Lori Gottlieb

Lori Gottlieb is a psychotherapist who helps her patients unravel and change the stories that no longer serve them. But what happens when a therapist experiences her own personal crisis? In her brilliant book Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, Gottlieb speaks candidly about her experience on both sides of the therapist’s couch, and in the process, guides a much broader conversation on mental health,  vulnerability, fulfillment, and human connection—themes that are especially relevant in our current moment. Called both “provocative and entertaining” (The Washington Post) and “irresistibly candid and addicting” (The New York Times Book Review), Maybe You Should Talk to Someone spent 27 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list. The memoir was also named a Best Nonfiction Book of the year by O, The Oprah Magazine, was an Amazon Best Book of 2019, and one of the 100 Must-Read Books of the year by TIME Magazine. “There is a reason people get stuck at the very point at which they are most ready for change,” explains Lori. “Making a true shift in our lives is an inherently vulnerable act.”

Lori is also the creator of the Maybe You Should Talk To Someone Workbook: A Toolkit for Editing Your Story and Changing Your Life and the Maybe You Should Talk To Someone Journal: 52 Weekly Sessions to Transform Your Life.

On stage, Lori is deeply relatable, disarmingly funny, and startlingly profound. She blends her clinical experience with real-world stories, fascinating research, and the latest cultural developments to lift the curtain on the mystery of our own lives. Opening up conversations about our emotional lives in a way that is both approachable and inspiring, Lori shifts our perspective and creates powerful change. Her talks help us to find meaning at work, have difficult—but necessary—conversations, and tap into our feelings as a guide to living the lives we want.