of Classics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and the author of Ovid's Amores.
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Michael Michalko
Michael Michalko is one of the most highly acclaimed creativity experts in the world. As an officer in the U.S. Army, Michael organized a team of NATO intelligence specialists and international academics in Frankfurt, Germany, to research, collect, and categorize all known inventive-thinking methods. His team applied the methods to various NATO military, political, and social problems and produced a variety of breakthrough ideas and creative solutions to new and old problems. Michael later applied these creative-thinking techniques to problems in the corporate world with outstanding successes. The companies he worked with were thrilled with the breakthrough results they achieved, and Michael has since been in the business of developing and
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Alys Fowler
Alys Fowler trained at the Horticultural Society, the New York Botanical Garden and the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. After finishing her training, she worked as a journalist for the trade magazine, Horticulture Week, and then joined the Gardeners' World team as a horticultural researcher.
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Alys is a gardener who loves food. She has an allotment and an urban back garden with two chickens, lots of flowers and plenty of vegetables. Her inspiration for urban gardening comes from her time volunteering in a community garden on the Lower East side in Manhattan, New York City. Much of the ethic, thrift and spirit she encountered there is found in her work today. She is author of several books and writes a weekly column on gardening for the Guardian. -
Jennifer Melville
Jennifer Melville is a self-published author. She writes to connect with individuals who share in her enthusiasm for living well and seeking ways to elevate daily life. She is a professional accountant by trade, who approaches life with an analytical and observant mind. Jennifer has been exploring the concept of elevating the everyday for over twenty years. She is passionate about family, health, fitness, fashion, nutrition, travel, nature and all the beauty life has to offer.
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Donna Hay
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Donna Hay is an Australian food stylist, author, and magazine editor. Her food, recipes and styling focuses on basic ingredients, simply prepared and beautifully photographed – hallmarks of her work which have set the benchmark for food publishing worldwide and inspired a whole new generation of cooks. -
Alexandra Gater
Before starting her YouTube Channel, Alexandra was the Home Editor for Canada’s iconic women’s lifestyle magazine Chatelaine, where she created the YouTube series The Home Primp, which launched her online career.
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Since then, she's connected with millions through her online home makeover series who are just like her—people living in rentals who still want those rentals to feel like home.
Previously, she was a host for the HGTV digital series Buy or DIY and the host and producer for Shopify’s Make My Space Work. Her work is frequently featured in Apartment Therapy, Domino Magazine, Architectural Digest, and The Rachael Ray Show and she is also a regular guest expert on Cityline and The Global Morning Show.
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Richard Webster
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Rachel Jonat
Rachel Jonat is the writer behind the highly successful Minimalist Mom blog (theminimalistmom.com). Before picking up the pen as a career, Rachel sharpened her simple living skills while training and racing internationally as a rower. After multiple cross country moves, and many trans-Atlantic flights with bags below the weight limit, she retired from the sport after winning a World Championship bronze medal.
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Rachel's books include Do Less (Adams Media 2014), The Minimalist Mom: How to Simply Parent Your Baby (Adams Media 2016) and The Joy of Doing Nothing (Adams Media 2017). She is a sought after simplifying expert and has been featured on radio and television.
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Moshe Kasher
Moshe Kasher (born July 6, 1979) is an American stand-up comedian, writer and actor based in the Los Angeles area. He is the author of the 2012 memoir Kasher in the Rye: The True Tale of a White Boy from Oakland Who Became a Drug Addict, Criminal, Mental Patient, and Then Turned 16.
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In 2009 iTunes named Kasher "Best New Comic" and his comedy album Everyone You Know Is Going to Die, and Then You Are! was ranked one of the top 20 comedy albums on iTunes that same year. He was also named "Comic to Watch in 2010" by Punchline Magazine.
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Jamie Gold
I’m a San Diego-based Wellness Design Consultant, Certified Kitchen Designer, Certified Aging in Place Specialist, Mayo Clinic Certified Wellness Coach, journalist, speaker, industry consultant and author.
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Since becoming a designer in 2004 after a three-decade career in media and marketing, I’ve completed hundreds of kitchens and baths, working with homeowners, architects, builders and contractors across the country, both in person and remotely. My professional focus is the link between healthy living and healthy home spaces. This was one of the reasons for my inclusion in a 2017 industry 50 Innovators list.
My first book, New Kitchen Ideas That Work, published in 2012 by Taunton Press. My second Taunton book, New Bathroom Idea Book, publish -
Ariel Leve
Ariel Leve is an author and award-winning journalist. Born in New York City, Ariel grew up with her mother, a poet, in Manhattan. At the age of five, she began traveling to Southeast Asia, where she spent part of the year living in Bangkok, Thailand, with her father, a lawyer.
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She was a columnist for The Guardian and subsequently for the Sunday Times Magazine. Her memoir An Abbreviated Life was published by HarperCollins in 2016. -
Kate Hudson
Kate Garry Hudson is an American actress. She rose to prominence in 2000 for playing Penny Lane in Almost Famous, for which she won a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Hudson also co-founded Fabletics, a fitness brand and membership program operated by JustFab.
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Monica Leed
MONICA LEED is an innovator, art director, CEO, and owner of the professional organizing company Simply Spaced, focused on organizing for the creative mind. She is a leading expert, speaker, and author. With an A-list celebrity client list and a roster that includes influencers, industry executives, and high-performing entrepreneurs, she has spent the past seven years developing her methodology to clear the clutter and style homes for optimal performance. Monica has helped hundreds of clients get organized and inspired, from the inside out.
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With a master’s degree from the prestigious American Film Institute and a background in production design, Monica cultivated a curiosity for efficient space, design, time management, and the power of org -
Kathleen N. Daly
Kathleen N. Daly was born in London but spent her childhood on the island of Mauritius, in the Indian Ocean, and in France and Scotland. Ms. Daly has been a children's book editor in both England and America, and is the author of more than thirty books for children, many of them on plants and animals of the world. She now makes her home in New York City. (1977)
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Sasha Gill
Blogger and social media foodie Sasha Gill writes from a firmly held conviction that we can all benefit from a little bit of vegan in our lifestyle. Of Indian and Eurasian heritage, Sasha grew up in Singapore and studied Medicine at Oxford University. She was attracted to vegetarianism as a teenager for health reasons and has made a gradual transition into veganism. She is not a vegan evangelist, but does believe that everyone, at some time, can benefit from an aspect of vegan in their life, for their own health and that of the planet. @thesashadiaries
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Scott Kenemore
Scott Kenemore lives in Chicago. He attended Kenyon College and Columbia University. He is the drummer for the pop-punk band The Blissters."
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Robert Ferguson
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Helen Russell
Helen Russell is a bestselling author, journalist, speaker and host. Formerly editor of marieclaire.co.uk turned Scandinavia correspondent for the Guardian, her first book, The Year of Living Danishly, became an international bestseller, optioned for television. She's the author of five critically acclaimed books, translated into 21 languages.
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Helen writes for magazines and newspapers globally, including The Times and The Sunday Times, the Telegraph, the Independent, National Geographic, Wall Street Journal, the Observer, Metro, Grazia, Stylist and Stella. She’s spent the last ten years studying cultural approaches to emotions and now speaks about her work internationally. -
Jennifer Lane
Jennifer Lane is an author and freelance writer. She has written for Vogue, The Week, Dazed, BBC, Wildlife Trusts, and RSPB to encourage people to get outdoors and explore nature in order to de-stress their lives.
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Her book The Wheel, on her year exploring Pagan practices and reconnecting with nature, was published by September Publishing (2021). Since then, she has also written The Witch's Survival Guide (2023), The Black Air (2023) and The Second-Hand Boy (2024). In June 2018, she won a Northern Writers’ Award for her children’s fiction which looks at destigmatising mental health issues for a younger audience. She is represented by Charlotte Atyeo at Charlie Campbell Literary Agents.
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Jessica Moorhouse
Jessica is a sought-after money expert, TV personality and speaker. She is an Accredited Financial Counsellor Canada®, an award-winning financial content creator and the host of the chart-topping More Money Podcast (4+ million downloads). As a personal finance educator for over 13 years, she has given presentations throughout North America and is regularly featured by major Canadian and US media including CBC News, CTV News, BNN Bloomberg, the Toronto Star, Forbes and USA Today. Her debut book Everything but Money: The Hidden Barriers Between You and Financial Freedom came out December 31, 2024 (HarperCollins Canada) and became an Indigo Staff Pick, Globe and Mail Bestseller, Toronto Star Bestseller, Quill & Quire Bestseller, and Amazon Bes
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Owook
Owook (Jeong Young Wook) is a bestselling Korean essayist whose warm, intuitive prose captures the emotional intricacies of everyday life. His works explore themes of self-worth, human connection, and emotional healing, resonating deeply with readers across generations.
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He is the author of several bestselling collections, including The Words 'I Love You' Are Too Common. His writings, known for their gentle insight and quiet strength, have topped Korean bestseller lists and built a devoted readership of over half a million followers. In 2025, he released his first English-language work, Well Was, Well Is, Well Be, bringing his voice to a global audience.
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Eliot Weinberger
Eliot Weinberger is a contemporary American writer, essayist, editor, and translator. His work regularly appears in translation and has been published in some thirty languages.
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Weinberger first gained recognition for his translations of the Nobel Prize winning writer and poet Octavio Paz. His many translations of the work of Paz include the Collected Poems 1957-1987, In Light of India, and Sunstone. Among Weinberger's other translations are Vicente Huidobro's Altazor, Xavier Villaurrutia's Nostalgia for Death, and Jorge Luis Borges' Seven Nights. His edition of Borges’ Selected Non-Fictions received the National Book Critics Circle Award for criticism. -
Chade-Meng Tan
Chade-Meng Tan (Meng) is Google's Jolly Good Fellow (which nobody can deny). Meng was one of Google's earliest engineers. Among many other things, he helped build Google's first mobile search service, and headed the team that kept a vigilant eye on Google's search quality. His current job description is, "Enlighten minds, open hearts, create world peace".
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Outside of Google, Meng is the Founder and (Jolly Good) President of the Tan Teo Charitable Foundation, a small foundation dedicated to promoting Peace, Liberty and Enlightenment in the world. He is a Founding Patron of Stanford University's Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE). He is also a Founding Patron of the World Peace Festival, and adviser to a number of -
Khurram Sadiq
Dr Khurram Sadiq is a Consultant Neurodevelopmental Psychiatrist and leads the ADHD services at Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust and the South East London Integrated Care System. Specializing in autism and ADHD, he is an expert in neurodivergent care pathways and a global speaker on the topic, having delivered six TEDx talks and a speech at United Nations Vienna about neurodiversity. His niche areas are neurodevelopmental conditions, gaming, social media and compassionate leadership.
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William Boyd
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Isabel Gillies
Isabel Gillies, a lifelong New Yorker and actress for many years, is the New York Times best selling author of Happens Every Day, A Year and Six Seconds, and Starry Night (FSG), a young adult novel about first love. Her work has been published in Vogue, The New York Times, Real Simple, Cosmopolitan and Saveur. She lives in Manhattan with her husband, kids, and Maude the dog.
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Julie Schooler
Julie had aspirations of being a writer since she was very young but somehow got sidetracked into the corporate world. After the birth of her first child, she rediscovered her creative side. You can find her at JulieSchooler.com.
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Her ‘Easy Peasy’ books provide simple and straightforward information on parenting topics. The ‘Nourish Your Soul’ series shares delicious wisdom to feel calmer, happier and more fulfilled.
Busy people can avoid time taken up searching for often confusing and conflicting advice. They can then spend time with the beautiful tiny humans in their life and do what makes their hearts sing.
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Imre Csernus
A Viasat 3 televíziós csatornán sugárzott Bevállalja? című műsorral lett az ország közismert „kiabálós” pszichiátere.
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Natalie Chanin
Natalie “Alabama” Chanin is founder and creative director of Alabama Chanin and the author of six books.
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Her designs for hand-sewn garments constructed using quilting and stitching techniques have been lauded for both their beauty and sustainability. Made from 100% Certified Organic Cotton combined with up-cycled and re-purposed materials by artisans located near Natalie’s home in Florence, Alabama.
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Sara Bliss
Sara Bliss is a Forbes Contributor, NY Times Bestselling writer and the author/co-author/or ghostwriter of 11 books including Hotel Chic at Home. Her latest, Take the Leap proves that it's not too late to chase your dreams, change up your life, hit it big, and go for it.
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Sara has made countless leaps of her own going from short order cook to auction house assistant to magazine scribe to to branding/content advisor to ghostwriter to book author. She has covered a wide range of topics including design, travel, profiles, celebrities, hotels, beauty, health and business.
Sara is the co-author of three bestselling books with beauty and wellness guru Bobbi Brown including Beauty From The Inside Out. Her work has appeared in Travel & Leisure, Town -
Keith Gave
Keith Gave spent six years in the United States Army as a Russian linguist working for the National Security Agency during the Cold War. Nothing could have better prepared him for a career as a sports writer covering hockey for the Detroit Free Press.
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His 15 years with the newspaper were the highlight of a career spanning nearly 40 years in the news industry, which include 14 years as a college journalism instructor. He also contributed as a writer/producer to the documentary film, The Russian Five, scheduled for release in 2018. He lives in Roscommon, Michigan, where he continues to write when he’s not sneaking off to cast a fly to the trout on his home waters of the Au Sable River. -
Lizzie Velásquez
The eldest of three children born to Rita and Guadalupe Velásquez.
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Lizzie was born four weeks prematurely, her birth weight was only 2 pounds 11 ounces (1,219 grams).
Her age was reported as 23 in September 2012, a time when she was nearing graduation from Texas State University majoring in communication studies.
She is a Roman Catholic and she has spoken out in terms of her belief in God who has "blessed me with the greatest blessing of my life, which is my syndrome".
Velazquez has a condition that is so rare that only two other people are known to have it. She has zero percent body fat, and has never weighed more than 60 pounds (27 kg). Although not anorexic, she is unable to gain weight.
Her first published work was her co-authored and self