Bit of Advice

Dr. Gina Cleo has a PhD in habit change and is an Adjunct Professor at Bond University. As a habit researcher and the Founding Director of the Habit Change Institute, Gina is recognised as a leading expert in habits, featured in 200+ media outlets, globally. Her book, The Habit Revolution, delves into the why and how of habits, offering a practical, evidence-based roadmap for lasting change. With actionable strategies, personal stories and a guiding voice, Gina inspires positive change, instilling hope, self-compassion, and self-belief, one habit at a time.

Dr Rebecca Ray is a clinical psychologist, author and speaker. Over the course of almost two decades of practice, Beck has helped hundreds of big-picture-thinking people, through courses and consultations, live a life that's fulfilling, unapologetic and free. Her science-backed approach delivers both hard and heart truths with an ethos of self-kindness first, always. Beck's unique expertise has seen her engage with thousands of people and sets her apart as one of Australia's most in-demand and authoritative voices in the personal development space. Beck is the author of Be Happy, The Universe Listens to Brave, The Art of Self-Kindness, Breakthrough, Setting Boundaries, Believe, Small Habits for a Big Life and Good, Great, Perfect. She lives in the soul-fed hills of the Sunshine Coast with the great loves of her life: her wife, Nyssa, son, Bennett, two rescue Irish Setters and one gangly Weimaraner.

Former corporate lawyer, co-founder of a successful software company and technology investor, David Gillespie is the bestselling author of the Sweet Poison books, Big Fat Lies, Free Schools, Toxic Oil, Eat Real Food, The Eat Real Food Cookbook, Taming Toxic People, Teen Brain, The Good Fat Guide and Brain Reset. He lives in Brisbane with his wife and six children.

Nova Gibson is the author of the best-selling practical self help book of 2023, Fake Love – Understanding and healing from narcissistic abuse.

Nova Gibson is also the director, founder and primary counsellor of Brighter Outlook Narcissistic Abuse Counselling Service and the go-to expert on narcissistic abuse recovery in Australia. She is passionate about helping victims identify narcissistic abuse and coercive control, find a way to break the toxic cycle, and heal. With more than ten years' experience, Nova has helped thousands of clients in Australia and around the world with one-on-one professional support and her popular Q&A and abuse recovery sessions on social media, providing regular information and support. Nova has also worked in the child safety sector, and has supported individuals, couples and families experiencing crisis and trauma. She lives in Brisbane, Australia.

Warren Ward is a Brisbane-based psychiatrist who writes about philosophy, culture, and the history of ideas. His essays have been shortlisted for the New Philosopher Writers Award 12 times, winning the award in 2016 and 2019. His first book, Lovers of Philosophy (2022), explores the love lives of seven philosophers — Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sartre, Foucault, and Derrida — and how these thinkers' intimate lives shaped their ideas.