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Dr. Ramani Durvasula is a licensed clinical psychologist in Los Angeles, CA and Professor of Psychology at California State University, Los Angeles, and the Founder and CEO of LUNA Education, Training & Consulting, a company that offers a range of programs focused on educating survivors, clinicians, coaches and businesses on the impacts of narcissism on health, wellness and functioning. She takes on entitlement and incivility in “Don’t You Know Who I Am”: How to Stay Sane in the Era of Narcissism, Entitlement and Incivility . She is the author of the modern relationship survival manual Should I Stay or Should I Go: Surviving a Relationship With a Narcissist, and of You Are WHY You Eat: Change Your Food Attitude, Change Your Life. She also has a popular YouTube channel that focuses on narcissism and difficult relationships. Dr. Durvasula is the co-founder of the Narcissistic Abuse Awareness Alliance, an organization of therapists and coaches focused on best practices in addressing narcissistic abuse. The focus of Dr. Durvasula’s clinical, academic and consultative work is the etiology and impact of narcissism and high-conflict, entitled, antagonistic personality styles on human relationships, mental health, and societal expectations. Her work has been featured at SxSW, TEDx, and on a wide range of media platforms including Red Table Talk, the Today Show, Oxygen, Investigation Discovery, Bravo, and she is a featured expert on the digital media mental health platform MedCircle. Dr. Durvasula’s research on personality disorders has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and she is a Consulting Editor of the scientific journal Behavioral Medicine. Dr. Durvasula is an honest, authentic, and brutally honest voice on the struggles raised by narcissism in the US and globally.

Daniel Howell is one of the world’s most popular and celebrated entertainers. For 10 years he has written and produced comedy videos on YouTube that have gained over 1 billion views and millions of followers, along with an award-winning BBC Radio 1 show, No.1 New York Times bestselling books The Amazing Book is Not on Fire and Dan and Phil Go Outside and two stage shows with sellout world tours. Known for his self-deprecating and sarcastic humor, Dan has also spoken about his real struggles with depression and sexuality and it is this mix of entertainment with the profound and deeply personal that has given Dan a devoted following of fans - as well as becoming an activist and ambassador for the Royal Foundation charity Young Minds.

Since 1995, Alanis Morissette has been one of the most influential singer-songwriter-musicians in contemporary music. Her deeply expressive music and performances have earned vast critical praise and seven Grammy awards. Morissette’s 1995 debut, “JAGGED LITTLE PILL,” was followed by nine more eclectic and acclaimed albums. She has contributed musically to theatrical releases and has acted on the big and small screen. Outside of entertainment, she is an avid supporter of female empowerment, as well as spiritual, psychological and physical wellness. In 2016, Alanis launched Conversation with Alanis Morissette, a monthly podcast that features conversations with a variety of revered authors, doctors, educators, and therapists, covering a wide range of psychosocial topics extending from spirituality to developmentalism to art. On December 5, 2019, “JAGGED LITTLE PILL” the musical made its Broadway debut at the Broadhurst Theatre in New York City, and was nominated for fifteen Tony Awards. Most recently, Alanis released her ninth studio album, Such Pretty Forks In The Road, to rave reviews. For more information see www.alanis.com.

Matthew Hussey is a New York Times Bestselling author, internationally recognized speaker, entrepreneur and human dynamics specialist. He hosted his own radio show ‘Love Life with Matthew Hussey’ for 2 years on iHeart Radio in the United States which has now become a podcast on iTunes and Spotify.  Matthew appears regularly in major US and international media, and has been the star of 2 primetime TV shows, for NBC in the USA and for Channel 7 in Australia. He was also the star of his own digital series on the ABC app in the USA, and a resident columnist for Cosmopolitan magazine for 3 years. In addition to his work with his vast online community, he has delivered keynotes and consulted for major brands including Accenture, Proctor and Gamble, Bare Minerals, Weil Gotshal & Manges, Virgin Gyms, Engel & Volkers, Hugo Boss, Oxford University and worked with various celebrities over the years including Christina Aguilera and Eva Longoria. Matthew is the CEO and founder of MatthewHussey.com where he has built a global brand over the last 12 years. His YouTube videos have been viewed over 330 million times, his weekly videos reach 8 million followers, and his newsletter has 2 million readers daily. More than 100,000 people have attended his sold out tours. Twice yearly Matthew holds his Retreat in Florida, where clients from across the globe fly to spend 6 days in complete immersion with Matthew and his team to transform their confidence and create a blueprint for the next chapter of their professional and personal lives. 

A world leader in physics, Nassim Haramein has dedicated 30+ years to research and development of a unified field theory. Haramein’s findings, peer reviewed and validated, are based on a fundamental geometric quantization of spacetime, formalizing a unification between the quantum scale and cosmological-sized objects, including the universe itself. Haramein's seminal paper “Quantum Gravity and the Holographic Mass” was published in the peer-reviewed journal Physical Review & Research International in 2013. Utilizing a generalized holographic principle, the paper predicted a precise value of the charge radius of the proton, resulting in a radius 4% smaller than the Standard Model. This prediction was later confirmed at the Paul Scherrer Institute utilizing muons in a proton accelerator. The value has since been validated by the 2018 CODATA adjustment, the standard for all fundamental physical constants. Haramein serves as Executive Director/CEO across three organizations. Resonance Science Foundation, a team of researchers and educators host the Unified Science Course, a free program available in English, French, and Spanish, with 75,000+ students around the world. The Academy also offers electives courses, science news, media, and research publications. Torus Tech, a private R&D laboratory, applies Haramein’s physics theories to patented resonance technologies focused on vacuum energy extraction and gravitational effects. ARK Crystal, a subsidiary of Torus Tech and distributor of the ARK crystal, a ground-breaking technology that produces benefits resulting from an increased energy-coupling with the structure of the vacuum. The Connected Universe, a feature length documentary film, released in 2016 and narrated by Sir Patrick Stewart, was produced based on Haramein’s discoveries and their potential impact on generations to come.

A world leader in physics, Nassim Haramein has dedicated 30+ years to research and development of a unified field theory. Haramein’s findings, peer reviewed and validated, are based on a fundamental geometric quantization of spacetime, formalizing a unification between the quantum scale and cosmological-sized objects, including the universe itself. Haramein's seminal paper “Quantum Gravity and the Holographic Mass” was published in the peer-reviewed journal Physical Review & Research International in 2013. Utilizing a generalized holographic principle, the paper predicted a precise value of the charge radius of the proton, resulting in a radius 4% smaller than the Standard Model. This prediction was later confirmed at the Paul Scherrer Institute utilizing muons in a proton accelerator. The value has since been validated by the 2018 CODATA adjustment, the standard for all fundamental physical constants. Haramein serves as Executive Director/CEO across three organizations. Resonance Science Foundation, a team of researchers and educators host the Unified Science Course, a free program available in English, French, and Spanish, with 75,000+ students around the world. The Academy also offers electives courses, science news, media, and research publications. Torus Tech, a private R&D laboratory, applies Haramein’s physics theories to patented resonance technologies focused on vacuum energy extraction and gravitational effects. ARK Crystal, a subsidiary of Torus Tech and distributor of the ARK crystal, a ground-breaking technology that produces benefits resulting from an increased energy-coupling with the structure of the vacuum. The Connected Universe, a feature length documentary film, released in 2016 and narrated by Sir Patrick Stewart, was produced based on Haramein’s discoveries and their potential impact on generations to come.

Dr. Steven Greer is one of the world’s foremost authorities on the subject of UFOs, extraterrestrial intelligence and technologies, and initiating peaceful contact with interstellar civilizations. For over 30 years, Dr. Greer has provided briefings for senior government officials across the globe, conducted numerous media interviews, and delivered hundreds of lectures. He has also written five books and produced feature film documentaries that have been seen by hundreds of millions of people. Dr. Greer’s relentless efforts towards the disclosure of classified UFO/ET information have inspired millions of supporters around the world. Learn more about Dr. Greer and his work at www.siriusdisclosure.com.

Vishen Lakhiani is one of today's most influential minds in personal growth and human consciousness. He is a 2x bestselling author and the founder and CEO of Mindvalley, the world’s leading online personal growth education company. With an incredible passion and drive to unite humanity and challenge the status quo, he has built a movement of 15 million growth-seekers spanning across 195 countries and half-a-million students completing Mindvalley courses each year. Vishen grew up in Malaysia and describes his childhood schooling experience as “forgettable”. As a young adult, he was accepted into the University of Michigan’s highly touted Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) program, but he barely graduated because he didn’t click with the formal concept of education. His unenthusiastic experiences with education and unforgettable stints at various companies like Microsoft ignited a passion within to evolve education so others could find their true calling in life and not suffer through 9-5 jobs. He created Mindvalley in 2002, now an educational hub with hundreds of world-class teachers and one of the most innovative learning systems in the world called “Quest”, with 5x higher completion rates than the average online learning course. The mission is to transform one billion lives by building the most innovative personal growth platform in the world that reaches 100 national schooling systems and every company in the Fortune 500 over the next decade Vishen’s work-life integration beliefs are reflected in the company culture he has created at Mindvalley. In fact, the company was recognized as one of the top 10 coolest offices in the world by Inc. Magazine .

Stacey Leigh Barnes found this little life journey to have lots of “peaks and valleys”, like the majestic ridged mountains & “ebbs and flows”, like the wondrous & mesmerizing ocean. As she continued to become more awake to the present & accepting all that is; Stacey realized that finding authentic Soul purpose is where inner peace, self-acceptance and love lies deep within each of us. Stacey is an entrepreneur/co-creator of www.goodytwos.com, creative spirit, avid adventure seeker, travel enthusiast and has a deep passion for connection; connection with nature, people, family, friends, food and most important connection within ourselves. Stacey aspires to live a fully conscious and soul embodied life and there is much work ahead.

Without darkness, there can be no light.  

When we first set out to make our new album, The Bitter Truth, we had no idea of the pain and hardship that the world would soon face. While the planet suffered through the tragedies of COVID, racial injustice and economic upheaval, my band and I were dealing with the aftermath of our own losses, the unexpected passing of my brother, the sudden loss of a child by Tim’s family, and the virtual loss of our guitarist, Jen, who has been literally stuck in Germany, unable to travel to record with us in person in the studio.

Somehow through all these challenges, a theme began to emerge for us as a band. Pushing through is better than giving up.

After touring extensively on our orchestral album Synthesis, we knew we wanted to make new music. In between shows throughout 2019, we set aside time to create together. A few days at my house, a week in the woods, just making use of our time together and getting excited about the seeds that were starting to grow. By the end of that year, we had the foundations of several new songs and the beginnings of many more. After recording four songs with our old friend and producer Nick Raskulinecz in his Nashville studio early last year, we knew we wanted to make the entire thing together. The energy and creativity was electric. Then, all of a sudden, COVID stopped everything. The pandemic turned the world upside down, forcing the album to be done sporadically, and at times separately, throughout 2020. We had to think creatively about how to do pretty much everything from that point on. Almost like it was the first time. There was never question, though, of not continuing.  

We had something special in that room when we recorded those first four songs and they carried us through last year. It was a big leap of faith to just go for it with the album and not wait or hold back or have any certainty about when we’d be together again, but we just knew we wanted to release our music and connect with our fans. We needed that connection, perhaps even more than our fans needed us. We wanted to be something in the world that wasn’t a disappointment amid so much other bad news. We wanted to be part of the proof that life would go on.

I never want us to repeat ourselves and I like to allow total freedom in the creative process, so we started experimenting with whatever felt good, taking it at times to a new level entirely, just everything coming from a real, honest place out of the love of music- nothing off-limits. But all those rock shows we had been playing over the past few years really strengthened the roots of the band, and that sound and energy was cathartic. I’m who I’ve always been. Once again faced with darkness, I'm writing to heal. So here we are, naturally, making a brand new fiery chapter of the story we all love. This beautiful truth has been reconfirmed for me- it wasn’t just a phase the first time around, and I wasn’t wasting my time. These sounds come out of my heart when I’m being honest and I’m making music that feels like a reflection of myself. I’m proud and grateful to still have my band after all we’ve been through and all I’ve been through. As much as this album is an evolution, it also feels very full circle.  

The title, The Bitter Truth, speaks on one level to the world we live in today, in the belief that we must face reality, no matter how ugly or difficult that is, in order to move forward. But there is also an internal parallel: there can be no healing without first facing the pain. The Bitter Truth, for me, is that life is short and the choice is that I’m not going to waste it. Our mortality is fresh in our minds. This became fuel for our fire after the pandemic, the lockdown, through 2020 and making this album. We decided we weren’t going to let anything stop us. We weren’t going to wait around for the world to fix itself. We were going to put all our focus into finishing the album we started. Find new ways to keep on, make our own videos, whatever it took. This time has been hard, but having the music has been an incredible life-giving outlet for me and for all of us in the band. It was a place to pour our frustrations, our rage, our grief and our love to create a world we had some control over.  

Now for some typical bio stuff: They tell me that our first album, Fallen, is one of the Top 5 best-selling albums of the 21st century, and the biggest seller by both a band overall, and a rock act overall, if you’re keeping score. We’ve won two Grammys and earned one of the largest social media followings of any music act (thanks, guys!) Someone wrote that our single “Bring Me to Life” has been a "pop culture touchstone" for the past two decades. It’s still totally weird to me when it comes on over the speakers at the grocery store. These achievements and words of praise are nice but what's more important to me is that our music continues to inspire people to create things. Writers have written books inspired by our songs, fans have created their own anime. Films, music, visual art, even vehicle design. I know what this means because of the artists that have inspired me too. What I’m most touched by is what has grown into an immensely powerful, passionate worldwide fanbase who have a genuine connection with the music- a sacred place where we come together. The Bitter Truth is meant as a gift to you, reflecting hope out of the struggles we all face.

I want people to come away from this album feeling hope and empowerment and strength. Something that inspires me a lot in life is people who have overcome great obstacles -  survivors. I hope we can pass on the idea that even when things are impossibly painful life is worth living. Leaning into those darkest, most challenging moments, facing them and finding we’re not alone in them, makes us real. Makes us strong enough to take them on. And it brings us together, if we let it, in a deeper appreciation of the light... and the truth. Thanks for the memories. Now let’s go make some new ones.  - Amy