Raising to Rise Guy Michlin

Chip Conley is a legend in the hospitality industry. After graduating from Stanford he started his first hotel, the Phoenix hotel in San Francisco, which he grew to one of the largest boutique hotel chains in the US. Chip later joined Airbnb as one its first executives and a mentor to Brian Chesky, Airbnb's co-founder & CEO. Chip has recently founded the Modern Elder academy, he is a Ted speaker and a NYT best selling author.

Esther Wojcicki and her husband Stan raised 3 extremely successful daughters: Susan their oldest was employee #14 at Google and today she is the CEO of YouTube, Janet is a successful pediatrician at USCF and Ann, the youngest, is the founder and CEO of 23andMe, one of the hottest billion dollar unicorns of the Silicon valley. 
Read more about Esther and her book: https://raisesuccessfulpeople.com/
 

William Damon is a Professor of Education at Stanford University, Director of the Stanford Center on Adolescence, one of the world's leading researchers on the development of purpose and the author of 'The Path to Purpose'.
In this episode, we will explore what is purpose, why is it so important for our kids to find their purpose and what can we do as parents to help them on their path to purpose. 

Deirdre Wolownick is the mother of Alex, “No Big Deal”, Honnold, a professional adventure rock climber whose audacious free-solo ascents of America’s biggest cliffs have made him one of the most recognized and followed climbers in the world. Deirdre is also the author of “The Sharp End of Life: A Mother's Story“.In this episode we discussed "Nature vs. Nurture" and the role parents play in helping their kids find and pursue their passion. We tried to answer the question why many of the parents on the show are teachers. We talked about journaling, grit and much more.
Read more about Alex: http://www.alexhonnold.com/about#bio

Jess Gallagher is the first Australian Paralympian to win a medal in both the summer and the winter games and the first Australian woman to ever win a medal in the winter Paralympic games.
This was an emotional conversation with Jess's mom, Doreen, about a single mother’s journey, coming out of adversity and giving her kids opportunities she never had. We discussed role modeling, sacrifice and what, in my opinion, might be the holy grail of parenting - balancing support and demand.
 
Read ore about Jess: https://www.jessgallagher.com.au/

Dr. Meg Jay is a clinical psychologist, an Associate Professor at Virginia University and a nonfiction writer. Meg's work has appeared in numerous media outlets including the New York Times, Wall Street BBC and NPR. Her TED talk — “Why 30 Is Not the New 20” — has been viewed more than 10 million times.
This was a fascinating conversation in which we discussed her latest book 'Supernormal', overcoming childhood adversity, helping kids build resilience and other really useful and easy to implement, parenting tools you can add to your toolbox.