Robert J. Wicks received his doctorate in psychology from Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital and is Professor Emeritus, Loyola University Maryland. He has published more than 60 books for professionals and the general public, including The Simple Care of a Hopeful Heart; Night Call: Embracing Compassion and Hope in a Troubled World; The Tao of Ordinariness; Perspective: The Calm within the Storm; and Bounce: Living the Resilient Life (all from Oxford University Press) and Riding the Dragon (Sorin Books, 2003/2013).
Mary Beth Werdel is an associate professor and director of the MA in Mental Health Counseling & Spiritual Integration in the Graduate School of Religion at Fordham University. She has authored two books: A Primer on Posttraumatic Growth: An Introduction and Guide (Wiley, 2012), co-authored with Robert Wicks and As Faith Matures: Beyond the Sunday God (Ligouri Press, 2012), as well as multiple book chapters and articles. Dr. Werdel
is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in New York.