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MK Mueller

Author, Trainer and Empowerment Specialist MK Mueller began her professional life as a high school teacher when she hit rock bottom and found herself in a domestic violence shelter. From the depths of despair, she experienced life-changing insights as she discovered that we are not victims because the power to effect change is always within us.

From this bold foundation, she began a support group with five neighbors which quickly grew to hundreds coming to hear her message each week. Now she trains over 100,000 people each year – from homeless shelter residents to Fortune 500 Executives – in the concepts from her first book, Taking Care of Me: The Habits of Happiness as well as those of her award-winning new book,  8 to Great: The Powerful Process for Positive Change.

Meanwhile, she is dedicated to the empowerment of our youth, and trains thousands of middle and high school teachers each year in her 8 to Great Success Curriculum. It has touched so many lives it was recently mentioned on Dr.Phil! MK is the proud Mom of two grown children and lives in Kansas City.  

Diane Stafford is the workplace and careers columnist and a business writer at The Kansas City Star.   A veteran journalist, she has held several reporting and editing positions on the business and metro desks, including city editor, at The Star.   She writes a weekly career advice column as well daily business and economic news articles published on Kansascity.com and in the business section and on page one throughout the week.   Diane is the author of Your Job: Getting It, Keeping It, Improving It, Changing It, a career advice book.   She holds bachelor's and master's degrees in communication from Stanford University.