Psychotherapist, Professor & NY Times Bestselling Author

Thomas Moore, Ph.D.

Thomas Moore is the author of the number one New York Times bestseller, “Care of the Soul”, and twenty-five other books about bringing soul to personal life and culture. He has a Ph.D. in Religious Studies from Syracuse University and taught religion and psychology at universities. He is also a psychotherapist influenced mainly by C. G. Jung and James Hillman.

As a depth theologian, he has published several books on spirituality: “A Religion of One’s Own, his translation of the Gospels in four volumes”, and “Writing in the Sand: Jesus and the Soul of the Gospels”. His most recent book is “Ageless Soul”. He often lectures for Jung societies, medical organizations, psychotherapists and churches.

Leading Jungian Analyst & Author

James Hollis, Ph.D.

James Hollis, Ph.D.is a Jungian analyst in practice in Washington, DC and the author of 19 books, the latest being The Broken Mirror and A Life of Meaning.

His virtual lunch presentation and conversation on “happiness” is the initial chapter of his next book Borrowed Dust: A Celebration of Lifecoming out next January.

Originally a humanities Professor, Dr. Hollis retrained at the Jung Institute of Zurich, Switzerland and has been Director of Training at the Philadelphia Jung Institute and Executive Director of the Houston and Washington Jung societies.

Internationally Acclaimed Psychologist, Philosopher, 
& Professor

Báyò Akómoláfé, Ph.D.

Bayo Akómoláfé, Ph.D. is a psychologist, poet and philosopher originally from Lagos, Nigeria and currently living in Chennai, India. Bayo leads an earth-wide organization (The Emergence Network) as its Chief Curator and Director. The organization is set up for the re-calibration of our ability to respond to civilizational crisis.

Bayo received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Covenant University in Nigeria. He is visiting professor at Middlebury College, Vermont, and has taught in universities around the world (including Sonoma State University California, Simon Frasier University Vancouver, Schumacher College Devon, Harvard University, and Covenant University Nigeria – among others). He is a consultant with UNESCO.

Bayo has authored two books, ‘We Will Tell Our Own Story!’ and ‘These Wilds Beyond our Fences: Letters to My Daughter on Humanity’s Search for Home’, and has penned forewords for many others.

Clinical Psychologist & Leading Research Scientist

Mavis Tsai, Ph.D.

Mavis Tsai, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist and senior research scientist at University of Washington’s Center for Science of Social Connection. She is the co-creator of Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP), a treatment that harnesses the power of the therapeutic relationship to transform clients’ lives.

Dr. Tsai is the co-author of five books on FAP, and over 70 articles and book chapters.

As Executive Director of the nonprofit organization “Awareness, Courage & Love Global Project” (www.livewithacl.org), she trains volunteers to lead chapters in six continents to create a worldwide network of open-hearted change-seekers who strive to meet life’s challenges through deepening interpersonal connection and rising to live more true to themselves.