Suhas Kshirsagar, author of Change Your Schedule, Change Your Life. @doctorsuhas – Instagram: drsuhashi

Topic: How to harness the power of clock genes.

Issues: Optimal times to eat, sleep, exercise, and more to lose weight, optimize your workouts, get more rest, and improve performance at home and at work.

Stuart Shanker, author of Self-Reg. @StuartShanker

Topic: How to help your child (and you) break the stress cycle and successfully engage with life.

Issues: Why our ability to thrive depends on being able to self-regulate; the difference between misbehavior and stress behavior; why or emphasis on will power and self-control is not only misguided, but actually counter-productive; how kids feed off our stress and we feed off theirs; the link between behavior and energy.

Stephen Hecht, coauthor of Nonflict.

Topic: The art of everyday peacemaking.

Issues: Accepting and understanding conflict as a natural part of life and opportunity; how to use the Nonflict model for internal conflicts, two-person conflicts, and conflicts on a larger scale; developing a win-win mindset.

Michelle Maidenberg, author of Free Your Child from Overeating.

Topic: Mind-body strategies for lifelong health.

Issues: Identify triggers, cravings, and self-sabotaging patterns; defining your child’s values and using them to find the motivation to change; setting realistic food and exercise goals; the role of thinking in nutrition; using mindfulness to help your child achieve his or her goals.

Rupert Isaacson, author of The Long Ride Home.

Topic: The extraordinary journey of healing that changed a child’s life.

Issues: The remarkable story of a boy, a horse, overcoming autism, and a revolutionary approach that has changed the life of thousands of children and their family.

Tim Jones, author of You’re Grounded for Life.

Topic: Misguided parenting strategies that sounded good at the time.

Issues: The trials and tribulations of parents with kids of all ages; the daunting task of starting, raising, and surviving a family; innovative parenting strategies that have produced hilariously disastrous results.

Amy Tuteur, author of Push Back.

Topic: Guilt in the age of natural parenting.

Issues: Why there’s no reason to feel guilty about childbirth interventions (epidurals, fetal monitoring, c-sections, etc.)—in fact, childbirth is now safer for mothers and babies because of those interventions; why there’s no reason to feel guilty about epidurals (there’s no such thing as “good pain”); the truth about breastfeeding and the benefits.

Stephen Segal and Valya Dudycz Lupescu, coauthors of Geek Parenting.

Topic: What Joffrey, Jor-El, Maleficent, and the McFlys teach us about raising a family.

Issues: Lessons from (mostly fictional) pop culture icons about creating a positive parenting environment, keeping communications channels open, keeping kids safe, helping kids grow and evolve into advanced beings, and preparing them for a life of adventures.

Joshua Straub, author of Safe House.

Topic: How emotional safety is the key to raising kids who live, love, and lead well.

Issues: Why emotional safety matters; understanding your parenting “story” and how it affects you and your child; building a safe house with four walls: explore, protect, grace, and truth; the science of emotional safety.

Terri Apter, author of Passing Judgment.

Topic: Praise and blame in everyday life.

Issues: The important role that praise and blame play in relationships (whether between adults or between parents and children); the “magic ratio” or praise to blame and how it correlates to a couple’s probability of staying together; the damage done by insincere praise; how social media has made it easier to gossip and blame others.