Amy Alkon's HumanLab Creators & Guests

Amy Alkon (aka the Advice Goddess) is the writer of the weekly highly syndicated advice column, Ask the Advice Goddess.

Nancy Segal is an evolutionary psychologist, behavioral geneticist, and specializing in the study of twins.

Lenore Skenazy is an author, speaker, blogger, and columnist. She is the founder of the Free-Range Kids movement, which followed a 2008 article she wrote about her decision to let her 9-year-old son ride the New York City Subway alone. She was named "America's Worst Mom."Skenazy began the blog "Free-Range Kids," and followed with her first book, "Free-Range Kids: Giving Our Children the Freedom We Had Without Going Nuts with Worry," which was published in 2009. Later, she co-founded Let Grow, a non-profit promoting childhood independence and resilience.Before her controversial parenting article, Skenazy was a columnist for the New York Daily News, followed by The New York Sun.Skenazy was featured in the Bravo series Tabloid Wars, and was the host of the reality television show "World's Worst Mom" on Discovery Life. She continues to give talks about parenting around the world.Skenazy received her undergraduate degree from Yale University, and her M.A. from Columbia.

David J. Ley is a clinical psychologist and author, known for his critical stance regarding sex addiction.

Dr. Sian L. Beilock is a cognitive scientist and the President of Barnard College. Her area of research was the differences between novice and expert athletic performances, and why people perform poorly in stressful academic situations.Before coming to Barnard College, Beilock was the Stella M. Rowly Professor of Psychology and Executive Vice Provost at the University of Chicago. Before that, she was an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at Miami University.Beilock's first book, "Choke: What the Secrets of the Brain Reveal about Getting It Right When You Have To," was published in 2010. Her second book, "How the Body Knows Its Mind: The Surprising Power of the Physical Environment to Influence How You Think and Feel," was published in 2015.Beilock received her B.S. in cognitive science with a minor in psychology from the University of California, San Diego, and her Ph.D. in both kinesiology and psychology from Michigan State University.

Amir Levine is an adolescent psychiatrist, neuroscientist, and author.

Dr. Andrea Brandt is a psychotherapist, teacher, writer, and author of the book, Mindful Aging.