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Carla Ondrasik is a motivational speaker, coach, and author, best known for developing the “No Try” philosophy behind her book Stop Trying! The Life-Transforming Power of Trying Less and Doing More (2025). A former vice president of Creative Writer Development at EMI Music Publishing, she spent 25 years in the music industry working with artists including Barbra Streisand, Mariah Carey, and Cher, and discovered singer-songwriter John Ondrasik of Five for Fighting, to whom she’s been married for over 25 years. She now speaks, coaches, and mentors on turning intention into action, and lives in Moorpark, California.

Kumiko Love is a single mom, Accredited Financial Counselor, and founder of The Budget Mom, an online community of millions of women pursuing financial fulfillment. After her 2015 divorce left her facing $77,281 in debt, she paid it off in eight months and became debt-free in 2019. She’s the creator of the popular Live Rich Planner and Budget by Paycheck workbook, author of My Money My Way (2022), and has been featured on Good Morning America, the Today Show, CNN, CBS, ABC, and in outlets like USA Today, the Washington Post, and Real Simple. She lives in Spokane Valley, Washington.

Emily Nagoski, Ph.D., is a sex educator and researcher best known for her New York Times bestseller Come As You Are, which explores the science of women’s sexual wellbeing. A former director of wellness education at Smith College and researcher at the Kinsey Institute, she also co-authored Burnout with her twin sister, Amelia, and wrote Come Together (2024). She holds a Ph.D. in Health Behavior from Indiana University and now works full-time as a writer, speaker, and podcaster.