Molly Jong-Fast’s family has a history of female alcoholism. Her mother, author Erica Jong, wrote about her addiction in several books. Her grandmother was well-known for being drunk and vomiting in many New York eateries. It is a legacy Jong-fast didn’t want to continue. So at just 19 and already addicted to cocaine, diet pills and alcohol, she went to rehab and joined AA, which saved her life, she says. Jong-Fast has been sober ever since. In this talk, Jong-Fast shares her journey and how you can get sober, stay sober and how the legacy of alcoholism can stop with you.

For Political Analyst Molly Jong-Fast, it’s never easy to say but here it is: “One of the greatest things, the smartest thing Republicans ever did was convince the mainstream media that they were too liberal.” The result, she says, is that the mainstream media is trying to overcorrect for the anxiety that they might be liberal—and that skews our news. In this talk, Jong-Fast shares how we can get back to journalism that reports all of the facts, good and bad. And return our press to being the fourth estate. It might just save our democracy.

It’s a fact. Elections have gotten so divisive in America that they are hurting our health. It’s been reported that 25% of Americans have considered moving because of politics. And 5% of the adult population had experienced suicidal thoughts because of politics, according to Psychologist Kevin B. Smith. So how are we going to survive what feels like the world’s longest presidential election? In this talk, Political Analyst Molly Jong-Fast breaks down how we can deal with it, from recognizing the coverage you need to happily ignore to taking a vacation from social media to de-stressing to focusing on the greater good to start. If your stress-o-meter goes up every time you hear about the candidates or polls, this is the talk for you.