Howard Neil Glasser is Founder of the Children’s Success Foundation and creator of the Nurtured Heart Approach®. He is a voice for children’s greatness so they can ultimately find their own voice of greatness. His mission is to teach an approach to children truly feeling cherished. Howard’s background in family treatment, clinical studies and educational leadership along with his work with some of the most intense and challenging children is the basis the approach that he has now brought to many. He has been referred to as one of the most influential persons working to reduce children’s reliance on psychiatric medications. His work is inspiring a growing number of educational and treatment initiative worldwide and has been featured on CNN, Esquire and more. Howard is the author of 18 books, including Transforming the Difficult Child, a longstanding bestseller on challenging children and he is a sought-after Keynote speaker in areas of treatment, educational and inspiring greatness. Nurtured Heart is currently being researched by Rutgers University, the University of Arizona's Zuckerman School of Public Health, and the New Mexico State University. He currently teaches certification trainings on the Nurtured Heart Approach for the Children’s Success Foundation as well as guest lecturing at Andrew Weil’s Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona and their School of Public Health’s new Transformational Wellness program.

Melissa Lowenstein is a freelance writer and editor who has written, co-authored and ghostwritten over 25 books. She has collaborated with Howard Glasser on Nurtured Heart books since 2005. She is a certified Nurtured Heart Approach trainer, a yoga teacher and student, and a budding psychological astrologer and mental health counselor. She is also a facilitator and grant writer for a program serving at-risk youth.