Ruby Wax

Ruby Wax is a successful comedian, TV writer and performer of over 25 years. Ruby additionally holds a Masters’ degree in Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy from Oxford University and was awarded an OBE in 2015 for her services to mental health. She is the author of books Sane New World and A Mindfulness Guide for the Frazzled and has toured all over the world with the accompanying one-woman shows. To date, Ruby has sold over one million copies of her books worldwide.

Viv Groskop

Viv Groskop is an award-winning writer, stand-up comedian, playwright and TV and radio presenter. She is the host of the podcast How to Own the Room, with over 2 million downloads and guests including Hillary and Chelsea Clinton, Margaret Atwood, Professor Mary Beard, Nigella Lawson and very occasionally a man like Brian Cox (Succession’s Logan Roy). Her previous books include the best-selling How to Own the Room: Women and the Art of Brilliant Speaking and Lift As You Climb: Women, Ambition and How to Change the Story.

Tim Spector

Tim Spector is a professor of genetic epidemiology at King’s College London and honorary consultant physician at Guy’s and St Thomas’ hospitals. He is a multi-award-winning expert in personalised medicine and the gut microbiome, and the author of five books, including the bestsellers Spoon-Fed and The Diet Myth. He appears regularly on TV, radio and podcasts around the world, and is one of the top 100 most cited scientists in the world. He is co-founder of the personalised nutrition company ZOE and leads the world’s biggest citizen science health project, the ZOE Health study. He was awarded an OBE in 2020 for his work fighting Covid-19.

Ros Atkins

Ros Atkins is BBC News ‘ Analysis Editor and the creator and presenter of Outside Source on the BBC News Channel and BBC World News. His ‘Ros Atkins on…’ explainer videos have become a phenomenon, garnering millions of views across multiple BBC platforms, making Ros one of the BBC‘s most watched journalists. He also co presents The Media Show on Radio 4, and the innovative topical BBC One programme, Ros Atkins On The Week. Ros is based in London.

Camilla Nord

Camilla Nord leads the Mental Health Neuroscience Lab at the University of Cambridge. Her work has been featured in the New Statesman, on Sky News and BBC Radio Four’s The Naked Scientist.

James Kinross

James Kinross is a senior lecturer in colorectal surgery and consultant surgeon at Imperial College London and a visiting professor at the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland. He leads a research team defining how the microbiome causes cancer and other chronic diseases of the gut. Dark Matter is his first book.

Vex King

Vex King is an acclaimed mind coach who rose to fame on Instagram, and the author of the Sunday Times #1 bestsellers Good Vibes, Good Life and Healing is the New High. Together with his wife Kaushal, Vex founded The Rising Circle, a wellness and lifestyle community whose mission is to help create a world filled with compassion. He has more than 1.3m followers across his platforms and can be found on Twitter and Instagram @vexking.

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Lorraine Candy

Lorraine Candy is a mother of four and an award-winning journalist with over a decade of experience writing about parenting in national newspapers and magazines. She is also the co-host of the chart-topping lifestyle podcast Postcards from Midlife, which features the stories of spirited midlife women and tackles parenting adolescents. Formerly the editor-in-chief of Sunday Times Style, ELLE and Cosmopolitan, she is now focusing full-time on writing.

Gelong Thubten

Gelong Thubten is a Buddhist monk, meditation teacher and author from the UK. He ordained as a monk 26 years ago at Samye Ling Tibetan Monastery in Scotland, and he has spent over six years in intensive meditation retreats, the longest of which was 4 years long. He is now regarded as one of the UK’s most influential meditation teachers, with pioneering work in providing non-religious mindfulness programmes to businesses, hospitals, schools, universities, prisons and addiction counselling centres. His book A Monk’s Guide to Happiness was a Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller with editions in 10 countries internationally.

Dr Kirren Schnack

Dr Kirren Schnack is a Clinical Psychologist. She holds a Practitioner Doctorate (PsychD) in Clinical Psychology from the University of Oxford. Her work in mental health services over the last nineteen years has been with children and adults, including inpatient and outpatient NHS departments and in the Law Courts with offenders. She posts accessible, quick advice and information about anxiety, mental health and her practice to her more than half a million followers on TikTok daily.

David Nutt

David Nutt is a professor of neuropsychopharmacology specialising in the research of alcohol and drugs. He set up the Psychopharmacology Unit in Bristol University before moving to Imperial College London in December 2008 where he currently leads a unit with a particular focus on brain sciences. When he was sacked from being a government advisor, David knew that he had to keep researching and talking about evidence-based drugs policy. So he set up a charity, now called Drug Science, to act as an honest, impartial and evidence based expert group free from any political pressure. As chair of Drug Science, David continues to provide the public, media and politicians with analyses on drugs and drugs policy.

Dr Nighat Arif

Dr Nighat Arif is a GP specialising in women’s health and family planning with over 16 years of experience in the NHS and private practice. Dr Nighat is the resident doctor on BBC Breakfast and ITV This Morning, and she hosts her own Sunday Breakfastshow on BBC3 Counties Radio.

Marc Zao-Sanders

Marc Zao-Sanders is the co-founder and the CEO of filtered.com, a learning tech company that focuses on developing business skills within the workplace and using data to identify, analyse and deliver the most important skills to organisation members. Marc Zao-Sanders is a regular contributor for Harvard Business Review, Scientific American and MIT Sloan Management Review about topics including algorithms, learning and productivity. His viral piece on timeboxing is now being featured in Harvard Business Review’s Emotional Intelligence Series publication, Developing Good Habits, alongside James Clear and other leading experts on forming lasting habits and increasing productivity. He has founded two social enterprises which helped non-privileged young people with their education and career aspirations, choices and success. Timeboxing: The Power of Doing One Thing at a Time is his first book.