Robert J. Wicks, PsyD, received his doctorate in psychology from Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital and is Professor Emeritus, Loyola University Maryland. He has published more than 50 books and has lectured on the importance of resilience, self-care, and maintaining a healthy perspective all around the world as well as at the Mayo Clinic, Yale School of Nursing, Harvard's Children's Hospital and Harvard Divinity School, the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, the U.S. Air Force Academy, and on Capitol Hill to Members of Congress and their Chiefs of Staff. He has written and edited dozens of books, most recently The Tao of Ordinariness (Oxford University Press, 2019) and Night Call (Oxford University Press, 2018).
Gloria Ferraro Donnelly, PhD, RN, FAAN, FCPP, is Dean Emerita, Professor Emerita and founding Dean of the College of Nursing and Health Professions, Drexel University (1999 to 2016). Donnelly is the author of five textbooks and the winner of two American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year awards. She has been Editor in Chief of the journal Holistic Nursing Practice for 40 years and has published 300 articles, and book chapters. She has given national presentations on family caregiving, assertiveness, stress management and leadership in clinical and academic settings.