Martha Beck is an internationally acclaimed life coach and the most well-known life coach in America. With a PhD from Harvard in Sociology, her work is well grounded in academic study and research.

Challenging experiences in her own personal life, coupled with extensive experience in helping others to negotiate life transitions, led her into the work of helping people to discover and follow their own destinies.

She has written a number of books including Finding your Own North Star; The Joy Diet; The Four Day Win and most recently Steering by Starlight. She is also the regular life coach columnist for the Oprah Magazine.