Authors

KASEY MATHEWS is a mother, a writer, and a student in the lessons of everyday life. She lives in southern New Hampshire with her husband, two children, and their English Mastiff, Meg. She is the author of Preemie. To learn more about Kasey and to read her blog, visit www.kaseymathews.com.

JENNIFER STRONG MCCONACHIE is an ultrarunner, mountaineer, marathon swimmer, distance paddler, and multisport athlete. An Outward Bound graduate, she is also a Fellow in the Royal Geographical Society and member of The Explorers Club. She trains for mountain ascents around the world, including several of the Seven Summits. She has a degree in Journalism, Mass

JOSEPH MCCONKEY, MS, is a running coach and exercise physiologist, specializing in deducing and correcting causative factors to repetitive motion injury. He has worked with the full spectrum of running athletes, from first-time runners, to marathoners around the world, to Olympic athletes at the elite high altitude training camps of Ethiopia and Kenya. He has

JUDITH MCLOUGHLIN is an Irish chef and owner of a gourmet food business in Georgia called The Shamrock and Peach since 2009 (with her husband Gary). Specializing in Irish cuisine, Judith has created her own unique food fusion by blending the techniques of her homeland with the newfound flavors of the South. Growing up in

GARY MCLOUGHLIN is an artist, designer, writer, musician and worship director. He and his wife Judith grew up in Country Armagh in Ireland and emigrated to the United States in 1996, settling in Atlanta Georgia where they established a food and travel company called The Shamrock and Peach. Together they worked on two Irish food

BRIAN D. MOLITOR is Chief Executive Officer of Molitor International, an award-winning company with over thirty-five years of experience providing consulting, training, and coaching services worldwide. His company has helped hundreds of organizations transform their cultures, including those in healthcare, business, government, education, and nonprofits. National and international audiences recognize Brian as an expert who

MARIO NATARELLI is the Managing Partner at MBLM in New York and an established marketing leader to executives and their companies. Over the past 20 years, Mario has helped companies of every size and type, working across the globe to transform, align and manage their brands to deliver growth and value. Prior to MBLM, Mario

TIM NORRIS is a journalist and a runner. With an MA in Journalism from the University of Oregon, he wrote feature stories for more than 40 years for various newspapers including the Omaha World-Herald, Rochester NY Times-Union and the Milwaukee Journal. He previously worked as a PR director for the Utah Symphony Orchestra and Publications

PAOLA PALESTINI, PH.D. is a biochemistry professor at the Medical School of the University Milano-Bicocca, Italy. She is the coordinator of the Masters in Nutrition and Applied Dietetic programs in addition to teaching in many degree courses including medicine, physiotherapy, nursing, nutrition, and neurology. Recently, Paola has been actively involved in the promotion of the