Martha Beck

DR. MARTHA BECK is a New York Times bestselling author, life coach, and speaker. She has spent a lifetime offering powerful, practical, and entertaining teachings that help people improve every aspect of their lives. She holds three Harvard degrees in social science, and Oprah Winfrey has called her “one of the smartest women I know.” Dr. Beck’s published works include several self-help books and memoirs. She has also published over 150 magazine articles, including almost two decades of monthly columns for O, The Oprah Magazine. As “the best-known life coach in America” (NPR, USA Today), she has spoken to audiences around the world on stage and on The Oprah Show, Good Morning America, and many other television programs. Every year, Dr. Beck spends several weeks in South Africa, running wilderness-based seminars and donating the proceeds to ecosystem restoration and education for rural African people. She otherwise lives in the Pennsylvania woods with her family.