Rachel Sambrooks is a writer and Runner Up of the Comedy Women in Print prize (CWIP) 2025. She is also a stand-up comedian, poet and wellbeing practitioner taking comedy and creative writing workshops to community groups.

Eva Oh is a Dominatrix, podcaster, filmmaker and advocate whose work has shaped global conversations on sexuality, BDSM, and sex work – as well as power, freedom and authenticity.

Finn Prevett is a certified business and life coach, and co-author of The Positive Planner series.

Ali McDowall is a life coach and designer and the co-founder of the Positive Planner range.

Amie Ferris-Rotman is a British-American journalist and editor based in London.

Zahra Joya is an Afghan journalist and campaigner on behalf of women’s rights worldwide.

Sophie Underwood is a writer and teacher, based in the North East of England. She has lived off-grid for over a decade, and writes about life in a remote woodland cabin, foraging, fungi, and folklore on her Substack, All The Wild Magic.

Bartholomew is a London-based writer with a keen interest in African myths. He is currently working on a novel which explores power and redemption and asks whether faith alone is enough to save both gods and men from a mortal end. He was a longlisted writer on Bloomsbury’s inaugural Mentorship Programme.

Paulina Rowińska, winner of the Austrian Science Book of the Year Award, is a Cambridge-based science writer with a PhD in mathematics. Her first book, Mapmatics, published in 2024.

Bethany Handley is a prize-winning writer, poet and disability activist from South Wales, who campaigns for Disabled people’s rights. Her first book of poetry, Cling Film, published with Seren in 2025.

Shirley Cooklin is an actor, script writer and author of the forthcoming BLAME NOT THE WIND

Katie Hodgetts is an award-winning climate and youth campaigner, keynote speaker and founder of The Resilience Project

Lorena Bernal is a Life Coach, Spiritual Life Coach, Actress and Founder of Live Love Better - a wellbeing, spirituality and events platform.

Dr Mark Williamson in the co-founder and Director of Action for Happiness - a charity that promotes a happier and more caring society.

He has a PhD in Engineering from the University of Bristol and an MBA from IMD business school in Switzerland, where he received the President’s Award.

In 2022 Mark was awarded an additional Honorary Doctorate in recognition of his work with Action for Happiness.

Pip Hare is the CEO of Britain’s leading Ocean Race team and is the 8th woman in history to finish the Vendée Globe Yacht Race, a world record.

Dr Claire Plumbly is a HCPC-Registered Clinical Psychologist specialising in trauma and burnout.

Nicola Elliott is the founder of NEOM organics

Emma Dunwoody is a qualified Master Coach and is one of the world’s top experts in Human Design.

Helen Villiers is a Psychotherapist specialising in narcissism, emotional abuse and neurodivergence.

Katie McKenna is an accredited Psychotherapist specialising in emotional abuse and childhood trauma.