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Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges

Amy J. C. Cuddy, Ph.D.

Social psychologist, professor, and New York Times bestselling author of Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges

Jan 27 2016

Women and Transition: Reinventing Work and Life

Linda Rossetti

Executive Director of Women’s Engagement Resources and Managing Director, Golden Seeds, LLC

Jan 12 2016

Different, Not Less: NeuroTribes and The Future of Neurodiversity

Steve Silberman

Award-winning science writer and author, NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity

Dec 1 2015

Our Racial Moment of Truth

Isabel Wilkerson

Author and Pulitzer Prize Winner for her work as Chicago Bureau Chief for The New York Times

Nov 16 2015

Balancing Acceptance and Change: Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and the Future of Skills Training

Marsha Linehan, Ph.D.

Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, University of Washington. Director at Linehan Behavior Research and Therapy Clinics, UW. Founder the Linehan Institute and Behavioral Tech Research, Inc.

Nov 11 2015

An Evening with Andrew Solomon

Andrew Solomon, Ph.D.

Best-selling author; professor of clinical psychology, Columbia University Medical Center; former president of PEN America.

Oct 20 2015

How To Raise An Adult

Julie Lythcott-Haims

Author, "How to Raise an Adult" and "Real American"

Oct 14 2015

Unfinished Business: Women, Men, Work, Family

Anne-Marie Slaughter

President and CEO at New America

Oct 12 2015

Reclaiming Conversation: The Power Of Talk In A Digital Age

Sherry Turkle, Ph.D.

Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology, MIT

Oct 9 2015