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Dave Durand is an accomplished leader and executive, founding and leading Best Version Media, the largest company of its kind. With over 1,300 publications and sports websites, BVM has over 20 million monthly readers and has a presence in every state and province in North America. He is also a bestselling author, a Hall of Fame business award winner, and has a national radio following.
Doranna was born writing (instead of kicking she scribbled on the wall of the womb) and never stopped, even though it took some time for the world to understand what she was up to. She grew up attached to college-rule notebooks and resisted all attempts at separation. Eventually she got a college degree (wildlife illustration) and had grand adventures on horseback in the Appalachians before ending up in the Southwestern high country with her laptop, dogs, horse and uncontrollable imagination.
Colin Duriez is author of a number of books on C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien and the Inklings, including A Field Guide to Narnia, The C. S. Lewis Encyclopedia, The C. S. Lewis Chronicles, The Inklings Handbook (with David Porter), Tolkien and C. S. Lewis: The Gift of Friendship and Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings. He has lectured on Lewis and Tolkien in many countries, and has appeared as a commentator on BBC television and on extended-version DVDs of Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings and the PBS series “The Question of God,” on Lewis and Freud.
Sarah Beth Durst is the author of the books Into the Wild and Out of the Wild. She resides in Stony Brook, New York, with her husband, her daughter, and her ill-mannered cat.
Jane Durst-Pulkys, PhD, is a clinical and holistic nutritionist, author, educator, and life coach. She specializes in Metabolic Balance® weight management practices in Canada and is the USA brand ambassador for Metabolic Balance® and national license holder for Hong Kong. She consults with clients from all walks of life from around the world. Fortune 500 companies find Jane’s work to be extremely valuable for their executives and employees. Jane is an authority on health and optimal performance and a faculty member and advisor for the Institute of Holistic Nutrition in Toronto. With over 40 years of practical experience, Jane is on the leading edge of proactive approaches to personal health. She is also the author of The Book on Confidence, and a frequent guest on TV and radio.
Ryan Dusick is an Associate Marriage & Family Therapist with an MA in Clinical Psychology and the founding drummer of the world’s most popular band, Maroon 5.
As a boy, he dreamt of pitching for the Dodgers and writing adventure novels. Arm injuries sidelined his burgeoning baseball career, just as rock music became his new passion and purpose. Founding the band Kara’s Flowers in 1994 with fellow Brentwood High School students Jesse Carmichael, Mickey Madden, and Adam Levine, Ryan worked tirelessly through his college years at UCLA before the band changed its name to Maroon 5 and finally had its first hit record, Songs About Jane. Multiple hit songs, two Grammy Awards, and 20 million albums sold later, Ryan found himself suffering and without direction as his career as a performer came to an end, just as it was taking off.
Struggling with physical and mental health challenges, Ryan finally overcame his struggles in 2016, when he began his journey of recovery, culminating in a new life path full of meaning, purpose, and fulfillment. Now working as a mental health professional at The Missing Peace Center for Anxiety in Agoura Hills, CA, Ryan is spreading the message that recovery is possible, and some astounding things can come with it.
Craig Duswalt is a speaker, author, radio host and the creator of the “RockStar System For Success—How to Achieve RockStar Status in Your Industry.”
Duswalt’s background includes touring with Guns N’ Roses, as Axl Rose’s personal manager, and Air Supply, as the band’s personal assistant. Craig is also an award-winning copywriter and worked as a creative director for a Los Angeles-based ad agency until he opened his own ad agency, Green Room Design & Advertising.
Duswalt combined his backgrounds in both music and marketing, and is now a professional speaker and author, promoting his “RockStar System for Success” all over the country, teaching entrepreneurs, speakers, authors, coaches and info-marketers how to promote themselves and their businesses.
Amanda Dykema-Engblade, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of psychology at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago. She earned her doctorate in social psychology from Loyola University, Chicago. Her primary research interests include small group performance and decision-making. She teaches courses in statistics, research methods, social psychology and industrial-organizational psychology.
Tom Easton is professor of science at Thomas College in Waterville, Maine. He holds a doctorate in theoretical biology from the University of Chicago. His work on scientific and futuristic issues has appeared in many magazines, from Astronomy to Consumer Reports and Robotics Age. His latest nonfiction books are Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in Science, Technology, and Society (McGraw-Hill Dushkin, 6th ed., 2004) and Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Environmental Issues (11th ed., 2005). His latest novels are Firefight (Betancourt, 2003) and The Great Flying Saucer Conspiracy (Wildside, 2002).
Nicholas R. Eaton is a graduate student pursuing a Ph.D. in clinical psychology at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities; he received his B.A. from Washington University in St. Louis (’03). He once won first prize in a trivia contest at a regional Star Trek convention—a fact he neglected to mention when applying to work with Dr. Krueger. A friend suggested he watch a series described as “Star Trek meets the Wild West,” which sounded horrible. His interest in disseminating psychological research to the public, as well as his subsequent love of that show, led to this chapter—a chapter that he sincerely hopes you have found to be informative and enjoyable.
