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About Goali Saedi BocciRyan M Niemiec

Goali Saedi Bocci PhD is an award-winning licensed clinical psychologist in private practice published author millennial expert TEDx speaker and media personality. She earned a PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Notre Dame; and completed her internship at the University of California Berkeley where she had the distinction of receiving a national honor when selected for the Outstanding Graduate Student/Intern Award from the American Psychological Association's Division 17. She completed her postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University.Saedi Bocci is a columnist for Psychology Today; her Millennial Media blog has garnered over three million hits worldwide. She is also author of The Millennial Mental Health Toolbox The Social Media Workbook forTeens Digital Detox Card Deck and PhDiva. She is a highly sought-after expert for top media outlets including The New York Times Newsweek TIME and ABCNews; and has served as a recurring guest on the acclaimed morning television show AM Northwest as well as Good Morning San Diego. She currently serves as adjunct professor in Pepperdine University's graduate school of education and psychology. Her highest strengths are honesty perspective perseverance social intelligence hope and zest.Ryan M. Niemiec PsyD is a leading figure in the global education research and practice of character strengths that are found in all human beings. He is education director of the renown VIA Institute on Character a nonprofit organization in Cincinnati OH that leads the advancement of the science of character strengths. He is an award-winning psychologist; certified coach; annual instructor at the University of Pennsylvania; and author and coauthor of ten books nearly one hundred academic papers and several-hundred user-friendly articles.Niemiec's books include the best-selling The Power of Character Strengths; and other leading books including The Strengths-Based Workbook for Stress Relief Character Strengths Interventions and Mindfulness and Character Strengths. As a frequent keynote speaker and workshop leader he has offered several hundred presentations on positive psychology topics across the globe. He is a fellow of the International Positive Psychology Association and serves on their Council of Advisors. He lives in Cincinnati OH with his wife and three young zestful children. His highest strengths are hope love honesty fairness spirituality and appreciation of beauty.