Once you’ve been admitted to college, the next step is to develop a strategy of how to find your best life there. Some avoid challenging experiences, follow a path of familiar expectations, and rely on shortcuts. Others aim for perfection, ignore their friends and health, labor over what subjects to study, and neglect spending time outside the classroom. The pressure to make college valuable and interesting can feel overwhelming. Now James T. Hamilton shares important lessons to help you find purpose, manage time, maintain friendships and family relationships, stay physically and mentally healthy, and choose classes, majors, and careers. He is Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and Hearst Professor of Communication at Stanford University. The winner of eight teaching awards at Harvard, Duke, and Stanford, he’s spent decades teaching and mentoring undergraduates and designing programs to help them thrive in college.

Sexual assault, physical attacks, gross mismanagement, and false promises. These are just a few of the crimes and abuses that Judy Karofsky’s elderly mother endured in assisted living facilities after suffering an incapacitating stroke. With Karofsky’s help, her mother eventually cycled through six facilities in the hope of finding adequate care. Each one turned out to be as dysfunctional as the last. Now she chronicles her efforts to find appropriate care for her beloved mother in a system that is at best inefficient and at worst inhumane. As she tirelessly advocated for her mother and filled gaps in her care, she saw firsthand ageism, exploitation, poor management, and sometimes outright cruelty. She was a city council member and one of Wisconsin’s first women mayors. During her term of office, she established a now-thriving senior center and emergency medical services.

Maintaining a healthy lifestyle is challenging, even without factoring in devastating losses or significant life changes. But when these events (such as the death of a loved one, a difficult divorce, or a trauma) surface, it can be quite challenging for many health-conscious people to eat healthily. Bestselling author, health journalist, certified health coach, and life coach Connie Bennett experienced this unexpected setback when her mother passed away from cancer. Realizing that even the most resolute health advocates are susceptible to falling off the wagon, she dove into the research for more than seven years to discover why she and millions of others eat so poorly. She has been featured by hundreds of media outlets, including TIME, CBS News Sunday Morning, Oprah & Friends Radio, Woman’s World, Publishers Weekly, Women’s Health, Forbes Health, and The Daily Mail.

Stressed out and overloaded is seemingly the norm for most people these days. How did we get this way? Julio Vincent Gambuto offers a witty outlook for those who are simply done with the constant nonsense the world demands that we take on, process, believe, and manage all day long. He starts with the premise that life in America in 2025 is relentless. He then breaks down into two important parts to answer two pressing questions: how did modern life get this way? And what do we do about it? He is a graduate of Harvard University and earned his MFA from the USC School of Cinematic Arts. He has written, directed, and produced film and television content for The New Yorker, Nickelodeon, PBS, E! Entertainment, Samuel Goldwyn Films, Beta Films, Stone & Company, and Kerner Entertainment. Along the way, he has honed his comedic storytelling voice at the mic, performing standup comedy at some of the most iconic comedy venues.

As a professional baseball player in the Chicago Cubs organization, Jim Murphy’s sense of worth used to revolve around results. He was focused on achievement but also afraid of failure. But then, when he started coaching professional and Olympic athletes, he often encountered the same limiting mindset. So he became obsessed with learning how the best in the world performed with poise under pressure. And after years of research, he had a revelatory insight: the pursuit of extraordinary performance and the pursuit of the best possible life are the same path. Now he shares what he’s learned with us. Based on the powerful principles of love, wisdom, and courage, he trains us to lead with the heart and live a life devoid of fear, one where you feel truly alive. He is a Performance Coach to some of the best athletes and leaders in the world and a #1 NY Times best selling author.

Are you ready for the ultimate revelation in mother-daughter relationships? Dr. Debra Mandel does a deep dive into the shocking truths of mother-daughter dynamics and uncovers her three-step plan to heal broken bonds and create unbreakable connections. Exposing untold stories of feuds, dismissals, and the path to reconciliation, she teaches us to break free from the "too nice" mom syndrome, eliminate the shame and guilt we may feel, and discover the keys to a treasurable connection with your daughter. She is a nationally renowned psychologist with over thirty years of experience, bringing her no-nonsense yet compassionate approach to the forefront. Dr. Debra has been featured on national television and radio shows as a relationship expert.

Most of us are looking to downsize when we move or when we are going through a transition in life. However, what do we know about “rightsizing”? Best selling author and lifestyle columnist Marni Jameson explains exactly how to simplify our homes and lives especially when we are navigating through emotional terrain. Her fresh approach goes beyond typical decluttering advice by addressing emotional hurdles, offering actionable steps to create a life that reflects personal values and supports happiness. She discusses how to make intentional decisions about belongings, and what to keep, let go of, or invest in for the future. She is a longtime journalist for the Los Angeles Times and Orlando Sentinel. Marni has also written for top outlet Woman’s Day. She’s a sought-after speaker and has appeared on NBC Nightly News, Fox & Friends, and Martha Stewart Living.

Richard Jay Hutto draws on never-before-published memoirs and declassified CIA documents to resurrect the incredible journey of Muriel White, the daughter of a revered American diplomat and wife to a Prussian count. She moved seamlessly among Europe’s elite until the specter of Nazism cast its long shadow. Faced with unspeakable evil, she leveraged her aristocratic connections to secure escape routes for Jewish families, mentored emerging royalty like the future Queen Geraldine of Albania, and ultimately sacrificed everything to protect her children from Hitler’s regime. Hutto served as White House Appointments Secretary to the Carter family and was chairman of the Georgia Council for the Arts.