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ZOOM EVENT!

Held Together: A Shared Memoir of Motherhood, Medicine, and Imperfect Love

Rebecca N. Thompson, MD

Family medicine and public health physician and author

Kimmery Martin, MD

Emergency medicine doctor and author of multiple works of medical fiction

Apr 21 2025
ZOOM EVENT + BOOK GIVEAWAY!

There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America

Brian Goldstone, Ph.D.

Journalist

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Ph.D.

Hughes-Rogers Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University

Apr 17 2025
ZOOM EVENT + BOOK GIVEAWAY!

What We Value: The Neuroscience of Choice & Change

Emily Falk, Ph.D.

Professor of Communication, Psychology, Marketing, and Operations, Informatics, and Decisions (OID), University of Pennsylvania

Ethan Kross, Ph.D.

Professor, Management & Organizations, Ross School of Business, and Director of the Emotion and Self Control Lab, University of Michigan

Apr 16 2025
ZOOM EVENT + BOOK GIVEAWAY!

Dear Writer: Pep Talks & Practical Advice for the Creative Life

Maggie Smith

Award-winning author and poet

Glory Edim

Author and Founder of Well-Read Black Girl, an online platform and book club celebrating the works of Black women authors

Apr 9 2025
ZOOM EVENT + BOOK GIVEAWAY!

Untethered: Creating Connected Families, Schools, and Communities to Raise a Resilient Generation

Doug Bolton, Ph.D.

Clinical psychologist and educational leader and consultant

Lisa Damour, Ph.D.

Psychologist, New York Times bestselling author, and "Ask Lisa" podcast co-host

Apr 8 2025
ZOOM EVENT!

Me, But Better: The Science and Promise of Personality Change

Olga Khazan

Staff writer for The Atlantic and author

Maria Konnikova

New York Times bestselling author, co-host of the Risky Business podcast, and international poker champion

Mar 17 2025
IN-PERSON + BOOK GIVEAWAY

Shift: Managing Your Emotions — So They Don’t Manage You (Event #2 of 2)

Ethan Kross, Ph.D.

Professor, Management & Organizations, Ross School of Business, and Director of the Emotion and Self Control Lab, University of Michigan

Heidi Stevens

Chicago-based writer and Director of External Affairs for the University of Chicago’s TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health

Mar 11 2025
ZOOM EVENT + BOOK GIVEAWAY!

Shift: Managing Your Emotions — So They Don’t Manage You (Event #1 of 2)

Ethan Kross, Ph.D.

Professor, Management & Organizations, Ross School of Business, and Director of the Emotion and Self Control Lab, University of Michigan

Daniel Pink

#1 New York Times bestselling author

Mar 6 2025
ZOOM EVENT!

99% Perspiration: A New Working History of the American Way of Life

Adam Chandler

Journalist and author

Kathy Gilsinan

Author and a senior editor at Puck News

Mar 5 2025
ZOOM EVENT!

Inspire: The Universal Path for Leading Yourself and Others

Adam Galinsky, Ph.D.

Paul Calello Professor of Leadership and Ethics at Columbia Business School

Amy C. Edmondson, Ph.D.

Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School

Mar 3 2025